156 Simei Road
156 Simei Road 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. ACRA records 4 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about 156 Simei Road?
- 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
- 19,996 sqm
- Completed
- 1988 (HDB Property Information)
- Storeys
- 11 (HDB Property Information)
- Submarket
- Suburban
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 4
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.
About 156 Simei Road
156 Simei Road is a commercial building in Tampines (District 18). It is located along Simei Road, Singapore 520156.
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 19,996 sqm of land with about 752,733 sqm of gross floor area.
4 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Upper Changi MRT, 487 m away (about a 8-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 166) is 89 m away (about a 1-minute walk). Eastpoint Mall is 689 m away (about a 11-minute walk).
What is 156 Simei Road zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.8
What does space at 156 Simei Road rent for?
Retail space — District 18 retail
Region band · 2026Q3S$ 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).
Market context around 156 Simei Road
- Suburban: Rent S$33.36 psf/mth · Vacancy 5.7% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 1.53m sq ft
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 156 Simei Road?
- 29 Nov 2006ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Additions & alterations to extg public housing development, blk 155 to 165 with new lifts/lift lobbies at simei contract 18 & 19 at simei road (lift upgrading programme)
- 21 Jun 2005ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed addition of 11 nos of covered linkways
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$54.50 per unit).
What do commercial rents run near 156 Simei Road?
Retail rents — District 18 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th 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.
What is near 156 Simei Road?
Getting around
- Upper Changi MRT487 m · ~8 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at 156 Simei Road
nearest MRT/LRT Upper Changi (DT34) 467 m, about 12,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 11, about 12,000 taps a weekday; Tampines: 84,200 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 44,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 1 other mall 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
- Upper Changi (DT34)467 m · about 12,000 weekday taps
- Simei (EW3)611 m · about 37,000 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 156 Simei Road. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
11 bus stops within 400 m, with about 12,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Blk 155/162 Simei Road (HDB)60 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 208 car lots
- Blk 166 Simei Road Mscp (HDB)66 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 236 car lots
- Blk 163/165 Simei Road (HDB)83 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 3.8 m · 168 car lots
- Blk 148 - 154 Simei Street 1 (HDB)183 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 5.4 m · 266 car lots
- Blk 168 Simei Lane (HDB)244 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 251 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: Changi North Area, 1.0 km away, S$90/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 156 Simei Road's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
How many companies are registered at 156 Simei Road?
- Live registrations
- 4
- Registered last 3 years
- 2
- 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.
Frequently asked questions about 156 Simei Road
Where is 156 Simei Road?⌄
156 Simei Road is at Simei Road, Singapore 520156, in the Tampines planning area.
What is 156 Simei Road zoned as?⌄
156 Simei Road 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 156 Simei Road?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for 156 Simei Road 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 156 Simei Road?⌄
Upper Changi MRT is the closest, 487 m away (about a 8-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at 156 Simei Road?⌄
4 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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