CommercialRESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREYDistrict 18 · Tampines

144 Tampines Street 12

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026
Quick Summary

144 Tampines Street 12 is a commercial building in District 18 · Tampines, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.8. 3 units are currently listed for sale or rent. ACRA records 6 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 144 Tampines Street 12?

Key takeaway144 Tampines Street 12 is a commercial building in District 18 · Tampines, zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
Gross plot ratio
2.8
Tenure
Not on record
District / Area
District 18 · Tampines
Address
—
Land area
2,881 sqm
Completed
1984 (HDB Property Information)
Storeys
11 (HDB Property Information)
Submarket
Tampines Regional Centre
Listed as
Other Retail, Shop / Shophouse
Transactions on record
None recorded
Live listings
3
ACRA registrations
6

No recorded transactions — this building has never generated a strata caveat (typically single-owner or lease-only stock). That is not missing data, and it says nothing about the building's value, occupancy or availability.

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About 144 Tampines Street 12

144 Tampines Street 12 is a commercial building in Tampines (District 18). It is located along Tampines Street 12, Singapore 521144.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

It occupies roughly 2,881 sqm of land with about 8,068 sqm of gross floor area.

30 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Tampines West MRT, 671 m away (about a 10-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 141) is 167 m away (about a 3-minute walk). Century Square is 439 m away (about a 7-minute walk).

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What is 144 Tampines Street 12 zoned as?

Key takeaway144 Tampines Street 12 sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.
Land-use zone
RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
Gross plot ratio
2.8

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What does space at 144 Tampines Street 12 rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 18 retail, retail space rented at a median of $18.35 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $15.60 and $25.03. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 18 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$15.60
$167.95 psm
Median
$18.35
$197.55 psm
75th pct
$25.03
$269.47 psm

S$ per sq ft per month

A REGION BAND — URA's grid for the whole district or location, not this street or building. Say "across <district/location>, …", never that this building rents for it. The middle of URA's retail grid for District 18 across every floor and size band — a ground-floor shop and an upper-floor unit sit at very different points in it.

Source: URA REALIS retail rental analysis (district × floor × size grid).

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Market context around 144 Tampines Street 12

Key takeawayBrokers' retail figures for this part of Singapore — a broker's market figure, not this building's rent.
CBRE, 2Q 2026
  • Suburban: Rent S$32.95 psf/mth
Singapore Figures Q2 2026
Cushman & Wakefield, 2Q 2026
  • Suburban: Rent S$33.36 psf/mth · Vacancy 5.7% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 1.53m sq ft
Singapore Retail MarketBeat Q2 2026

Official series (URA, 2026Q3): Retail vacancy rate (Whole Island) 6.5 (-0.4 pp on the year) · Retail rental index (Central Region) 81.2 (+1.4% on the year).

Brokers draw submarkets and grades differently; each figure is the broker's own, for its own area, cited to its report. Rents are per square foot per month.

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How fast units move at 144 Tampines Street 12

Key takeawayBased on listings we track, as of our last check on 28 Aug 2026: 2 units for rent; 1 unit for sale.

Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 new listings appeared and 0 came off (sold, let or withdrawn). Days on market: not enough history yet — we began tracking on 6 Aug 2026.

Sale: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 new listings appeared and 0 came off (sold, let or withdrawn). Days on market: not enough history yet — we began tracking on 6 Aug 2026.

One count per unit, however many agents list it. Asking prices are not tracked over time, so price cuts are not shown.

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What's been approved at 144 Tampines Street 12?

Key takeawayURA has approved 4 changes of use at 144 Tampines Street 12 since 2000, most recently in 2023. This is the building's planning history, not today's approved use of any unit: confirm a unit's approved use with URA before signing.
  1. 8 May 2023ApprovedFloor 1
    Change of use to laundromat

    Proposed change of use of part unit #01-XX to laundromat

  2. 5 Dec 2022ApprovedFloor 1
    Change of use to veterinary clinic

    Proposed change of use of first storey premises and living quarters of unit #01-XX to veterinary clinic

  3. 30 May 2018Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed amendment to approved additions & alterations to existing public housing development, blocks 140 to 151 with new consumer switch rooms, new police equirement room & new electrical substations at tampines street 12 / avenue 5 (home improvement programme)

  4. 23 Oct 2006ApprovedFloor 1
    Change of use: shop → take-away pizza outlet

    Change of use of part of the 1st sty unit (#01-XX) from shop to take-away pizza outlet (no dining - in) blk 144

  5. 14 Jul 2003Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed addition of 2 nos of covered linkways from blocks 141 to 142 and blocks 144 to 145

  6. 24 Nov 2000ApprovedFloor 1
    Change of use to office

    Proposed use of unit #01-XX as office

Source: URA planning decisions (URA Data Service), matched to this building by address or land lot. A past approval can lapse (a temporary permission) and belongs to the unit it names. The authoritative approved use of a unit comes from URA's Enquiry on Approved Use of Premises (S$54.50 per unit).

