Jewel by Oxley KL City Centre Review: Price, Layouts, Pros & Cons

Quick verdict: who should buy Jewel by Oxley?

My view. Oxley Towers is three towers on one site, and Jewel is the quiet one. Sofitel KL Residence runs to 78 floors; Alliance Tower is Grade A offices; Jewel is 49 floors and only 267 homes, which is the lowest density of the three and the reason I would look at it. The address does not need selling — I measured about 300 m to Ampang Park LRT and 350 m to the station beside the Twin Towers, with Suria, Avenue K and the 50-acre KL City Centre Park on the same walk. Freehold, and a commercial title under the Housing Development Act. The offices next door matter more than buyers expect: the professionals working in them are the people who rent a home they can walk to work from, so the letting demand sits in the same development. Two things to check. The published price range covers all of Oxley Towers rather than Jewel alone, so ask for the Jewel price list specifically. And the handover date in the project data has already passed — go and look at the site, and get the current date from the developer in writing.

• Suits: buyers who want a freehold city-centre home in a low-density tower; owners who want a letting asset beside Grade A offices; people who want hotel and retail downstairs.
• Think twice if: you want the cheapest entry into the city centre, or you need certainty on the handover date today.

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Jewel by Oxley at a glance

Where is Jewel by Oxley, and what is nearby?

On Jalan Ampang, next to the Twin Towers. These are straight-line distances measured from the project coordinates against an OpenStreetMap extract of every named station, so every walk is longer than the number shown.

Suria KL City Centre and Avenue K are on foot, Pavilion Kuala Lumpur is about 1.4 km, the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre about 800 m, and the 50-acre KL City Centre Park is across the road. For medical, Twin Towers Medical Centre is next door, HSC about 1 km and Prince Court about 1.8 km. KL Sentral is about 5.2 km, and the AKLEH, DUKE and MEX highways all feed the area.

How does Jewel by Oxley compare with other city-centre launches?

Two numbers stand out. Jewel has the lowest monthly charge of the five at RM 0.66 psf, and it reaches the largest size at 2,185 sq ft — nothing else here goes past 1,335. Against Orion, which is the closest in unit count, the monthly difference is about RM 660 versus RM 1,320 on a 1,000 sq ft home, which is roughly RM 8,000 a year.

Which Jewel by Oxley layout is best?

Ten types. These are the types and sizes as the sales kit lists them; the price depends on the stack and the floor, so ask for the current list.

What I saw in the show units. I filmed three. D1 at 1,227 sq ft is a dual key: a studio on one side and a one-plus-one on the other, off a shared entrance hall, so the bedroom in the larger half is unusually big for the total size. B5 at 1,033 sq ft is a one-plus-one with a separate laundry room and a small flexible space, which is the one I would point a single buyer or a couple towards. D2 at 1,173 sq ft is the two-plus-one, with a dining area that takes a six-seat table and a master bathroom with two basins and a tub. All three are fully fitted — kitchen, appliances, air-conditioning, furniture — and the bathrooms are the detail I would go and see: they are larger than the size of the unit suggests, each with full-height glass.

Note the car park rule when you pick: one bay comes with the unit, except for a listed set of Type B1 units below Level 27, which get none. Ask for that list.

Facilities

Level 7 is Jewel's own deck: lobby and lounge, function hall, gym, surau, changing rooms, management office, pool and pool deck, children's playground and children's pool, BBQ area, zen garden, pre-function deck, a collaborative workspace, a wellness and yoga deck and a reading room. Residents also reach Levels 45 and 46 in the SO/ tower, which hold an entertainment room, lounge, reading room, multipurpose hall, gym and yoga space. The development is billed as carrying the city's highest residential infinity pool.

Downstairs is a two-storey retail galleria of about 42,000 sq ft, and The Langham Kuala Lumpur is officially slated to open in this tower with 198 rooms. Treat the opening date as a plan rather than a fact until it is announced.

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How to view Jewel by Oxley

WhatsApp Shyan Yee (REN 46305, IQI Realty) at +60 10-827 8932 for the price list, floor plans and a viewing.

Full specifications are on the Jewel by Oxley project page.