VENTURE

TAMARIND SQUARE: YOUTH-FRIENDLY BUSINESS HUB

Monday, 10 May 2022
By Meor Amirul

CYBERJAYA – Ever heard of ‘youthtopia’? It is an eco-friendly design concept applied by Tamarind Square that mainly focuses on youth and the idea of coexistence between humans and other living things.

Located in Cyberjaya, Selangor, Tamarind Square is a great business hub for youth–not only for them to shop, relax and explore the place, but also to kick-start their very own business idea there.

There are few reasons Tamarind Square is a great place to start a business for youth, its uniqueness of greenery architecture that most people find Instagrammable and it is also located near two private local universities, Multimedia University (MMU) and University of Cyberjaya (UoC).

Tamarind Square's idea of coexistence between humans and other living things can be seen through its greenery architecture.

(Source: Berita DIMENSi/Afiq Asri)

Tamarind Square is divided into five different blocks which include two gardens inside the building fulfilling the concept of a complete ecosystem consisting of modern architecture and nature.

There are many new, rising cafes and restaurants located in this place such as 10 Gram, Herbs & Butter and Glaze Eatery, signalling that Tamarind Square has its very own potential to start and grow a business there.

Kaki Lima is one of the new tenants there as the business started its operation in March 2022 and they found the place quite attractive to develop their business there from now on.

Tamarind Square is a strategic place for businesses to connect with their target market such as staff workers, university students and people who just love to hang around.

Kaki Lima’s manager, Lee Chong Wei, 28, told us that they had planned to expand the business there in the future as more kiosks will be opened all around.

“This place should have variety of outlets that can offer more for the customers who visit and shop here. I see that there are only a few clothing stores around and I expect more from young and new entrepreneurs here in the future,” he stated when interviewed by Berita DIMENSi.

Kaki Lima, a new foods and beverages kiosk located beside Tealive.

(Source: Berita DIMENSi/Afiq Asri)

Tamarind Square also has many strong, established brands such as Tealive, Burger King and BookXcess, showing that all these ‘big shots’ have faith in what the place could offer them.

Other than trendy cafes and restaurants, there are also various companies based on realty, fishing as well as printing that can be found all around the place and one of these companies is Paperworks by Acherkemer Resources.

Paperworks has been operating online and offline for the past two years as they survived the Movement Control Order (MCO) due to the COVID-19 pandemic and are now renovating their shop to be fully operational in May 2022.

“We chose to kickstart our business here in Tamarind Square because as a printing-based company, our targeted markets are office staff and students,” said by the co-founder, Zuhair Ariff, 30, in an interview with Berita DIMENSi.

He also explained the close proximity of Tamarind Square to big cities such as Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam and Seremban makes it a very strategic place for business start-ups.

It is also near Putrajaya – a well planned city which functions as the administrative capital of Malaysia.

So, what are you waiting for? Support local rising businesses now at Malaysia’s Silicon Valley, Tamarind Square – a utopia of youth, technology and innovation.

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