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What do commercial rents run near 144 Tampines Street 12?

Key takeawayURA publishes contracted-rent percentile grids quarterly (latest: 2026Q3) — the benchmark evidence an asking rent should be weighed against.

Retail rents — District 18 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band25th pctMedian75th pct
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below$288.17$334.04$372.08
B1 & Below · 30 & Below$402.91$419.52$444.18
Level 1 · 30 & Below$338.80$476.56$507.11
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100$160.23$185.71$256.74
B1 & Below · >30 - 100$242.12$313.16$407.37
Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100$246.24$280.87$292.97
Level 1 · >30 - 100$145.32$182.85$282.19
Level 1 · >100 - 300$150.78$175.58$214.75

URA REALIS rental-contract percentiles for the district/location — an area benchmark, not this building's own rents. Office and retail are dimensioned differently and are never mixed.

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What is available at 144 Tampines Street 12 right now?

Key takeaway3 units are currently listed at 144 Tampines Street 12 — 1 for sale and 2 for rent. One row per unit; several agents often market the same unit.

For sale (1)

  • 144 Tampines Street 122 agentsS$2.50M · 1,700 sqft

For rent (2)

  • 144 Tampines Street 12, 521144S$5k/mo · 900 sqft
  • 144 Tampines Street 12S$5k/mo · 900 sqft

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What is near 144 Tampines Street 12?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Tampines West MRT, about 671 m away.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Educational Institution · 62 mBlk 141 · 167 mTampines Clinic & Surgery · 191 mPlace Of Worship · 220 mBlk 137 Tampines Street 11 · 353 mNTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 385 mCentury Square · 439 mTampines Changkat Community Club · 512 mTampines MRT Exit C · 569 mSt. Andrew's Community Hospital · 937 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at 144 Tampines Street 12

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Tampines (EW2 / DT32), 569 m away — one of the busiest stations, with about 114,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 13 public car parks are within 500 m.
Foot traffic: busier than 56% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Tampines (EW2/DT32) 569 m, about 114,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 5, about 23,000 taps a weekday; Tampines: 84,200 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 85,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 3 other malls within 1 km. Ranked against 12,856 retail buildings by PropKaki's model: a relative score, not a footfall count.

A relative score from PropKaki's model (station and bus taps nearby, workers and residents around, and competing malls), not a count of people.

Stations within 1 km

  • Tampines (EW2 / DT32)569 m · about 114,000 weekday taps
  • Tampines West (DT31)653 m · about 21,000 weekday taps

Taps are fare-card taps in and out at the station's gates on an average weekday (Jul 2026 to Sep 2026) — people passing through, not visitors to 144 Tampines Street 12. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

5 bus stops within 400 m, with about 23,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Blk 140/148 Tampines Street 12 (HDB)67 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m · 570 car lots
  • Blk 137/139 Tampines Street 11 (HDB)229 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 211 car lots
  • Blk 161/166 Tampines Street 12 (HDB)233 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 392 car lots
  • Blk 149/151 Tampines Street 12 (HDB)271 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 250 car lots
  • Blk 921A Tampines Street 91 (HDB)275 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 272 car lots

HDB season (car): Tier 1 $80/month (a resident's or registered HDB shop/industrial tenant's first car); Tier 2 (other cars, non-residents) $90 Rest of Island, $150 Designated Area, $165 Restricted Zone (surface). Which zone this car park is in is not published as data.

Nearest URA season parking: Tampines Industrial Av E 3, 2.1 km away, S$90/month.

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 144 Tampines Street 12's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

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Who's registered at 144 Tampines Street 12?

Key takeaway6 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list 144 Tampines Street 12 as their registered address on its shop floor. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.
  • Health and social services
    2
  • Other services
    1
  • Accommodation and food services
    1
  • Professional, scientific and technical services
    1
  • Education
    1
  • Construction
    0
  • Financial and insurance
    0
  • Manufacturing
    0
  • Wholesale and retail trade
    0
  • Information and communications
    0

Registered businesses, not who occupies the space: companies, LLPs and branches whose REGISTERED address is this building (ACRA), by industry. Sole proprietors are not counted; no business is named. HDB block: only the shop floor (level 1 and basements) is counted; the flats above are homes. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.

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Frequently asked questions about 144 Tampines Street 12

Where is 144 Tampines Street 12?⌄

144 Tampines Street 12 is at Tampines Street 12, Singapore 521144, in the Tampines planning area.

What is 144 Tampines Street 12 zoned as?⌄

144 Tampines Street 12 sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

Have there been any recorded transactions at 144 Tampines Street 12?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for 144 Tampines Street 12 in the URA records we track. That is common for buildings held by a single owner, which never generate strata transactions.

What is the nearest MRT station to 144 Tampines Street 12?⌄

Tampines West MRT is the closest, 671 m away (about a 10-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at 144 Tampines Street 12?⌄

30 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA. That is a measure of registered addresses, not of how many businesses physically occupy the building.

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