Golden Crown vs Core Residence @ TRX 2026: Price, Layouts & Location — Which Suits You?

Quick answer: Golden Crown or Core Residence @ TRX?

Choose Golden Crown if you want the lower starting price (RM 1,280,000, from about RM 2,051 psf), larger top-end units up to a 1,238 sq ft 3-bedroom or a 1,023 sq ft dual key, and a basement tunnel about 50 m to the TRX MRT interchange, and you can wait for completion, expected in 2026. Choose Core Residence @ TRX if you want a completed home inside Tun Razak Exchange that you can inspect and move into now, with its own recorded sales and asking rents to check the price against.

Side by side (checked, updated September 2026)

Location: how they differ

Golden Crown and Core Residence are about 0.5 km apart in a straight line, and both connect to the same TRX MRT interchange. Core sits inside Tun Razak Exchange itself, with The Exchange TRX and Mercato about 210 m away, TRX City Park about 180 m, and SMK Dato Abu Bakar about 250 m. Golden Crown is on Jalan Tun Razak next door to TRX, with its basement tunnel reaching the MRT interchange and The Exchange TRX at about 50 m, the 10-acre TRX City Park about 50 m, Urban Marketplace about 250 m and the Royal Selangor Golf Club about 550 m. Golden Crown's homes share Menara Golden Eagle with a hotel and offices; Core shares its estate with offices and a hotel.

Layouts compared size for size

The two share an identical 624 sq ft 1-bedroom and a near-identical 925 to 926 sq ft 2 + 1. At about 1,022 sq ft, Golden Crown gives a dual key and Core gives a 3-bedroom. Only Golden Crown has a 1,238 sq ft unit; only Core has 2-bedrooms between 817 and 839 sq ft. Neither review gives a price for each type: Golden Crown's range is RM 1,280,000 to RM 3,031,000, and Core's Towers 1 and 2 start from RM 1,442,207, so ask for the price list by type. Core's Tower 3 hotel apartments (646 to 1,572 sq ft, about RM 2.01 million to RM 4.66 million) are a separate product with their own price list.

Price per square foot and monthly cost

Golden Crown starts from about RM 2,051 psf; Core Residence from about RM 2,171 psf, about RM 120 psf more. The monthly fees are close: about RM 0.80 psf at Golden Crown, RM 0.85 psf at Core.

These are the maintenance fee only.

What nearby homes sell and rent for

Core Residence is completed, so it has its own record: 5 recorded sales in 2024 to 2026 for 646 to 1,055 sq ft units, at about RM 2,120 to 2,350 psf, with the middle at about RM 2,150. Five sales is a thin record, and some recent sales in newly completed buildings are the developer's own first sales being registered, not resales. The shared reference for both is TRX Residences: its 538 to 721 sq ft units recorded 15 sales at about RM 2,060 to 2,510 psf, and its 850 sq ft units 12 sales at about RM 1,900 to 2,650 psf. Golden Crown's launch price, from about RM 2,051 psf, sits just below the lowest TRX Residences sale and below Core's recorded sales.

Asking rents at Core Residence are RM 5,000 to 6,000 a month for 624 to 625 sq ft, RM 6,000 to 8,500 for 817 to 839 sq ft, RM 6,300 to 8,700 for 925 sq ft and RM 7,800 to 10,000 for 1,011 to 1,022 sq ft. TRX Residences asks RM 6,500 to 8,500 for 850 sq ft and RM 11,000 to 13,000 for 1,184 to 1,216 sq ft, the nearest size to Golden Crown's 1,238 sq ft Type D. Golden Crown has no rents of its own yet. Asking rents are what owners are listing for, not signed leases, so treat them as a ceiling.

My view: who should pick which

These two are close neighbours: the same MRT interchange, about 0.5 km apart, the same 624 sq ft entry layout and similar fees. The choice comes down to price against certainty. Golden Crown is cheaper to enter and per square foot, has the only 1,238 sq ft 3-bedroom and a 1,023 sq ft dual key, and its basement tunnel is about 50 m to the interchange; but it is still under construction, with completion expected in 2026, and its homes share Menara Golden Eagle with a hotel and offices, so ask how the residential lifts and lobby are separated. Core is finished: you can walk through the actual unit today, and its own recorded sales and asking rents let you check the price before you buy. You pay about RM 120 psf more for that, and Towers 1 and 2 are mostly compact one- and two-bedroom units.

Pick Golden Crown if…

• you want the lower entry price (RM 1,280,000) and price per square foot (from about RM 2,051);
• you need a 1,238 sq ft 3-bedroom, or a 1,023 sq ft dual key with a separate door for a parent or adult child;
• you want a covered underground walk of about 50 m to the MRT interchange and The Exchange TRX;
• you can wait for completion, expected in 2026.

Pick Core Residence @ TRX if…

• you want to inspect the actual unit and move in now (completed 2024);
• you want a building with its own recorded sales and asking rents to check the price against;
• you want a 2-bedroom smaller than Golden Crown's 926 sq ft 2 + 1 (817 or 839 sq ft), or the 925 sq ft 2 + 1 in Tower 1;
• you want an address inside Tun Razak Exchange itself, with the park and mall on the same estate.

Read the full reviews

• Golden Crown review
• Core Residence @ TRX review
• Project pages: Golden Crown and Core Residence @ TRX

WhatsApp Shyan Yee (REN 46305, IQI Realty) at +60 17-279 8932 for price lists and viewings of both.