Yes, a home at Bodaiju Residences sits inside the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone.
Here is the chain.
Bodaiju is in Medini.
Medini is part of Iskandar Puteri.
Iskandar Puteri is one of the nine flagship zones of the JS-SEZ.
What is the JS-SEZ?
The JS-SEZ is a deal between Malaysia and Singapore.
They signed it in 2025.
Its job is simple.
It helps people, jobs, and money move between Johor and Singapore.
The zone has nine flagship areas.
Iskandar Puteri is one of them.
Medini, where Bodaiju sits, is inside it.
Why this matters for Medini
The zone is not a plan on paper.
It is already drawing real money.
Across the JS-SEZ, RM76.98 billion of investment was approved in 2025, and the government says more than half of it is already moving from approval to the ground.
Medini has its own piece of this.
Iskandar Investment Berhad is building the district into the region’s first net-zero carbon business hub, centred on digital work and global business services.
More work brings more people.
And they need somewhere to live, and somewhere to stay.
Now, one honest note.
You may have read about big tax breaks in the zone.
A company in an approved activity can pay just 5% tax for up to 15 years.
An approved knowledge worker can pay 15% income tax for 10 years.
But those breaks are for approved companies and workers, not for buying a home.
Here is the part that does reach you.
Those companies and workers have to live somewhere.
They are the people who rent a home, or book a short stay, in Medini. If you are placing the district before you place the project, what is actually in Medini sets out the township, its road distances and who runs it.
Many of them arrive with children, which is why Medini already has the only international school inside the district. We looked at what Sunway Iskandar Puteri costs, and why it will not tell you.
The tax break is not yours. The demand it brings can be.
We will not promise you a number. But if you would rather let a unit out than just hold it, here is how that works, and where it goes wrong: short-term rental at Bodaiju.
If you are weighing that against a twelve-month tenancy, we compare the two on the evidence in short-term rental versus long-term rental in Johor.
The part foreign buyers ask about first
In most of Johor, a foreign buyer must spend at least RM1,000,000 on a home.
Medini is where people expect that to bend.
Johor does price a state approval for serviced apartments sold under that figure, so the category is real, and the trade press reports it as a Medini route. What nobody has produced is a document naming Medini as a whole, or one particular unit, inside it.
IRDA, the body that runs the Iskandar zone, is usually named as the source of this. We have not seen an official text that covers every Medini property, so treat it as unit-specific rather than a blanket rule, and ask the developer to confirm your unit in writing.
We set out the full picture for Singapore buyers in a Singapore buyer’s guide to Bodaiju.
What we will not tell you
We will not promise that prices will go up.
We give no yield or growth forecast, because no one can promise those.
We will also tell you one plain fact.
Medini land is leasehold, not freehold.
You can read what that means in how tenure at Bodaiju works.
Where Bodaiju sits
Bodaiju Residences is in Medini, inside the JS-SEZ.
It is about 9 km from the Tuas Second Link.
It has two towers and 802 homes.
The licensed advertising range runs RM299,000 to RM659,000, and the entry-priced layout went first, so ask what is left today.
The developer is Creed Group of Japan.
| Bodaiju Residences | At a glance |
|---|---|
| Homes | 802, in two towers |
| Licensed price range | RM299,000 to RM659,000, entry layout taken up |
| To the Second Link | About 9 km |
| Developer | Creed Group, Japan (est. 1996) |
| Land | Leasehold |
| Zone | Medini, Iskandar Puteri (JS-SEZ) |
You can read the developer’s record in the developer question, answered properly.
How to own a home here
The steps are simple.
- Pick your unit. 802 homes at Bodaiju, four layouts. Ask what is left.
- Check the rule. New strata in Medini. No RM1,000,000 minimum for you.
- See the location. About 9 km to the Tuas Second Link.
- Talk to our team. We guide you step by step.
See it for yourself
You can visit on a half-day trip from Singapore.
You see the towers, the area, and the show unit in one morning.
Then you decide with your own eyes.
Before you go, read what a visit to the sales gallery shows you, and what it does not.
Book a private viewing when you are ready.