Jazz Residence Review 2026 — Three Layouts, Commercial Title

Part of my Tanjung Tokong 2026 buyer's guide. For the full corridor read — every project, PSF band, foreign-buyer angle and honest catch — start there. This piece drills into one specific decision within it.

Freehold — but on commercial title. That is the line to read twice at Jazz Residence, because everything else about the building is straightforward and that one detail is not.

The straightforward part: Sure Commerce Sdn Bhd completed 146 units in Tanjung Tokong in 2019, inside the wider Seri Tanjung Pinang corridor. Tracked entry is RM750,000, psf runs RM750 to RM990, and there are exactly three layouts — Piano at 1,365 sqft, Forte at 1,645 sqft and Crescendo at 1,945 sqft. No studios, no one-bedroom investor boxes, no sprawling type list. Three family-sized plans, and a title you need to understand before you fall for any of them.

Key takeaways:

• Freehold, yes — but the land is commercial title, and that affects running costs and financing in ways a residential-title tower does not.
• Three named layouts, 1,365 to 1,945 sqft — the whole building is family-scale, which makes comparing units unusually simple.
• 146 units, completed 2019 — boutique by Tanjung Tokong standards, and young enough that the finishes are still current.
• RM750,000 entry at RM750–990 psf — the cheapest units sit under the RM1,000,000 foreign-buyer minimum, so eligibility is unit by unit.
• Not for compact-unit investors or anyone hunting the corridor's lowest ticket.

The Title Question Comes Before the Floor Plan

Plenty of buyers hear "freehold" and stop listening. At Jazz Residence, keep going. The building is freehold but on commercial land title, which is common for serviced-residence stock in this part of the island and perfectly liveable — but it is a different animal from a residential-title condominium on three practical fronts: how your utilities are tariffed, how your assessment is calculated, and what margin a bank will lend against it. None of those should be assumed. Ask your banker for the financing terms on this specific building and your lawyer to confirm the title, then compare the real monthly cost against a residential-title alternative at the same psf. Sometimes the commercial-title unit still wins; you just want to know that going in rather than find out at the first bill.

Piano, Forte, Crescendo — and Nothing Else

Three plans. Piano is 1,365 sqft, Forte 1,645, Crescendo 1,945. Every one of them is a proper family footprint, and the spread between smallest and largest is modest enough that the building reads as one product in three sizes rather than a mixed-use tower trying to be everything.

For a buyer that is a gift. Shortlisting here means choosing a size, then weighing floor, facing and the condition of the unit — not decoding a dozen type codes. For an investor wanting a compact, easily let unit, it is a closed door: there is nothing under 1,365 sqft.

146 Units Where the Neighbours Are Much Bigger

Tanjung Tokong and Seri Tanjung Pinang are built at scale, and several of the nearby towers are far larger. Jazz Residence's 146 units is small for the corridor. The practical upsides are fewer owners sharing the lifts and facilities and a management body that is easier to understand; the trade is a thinner resale sample, so pricing a unit leans more on the few comparables available. Completed in 2019, it is also new enough that you are not pricing in a refurbishment cycle yet. The wider corridor picture — what the big towers charge and what the strip offers day to day — is in the Tanjung Tokong area guide.

Where the RM1M Line Falls

At RM750,000 entry and RM750–990 psf, the cheapest units at Jazz Residence fall below Penang Island's RM1,000,000 minimum for foreign purchasers, while others clear it or sit close to it — so a foreign buyer has to confirm eligibility on the specific unit's price rather than on the building's name. The 3% state levy and flat 8% foreign stamp duty then apply on top for any unit that does qualify. For a local buyer, none of that matters; the title question above is the one that does.

Who Should Keep Jazz on the List

A family that wants a straightforward choice between three sensible layouts in a boutique-scale, recently completed building — and that has done the commercial-title homework — is the natural buyer. Someone chasing the smallest possible quantum in the area should look at The Tamarind or City Residence instead, depending on what is listed. Current Jazz Residence listings are on the project page.

Sources: Project prices, PSF, sizes, unit counts, tenure, land title, developer and completion year from our tracked dataset, compiled from developer price lists, official project sites and public listings. Sub-sale asking verified from live portal listings using the median-anchored method, with bait listings and relisted units excluded. RPGT rates and the s.21B retention per the Real Property Gains Tax Act (LHDN). Stamp duty per the Stamp Act (LHDN) — a flat 8% for foreign buyers, tiered 1–4% for citizens. The foreign-buyer minimum purchase price, 3% island / 2% mainland state levy and state consent requirement per Penang state policy and s.433B of the National Land Code. Figures move with the market — confirm current details with the developer or your solicitor before committing.