Eco Business Park V, Puncak Alam: An Industrial Submarket Guide
EcoWorld's 769-acre managed industrial park in Puncak Alam: the managed-park model, connectivity via WCE and Guthrie Corridor, and why manufacturers and logistics operators choose it.
GetCommercialProperty Editorial · 3 June 2026 · 6 min read
Puncak Alam is a township in the Kuala Selangor district of Selangor, administered by Majlis Perbandaran Kuala Selangor (MPKS). For the better part of two decades it was a residential growth area absorbing overspill from the congested northern Klang Valley. Its industrial identity changed materially when EcoWorld Malaysia developed Eco Business Park V (EBP V), a 769-acre multi-sector industrial park within the township with a total gross development value of RM3.5 billion. The park has been the primary draw for manufacturing and logistics occupiers evaluating the Puncak Alam submarket since its 2017 launch.
This guide covers the managed-park model EBP V operates, its connectivity case, the occupier profile that fits the location, and the constraints that apply.
The managed industrial park model
EBP V is structured as a managed industrial park across five gate-named phases: East Gate, West Gate, North Gate, Central Gate, and South Gate. The managed-park model means the developer controls the overall planning framework, common infrastructure quality, and ongoing estate management, rather than selling off individual lots to independent developers who would each deliver their own specification. For an occupier evaluating the park, this has practical implications.
Facility specifications across the park are consistent. Industrial and warehouse units within EBP V are built to defined parameters for clear heights, loading bay positions, floor loading, and power provision, rather than varying by individual vendor. An occupier negotiating for a unit in EBP V is working within a known framework of what the building delivers, which reduces the due-diligence surface compared to an unmanaged industrial estate where specification varies building by building.
Common infrastructure, including roads within the park, drainage, security, and utilities connections, is maintained to a developer standard rather than left to individual lot-owner maintenance. For occupiers whose corporate policies or client-audit requirements specify facility and estate standards, the managed-park model addresses those requirements structurally. Food-grade and pharmaceutical tenants in particular benefit from the cleaner estate environment relative to older unmanaged industrial areas.
EcoWorld has reported that the park has attracted over 400 enterprises across its phases. The developer manages the tenancy and sale mix to maintain complementary industry clusters within each phase.
Connectivity: WCE, Guthrie Corridor, and LATAR
The connectivity case for Puncak Alam rests on three highway links that converge on the area.
The West Coast Expressway (WCE) is the primary logistics artery. The WCE is a long-corridor highway running up the western coast of peninsular Malaysia, connecting Port Klang through Puncak Alam, Kuala Selangor, and northward toward Perak. WCE Section 2, connecting the Shah Alam Expressway (KESAS) interchange to the South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE) interchange, opened to traffic in January 2025. The WCE provides Puncak Alam-based operators with a direct route to Port Klang that bypasses the Federal Highway and Shah Alam trunk roads. For manufacturers exporting through Port Klang or importers receiving raw materials through the port, the WCE link fundamentally improves the freight economics of operating from Puncak Alam compared with the alternatives available before the expressway opened.
The Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE) provides the southward link toward the Klang Valley commercial core, connecting Puncak Alam through Shah Alam toward Subang and Petaling Jaya. For operators serving Klang Valley distribution networks, GCE access from the park means the full Klang Valley customer base is reachable without going through Kuala Lumpur.
The LATAR Highway (Lebuhraya Ayer Keroh-Taiping) provides the northern connectivity toward Rawang and Selangor’s northern industrial belt. The RM200-million LATAR Interchange completed in 2024 has materially shortened travel times between EBP V and KL city centre, Subang Airport, and KLIA, according to EcoWorld’s own reporting. For manufacturers who ship air freight regularly or whose supplier and customer bases include airport-adjacent operations, the LATAR connection matters.
The cumulative effect of these three highways is that an EBP V tenant can reach Port Klang, the southern Klang Valley, and the northern Klang Valley by separate dedicated expressway routes, without routing through any of the three. That network redundancy is operationally valuable for logistics operators running multi-corridor distribution.
Occupier profile and use-case fit
The occupier mix across EBP V’s phases spans manufacturing (automotive components, furniture, electronics assembly, precision engineering), logistics and warehousing (3PL, e-commerce fulfilment, distribution), and light industrial support functions. EcoWorld’s disclosed tenant announcements confirm a spread of domestic SMEs alongside international businesses.
The manufacturing tenant profile reflects Puncak Alam’s position away from the core congestion of Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya. Land costs and construction costs for owned facilities are lower than in those more established corridors, making EBP V attractive for manufacturers who need purpose-built, owner-occupied factories rather than leased space. The managed-park model’s consistent specification also makes the park usable for manufacturers who need to demonstrate facility standards to OEM customers or export-market buyers.
For logistics operators, the WCE-to-Port-Klang connection is the primary use-case driver. Third-party logistics providers and freight forwarders who handle significant port-adjacent volume find the WCE link reduces drayage times and costs in a way that a Shah Alam address without the WCE cannot replicate, notwithstanding Shah Alam’s larger overall stock base.
The labour consideration is mixed. Puncak Alam has an established residential catchment from the township itself and adjacent areas including Saujana Utama and Desa Coalfields. For roles that local township residents fill, recruitment is serviceable. For roles requiring specialised skills that draw from the wider Klang Valley, the absence of rail access to the park means workers rely on road. Bus services connect the township to surrounding towns, but the park is not within walking distance of a rail station. Operators with a high proportion of specialist staff commuting from central KL should factor the commute into workforce planning.
Sustainability and green industrial standards
EBP V has been positioned by EcoWorld as a green industrial park, with facility designs incorporating energy-efficient elements and building standards consistent with the developer’s wider sustainability commitments. For manufacturers and logistics operators with their own ESG reporting requirements, the park’s positioning on sustainability provides a framework to work within. The ESG and green buildings guide covers the relevant certification schemes (GBI, GreenRE, LEED) and what they mean in practice for industrial occupiers.
Industrial land versus leased units
EBP V offers both industrial land for sale (build-to-suit) and completed units for lease or purchase. The industrial-land component has attracted significant purchases including, most notably, Pearl Computing’s acquisition of approximately 58.2 acres in February 2025 for data-centre development, with a further approximately 92.44 acres leased for a Google-affiliated facility. While data-centre development of that scale is specific to hyperscale demand rather than the typical manufacturing or logistics tenant, it indicates the park’s land bank has depth large enough to accommodate major footprints.
For manufacturers seeking owned factory land, the industrial land hub covers the decision framework for industrial land acquisition. For occupiers evaluating the lease-versus-own question in a managed-park context, the commercial site selection playbook is the relevant operational guide.
How the submarket fits in the wider Klang Valley industrial picture
Puncak Alam is a western-growth-corridor location, not a substitute for Shah Alam’s depth of stock and tenant infrastructure. An occupier weighing the two should consider the WCE port-access advantage of Puncak Alam against Shah Alam’s larger available stock, deeper labour pool, and more mature supplier ecosystem. The Shah Alam location guide and Port Klang location guide set the neighbouring market context. For the sector-level picture across all Klang Valley industrial corridors, the major industrial parks guide provides the comparison frame.