For Rent
Retail Space for Rent in Malaysia
A leasing guide for retailers and F&B operators: footfall, frontage and anchor mix drive trade. Understand base rent versus turnover rent, service charge and promotional levies, and read the co-tenancy clauses before you commit to a unit.
Submarkets
Where to lease retail space.
The corridors with the deepest supply and the most active leasing for this asset class.
Cheras
CommercialA dense commercial and retail corridor in south-east Kuala Lumpur with strong local catchment.
Subang Jaya
CommercialA populous commercial and education hub with offices, retail and light-industrial pockets.
Johor Bahru
CommercialJohor’s capital and Malaysia’s southern commercial gateway, adjacent to Singapore.
Kota Kinabalu
CommercialSabah’s state capital and the main commercial centre of East Malaysia, hosting the offices of state and federal agencies, banks and insurers.
Sandakan
CommercialA historic east-coast port town and commercial centre, long a gateway for palm oil, timber and agricultural exports.
Tawau
CommercialA south-eastern commercial and trading town anchored by cocoa, palm oil, timber and cross-border trade through its port.
Kuching
CommercialSarawak’s state capital and largest city, its main commercial centre and the seat of the state government, with established industrial estates at Pending and Demak Laut.
Miri
CommercialSarawak’s northern coastal city and the birthplace of the Malaysian oil industry, a commercial centre hosting major oil and gas operations and service companies.
Sibu
CommercialThe principal commercial port and gateway of the Rejang River basin in central Sarawak, with an economy rooted in timber, shipbuilding and trade.
Decision tools
Price the lease before you sign.
Calculators tuned to occupiers and tenants: effective rent, the lease-versus-own question, space efficiency and the stamp duty on a tenancy.
Rental Yield
Commercial Rental Yield Calculator
Work out gross and net yield from rent, price and outgoings on a commercial asset.
Open calculator →Rent vs Buy
Rent vs Buy Calculator
Occupier decision model — the total cost of leasing versus owning over a horizon.
Open calculator →GFA / NLA
GFA / NLA Efficiency Calculator
Gross-floor-area to net-lettable-area efficiency ratio and effective rent.
Open calculator →Lease Stamp Duty
Tenancy / Lease Stamp Duty Calculator
Stamp duty payable on a commercial tenancy agreement by lease term and annual rent.
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