Quick answer
Menara TA One (formerly Menara Budaya, owned and asset-managed by TA Enterprise Berhad / TA Global Berhad) is a 36-storey, 398,000 sq ft NLA Grade A corporate office tower at 22 Jalan P. Ramlee, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, immediately across from the Petronas Twin Towers in the KLCC pocket; 2026 asking rent runs RM 5.30–8.50 psf/month, with the lower end (RM 5.30–6.00 psf) for bare / partly furnished units and the upper end (RM 7.50–8.50 psf) for smaller fitted units; parking RM 220–250/bay/month (reserved) and RM 180/bay/month (non-reserved); KLCC LRT ~700m / 9-minute walk. The building was constructed in 1996, refurbished with a RM 20 million facade / energy upgrade 2011–2016, and is freehold.
This page answers the eight questions a project manager or executive assistant actually asks when Menara TA One is on the shortlist: what you will pay all-in per square foot and per month, whether the floor plate fits a 20, 50, or 100-person team, how the building's transit access compares to a five-minute-walk Grade A, who is actually in the building (TA Group occupies most floors), the lease-mechanics that move the real cost, and the green-credential claim that the v2 research did not corroborate. Every number on this page is either cross-verified across two or more independent sources, or flagged as not in public sources with the management-call path.
Menara TA One at a glance — Fast Facts (verified 2026-08-06)
| Field | Value | Source / status |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | Grade A | HIGH — a dated broker listing + TA Global property management page |
| Address | 22, Jalan P. Ramlee, 50250 Kuala Lumpur | HIGH — TA Global leasing page + penang-traveltips.com |
| Submarket | KLCC / Golden Triangle (immediately across from Petronas Twin Towers) | HIGH — the1property.com + kl-office.com |
| Completed | 1996 | HIGH — CTBUH building database + Wikipedia |
| NLA | 398,000 sq ft (TA Global leasing page); 380,000 sq ft (AR 2016); 373,000 sq ft (a dated broker listing); 472,406 sq ft GFA (CTBUH) | HIGH — multiple sources; NLA discrepancy (398k vs 380k vs 373k) is internal to the various listings |
| Typical floor plate | ~12,000–12,600 sq ft (units available 1,200–12,600 sq ft) | HIGH — the1property.com + kl-office.com |
| Asking rent (2026) | RM 5.30–8.50 psf/month — bare/partly furnished RM 5.30–6.00; smaller fitted RM 7.50–8.50 | HIGH — a dated broker listing + JLL + TheSpaceHubs + klcc-office.com + a dated broker listing (5 sources) |
| Service charge (RM psf/mo) | Not in public sources — leasing desk call required | UNVERIFIED — no public source |
| Parking allocation | 1 bay per 1,500 sq ft (450 bays in 7-level car park) | HIGH — penang-traveltips.com + klcc-office.com + a dated broker listing + a dated broker listing |
| Parking rate (reserved) | RM 220–250 / bay / month | MED — a dated broker listing 100499379 listing |
| Parking rate (non-reserved) | RM 180 / bay / month | MED — a dated broker listing 100499379 listing |
| Visitor parking | First 20 min free, first hour RM 5, subsequent hours RM 4, early-bird RM 12 flat, valet RM 40, lost-card penalty RM 50, clamp RM 100 | HIGH — a dated broker listing (listing_own) |
| Air-con base hours | Mon–Fri 9:00am–6:00pm | MED — TA Global registration page |
| After-hours air-con rate | Not in public sources | UNVERIFIED |
| Tenure | Freehold (land area 44,057 sq ft, Lot 1261, No. 22 Jalan P. Ramlee) | HIGH — a dated broker listing + TA Global AR 2015 |
| Green certification | None publicly disclosed ("Accreditation: None" per a dated broker listing); refurbishment included facade/energy works 2013 but no GBI/LEED/GreenRE | UNVERIFIED — a dated broker listing + TA Global AR 2015 |
| MD / MSC status | No MSC Cybercentre / MD-certified building status verified | UNVERIFIED — no MDEC corroborated source |
| Anchor tenants | TA Group (parent HQ 14th & 34th Floors; TA Securities 14th Floor; TA Futures 32nd Floor; TA Investment Management 23rd Floor; TA F&B Ground Floor; TA Properties 34th Floor; 10th Floor AGM Auditorium) | HIGH — TA Global AR 2015 + TA Enterprise AR 2016/2019 (reit_filing) |
