CommercialRESIDENTIALDistrict 12 · Toa Payoh

179 Toa Payoh Central

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026

Quick Summary

179 Toa Payoh Central is a commercial building in District 12 · Toa Payoh, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.0. ACRA records 10 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 179 Toa Payoh Central?

Key takeaway179 Toa Payoh Central is a commercial building in District 12 · Toa Payoh, zoned RESIDENTIAL.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 3.0
Tenure: Not on record
District / Area: District 12 · Toa Payoh
Address: —
Land area: 491 sqm
Completed: 1973 (HDB Property Information)
Storeys: 25 (HDB Property Information)
Submarket: City Fringe
Transactions on record: None recorded
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 10

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 179 Toa Payoh Central

179 Toa Payoh Central is a mixed-use building in Toa Payoh (District 12). It is located along Toa Payoh Central, Singapore 310179.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with a gross plot ratio of 3.

It occupies roughly 491 sqm of land with about 1,473 sqm of gross floor area.

10 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Toa Payoh MRT, 321 m away (about a 5-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 177) is 130 m away (about a 2-minute walk). Square 2 is 1.6 km away.

What is 179 Toa Payoh Central zoned as?

Key takeaway179 Toa Payoh Central sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL with a gross plot ratio of 3.0.

Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 3.0

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What does space at 179 Toa Payoh Central rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 12 retail, retail space rented at a median of $6.71 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $5.52 and $8.97. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 12 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$5.52

$59.42 psm

Median

$6.71

$72.22 psm

75th pct

$8.97

$96.57 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 12 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 179 Toa Payoh Central

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 179 Toa Payoh Central?

Key takeawayURA's planning decisions at 179 Toa Payoh Central since 2000 are below. 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.

7 Jan 2015Approved
Additions & alterations
Upgrading of amphitheatre (new roof) near block 179 toa payoh central on lots 09601n mk 17
25 Nov 2012Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations involving construction of 4 nos.pavilions at open plaza at blk 179 toa payoh central
25 Aug 2003Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed addition of covered walkway from block 177 to 179

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 179 Toa Payoh Central?

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

Indicative area yield — District 12 retail

Gross yield (area)

2.9%

2.6% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$72.22 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$2,767 psf

54 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 12 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 12 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$52.08	$72.22	$91.29
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$101.58	$129.23	$143.22
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$59.42	$63.94	$96.57
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$74.07	$96.87	$116.31
Level 1 · >100 - 300	$48.14	$55.10	$60.66

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 179 Toa Payoh Central?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Toa Payoh MRT, about 321 m away.

Getting around

Toa Payoh MRT321 m · ~5 min

Amenities nearby

Toa Payoh Central Community Club · 85 mPlace Of Worship · 86 mCold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd · 103 mChng Clinic & Surgery · 105 mBlk 177 · 130 mBlk 74 Toa Payoh Lorong 4 · 224 mToa Payoh MRT Exit A · 313 mEducational Institution · 369 mToa Payoh Town Pk · 440 mHotel · 766 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at 179 Toa Payoh Central

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Toa Payoh (NS19), 313 m away — a busy station, with about 76,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 18 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 74% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Toa Payoh (NS19) 313 m, about 76,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 13, about 26,000 taps a weekday; Toa Payoh: 53,749 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 72,000 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

Toa Payoh (NS19)313 m · about 76,000 weekday taps
Braddell (NS18)809 m · about 31,000 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 179 Toa Payoh Central. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

13 bus stops within 400 m, with about 26,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Blk 186/191 To 193 Toa Payoh Town Centre (HDB)163 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m · 266 car lots
Blk 177 To 179 Toa Payoh Town Centre (HDB)167 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.4 m · 119 car lots
Blk 66/70/73 Lorong 4 Toa Payoh (HDB)194 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m · 27 car lots
Blk 78B Toa Payoh Central (HDB)201 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 646 car lots
Blk 175/183 To 185 Toa Payoh Town Centre (HDB)210 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 9.99 m · 667 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: Toa Payoh West, 918 m away, S$90/month.

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 179 Toa Payoh Central's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

How many companies are registered at 179 Toa Payoh Central?

Key takeawayACRA records 10 live company registrations at this address, 5 of them in the last three years.

Live registrations: 10
Registered last 3 years: 5
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 179 Toa Payoh Central

Where is 179 Toa Payoh Central?⌄

179 Toa Payoh Central is at Toa Payoh Central, Singapore 310179, in the Toa Payoh planning area.

What is 179 Toa Payoh Central zoned as?⌄

179 Toa Payoh Central sits on land zoned residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.

Have there been any recorded transactions at 179 Toa Payoh Central?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for 179 Toa Payoh Central 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 179 Toa Payoh Central?⌄

Toa Payoh MRT is the closest, 321 m away (about a 5-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at 179 Toa Payoh Central?⌄

10 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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Completion year: the year HDB records the block as completed (HDB Property Information).

Storeys: the block's highest floor level as HDB records it.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tenure is not recorded for this building. Commercial tenure coverage is roughly 40% (industrial is far better at ~90%).

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 HDB Property Information, PropKaki's submarket map, HDB car park information (data.gov.sg), LTA DataMall passenger volumes, PropKaki's foot-traffic model — see our methodology. Last updated 8 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.