CommercialCOMMERCIALConservationLeaseholdDistrict 15 · Geylang

153,153a Joo Chiat Road

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Jun 2007

Quick Summary

153,153a Joo Chiat Road is a commercial building in District 15 · Geylang, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.0. It is leasehold with roughly 21 years remaining. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2007. ACRA records 2 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 153,153a Joo Chiat Road?

Key takeaway153,153a Joo Chiat Road is a commercial building in District 15 · Geylang, zoned COMMERCIAL, held leasehold.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio: 3.0
Tenure: Leasehold
District / Area: District 15 · Geylang
Address: 153,153a Joo Chiat Road
Land area: —
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: Not on record
Submarket: City Fringe
Transactions on record: 1 (records start 1995)
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 2

About 153,153a Joo Chiat Road

153,153A Joo Chiat Road is a commercial property in Geylang (District 15). It is located along Joo Chiat Road, Singapore 427431.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 3. The site falls within a conservation area, so external alterations are subject to URA conservation guidelines.

The site is leasehold, with about 21 years remaining on the lease.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$393 psf. The most recent was in June 2007.

2 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Eunos MRT, 842 m away (about a 13-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Tembeling Rd) is 60 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

What is 153,153a Joo Chiat Road zoned as?

Key takeaway153,153a Joo Chiat Road sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL with a gross plot ratio of 3.0, with conservation status.

Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio: 3.0
Conservation area: Joo Chiat
Conserved building: Yes

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What has 153,153a Joo Chiat Road sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2007 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Jun 2007	Shop House	S$610k	1,551 sqft	$393

URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter

What does space at 153,153a Joo Chiat Road rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for 153,153a Joo Chiat Road itself. On its street, Joo Chiat Road, retail space rented at a median of $5.56 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $3.85 and $6.47. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space on Joo Chiat Road

Street level · 2026Q3

25th pct

$3.85

$41.47 psm

Median

$5.56

$59.88 psm

75th pct

$6.47

$69.67 psm

S$ per sq ft per month

2023Q1 · $71.81 psm2026Q3 · $59.88 psm median

URA's percentiles of RETAIL rents (shop, F&B, entertainment, health & fitness) across every lease stamped with IRAS on this STREET in the quarter — the street's figure, not this building's rent and never a unit's. Retail rent swings with floor and frontage, so the spread matters as much as the median. A median needs at least 2 buildings and 3 contracts (percentiles need 4); a blank means below that threshold, not zero.

Source: URA rental statistics by street (IRAS-stamped contracts).

Office space on Joo Chiat Road

Street level · 2026Q3

25th pct

$5.17

$55.63 psm

Median

$5.52

$59.38 psm

75th pct

$6.19

$66.65 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median -0.4% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $68.64 psm2026Q3 · $59.38 psm median

URA's percentiles of OFFICE rents across every lease stamped with IRAS on this STREET in the quarter — the street's figure, not this building's rent and never a unit's. URA publishes a median only where the street has at least 2 office buildings and 3 contracts that quarter (percentiles need 4); a blank means below that threshold, not zero.

Source: URA rental statistics by street (IRAS-stamped contracts).

Retail space — District 15 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$7.55

$81.29 psm

Median

$9.14

$98.41 psm

75th pct

$14.01

$150.81 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 15 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).

Market context around 153,153a Joo Chiat Road

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.

What's been approved at 153,153a Joo Chiat Road?

Key takeawayURA has approved 1 change of use at 153,153a Joo Chiat Road since 2000, most recently in 2008, and refused 1. 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.

F&B and nightlife here

URA does not approve new eating houses (restaurants, coffee shops, cafes) here; an existing one's permission may be renewed.

Per URA circular DC23-08, Appendix A (2 Oct 2023: no new eating houses in shophouses on listed stretches). A planning guideline for the area, not a decision on any unit; it applies to new eating houses and bars, not to one already approved.

13 Jun 2025Renewed
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of the 1st storey shop as restaurant
25 Oct 2022Renewed
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of the 1st storey shop as restaurant
24 Oct 2019Renewed
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of the 1st storey premises as restaurant
27 Oct 2017Renewed
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of the 1st storey terrace house as restaurant
10 Oct 2016Renewed
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of the 1st storey terrace house as restaurant
25 Nov 2015Renewed
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of the 1st storey terrace house as restaurant at 153 joo chiat road
7 Jan 2015Renewed
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of the 1st storey terrace house as restaurant at 153 joo chiat road
26 Dec 2014Refused
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of the 1st storey terrace house as restaurant at 153 joo chiat road
5 Feb 2014Renewed
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of the 1st storey terrace house as restaurant at 151 & 153 joo chiat road
22 Jul 2008Approved
Change of use to restaurant
Change of use of 1st storey terrace house to restaurant

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).

How does Joo Chiat Road price?

Key takeawayAcross 63 strata sales on Joo Chiat Road in the last 5 years, the median is $1,931 psf.

Strata sales on the street (5y)

Street median PSF (strata)

$1,931

Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.

What do commercial rents run near 153,153a Joo Chiat Road?

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

Indicative area yield — District 15 retail

Gross yield (area)

3.7%

3.3% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$98.41 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$2,956 psf

85 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 15 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 15 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
B1 & Below · 30 & Below	$121.08	$139.73	$241.82
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$69.23	$85.38	$86.21
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$47.87	$67.50	$87.18
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$73.94	$87.91	$101.01
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$57.08	$76.47	$184.13
B1 & Below · >30 - 100	$88.64	$163.41	$259.82
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300	$93.30	$107.29	$126.41
Level 1 · >100 - 300	$69.67	$89.53	$113.56

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.