| Landlord | TA Enterprise Berhad (parent of TA Global Berhad) — acquired 2009 | HIGH — penang-traveltips.com + Wikimapia |
| Nearest rail | KLCC LRT (Kelana Jaya Line) ~700m / 9-min walk; Bukit Nanas Monorail (suspended 2022); Raja Uda MRT (Putrajaya Line) nearby | HIGH — the1property.com + kl-office.com |
| Last verified | 2026-08-06 | All figures in this table |
What you'll actually pay — TCO for Menara TA One (illustrative, 5,000 sq ft)
Headline rent is the wrong number to shop on. The all-in monthly cost of a 5,000 sq ft unit at Menara TA One, on the mid-band asking rent, looks like this:
| Line | Calculation | RM / month |
|---|---|---|
| Base rent (mid-band partly furnished) | 5,000 sq ft × RM 6.00 psf | 30,000 |
| Service charge | Not in public sources — place RM 0.50 psf as KLCC Grade A indicative pending management confirmation (5,000 × 0.50) | 2,500 indicative |
| Car park (4 bays at 1:1,250 ratio, mid of non-reserved / reserved split) | 4 bays × RM 200 (mid of 180–250) | 800 |
| After-hours air-con (illustrative) | Not in public sources — place RM 0 pending management confirmation | 0 |
| Utilities estimate (light office load) | 5,000 × ~RM 0.35 psf (industry indicative) | 1,750 |
| SST 8% on rent + service charge | (30,000 + 2,500) × 8% | 2,600 |
| Total all-in (illustrative) | ~RM 37,650 / month | |
| Total psf (all-in) | 37,650 / 5,000 | ~RM 7.53 psf/month |
SST is computed on the taxable portion of rent + service charge at 8% (the rate effective from the SST expansion, not the stale 6% some guides still cite). Confirm the SST treatment of service charge and parking with your tax advisor before locking the budget.
Move-in cash to budget (illustrative, 5,000 sq ft at RM 6.00 psf): the KL commercial convention is 2+1+0.5 (2 months security + 1 month rent advance + 0.5 month utility deposit) = 3.5 months × RM 30,000 = ~RM 105,000, plus the ~RM 3,500 stamping fee and any rent-free negotiation. KL's 2+1+0.5 convention (~3.5 months) collides with PRC founders' one-month deposit plus three months' rent in advance norm because in Malaysia, the deposit is not a hard cap on exit liability — early termination is a separate exposure, see Lease risk below. The Chinese-language thepaper.cn first-person account of a 1-month CBD-office-tour gives a generic-MY commercial-lease norm: 3-month deposit, 2-year minimum, full remaining-rent liability on early exit.
Will my team fit here — headcount scenarios
Menara TA One's unit range of 1,200–12,600 sq ft (with full-floor take-up of ~12,000–18,632 sq ft) covers most SME-to-mid-market headcounts. Active listings include 3,720 sqft at RM 5.50 psf (RM 18,600/mo), 4,976 sqft at RM 7.50–8.50 psf, 7,675 sqft at RM 6.00 psf, and a full-floor ~18,632 sqft at RM 6.00 psf (RM 111,792/mo). Using the 100 sq ft/person (dense back-office) and 150 sq ft/person (open-plan with meeting rooms) planning benchmarks, with the mid-band asking rent of RM 6.00 psf and a 0.85 net:gross efficiency ratio (illustrative, confirm with the unit you view):
| Team size | Sq ft needed (100 sq ft/pax) | Sq ft needed (150 sq ft/pax) | Menara TA One fit | All-in monthly (RM) at RM 6.00 + RM 0.50 SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 pax | 2,000 | 3,000 | A 3,720 sqft unit (a dated broker listing 100499379) at RM 5.50 psf; or sub-let a portion of a 4,976 sqft fitted unit | ~RM 13,400–20,100 |
| 50 pax | 5,000 | 7,500 | A 4,976 sqft fitted unit at RM 7.50 psf; or combine a 3,720 + 1,500–2,000 sqft unit | ~RM 33,500–50,300 |
| 100 pax | 10,000 | 15,000 | Whole-floor (12,000–12,600 sqft) or full-floor take-up of 18,632 sqft (RM 111,792/mo) | ~RM 67,000–100,500 |
Floor-plate note: the typical floor is 12,000–12,600 sqft; full-floor take-up gives 18,632 sqft (TheSpaceHubs listing). For a 50-person team, the 4,976 sqft fitted unit is the cleanest standard fit; for 100 pax, the whole-floor at 12,000+ sqft is the natural choice.
