The verdict
3.6/ 5Eight & Eight is UDA's leasehold condominium on Jalan Desiran Tanjung in Tanjung Tokong, due in 2029: two 48-storey towers with 600 homes above an eight-level car park podium on a 2.92-acre site, with three layouts of 885, 1,020 and 1,140 sq ft, including dual-key and triple-key units.
- Price
- RM691K–RM1.06M
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- Land title
- Residential
- Completion
- 2029
Zac’s own rating, not user reviews.
Zac’s own rating, not an average of user reviews. It reflects one licensed agent’s assessment of this project against others he tracks in Penang.
If you're still choosing an area, read my Tanjung Tokong 2026 buyer's guide first. It sets out every option side by side, so this review makes more sense in context.
For under RM700,000 you can buy a brand-new three-bedroom home in Tanjung Tokong, a few minutes from Straits Quay. Five years ago that sentence would have sounded unlikely. Eight & Eight makes it possible, and the reasons it's priced the way it is are worth understanding before you put down a booking fee: leasehold land, 600 homes, and a 2029 handover.
This review covers what UDA is building, what each layout is really for, what it costs, and how it compares with its next-door neighbour, The Brezza, built by the same developer about fifteen years earlier.
What UDA is building
Eight & Eight is two 48-storey towers on a 2.92-acre site on Jalan Desiran Tanjung, with 600 homes above an eight-level car park podium. It's leasehold, by UDA, and the developer's own project page lists completion in 2029.
There are three layouts, all with three bedrooms:
- Type A, about 885 sq ft, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. UDA lists it from RM691,000; early-bird listings have shown about RM662,000.
- Type B, about 1,020 sq ft, a dual-key layout, with early-bird prices from about RM724,000.
- Type C, about 1,140 sq ft, a triple-key layout with three bathrooms, from about RM866,000 and up to about RM1.06M for the best-placed units. That's roughly RM680–780 per sq ft, which is low for a new building in Tanjung Tokong.
The facility list is long for a building at this price: an Olympic-length infinity pool, gym and aerobics room, indoor badminton and pickleball courts, a daycare centre, co-working room, yoga deck, sky lounge, herb garden, private event space and EV charging bays.
Dual-key and triple-key, without the hype
The Type B and Type C layouts can be split so that one or two sections lock off separately, each with its own bathroom, while it stays one home on one title.
For a family, that's the real appeal: an elderly parent or a grown-up child can live with you but have their own door. For a landlord, it means you can let parts of the home separately on long tenancies, for example to working professionals.
What it doesn't mean any more is holiday letting. Under Penang's Private Homestay By-Law 2026, condos on the island can't be licensed for short-term stays. Plan any rental income around ordinary one-year leases, and check the building's house rules on room-by-room letting once the management body is set up.
The three things to weigh
Leasehold. Freehold is the norm for premium property on Penang's northern coast, and leasehold homes tend to resell for less and to a smaller pool of buyers. For an owner-occupier planning to stay many years, it matters less; for a short-term investor, it matters more.
Scale. With 600 homes in three layouts, you'll always be selling or letting against similar units in the same building. Choose a high floor with a clear view if you can.
Time. You're paying in stages for a building that won't be ready until 2029. That suits a buyer planning ahead, not one who needs a home now.
Most units are below Penang Island's RM1M minimum for foreign buyers of condos. The exception is MM2H: participants can buy from RM500,000 (residential, up to two homes), so every layout here is open to them, which makes Eight & Eight one of the few new Tanjung Tokong launches an MM2H buyer can enter under RM700,000.
How it compares nearby
The Brezza, right next door and also built by UDA, was completed around 2010–11. Its 312 homes are larger, about 1,250–1,450 sq ft, and resale prices start around RM570,000, so you get more space for less money, in an older building with fewer facilities.
i-Santorini on the other side of Tanjung Tokong is the budget benchmark: 2,155 homes of about 850 sq ft, typically trading around RM450,000–490,000.
Crown Penang is the other new launch at a similar entry price, freehold but on commercial title.
The full side-by-side is in Eight & Eight vs The Brezza vs i-Santorini.
Who it suits
Malaysian families who want a new home in Tanjung Tokong at a price that would otherwise only buy something older, and who can wait until 2029.
Multi-generational households who'd use the dual-key or triple-key layout to give a parent or grown-up child their own space.
Long-term landlords who want a new building in a strong rental area, as long as they're realistic about competing with 599 other homes.
It's less suited to anyone who needs to move in soon, wants freehold, or is a foreign buyer without MM2H looking below RM1M.
Zac’s Take
Zac Ong
Eight & Eight is the most affordable way into a brand-new home in Tanjung Tokong, and the facilities are generous for the price. The trade-offs are clear: leasehold, a big building and a 2029 handover. If those suit you, a high-floor Type B or C is the one I'd shortlist, because the flexible layout is what will set your unit apart when you eventually sell.
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📲 Get the current Eight & Eight price listSources: Layouts, prices, facilities and completion date from UDA's project page and EdgeProp's 2026 coverage; towers, site area and podium from Penang Property Talk. The Brezza details from iProperty and StarProperty building pages and current listings; i-Santorini figures from iProperty and EdgeProp. Short-term rental rules from Penang's Private Homestay By-Law 2026. Prices change, so confirm the current price list before you book.