CommercialRESIDENTIALFreeholdDistrict 14 · Kallang

17,17a,17b Sims Way

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 10 November 2026Data through Dec 2004

Quick Summary

17,17a,17b Sims Way is a commercial building in District 14 · Kallang, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.8. It is freehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Dec 2004. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 17,17a,17b Sims Way?

Key takeaway17,17a,17b Sims Way is a commercial building in District 14 · Kallang, zoned RESIDENTIAL, held freehold.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 2.8
Tenure: Freehold
District / Area: District 14 · Kallang
Address: 17,17a,17b Sims Way
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: 0

About 17,17a,17b Sims Way

17,17A,17B Sims Way is a mixed-use property in Kallang (District 14). It is located along Sims Way, Singapore 388829.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

The site is freehold.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$25 psf. The most recent was in December 2004.

The nearest MRT is Kallang MRT, 384 m away (about a 6-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Lor 1 Geylang) is 175 m away (about a 3-minute walk).

What is 17,17a,17b Sims Way zoned as?

Key takeaway17,17a,17b Sims Way sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 2.8

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What has 17,17a,17b Sims Way sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Dec 2004 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Dec 2004	Shop House	S$50k	2,013 sqft	$25

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 17,17a,17b Sims Way rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 14 retail, retail space rented at a median of $10.45 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $7.49 and $12.53. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 14 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$7.49

$80.67 psm

Median

$10.45

$112.50 psm

75th pct

$12.53

$134.91 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 14 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 17,17a,17b Sims Way

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 17,17a,17b Sims Way?

Key takeawayURA has approved 2 changes of use at 17,17a,17b Sims Way since 2000, most recently in 2010. 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.

25 Jun 2025Renewed
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of the 1st storey shop as restaurant
8 Jul 2022Renewed
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of the 1st storey shop as restaurant
16 Jul 2019Renewed
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of the 1st storey shop as restaurant
8 Aug 2016Renewed
Continued use as restaurant, 2nd & 3rd storey residential flats as students' hostel
Continued use of the 1st storey shop as restaurant, 2nd & 3rd storey residential flats as students' hostel
2 Aug 2013Renewed
Continued use as restaurant, 2nd & 3rd storey residential flats as students' hostel
Continued use of the 1st storey as restaurant, 2nd & 3rd storey residential flats as students' hostel
8 Sept 2010Approved
Change of use to restaurant, 2nd & 3rd storeys residential to students' hostel
Proposed change of use of the 1st storey shop to restaurant, 2nd & 3rd storeys residential to students' hostel
21 Jun 2007Approved
Change of use to eating house and 2nd and 3rd storey residential to students' hostel
Change of use of the 1st storey shop to eating house and 2nd and 3rd storey residential to students' hostel

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 17,17a,17b Sims Way?

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

Indicative area yield — District 14 retail

Gross yield (area)

5.1%

4.5% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$112.50 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$2,480 psf

106 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 14 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 14 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$60.26	$68.83	$77.30
B1 & Below · 30 & Below	$52.94	$76.47	$130.25
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$85.00	$125.00	$205.26
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$71.17	$84.43	$161.43
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$80.67	$127.33	$161.46
Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100	$69.97	$74.47	$74.91
B1 & Below · >30 - 100	$104.10	$206.00	$256.12
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300	$101.65	$112.97	$180.02

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 17,17a,17b Sims Way?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Kallang MRT, about 384 m away — and 3 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Kallang MRT384 m · ~6 min

Amenities nearby

Aft Lor 1 Geylang · 175 mEducational Institution · 202 mT Medical Clinic (Kallang) · 249 mKallang MRT Exit A · 345 mHotel · 400 mGeylang West Community Club · 479 mPlace Of Worship · 627 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 · 256 mBlk 17 Upper Boon Keng Road · 478 mKallang Wave Mall · 1.0 km

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at 17,17a,17b Sims Way

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Kallang (EW10), 345 m away — a moderately busy station, with about 24,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 24 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$90 a month.

Foot traffic: busier than 53% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Kallang (EW10) 345 m, about 24,000 taps a weekday; 2 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 11, about 36,000 taps a weekday; Kallang: 63,333 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 37,000 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

Kallang (EW10)345 m · about 24,000 weekday taps
Aljunied (EW9)973 m · about 47,000 weekday taps
Stadium (CC6)986 m · about 13,000 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 17,17a,17b Sims Way. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

11 bus stops within 400 m, with about 36,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Blk 114A Lorong 3 Geylang Mscp (HDB)53 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 192 car lots
Lor 3 Geylang (URA)62 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 4 car lots
Blk 113/114 Lorong 3 Geylang (HDB)91 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
Lor Tahar (URA)100 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 2 car lots
Lor 7 Geylang (URA)127 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 12 car lots

HDB season (car): Tier 1 $110/month (a resident's or registered HDB shop/industrial tenant's first car); Tier 2 (other cars, non-residents) $120 Rest of Island, $170 Designated Area, $190 Restricted Zone (sheltered: multi-storey, basement, deck). Industrial-park multi-storey car parks: $110 / $120. 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. 17,17a,17b Sims Way's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

Who's registered at 17,17a,17b Sims Way?

Key takeaway0 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list 17,17a,17b Sims Way as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Accommodation and food services
0
Wholesale and retail trade
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. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.

Frequently asked questions about 17,17a,17b Sims Way

Where is 17,17A,17B Sims Way?⌄

17,17A,17B Sims Way is at 17,17A,17B Sims Way, Singapore 388829, in the Kallang planning area.

What is 17,17A,17B Sims Way zoned as?⌄

17,17A,17B Sims Way sits on land zoned residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

What is the tenure of 17,17A,17B Sims Way?⌄

17,17A,17B Sims Way is freehold.

What have units at 17,17A,17B Sims Way sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$25 psf. The latest was in December 2004.

What is the nearest MRT station to 17,17A,17B Sims Way?⌄

Kallang MRT is the closest, 384 m away (about a 6-minute walk).

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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.

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.

Season parking: the cheapest URA car season rate (commercial ticket) at a public car park within 500 m, per month. HDB's season rates depend on a zone we don't have, so they are shown as HDB's tiers.

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, HDB car park information (data.gov.sg), URA car park data (URA Data Service), LTA DataMall passenger volumes, PropKaki's foot-traffic model — see our methodology. Last updated 10 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.