The busiest shop streets in KL & Selangor

Jalan Petaling is the heart of Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown, a covered market street lined with pre-war shophouses. Ground-floor units here serve tourists, office workers and locals from morning to late night.

Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, or Jalan TAR, is one of Kuala Lumpur's oldest shopping streets, famous for textiles and Hari Raya shopping. Its long rows of older shoplots get heavy passing traffic all day.

Jalan Ipoh is a long, busy main road running north from the Chow Kit end of Kuala Lumpur past Sentul. Its many rows of older shoplots give tenants main road visibility at rents well below the city centre.

Jalan Raja Laut runs parallel to Jalan TAR on the north side of the old city centre, lined with office towers, hotels, government buildings and older shoplots. Ground-floor shops here trade mainly on weekday workers.

Jalan Pahang runs north east from the edge of Chow Kit and Kampung Baru, past Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Its shoplots serve hospital visitors, workers and dense residential neighbourhoods.

Lorong Haji Taib is a set of busy trading lanes in Chow Kit, in Kuala Lumpur's old city centre. Its older freehold shoplots serve wholesale, textile and everyday trade near Jalan Raja Laut and Jalan TAR.

Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad is one of the main shop streets of the TTDI commercial centre, the affluent, leafy neighbourhood on Kuala Lumpur's western edge. Its freehold shoplots hold restaurants, cafés and daily services.

Lorong Rahim Kajai is the café, brunch and pub street of the TTDI commercial centre, drawing weekend visitors from across the Klang Valley. Its freehold shoplots rarely change hands.

Jalan Kenari is the busiest shop street in Bandar Puchong Jaya, running beside IOI Mall Puchong and the IOI Boulevard shop offices. Its ground-floor units enjoy mall spillover and loyal local customers.

Jalan Puchong is the old main road running south from Kuala Lumpur into Puchong, past Bandar Kinrara and Bandar Puchong Jaya. Shoplots along it pick up heavy commuter traffic and established local customers.

Persiaran Wawasan is the main address of SetiaWalk in Pusat Bandar Puchong, a modern lifestyle precinct built around a pedestrian walkway. Its ground-floor units suit cafés, branded F&B and evening dining.

Jalan Puteri is the numbered street grid of Bandar Puteri Puchong, one of the busiest commercial townships in Puchong. It has the deepest pool of shop adverts in the area and a lively day and night food scene.

Jalan Tempua is one of the numbered shop streets of Bandar Puchong Jaya, Puchong's long-established township beside IOI Mall Puchong. Its compact ground-floor units serve loyal locals and mall spillover crowds.

Jalan Cheras is the long main road running from the city's edge through Cheras, with the MRT Kajang Line running along much of it. Shoplots along and just off it serve some of KL's densest neighbourhoods.

Jalan Jejaka is the main shop street of Taman Maluri in Cheras, within walking distance of AEON Taman Maluri and the Maluri LRT and MRT interchange. Its shophouses serve dense housing, commuters and shoppers.

Jalan Cerdas is the main shop street of Taman Connaught in Cheras, famous as the route of the weekly Connaught night market. Dense housing, UCSI University and the MRT keep its shophouses busy.

Jalan Kuching is a major artery linking central Kuala Lumpur with Kepong. Shoplots along and just off it serve Kepong's dense, mainly Chinese neighbourhoods and pick up heavy commuter traffic.

Jalan Kepong is the main road through Kepong in north-west Kuala Lumpur, running past Kepong Baru and Metro Prima. Its ground-floor shops enjoy main-road exposure, MRT access and a large, loyal local population.

Jalan Metro Perdana runs through the Metro Perdana shoplot blocks beside Metro Prima, off Jalan Kepong. It is one of Kepong's most advertised shop streets, with affordable ground-floor rents and a busy food scene.

The Jalan SS2 streets form the shoplot grid of SS2 Petaling Jaya, one of the Klang Valley's best-known food destinations. Freehold shoplots and all-day footfall make its ground-floor units among the most in demand in PJ.

Jalan Teknologi runs through the commercial core of Kota Damansara PJU 5 near The Strand, in north-west Petaling Jaya. Its large, mostly leasehold shoplots sell at some of the lowest per sq ft prices in the hub.

Jalan Radin Bagus is Sri Petaling's busiest food street, lined with four-storey shophouses packed with Chinese restaurants and late-night eateries. It is the most advertised and most contested shop address in the township.

Jalan Radin Anum is one of the three main shop streets of Sri Petaling, running parallel to the busier Jalan Radin Bagus. It shares the township's food trade with calmer rows and a wide range of unit sizes.

Jalan Kuchai Lama is the main road through Kuchai Lama in south Kuala Lumpur, lined by two busy shop office parks. It is known as a food destination with a strong Chinese restaurant and café scene.

Jalan Kuchai Maju is the main shop street of Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park and Kuchai Business Centre in Kuchai Lama, south Kuala Lumpur. Office workers and nearby residents keep its ground-floor restaurants busy from breakfast to dinner.

Jalan Solaris is the street grid of Solaris Mont Kiara, a landscaped precinct of low-rise shop rows in Mont Kiara. Its freehold shoplots serve an affluent local and expatriate crowd and rarely come up for rent.

Jalan Telawi is the café and dining strip at the heart of Bangsar Baru, next to Bangsar Village. Its low-rise shoplots command some of the highest ground-floor rents in Kuala Lumpur.

Jalan Maarof is the main road along the edge of Bangsar Baru, facing Bangsar Shopping Centre. Its ground-floor shops give banks, clinics and larger F&B main-road frontage in one of KL's most affluent suburbs.

Jalan Bangsar is the main road along the city side of Bangsar, linking the Bangsar LRT area with the Mid Valley side. Its freehold shoplots sit between Bangsar Baru and Bangsar South, two of KL's strongest retail catchments.

Jalan Alor is Kuala Lumpur's best known food street, one block from Jalan Bukit Bintang. Ground-floor shophouses here trade on tourists and locals every night and rarely stay vacant for long.

Jalan Imbi runs from the edge of Bukit Bintang towards Jalan Tun Razak, past Berjaya Times Square and a cluster of hotels and serviced apartments. Its shoplots serve tourists, office workers and residents.

Jalan Pudu is one of Kuala Lumpur's oldest trading roads, running from Pudu Sentral towards Cheras. Its long rows of older shoplots hold dim sum restaurants, coffee shops and traditional trades with loyal customers.

Jalan Loke Yew is a busy main road linking the Pudu side of the city with Cheras and Taman Maluri. Its shoplots tend to be larger than usual and rely on main road visibility.

Jalan Bukit Bintang is Kuala Lumpur's main shopping street, lined with Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, Lot 10 and other malls and hotels. Street level shoplots here are scarce and among the most sought after in Malaysia.

Jalan Sungai Besi is a major main road running south from the Pudu side of central Kuala Lumpur past Chan Sow Lin. Its ground-floor shops trade on heavy passing traffic rather than strolling shoppers.

Jalan Klang Lama, better known as Old Klang Road, is a long commercial corridor in south Kuala Lumpur running from Mid Valley past Pearl Point. Its shoplots serve a large, loyal, mostly Chinese speaking community.

Jalan Ampang runs from the old city centre past KLCC and the Petronas Twin Towers. Its ground-floor shops sit among office towers, hotels and embassies, serving one of the city's highest spending crowds.

Jalan Sultan Ismail is the hotel and office spine of Kuala Lumpur's Golden Triangle, between Bukit Bintang and the KLCC side. Ground-floor units here serve office workers, hotel guests and the evening dining crowd.