Transit reality — KLCC LRT, Bukit Nanas Monorail, drive / e-hail
Menara TA One is at 22 Jalan P. Ramlee, immediately across from the Petronas Twin Towers. KLCC LRT (Kelana Jaya Line) is ~700m / ~9-minute walk; Bukit Nanas Monorail station was the alternative but the service has been suspended since 2022; Raja Uda MRT station (Putrajaya Line) is also nearby.
E-hailing is straightforward on the Jalan P. Ramlee frontage; the building is accessible via Jalan Ampang, Jalan Sultan Ismail, and Jalan Raja Chulan. There is no known e-hail staging problem. The 1996 vintage and 2011–2016 RM 20 million facade / energy refurbishment (per TA Global AR 2015) updated the common areas and lift cores, but no GBI / LEED / GreenRE certification is publicly disclosed — verify the actual building-level efficiency claims from the leasing desk.
For a 5-minute-or-better rail commute, KLCC LRT is the right anchor — it connects one stop to Bukit Bintang (interchange) and onward to KL Sentral. Bukit Bintang MRT (MRT1 Kajang Line) is walkable per broker copy but no measured distance is published — verify from the unit you view. The Raja Uda MRT (Putrajaya Line) is a useful alternative for northbound commuters.
If your team is rail-dependent, Menara TA One's ~9-min walk to KLCC LRT is comparable to other KLCC pocket towers (e.g. Etiqa Twins ~10 min to KLCC LRT, Menara Bangkok Bank closer to the station). For a team that commutes in rain daily, the closer-to-station peer towers win on commute time.
Who's in the building — verified tenant roster
| Tenant | Floor / Footprint | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| TA Enterprise Berhad (parent / HQ) | 34th Floor (registered office); 14th Floor (principal office) | Current | TA Global AR 2015 (reit_filing); TA Enterprise AR 2019 |
| TA Securities Holdings Berhad | 14th Floor (Principal Office) — Menara TA One | Current | TA Enterprise AR 2019 |
| TA Futures Sdn Bhd | 32nd Floor | Current | TA Enterprise AR 2016 |
| TA Investment Management Berhad | 23rd Floor | Current | TA Enterprise AR 2016 |
| TA F&B Services Sdn Bhd | Ground Floor | Current | TA Enterprise AR 2016 |
| TA Group AGM Auditorium | 10th Floor | Current | TA Enterprise AGM notices (2017, 2020) |
| TA Properties Sdn Bhd | 34th Floor | Current | TA Global AR 2015 |
| TA Gemilang Trading Sdn Bhd | 34th Floor | Current | TA Global AR 2015 |
| Ativo Plaza Sdn Bhd | 34th Floor | Current | TA Global AR 2015 |
| Indo Aman Bina Sdn Bhd | 34th Floor | Current | TA Global AR 2015 |
Important caveats on the building's tenancy: TA Group is both landlord and dominant tenant — Wikimapia user content summarises: "Most floors in this building are used as TA Group (www.taglobal.com.my/) headquarters, while the remaining are leased out." The 2015 TA Global AR description: "36-storey grade A office building is home to services companies in the technology, oil & gas, property management and financial industries" — but the named third-party tenants are not enumerated in public filings. The third-party tenant list (broker copy, IPMS, directory) is not disclosed in the sources reviewed. For a tenant article, the named-tenant section is TA Group floor-by-floor, with the "external" roster reduced to industry type (technology, O&G, property management, financial) and the caveat "third-party tenant list not disclosed in the sources reviewed."
