Forest City Golf Resort general director Wu Yang shows his golfing skills at the launch
JOHOR: Forest City Golf Hotel, developed and built by Country Garden Pacificview Sdn Bhd (CGPV), is expected to be completed by the first half of next year.
It is part of a world-class golf resort and hotel that will have three golf courses at Gelang Patah Iskandar Johor.
The first golf course is expected to be completed by the second half of next year.
Built at a total cost of RM1.8 billion, the 5-star hotel is not only a scenic golf resort but also features a mixture of residential units comprising apartments and villas.
CGPV executive director Datuk Md Othman Yusof said besides attracting tourists and golfers, the development will also provide job opportunities to locals.
“The establishment of this new development will spell good news for the locals as there will be a total of 460 job opportunities with 250 vacancies in the hotel and 210 for the golf courses.
“To date, we have a total number of 85 staff at the hotel and the first golf course, of which 100 per cent are locals. More will be employed when the hotel is completed,” he said in a press release yesterday.
When fully completed, the first phase of the low-density residential units is expected to have 1,300 residents.
The landed properties are expected to be completed by October 2019 and comprise double-storey and three-storey cluster homes as well as semi-detached units with sizes ranging from 2,034 square feet to 6,975 square feet.
The properties, pegged from RM1.38 million, are built near a natural water feature which cuts across the golf course.
Under the first phase, CGPV will unveil 202 villas with modern-style roofs and a combination of design elements from across Europe.
The residential enclave will cater to golf aficionados from here and across the Causeway, as well as international house buyers.
The 5-star hotel will comprise 305 rooms ranging in size from 45 square metres to 323 square metres.
There will be two towers of hotel rooms, each 11 floors high, with a ballroom that can cater to 400 guests, a free-form swimming pool and kids’ pool.
The hotel, which is targeting guests from Malaysia, China, Singapore and Korea, among others, also features a restaurant that will serve international and local cuisines.
CGPV is also building a 9.6km connecting road from Forest City to ensure easy accessibility to the hotel and golf resort, which is expected to be ready by 2019.