Shop for Rent in Petaling Jaya

PJ is a patchwork of mature sections, each with its own crowd. The strongest ground-floor streets sit in SS2 and SS21, with value options further out:

• SS2 Petaling Jaya: PJ's deepest food and banking hub, with the most adverts. Main streets: Jalan SS2/24, Jalan SS2/64 and Jalan SS2/67.
• Damansara Utama (SS21): older, high-rent rows popular with established F&B and clinics. Main streets: Jalan SS21/1 and Jalan SS21/35.
• Damansara Uptown: the busy night dining grid beside it. Main streets: Jalan SS21/37, Jalan SS21/58 and Jalan SS21/60.
• Taman Paramount: a compact food and café hub in Section 20. Main streets: Jalan 20/7 and Jalan 20/16.
• Damansara Jaya (SS22): family dining and services around Atria. Main streets: Jalan SS22/19 and Jalan SS22/21.
• Bandar Utama & Ara Damansara: newer rows near 1 Utama and Oasis Ara Damansara. Main streets: Lebuh Bandar Utama and Jalan PJU 1A rows.
• Section 17: an old neighbourhood centre with loyal local diners.
• Jaya One: a lifestyle block on Jalan Universiti; limited stock, ask MCE.
• PJ21 Commercial Centre on Jalan SS3/39, Parklane Commercial Hub on Jalan SS7/26, Kelana Business Centre on Jalan SS7/2 and Sunwaymas Commercial Centre on Jalan PJU 1/3: smaller centres with lower entry prices and few adverts.

The hub table above compares rent, price and tenure side by side.

From recent shop adverts (middle half, last six months), ground-floor rent in PJ runs by size:

• Under 1,800 sq ft: RM 8,800 to RM 15,500 a month (RM 5.8 to RM 9.6 psf).
• 1,800 to 4,000 sq ft: RM 8,500 to RM 15,000 a month.
• 4,000 to 8,000 sq ft: RM 18,000 to RM 25,000 a month.
• Over 8,000 sq ft: RM 42,000 to RM 59,000 a month for whole buildings.

Whole shoplots of 1,800 to 4,000 sq ft sell for RM 2.4 million to RM 3.4 million, and typical 4,000 to 8,000 sq ft shoplots for RM 4.5 million to RM 6.5 million. The few blocks over 8,000 sq ft were advertised at RM 15.9 million to RM 16.5 million, a narrow band driven by a handful of large buildings. SS2 and SS21 lead on rent; Taman Paramount and Bandar Utama offer more room. Compare areas on the shop rent index.

Mostly freehold. Of the shoplots advertised for sale, 142 were freehold and 75 leasehold. SS2, SS21, Taman Paramount and Damansara Jaya are almost all freehold, while Ara Damansara has more leasehold titles, so check the title before you offer.

• F&B of every kind: Chinese restaurants, dim sum, noodle shops, mala, Japanese and Korean dining in SS2 and Uptown.
• Specialty cafés and bakeries, strong in Taman Paramount and SS22. See best areas to open a café in PJ.
• Bubble tea and desserts on the late dinner streets.
• Clinics, dental, pharmacies and optical shops for the dense housing around every section.
• Banks, convenience chains and laundromats on main-road and corner frontage.

• Street by street footfall: one row can be packed and the next quiet; visit at lunch, dinner and weekends.
• Parking: SS2 and Uptown are tight at meal times and on night market days.
• Council approvals: PJ is under MBPJ; confirm your trade, signboard and outdoor seating before signing.
• F&B fit-out: older shoplots need checks on exhaust, grease trap and power. Read why exhaust, 3-phase power and water matter.
• Costs: budget for the deposit and tenancy stamp duty with our stamp duty calculator.
• Investors: yields are modest but demand is deep. Read why investors buy SS2 shops at about 4% yield and test numbers with the rental yield calculator. Banks, pharmacies, clinics, convenience and F&B chains take the ground floor, and owning the whole shoplot means the upper floors add a second rental income.

The prices here are market ranges from public adverts. Corner lots in SS2, main-road units in SS21 and tenanted shoplots in Taman Paramount rarely reach the portals; owners offer them privately to people already in touch with MCE. Read why prime shops are not on PropertyGuru.

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