Calia Residence Johor Bahru Review — Pros and Cons

Calia Residence is a freehold serviced-apartment development in the Johor Bahru city area, launched in November 2025 by PGB Desa Heights Sdn Bhd and targeted for completion in Q2 2029. Two 36-storey towers hold 1,274 homes on 3.61 acres, with car parking on Levels 1 to 6, the whole of Levels 7 and 7A given to facilities, and residences from Level 8 up.

Four layouts, all compact: a 453 sq ft one-bedroom, a 656 sq ft one-bedroom-plus-study, a 771 sq ft two-bedroom and a 984 sq ft three-bedroom that is configured as a dual key. The development is GreenRE Gold certified, and floor-to-floor height is 3.1 m — about 2.9 m of clear ceiling once the slab and services are taken out.

What you are buying at Calia Residence

The figures below are what the developer publishes for Calia Residence. Anything not published is left blank rather than estimated.

Why choose Calia Residence?

What actually separates Calia Residence from the other launches in Johor Bahru:

• Levels 7 and 7A are entirely facilities, and the ceiling is genuinely higher. Floor to floor is 3.1 m, which leaves roughly 2.9 m of clear ceiling against a segment norm of 2.6 to 2.8 m. Two full levels of amenity rather than a strip beside the pool, and GreenRE Gold certification, which has to be designed in rather than added later.
• A shuttle to CIQ and the RTS station, complimentary for the first two years. The route runs Calia to CIQ to the Bukit Chagar RTS Link station to City Square. Both crossings sit about 7.7 km away, so this is the difference between a daily drive and being dropped at the gate — for two years.
• The fittings are already in. Air conditioning in the living hall and every bedroom, ceiling fans in the living hall and master, a digital lock, kitchen cabinet, hood and hob, and wardrobes in all bedrooms. On a 453 sq ft unit that is a meaningful part of what you would otherwise spend on handover day.

Who Calia Residence does not suit

Every project trades something away. These are the trade-offs here, so you can rule it out quickly if one of them is a dealbreaker.

• Twenty-two units to a floor, five lifts. Roughly one lift per four to five homes, on towers running to 36 storeys. This is the number that will shape daily life here more than anything on the facilities list. View at 8am or 7pm and time the wait yourself.
• The RTS station is 7.7 km away. Nothing here is walkable to a crossing. The shuttle covers CIQ and Bukit Chagar for the first two years; after that the transport problem comes back to you.
• The layouts are compact, and Type D is a dual key. Type A is 453 sq ft — small even by Johor Bahru standards. And the 984 sq ft Type D is one door opening onto two separately lockable sections, which is a specific product rather than a plain three-bedroom. Stand in both before deciding.

Layouts. 4 layouts, 453 to 984 sq ft in 1 to 3-bedroom configurations. The full table, with the developer's own floor plans, is on the Calia Residence Danga Bay page.

Where it is. Calia Residence is in Johor Bahru, Johor. The full rundown of what is around it — rail, schools, hospitals and retail, with distances — is on the project page.

Calia Residence compared with other Johor Bahru projects

Same area, different trade-offs. Worth opening side by side with Calia Residence before you shortlist.

• Gen Sphere Johor Bahru — Majestic Gen Sdn Bhd, Freehold, 459 to 755 sq ft, completing Q4 2029. · read the review
• The Arden Residence Johor Bahru CIQ — Astaka Arden Residence, Freehold. · read the review
• Amberwood Resort Residence Johor Bahru Larkin — Chin Hin Group, Leasehold. · read the review

Calia Residence: frequently asked questions