Bandar Kinrara
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Bandar Kinrara is a township in Puchong
Puchong
Puchong is a major town in the Petaling district of Selangor, Malaysia. The town used to be a rubber estate and tin-mining town in the 1960s. During 1980s, Puchong consisted of only one two-lane road running through estates and villages...

, Selangor
Selangor
Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...

, Malaysia. The Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve
Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve
Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve is a 1248 hectares forest reserve managed by Universiti Putra Malaysia located in Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia. The forest has actually been leased for 80 years to this university by the Selangor government....

 is situated to its south. Island & Peninsular Berhad commenced the township development under Perumahan Kinrara Berhad in 1991. The only link road to the development then was via Jalan Puchong before entering Kinrara Army Camp road. BK1 was constructed for low-cost terrace houses before BK2 double storey terraces begun construction. The construction of Puchong-Sungai Besi Highway (Federal route ) helped Bandar Kinrara to expand the development phase on both side of the highway. An underpass linked both sides of the development.

Background and Progress

The construction of Bandar Kinrara began in 1991 and was developed by Perumahan Kinrara Berhad(PKB). It comprises a land area of 1,904 acres. In 2008, the Giant
Giant Hypermarket
Giant Hypermarket is a major supermarket and retailer chain in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, and UAE. It is a subsidiary of Dairy Farm International Holdings .-History:...

 shopping complex was opened in the area. The complex gives more convenience to the residents in the area. There are many amenities surrounding the township. Also, an international cricket ground has been completed, a youth centre in the pipeline consisting of covered futsal arenas and badminton courts and a natural buffer zone in a form of a forest reserve to the south called Ayer Hitam Forest Reserved which has been lately re-gazetted by the current state government as permanent reserved.

The new Police District Headquarters are nearing completion by the Kinrara Golf Club and should be operational by end 2011.

Accessibility

The township is accessible from Damansara–Puchong Expressway (LDP), Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 or MRR2 , Federal Route is a ring road build by the Malaysian Public Works Department to connect neighborhoods near the boundary of Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor...

 (MRR2), New Klang Valley Expressway
New Klang Valley Expressway
The New Klang Valley Expressway, or the NKVE refers to a stretch of the North-South Expressway in Peninsular Malaysia which starts from Bukit Raja near Klang town, and ends at Jalan Duta in Kuala Lumpur. It is a busiest expressway in Klang Valley during rush hour from/to Kuala Lumpur...

 (NKVE) and New Pantai Expressway
New Pantai Expressway
New Pantai Expressway, ' is a major expressway in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia. The expressway has provided an easier access to Kuala Lumpur from Subang Jaya and Bandar Sunway to avoid the traffic jams on the Federal Highway route during rush hour...

 (NPE).

It is only a mere 19km to the Kuala Lumpur City Centre and 7-15km to Subang Jaya
Subang Jaya
Subang Jaya is a suburban city in the Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. It comprises the southern third of the district of Petaling, and is home to a third of the district population of 1.78 million. Subang Jaya comprises , Bandar Sunway, UEP Subang Jaya, Putra Heights and Batu Tiga...

 and Petaling Jaya
Petaling Jaya
Petaling Jaya is a Malaysian city originally developed as a satellite township for Kuala Lumpur comprising mostly residential and some industrial areas. It is located in the Petaling district of Selangor with an area of approximately 97.2 km². On 20 June 2006, Petaling Jaya was granted a...

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