The Arden Damansara Avenue Review 2026: Price, Units, Location & Who It Suits

Quick answer: who is The Arden for?

The Arden suits investors and small business owners who want a strata office suite from 495 sq ft in a transit-oriented development, linked to DA Central mall and to the MRT by a link bridge, with business and leisure facilities that a small firm could not run on its own. It is less suited to buyers who need a parking bay with the unit, who want a finished building now, or who want a unit handed over ready to move into: there is no allocated car park, completion is targeted for Q1 2028, and units are handed over bare.

My view

The Arden is an office product, so I look at it as an investment or a base for a business, not a home. What you pay for is the location inside Damansara Avenue and the shared facilities. The tower has four floors of facilities and retail at the bottom and a sky deck at the top: conference and meeting rooms, an auditorium, co-working space, an executive lounge, a gym, golf simulators, podcast and content studios, a nursery and a Level 38 infinity pool. That lets a firm of a few people in a 495 sq ft suite use meeting rooms and an event hall it would otherwise have to rent. The trade-offs are supply and parking. There are 455 suites, 14 on each typical floor, and 128 of them are the same 495 sq ft size, so a small-suite owner will compete with many identical units for tenants. Units come without an allocated car park, which matters to tenants who drive.

• Suits: small firms that want their own office near the MRT; investors who want a strata office from about RM 542,000; buyers who value shared meeting rooms and facilities.
• Think twice if: you need parking with the unit; you want rental income before 2028; you prefer a unit type with fewer identical units in the same building.

Project facts (checked, updated October 2026)

Who is the developer?

The Arden is developed by Indo Aman Bina Sdn Bhd, part of TA Global. TA Group began in the late 1980s, when Datuk Tony and Datin Alicia Tiah acquired a small stockbroking firm; TA Global is the group's property development, property management and hospitality arm, led by CEO Tiah Joo Kim. In 2022 it launched Paradox, a hotel brand with nine hotels.

At Damansara Avenue, TA Global's earlier projects include the Ativo developments and Azelia Residences, and Amaya Residences is part of the same Ativo Annexe development as The Arden. In the city centre, it is behind CloutHaus. The wider Ativo Annexe plan includes DA Central mall, a Paradox hotel, a second office tower, serviced residences, a wellness hub and wellness suites, and a proposed ramp from the DUKE highway.

What is near The Arden?

Straight-line distances, approximate, measured from the tower's position on the map.

The LDP runs past Damansara Avenue, and a ramp from the DUKE highway is proposed as part of the masterplan. Desa ParkCity is nearby.

Which unit suits you?

(M) marks the mirror-image version of a layout.

What I would pick. For an owner-occupier, the 1,087 sq ft Type G is the practical middle: room for a small team and a meeting area, on the side facing KL and Desa Park, and it is the show-unit type so you can see it before buying. For an investor, I would weigh the 495 sq ft suites carefully: they are the cheapest way in, but 128 identical units in the same tower will compete for the same tenants. The developer's plans show the partitions between units as hackable, for buyers who want a flexible office layout.

What does it cost to hold each month?

The maintenance fee is RM 0.65 per sq ft a month, including the sinking fund, so:

On a 1,000 sq ft unit that is about RM 650 a month, against about RM 700 at Duo Tower in Bangsar South and about RM 720 at Atwater in Petaling Jaya. Quit rent and assessment tax come on top, and a business tenant will also pay for its own fit-out, since units are handed over bare.

Price per square foot against its neighbours

The Arden has the lowest entry price of the three offices because its suites start much smaller, at 495 sq ft against about 1,400 sq ft at the other two. Per square foot it sits between Atwater, which is completed, and Duo Tower in Bangsar South. Amaya Residences, in the same development, is a residential product at a lower price per square foot.

Facilities

Ground floor: main drop-off, lobby lounge, concierge, parcel collection point, mail room and management office. Level 1: secondary drop-off, four retail outlets, a nursery and a walkway to DA Central mall. Level 2: multipurpose hall, auditorium and co-working space, with a connection to the mall. Level 3: conference rooms for 10 to 14 people, meeting rooms for 12 to 20, an executive lounge and suite, a guest lounge, a social loft, a snack bar and prayer rooms. Level 4: gymnasium, yoga studio, two theatre rooms, two golf simulators, table tennis, two content studios, a podcast studio, an entertainment lounge, lockers, a launderette, saunas and steam rooms. Level 38: sky infinity pool, sky jacuzzi, sky terrace, sky pavilion, sky bar, sky lounge, cigar lounge and event space.

Pros and cons (my view)

How to view The Arden

WhatsApp Shyan Yee (REN 46305, IQI Realty) at +60 17-279 8932 for the price list, floor plans and a viewing of the Type G show unit.