The Jalan Lembah Permai area was once a rural part of George Town where farmers worked in the pepper estate. This has since made way for the urban sprawl of George Town, and the property here has risen substantially in prices. Nevertheless there are still pockets of the working-class neighborhood along this road.
22 October, 2017 The Starreports of a landslide at a construction site near Lorong Lembah Permai 3 killed two Bangladeshi and one Myanmar construction workers. At time of writing, 11 workers including a 27-year-old local site supervisor remain unaccounted for.