Taman Tun Dr. Ismail was originally a 286-hectare piece of old rubber estate land located on the western fringe of Kuala Lumpur bordering the state of Selangor.

[citation needed] The area at that time was considered rural and thought of as being too far from the metropolitan city due to the fact that the condition of access via Jalan Damansara was narrow, winding and unlit at night.

TTDI township consists of a mixture of development ranging from landed properties, townhouses, condominiums and commercials with its own landscaped park.

TTDI township also provides numerous community facilities to its residents such as schools, colleges, recreational parks, banks, religious amenities, medical institution, etc.

This layout also includes the provision of extra landscaped open spaces and a high-rise condominium block at the fringes of Taman Tun Dr. Ismail.

The third major change which was made in August 1988 was to convert the proposed town center at Phases 7 and 8 off Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi to condominium units based on Resorts living when there was a sudden demand for Kiara Green Townhouses.

The fourth major change was to build the RM6.5 million Damansara bypass to ease traffic congestion and the relocation of the temporary oxidation pond built in 1983 in front of the Modern Dry Market.

This has made the prominence of Taman Tun Dr. Ismail reduce as people preferred newer developments with more modern facilities within the same vicinity.

DBKL had in 2016 approved the housing development on 4.86ha of land in Taman Rimba Kiara, which was designated as a public open space under the Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020.