159 Tampines Street 12
159 Tampines Street 12 is a commercial building in District 18 · Tampines, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.8. ACRA records 5 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about 159 Tampines Street 12?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- RESIDENTIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.8
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 18 · Tampines
- Address
- —
- Land area
- 4,398 sqm
- Completed
- 1983 (HDB Property Information)
- Storeys
- 12 (HDB Property Information)
- Submarket
- Tampines Regional Centre
- 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.
About 159 Tampines Street 12
159 Tampines Street 12 is a mixed-use building in Tampines (District 18). It is located along Tampines Street 12, Singapore 521159.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.
It occupies roughly 4,398 sqm of land with about 344,877 sqm of gross floor area.
5 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Tampines MRT Exit C, 292 m away (about a 5-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 248) is 221 m away (about a 4-minute walk). Tampines Mall is 223 m away (about a 4-minute walk).
What is 159 Tampines Street 12 zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- RESIDENTIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.8
What does space at 159 Tampines Street 12 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 159 Tampines Street 12
- 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 159 Tampines Street 12?
- 7 Oct 2009ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed a & a to existing public housing development, block 156 to 166 with new lifts/lift lobbies, drop off porches, covered linkways & general landscaping works
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$54.50 per unit).
What do commercial rents run near 159 Tampines Street 12?
Retail rents — District 18 ($ 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 159 Tampines Street 12?
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at 159 Tampines Street 12
nearest MRT/LRT Tampines (EW2/DT32) 291 m, about 114,000 taps a weekday; bus stops within 400 m: 7, about 24,000 taps a weekday; Tampines: 84,200 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 87,000 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)291 m · about 114,000 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 159 Tampines Street 12. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
7 bus stops within 400 m, with about 24,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Blk 156/160 Tampines Street 12 (HDB)32 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 20 car lots
- Blk 268-270 Tampines Street 21 (HDB)214 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 193 car lots
- Blk 245/248 Tampines Street 21 (HDB)216 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 170 car lots
- Tampines Mall (development car park)223 mrates not published as open data
- Blk 161/166 Tampines Street 12 (HDB)227 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 392 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. 159 Tampines Street 12's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
How many companies are registered at 159 Tampines Street 12?
- Live registrations
- 5
- Registered last 3 years
- 0
- 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 159 Tampines Street 12
Where is 159 Tampines Street 12?⌄
159 Tampines Street 12 is at Tampines Street 12, Singapore 521159, in the Tampines planning area.
What is 159 Tampines Street 12 zoned as?⌄
159 Tampines Street 12 sits on land zoned residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.
Have there been any recorded transactions at 159 Tampines Street 12?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for 159 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 159 Tampines Street 12?⌄
Tampines MRT Exit C is the closest, 292 m away (about a 5-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at 159 Tampines Street 12?⌄
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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