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Global Gains - Bali Real Estate Weekly Pulse: Issue 01

📍 Your high-leverage briefing on news, real estate trends & market insights from Bali, delivered weekly.

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Jonathan Ma
May 12, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

🚀 This Week’s Highlights

✅ Watch infrastructure push → Good corridors to invest before infra push drives prices up specially in West & North
✅ Avoid Nominee deals for property transactions, as there are no legal protections
✅ Wellness Real Estate is a fast growing segment, capitalize with health & wellness focused resorts, villa’s etc to capture this segment

🚧 Infrastructure Developments To Unlock New Value

1. 🚇 Bali’s $20B Subway Is Coming
Phase 1 will link the airport to Cemagi, followed by Nusa Dua by 2028. With full rollout by 2031, it’ll serve 1M+ daily riders and feature culture-themed stations. Game-changer for traffic and land values.
📅 ETA: 2028–2031
📈 Impact: 1M+ daily movers → land in transit corridors = prime uplift
🔭 Watch Zones: Cemagi, North Kuta, Tabanan

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Blueprint of route-map

Important Infrastructure Updates

🛣️ West Bali Toll Road = Land Watch Alert!
Though some concerns arise about being left out of strategic plan, Gilimanuk–Mengwi toll (96 km) continues. Jembrana & Tabanan land deals already heating up.
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🛬 North Bali Airport Back On
32M passenger international airport revived in Buleleng. Massive upside in Bali’s untapped north coast. Low entry, long play.
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🎡 ‘Bali’s Disneyland’ in coastal Jembrana area
$700M Paramount theme park (600 ha) opens 2026. Family tourism boom incoming.
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📌 TL;DR: Nominee setups are illegal and risky. Why?

  1. Supreme Court ruled them unenforceable in 2014

  2. Even notarized agreements won’t hold up in court

  3. If your nominee turns on you, you have no legal protection

  4. Crackdowns and cancellations for such setups are now active

What Can Foreign Investors Do Instead?

✅ PT PMA (Foreign-Owned Company)
Best option for owning property and operating a business legally in Indonesia

✅ Leasehold (25–30 years)
Secure long-term rights to use property — without owning the land

📘 Tip: Don’t cut corners — get proper legal structuring upfront.

🏠 Real Estate Insights


🌿 The Rise of Wellness Real Estate in Bali
Buyers aren’t just chasing ROI — they’re chasing rejuvenation. The new wave of real estate blends luxury, lifestyle, and longevity.

🏡 Wellness-Driven Developments Are Booming

OXO Living, sold out in just weeks

  • Oxo Living’s latest wellness villa project sold out off-plan in weeks

  • Prices on wellness-aligned properties are seeing 15–25% faster appreciation

  • Buyers are skewing under 40, health-conscious, and remote-work enabled

  • Key features include: infrared saunas, cold plunges, yoga decks, filtered air, and biophilic design

📈 Wellness Real Estate = ROI + Wellbeing
Developments promoting longevity, mental clarity, and physical health are outperforming traditional builds.

🧘‍♀️ Investor takeaway: Properties that offer retreat-like experiences are commanding premium resale and rental returns.

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