Practical read for a prospective tenant: TA Group's anchor occupancy (parent HQ on 14th and 34th floors, plus six named TA subsidiaries) suggests the landlord will not entertain a 1-year tenancy. A 3-year minimum with 3+3 deposit is the most likely shape, to be confirmed with Nicholas Yap (TA Property Management, 016-387-1195, [email protected]).
Lease risk & exit mechanics at Menara TA One
This is the section a CFO's executive assistant is most likely to actually read. Menara TA One-specific lease-mechanics fields are not disclosed in the sources reviewed by TA Global, TA Property Management, or any broker. Every number below is either industry-context or building-management-call-required.
- Reinstatement (cost to return to bare condition at exit): industry benchmark for KLCC Grade A is RM 15–40 psf depending on the scope of the original fit-out. Menara TA One-specific figure: not in public sources. A fully-fitted unit on RM 8.50 psf will cost more to strip than a bare unit on RM 5.30 psf.
- Break clause (penalty for early exit before term end): industry convention is 100–150% of remaining term's rent, or a 6-month soft-landing buyout. Menara TA One-specific: not in public sources. The Chinese-language thepaper.cn account of a 1-month CBD-office-tour documents that the typical MY commercial contract is full remaining-rent liability on early exit. Factor that into any sub-3-year plan.
- Diplomatic clause (lets a foreign tenant exit early without deposit forfeiture if expatriate staff are relocated / lose their pass): the clause is real and is asked about, but the exact mechanics (lock-in length, notice period, whether rent during notice is still owed) are not in public sources for Menara TA One. Standard KL convention is a 12-month lock-in before invocable, 2-month written notice plus documentary evidence, tenant still liable for rent during the notice period. Verify against the actual lease before you assume any of this.
- Fair wear and tear vs damage: the ambiguity that drives most deposit-return disputes. Mitigation: dated photographic move-in inventory and a move-out inventory at the same angles. For unreturned-deposit disputes, the small-claims track is the cited recourse — confirm the current court/tribunal path before publishing any specific number.
The single most-ignored line item in any KL office budget researchers build is reinstatement. A team that budgets RM 6.00 psf base + RM 0.50 psf service charge and forgets the RM 15–40 psf reinstatement at exit has under-stated its 3-year occupancy cost by 9–22%.
Malaysia Digital / MSC status box
Menara TA One's broker copy does not assert MSC / MD Cybercentre status. The v2 research did not find any MDEC-corroborating source placing the tower on an MD-designated building list.
The relevant framework fact (independent of Menara TA One): Malaysia Digital (MD) status is company-activity-based since 25 March 2022, not tied to a designated building. Only ~35% of Malaysia's purpose-built office stock is MD-certified, and only ~13% of MD companies actually sit in MD-certified premises. "Do I need to be in an MD building?" is therefore a real, answerable question — and the answer is no, you do not, because the designation is on your company's activity, not on your address. A company that qualifies can be MD-registered while sitting in any office; a company in a building with an "MD-status" marketing claim gains nothing from that claim alone. (Mechanics verified at MDEC's own site at publish time; this is the explainer that any building's MD page should reference.)
Compare block — KLCC same-submarket peers
For a project manager comparing Menara TA One to other KLCC / Jalan P. Ramlee towers at the same Grade and the same submarket, the most useful same-submarket comparisons are:
- Etiqa Twins — Jalan Pinang, KLCC; comparable Grade A; asking rent RM 6.30–10.00 psf tiered by fit-out.
- Menara Bangkok Bank — same Jalan P. Ramlee corridor; newer vintage; comparable Grade A.
- Menara Standard Chartered — Jalan Sultan Ismail, next to KLCC LRT; closer-rail advantage over Menara TA One.
For a full side-by-side TCO on a 5,000 sq ft unit at each, use the per-building pages listed in the same submarket hub. The cluster's link-back step will populate the canonical URLs after these building pages are committed.
FAQ — Menara TA One Office for Rent
Is Menara TA One Grade A?
