178 Bukit Timah Road
178 Bukit Timah Road is a commercial building in District 9 · Novena, on land zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.0. It is freehold. 2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Dec 2024. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about 178 Bukit Timah Road?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.0
- Tenure
- Freehold
- District / Area
- District 9 · Novena
- Address
- 178 Bukit Timah Road
- Land area
- —
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- Not on record
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Transactions on record
- 2 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 0
About 178 Bukit Timah Road
178 Bukit Timah Road is a commercial property in Novena (District 09). It is located along Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229851.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial & residential with a gross plot ratio of 3.
The site is freehold.
2 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$4,064 psf. The most recent was in December 2024.
The nearest MRT is Newton MRT, 607 m away (about a 10-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Makepeace Rd) is 18 m away (about a 0-minute walk).
What is 178 Bukit Timah Road zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.0
What has 178 Bukit Timah Road sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Shop House | S$6.60M | 1,427 sqft | $4,624 |
| Sept 2021 | Shop House | S$5.00M | 1,427 sqft | $3,503 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at 178 Bukit Timah Road rent for?
Retail space on Bukit Timah Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -10.2% on a year earlier
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 Bukit Timah Road
Street level · 2026Q1S$ per sq ft per month · median -30.3% on a year earlier
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 9 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 9 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 178 Bukit Timah Road
- Other City Areas: Rent S$21.21 psf/mth · Vacancy 7.4% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 0.73m 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 178 Bukit Timah Road?
- 12 Feb 2025ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed amendment to the approved additions & alterations to an existing 2 storey building with commerical at 1st storey and residential at 2nd storey with an attic on lot 99971v ts28 at 178 bukit timah road singapore 229851
- 17 Jan 2024ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions & alterations to an existing 2 storey building with commerical at 1st storey and residential at 2nd storey with an attic on lot 99971v ts28 singapore 229851
- 31 Oct 2022ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to the existing 2-storey building for commercial at 1st storey and residential at 2nd storey and change of use of residential unit to temporary office
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$54.50 per unit).
How does Bukit Timah Road price?
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near 178 Bukit Timah Road?
Indicative area yield — District 9 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 9 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 9 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 4 & Above · 30 & Below | $101.79 | $127.98 | $144.93 |
| B1 & Below · 30 & Below | $231.82 | $392.95 | $544.95 |
| Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below | $97.06 | $128.26 | $157.50 |
| Level 1 · 30 & Below | $131.15 | $157.04 | $196.05 |
| Level 1 · >30 - 100 | $112.35 | $161.16 | $217.81 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100 | $91.89 | $118.41 | $156.35 |
| Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100 | $81.28 | $100.52 | $133.94 |
| B1 & Below · >30 - 100 | $155.98 | $328.55 | $492.13 |
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 178 Bukit Timah Road?
Getting around
- Newton MRT607 m · ~10 min
Amenities nearby
Competing premises nearby
Retail and F&B premises competing for the same footfall — context for an occupier, not a selling point.
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at 178 Bukit Timah Road
nearest MRT/LRT Newton (NS21/DT11) 492 m, about 116,000 taps a weekday; 2 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 5, about 4,572 taps a weekday; Novena: 42,829 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 23,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 2 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
- Newton (NS21 / DT11)492 m · about 116,000 weekday taps
- Little India (NE7 / DT12)767 m · about 55,000 weekday taps
- Novena (NS20)929 m · about 85,000 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 178 Bukit Timah Road. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
5 bus stops within 400 m, with 4,572 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Kampong Java Rd (URA)201 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 30 car lots
- Clemenceau Ave North ( Newton Fc) (URA)322 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · season S$80/month · 241 car lots
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 178 Bukit Timah Road's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at 178 Bukit Timah Road?
- Construction0
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 178 Bukit Timah Road
Where is 178 Bukit Timah Road?⌄
178 Bukit Timah Road is at 178 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229851, in the Novena planning area.
What is 178 Bukit Timah Road zoned as?⌄
178 Bukit Timah Road sits on land zoned commercial & residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.
What is the tenure of 178 Bukit Timah Road?⌄
178 Bukit Timah Road is freehold.
What have units at 178 Bukit Timah Road sold for?⌄
Across 2 recorded transactions, the median price is S$4,064 psf. The latest was in December 2024.
What is the nearest MRT station to 178 Bukit Timah Road?⌄
Newton MRT is the closest, 607 m away (about a 10-minute walk).
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