CommercialDistrict 8 · Kallang

179 Syed Alwi Road

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 10 November 2026Data through Jun 2003
Quick Summary

179 Syed Alwi Road is a commercial building in District 8 · Kallang. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2003. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 179 Syed Alwi Road?

Key takeaway179 Syed Alwi Road is a commercial building in District 8 · Kallang.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
Not on record
Gross plot ratio
—
Tenure
Not on record
District / Area
District 8 · Kallang
Address
179 Syed Alwi Road
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
Not on record
Transactions on record
1 (records start 1995)
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
0
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About 179 Syed Alwi Road

179 Syed Alwi Road is a commercial property in Kallang (District 08). It is located along Syed Alwi Road, Singapore 207715.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$1,990 psf. The most recent was in June 2003.

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What has 179 Syed Alwi Road sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2003 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.
DateUsePriceAreaPSF
Jun 2003Shop HouseS$9.30M4,673 sqft$1,990

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

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What does space at 179 Syed Alwi Road rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 8 retail, retail space rented at a median of $8.25 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $6.30 and $9.03. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 8 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$6.30
$67.76 psm
Median
$8.25
$88.77 psm
75th pct
$9.03
$97.19 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 8 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).

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Market context around 179 Syed Alwi Road

Key takeawayBrokers' retail figures for Singapore as a whole — 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 (island-wide)
  • Singapore total: Rent S$30.38 psf/mth · Vacancy 6.3% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 2.38m 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.

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What's been approved at 179 Syed Alwi Road?

Key takeawayURA has approved 1 change of use at 179 Syed Alwi Road since 2000, most recently in 2001, and refused 1. 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.
  1. 13 Nov 2001RenewedFloor 1
    Continued use as karake lounge

    Continued use of the shop (#01-XX) as karake lounge

  2. 29 Aug 2001Approved
    Change of use to stores and wash rooms

    Retention of use of 1 car parking lot and part of common area at basement carpark of the existing 4-storey shop/flat building as stores and wash rooms

  3. 9 May 2000RefusedFloor 3
    Change of use to boarding house

    Change of use of the residential unit #03-XX to boarding house

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).

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What do commercial rents run near 179 Syed Alwi 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 8 retail

Gross yield (area)
3.6%
3.3% net of property tax
Rent side (median of bands)
$88.77 psm/mo
2026Q3
Price side (strata, 5y)
$2,744 psf
59 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 8 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 8 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band25th pctMedian75th pct
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below$67.76$96.11$143.21
Level 1 · 30 & Below$76.14$92.59$171.04
B1 & Below · 30 & Below$90.68$93.21$137.37
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100$46.15$61.63$86.96
Level 1 · >30 - 100$73.94$90.91$97.19
B1 & Below · >30 - 100$82.17$88.77$163.62
Level 1 · >100 - 300$59.57$69.55$95.87
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300$43.92$47.03$64.17

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.

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Who's registered at 179 Syed Alwi Road?

Key takeaway0 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list 179 Syed Alwi Road as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.
  • Wholesale and retail trade
    0
  • Construction
    0
  • Financial and insurance
    0
  • Real estate
    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.

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Frequently asked questions about 179 Syed Alwi Road

Where is 179 Syed Alwi Road?⌄

179 Syed Alwi Road is at 179 Syed Alwi Road, Singapore 207715, in the Kallang planning area.

What have units at 179 Syed Alwi Road sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$1,990 psf. The latest was in June 2003.

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