Mont Kiara has been one of Kuala Lumpur's most established expatriate-favoured addresses for over two decades, built around international schools, embassies and an unusually dense cluster of upscale condominiums. Solaris Mont Kiara sits at its commercial heart, wrapped with trendy eateries and anchored by Publika's arts-and-lifestyle retail mix, with MITEC, MATRADE and KL Metropolis forming a wider international trade and business hub nearby.
The area connects via the PLUS and DUKE highways, with the upcoming MRT3 line planned to serve the area. Land in the immediate Solaris Mont Kiara precinct has become genuinely scarce — Arte Solaris occupies what its developer calls the last prime land parcel fronting the enclave's own entrance.