CommercialRESIDENTIALDistrict 12 · Toa Payoh

149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026
Quick Summary

149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh is a commercial building in District 12 · Toa Payoh, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.0. ACRA records 5 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh?

Key takeaway149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh is a commercial building in District 12 · Toa Payoh, zoned RESIDENTIAL.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio
3.0
Tenure
Not on record
District / Area
District 12 · Toa Payoh
Address
—
Land area
29,041 sqm
Completed
1971 (HDB Property Information)
Storeys
11 (HDB Property Information)
Submarket
City Fringe
Transactions on record
None recorded
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
5

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 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh

149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh is a mixed-use building in Toa Payoh (District 12). It is located along Lorong 1 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310149.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with a gross plot ratio of 3.

It occupies roughly 29,041 sqm of land with about 87,124 sqm of gross floor area.

5 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Toa Payoh MRT, 435 m away (about a 7-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Oleander Twrs) is 123 m away (about a 2-minute walk). Square 2 is 1.5 km away.

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What is 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh zoned as?

Key takeaway149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL with a gross plot ratio of 3.0.
Land-use zone
RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio
3.0

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What does space at 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 12 retail, retail space rented at a median of $6.71 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $5.52 and $8.97. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 12 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$5.52
$59.42 psm
Median
$6.71
$72.22 psm
75th pct
$8.97
$96.57 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 12 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 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh

Key takeawayBrokers' retail figures for this part of Singapore — a broker's market figure, not this building's rent.
CBRE, 2Q 2026 (island-wide)
  • Islandwide: Rent S$28.15 psf/mth
Singapore Figures Q2 2026
Cushman & Wakefield, 2Q 2026
  • Other City Areas: Rent S$21.21 psf/mth · Vacancy 7.4% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 0.73m 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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What's been approved at 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh?

Key takeawayURA has approved 1 change of use at 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh since 2000, most recently in 2002. 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. 5 Sept 2002ApprovedFloor 1
    Change of use to diabetes education and care centre

    Proposed change of use of the existing student care centre at unit #01-XX to diabetes education and care centre

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 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh?

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

Indicative area yield — District 12 retail

Gross yield (area)
2.9%
2.6% net of property tax
Rent side (median of bands)
$72.22 psm/mo
2026Q3
Price side (strata, 5y)
$2,767 psf
54 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 12 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.

Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.

Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.

Retail rents — District 12 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band25th pctMedian75th pct
Level 1 · 30 & Below$52.08$72.22$91.29
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below$101.58$129.23$143.22
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100$59.42$63.94$96.57
Level 1 · >30 - 100$74.07$96.87$116.31
Level 1 · >100 - 300$48.14$55.10$60.66

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 near 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Toa Payoh MRT, about 435 m away.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Educational Institution · 65 mMediview Clinic & Surgery · 92 mOleander Twrs · 123 mToa Payoh West Community Club · 219 mPlace Of Worship · 270 mToa Payoh MRT Exit D · 312 mHotel · 348 mNTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 385 mBlk 127 Toa Payoh Lorong 1 · 492 mThomson Medical Centre · 971 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Toa Payoh (NS19), 311 m away — a busy station, with about 76,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 13 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$90 a month.
Foot traffic: busier than 54% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Toa Payoh (NS19) 311 m, about 76,000 taps a weekday; 2 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 8, about 14,000 taps a weekday; Toa Payoh: 53,749 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 55,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 0 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

  • Toa Payoh (NS19)311 m · about 76,000 weekday taps
  • Caldecott (CC17 / TE9)543 m · about 20,000 weekday taps
  • Braddell (NS18)817 m · about 31,000 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 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

8 bus stops within 400 m, with about 14,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Blk 148 To 150 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh (HDB)55 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m · 183 car lots
  • Blk 156A Lorong 1 Toa Payoh (HDB)183 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 601 car lots
  • Blk 146A Lorong 2 Toa Payoh (HDB)198 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 657 car lots
  • Blk 141A Lorong 2 Toa Payoh (HDB)255 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 458 car lots
  • Toa Payoh West (URA)261 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · season S$90/month · 53 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.

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

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How many companies are registered at 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh?

Key takeawayACRA records 5 live company registrations at this address, 3 of them in the last three years.
Live registrations
5
Registered last 3 years
3
Most common type
Sole Proprietorship/ Partnership

Company REGISTRATIONS at this address (ACRA), not a tenancy schedule. Registration does not mean the company physically occupies space here, and a low count does not mean the building is empty. Do not describe this as occupancy or vacancy.

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Frequently asked questions about 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh

Where is 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh?⌄

149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh is at Lorong 1 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310149, in the Toa Payoh planning area.

What is 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh zoned as?⌄

149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh sits on land zoned residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.

Have there been any recorded transactions at 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh 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 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh?⌄

Toa Payoh MRT is the closest, 435 m away (about a 7-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh?⌄

5 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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