What is near 153,153a Joo Chiat Road?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Eunos MRT, about 842 m away — and 3 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Eunos MRT842 m · ~13 min

Amenities nearby

GP@Joo Chiat Clinic · 53 mAft Tembeling Rd · 60 mPlace Of Worship · 99 mEducational Institution · 183 mHotel · 190 mCarpmael Park · 201 mGeylang Serai Community Club · 537 mEunos MRT Exit B · 793 mEunos Polyclinic · 801 mParkway East Hospital · 990 m

Competing premises nearby

Retail and F&B premises competing for the same footfall — context for an occupier, not a selling point.

NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 334 mDunman Food Centre · 428 mKinex · 630 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at 153,153a Joo Chiat Road

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Eunos (EW7), 793 m away — a moderately busy station, with about 31,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 30 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 14% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Eunos (EW7) 793 m, about 31,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 7, about 4,504 taps a weekday; Geylang: 116,481 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 36,000 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

Eunos (EW7)793 m · about 31,000 weekday taps
Paya Lebar (EW8 / CC9)941 m · about 95,000 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 153,153a Joo Chiat Road. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

7 bus stops within 400 m, with 4,504 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Crane Rd (URA)65 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 4 car lots
Tembeling Rd Off St (URA)75 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 200 car lots
Onan Rd (URA)163 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 52 car lots
Joo Chiat Terrace (URA)171 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 14 car lots
Ceylon Lane (URA)188 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 6 car lots

Nearest URA season parking: Tanjong Katong Rd Off St, 808 m away, S$90/month.

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 153,153a Joo Chiat Road's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

Who's registered at 153,153a Joo Chiat Road?

Key takeaway2 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list 153,153a Joo Chiat Road as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Wholesale and retail trade
1
Accommodation and food services
1

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. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.

Frequently asked questions about 153,153a Joo Chiat Road

Where is 153,153A Joo Chiat Road?⌄

153,153A Joo Chiat Road is at 153,153A Joo Chiat Road, Singapore 427431, in the Geylang planning area.

What is 153,153A Joo Chiat Road zoned as?⌄

153,153A Joo Chiat Road sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.

What is the tenure of 153,153A Joo Chiat Road?⌄

153,153A Joo Chiat Road is leasehold. About 21 years remain on the lease.

Is 153,153A Joo Chiat Road a conserved property?⌄

Yes. 153,153A Joo Chiat Road falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.

What have units at 153,153A Joo Chiat Road sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$393 psf. The latest was in June 2007.

What is the nearest MRT station to 153,153A Joo Chiat Road?⌄

Eunos MRT is the closest, 842 m away (about a 13-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at 153,153A Joo Chiat Road?⌄

2 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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Year of completion is not on record for this building. Building age cannot be stated.

Submarket: PropKaki's own map from URA's planning subzones (CBD core, City Hall / Bugis, Orchard, city fringe, regional centres, suburban). Brokers draw these lines differently.

Changes of use: URA planning approvals recorded at this building since 2000 (any unit; renewals of a temporary permission not counted). History only — Past approvals are not today's approved use; check with URA's approved-use enquiry before signing. Never say a use is allowed, permitted or approved for a unit, and never say a use would be approved.

F&B / nightlife: per URA circular DC23-08, Appendix A (2 Oct 2023: no new eating houses in shophouses on listed stretches). A planning guideline, not a decision on any unit.

Station taps: average weekday fare-card taps in and out at the nearest MRT/LRT station (LTA DataMall). People passing the station's gates, not people visiting this building.

Foot-traffic score: PropKaki's relative score from nearby MRT and bus taps, workers and residents around (and, for retail, competing malls), ranked against buildings of the same kind. A percentile, not a count of people.

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.

Unbuilt GFA cannot be computed here — it needs BCA built-GFA, which covers about 5% of commercial buildings and no industrial ones. Zoning and plot ratio are on record; headroom is not.

Reviewed by Nathan Tang

Nathan Tang has over 10 years of property experience across condominiums, HDB flats and commercial property, specialising in property research and finance.

Figures draw on URA and JTC records, URA Master Plan zoning, ACRA registrations and live commercial-portal listings; building facts from PropKaki's submarket map, URA planning decisions, URA circular DC23-08 (2 Oct 2023), URA car park data (URA Data Service), LTA DataMall passenger volumes, PropKaki's foot-traffic model — see our methodology. Last updated 8 November 2026. For general information, not financial advice.

Getting there and parking: LTA DataMall passenger volumes and car parks, URA Data Service car park rates, HDB and JTC car park information (data.gov.sg) and HDB's published parking charges, Census of Population 2020 and the Singapore Department of Statistics' June 2026 resident population (Singapore Open Data Licence). The foot-traffic score is PropKaki's own relative model, not a count.

Market context: figures cited from CBRE Research (Singapore Figures) and Cushman & Wakefield (Singapore MarketBeat), each with its quarter and report; flexible-workspace centres from the operators' public location lists; collective sales from marketing agents' announcements and news reports, each linked.

Rents: URA rental statistics for office and retail space by street (IRAS-stamped contracts), JTC J-SPACE rentals by building and by street, JTC price tenders, and URA REALIS rental grids. SLA tender results and JTC posted land rents are held for state and JTC land.