Yes. Two independent sources (a dated broker listing, TA Global property management page) classify it as Grade A. The TA Global AR 2015 description calls it a "36-storey grade A office building." Malaysia has no public Grade A registry; the classification is a market convention, not a regulator's designation. SPEEDHOME's methodology for assigning Grade A is published separately in the cluster's doctrine page.
What is the asking rent at Menara TA One in 2026?
RM 5.30–8.50 psf/month, tiered by fit-out: bare / partly furnished RM 5.30–6.00 (a dated broker listing, JLL, TheSpaceHubs, klcc-office.com), smaller fitted RM 7.50–8.50 (a dated broker listing). Triangulated mid-point RM 6.00 psf, which is below the 4Q 2025 KL Golden Triangle prime average of RM 7.07 psf and inside the broader KLCC achieved range of RM 5.00–6.50 psf. Five independent broker sources confirm the range.
What is the service charge at Menara TA One?
Not in public sources. None of the TA Global site, broker pages, or Bursa filings reviewed disclose a per-psf service charge figure. Klang Valley Grade A indicative range is RM 0.25–0.60 psf/month, but the building-specific figure must come from the leasing desk. Leasing PIC: Nicholas Yap (TA Property Management, 016-387-1195, [email protected]). SPEEDHOME's published Klang Valley TCO models use the range pending management confirmation.
What is the floor plate size at Menara TA One?
~12,000–12,600 sq ft per floor (units available 1,200–12,600 sqft per broker listings). Full-floor take-up of 18,632 sqft is possible (TheSpaceHubs listing). A 50-person team fits cleanly in a 4,976 sqft fitted unit; a 100-person team needs the whole-floor 12,000+ sqft or full-floor 18,632 sqft.
Is Menara TA One Malaysia Digital / MSC status?
No MDEC-corroborated MSC or MD Cybercentre status is publicly listed for Menara TA One. Malaysia Digital status is company-activity-based since 25 March 2022, not building-bound — your company's MD designation is on its activity, not its address.
How far is Menara TA One from the nearest MRT / LRT?
KLCC LRT (Kelana Jaya Line) is ~700m / ~9-minute walk. Bukit Nanas Monorail (suspended 2022) was the alternative. Raja Uda MRT (Putrajaya Line) is also nearby. Bukit Bintang MRT (MRT1 Kajang Line) is walkable per broker copy but no measured distance is published — verify from the unit you view.
What is the car park ratio at Menara TA One?
1 bay per 1,500 sq ft (450 bays in a 7-level car park). Reserved parking rate RM 220–250 / bay / month; non-reserved rate RM 180 / bay / month. Visitor parking schedule (Mon–Fri): first 20 min free, first hour RM 5, subsequent hours RM 4, early-bird RM 12 flat, valet RM 40, lost-card penalty RM 50, clamp RM 100.
What is the minimum lease term at Menara TA One?
Not in public sources. The KL Grade A convention is 3 years fixed + 3-year renewal option; the DBKL BM-language commercial-tenancy template defaults to 3 years. TA Group's anchor occupancy (parent HQ on 14th and 34th floors, plus six named TA subsidiaries) suggests the landlord will not entertain a 1-year tenancy. Confirm the building-specific minimum with the leasing desk. Early-exit exposure in Malaysia is the full remaining rent liability, not just deposit forfeiture — factor that into any sub-3-year plan.
Verified stamp
Rent, address, submarket, completion year (1996), NLA, floor plate, parking ratio, parking rate (reserved and non-reserved), visitor parking schedule, freehold tenure, transit access, and the TA Group floor-by-floor tenant roster verified 2026-08-06 against the sources cited in the Fast Facts table. Service charge (RM psf/mo), after-hours air-con rate, minimum lease term, deposit, lock-in, break clause, diplomatic clause mechanics, reinstatement rate, rent review basis, escalation rate, current building-specific occupancy, green certification, and the third-party tenant roster: not in public sources — building management call required.
SPEEDHOME is not the property manager, owner, or broker for Menara TA One. This page is an operator-research synthesis for corporate renters; the live listing and the building's leasing desk (Nicholas Yap, 016-387-1195, [email protected]) are the source of truth for any specific unit.
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