CommercialRESIDENTIALFreeholdDistrict 19 · Hougang

172 Yio Chu Kang Road

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 10 November 2026Data through May 2021

Quick Summary

172 Yio Chu Kang Road is a commercial building in District 19 · Hougang, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 1.4. It is freehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in May 2021. ACRA records 1 live company registration at this address.

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What are the key facts about 172 Yio Chu Kang Road?

Key takeaway172 Yio Chu Kang Road is a commercial building in District 19 · Hougang, zoned RESIDENTIAL, held freehold.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 1.4
Tenure: Freehold
District / Area: District 19 · Hougang
Address: 172 Yio Chu Kang Road
Land area: —
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: Not on record
Submarket: Suburban
Transactions on record: 1 (records start 1995)
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 1

About 172 Yio Chu Kang Road

172 Yio Chu Kang Road is a mixed-use property in Hougang (District 19). It is located along Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore 545624.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with a gross plot ratio of 1.4.

The site is freehold.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$1,407 psf. The most recent was in May 2021.

1 business is currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The closest bus stop (Aft S'goon Gdn Way) is 24 m away (about a 0-minute walk).

What is 172 Yio Chu Kang Road zoned as?

Key takeaway172 Yio Chu Kang Road sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL with a gross plot ratio of 1.4.

Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 1.4

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What has 172 Yio Chu Kang Road sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in May 2021 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
May 2021	Shop House	S$2.25M	1,600 sqft	$1,407

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 172 Yio Chu Kang Road rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for 172 Yio Chu Kang Road itself. On its street, Yio Chu Kang Road, retail space rented at a median of $7.79 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $6.13 and $8.79. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space on Yio Chu Kang Road

Street level · 2026Q3

25th pct

$6.13

$65.95 psm

Median

$7.79

$83.81 psm

75th pct

$8.79

$94.57 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median -9.7% on a year earlier

2023Q2 · $72.41 psm2026Q3 · $83.81 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 Yio Chu Kang Road

Street level · 2026Q1

25th pct

—

— psm

Median

$3.42

$36.84 psm

75th pct

—

— psm

S$ per sq ft per month (median only published)

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 19 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$9.19

$98.95 psm

Median

$12.67

$136.43 psm

75th pct

$20.61

$221.82 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 19 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 172 Yio Chu Kang Road

Key takeawayBrokers' retail figures for this part of Singapore — a broker's market figure, not this building's rent.

CBRE, 2Q 2026

Suburban: Rent S$32.95 psf/mth

Singapore Figures Q2 2026

Cushman & Wakefield, 2Q 2026

Suburban: Rent S$33.36 psf/mth · Vacancy 5.7% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 1.53m 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 172 Yio Chu Kang Road?

Key takeawayURA has approved 1 change of use at 172 Yio Chu Kang Road since 2000, most recently in 2025. 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.

11 Nov 2025Approved
Change of use to shop
Proposed change of use of 1st storey terrace house to shop
4 Feb 2020Renewed
Continued use as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey terrace house as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
9 Jan 2019Renewed
Continued use as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey terrace house as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
12 Jan 2018Renewed
Continued use as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey terrace house as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
7 Feb 2017Renewed
Continued use as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey terrace house as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
28 Jan 2016Renewed
Continued use as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey terrace house as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints at 172 yio chu kang road (hougang planning area)
9 Feb 2015Renewed
Continued use as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey terrace house as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints at 172 yio chu kang road (hougang planning area)
9 Jan 2012Renewed
Continued use as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey terrace house as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
12 Nov 2009Renewed
Continued use as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey terrace house as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
22 Nov 2005Renewed
Continued use as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey terrace house as shop for retail sale of hardware and paints
18 Nov 2002Renewed
Continued use as shop for retail sale of hardware & paint
Continued use of the 1st-storey of the 2-storey terrace house as shop for retail sale of hardware & paint

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 Yio Chu Kang Road price?

Key takeawayAcross 10 strata sales on Yio Chu Kang Road in the last 5 years, the median is $2,127 psf.

Strata sales on the street (5y)

Street median PSF (strata)

$2,127

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

What do commercial rents run near 172 Yio Chu Kang 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 19 retail

Gross yield (area)

6.9%

6.2% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$136.43 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$2,212 psf

70 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 19 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 19 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$63.64	$104.00	$295.24
B1 & Below · 30 & Below	$63.48	$71.43	$209.95
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$54.03	$66.41	$81.37
B1 & Below · >30 - 100	$225.40	$251.63	$339.38
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$201.18	$241.17	$307.68
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$98.95	$138.38	$262.23
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300	$201.65	$214.77	$221.82
B1 & Below · >100 - 300	$196.03	$234.00	$280.07

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 172 Yio Chu Kang Road?

Amenities nearby

Aft S'goon Gdn Way · 24 mPlace Of Worship · 175 mEducational Institution · 280 mComfort Clinic & Surgery · 494 mThe Serangoon Community Club · 941 mHotel · 981 m

Competing premises nearby

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

Balu Minimart Pte. Ltd · 350 mSerangoon Garden Market · 802 mNex · 1.2 km

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at 172 Yio Chu Kang Road

Key takeawayThere is no MRT or LRT station within 1 km; the nearest is Kovan, 1.2 km away. 3 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$90 a month.

Foot traffic: busier than 5% of retail buildings

no MRT/LRT within 1 km (nearest Kovan, 1.2 km); bus stops within 400 m: 7, about 5,484 taps a weekday; Hougang: 43,772 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 44,000 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.

Bus

7 bus stops within 400 m, with 5,484 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Brighton Crescent (URA)333 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · season S$90/month · 11 car lots
Blk 211-222 Serangoon Avenue 4 (HDB)414 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m · 722 car lots
Blk 127 Serangoon North Avenue 1 (HDB)478 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday

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. 172 Yio Chu Kang Road's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

Who's registered at 172 Yio Chu Kang Road?

Key takeaway1 live company (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list 172 Yio Chu Kang Road as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Wholesale and retail trade
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 172 Yio Chu Kang Road

Where is 172 Yio Chu Kang Road?⌄

172 Yio Chu Kang Road is at 172 Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore 545624, in the Hougang planning area.

What is 172 Yio Chu Kang Road zoned as?⌄

172 Yio Chu Kang Road sits on land zoned residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 1.4.

What is the tenure of 172 Yio Chu Kang Road?⌄

172 Yio Chu Kang Road is freehold.

What have units at 172 Yio Chu Kang Road sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$1,407 psf. The latest was in May 2021.

How many businesses are registered at 172 Yio Chu Kang Road?⌄

1 business is 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.

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, URA car park data (URA Data Service), 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.