196 Kim Keat Avenue
196 Kim Keat Avenue 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 0 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about 196 Kim Keat Avenue?
- 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
- 4,074 sqm
- Completed
- 2015 (HDB Property Information)
- Storeys
- 25 (HDB Property Information)
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 0
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 196 Kim Keat Avenue
196 Kim Keat Avenue is a building in Toa Payoh (District 12). It is located along Kim Keat Avenue, Singapore 310196.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with a gross plot ratio of 3.
It occupies roughly 4,074 sqm of land with about 12,222 sqm of gross floor area.
3 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The closest bus stop (Blk 268A) is 204 m away (about a 3-minute walk). The Poiz Centre is 1.0 km away (about a 16-minute walk).
What is 196 Kim Keat Avenue zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- RESIDENTIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.0
What does space at 196 Kim Keat Avenue rent for?
Retail space — District 12 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 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 196 Kim Keat Avenue
- Other City Areas: Rent S$21.21 psf/mth · Vacancy 7.4% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 0.73m sq ft
Official series (URA, 2026Q3): Retail vacancy rate (Whole Island) 6.5 (-0.4 pp on the year) · Retail rental index (Central Region) 81.2 (+1.4% on the year).
Brokers draw submarkets and grades differently; each figure is the broker's own, for its own area, cited to its report. Rents are per square foot per month.
What do commercial rents run near 196 Kim Keat Avenue?
Indicative area yield — District 12 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 12 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 12 ($ 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 196 Kim Keat Avenue?
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at 196 Kim Keat Avenue
no MRT/LRT within 1 km (nearest Potong Pasir, 1.1 km); bus stops within 400 m: 10, about 20,000 taps a weekday; Toa Payoh: 53,749 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 74,000 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
10 bus stops within 400 m, with about 20,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Blk 196 Kim Keat Avenue (HDB)35 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 19 car lots
- Blk 194A Kim Keat Avenue (HDB)61 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 242 car lots
- Blk 253/254/256 Kim Keat Avenue (HDB)113 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m · 134 car lots
- Blk 265 Kim Keat Avenue (HDB)114 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 327 car lots
- Blk 260 Kim Keat Avenue (HDB)197 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 246 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: Moonstone Area, 954 m away, S$90/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 196 Kim Keat Avenue's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at 196 Kim Keat Avenue?
- Health and social services0
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. HDB block: only the shop floor (level 1 and basements) is counted; the flats above are homes. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.
Frequently asked questions about 196 Kim Keat Avenue
Where is 196 Kim Keat Avenue?⌄
196 Kim Keat Avenue is at Kim Keat Avenue, Singapore 310196, in the Toa Payoh planning area.
What is 196 Kim Keat Avenue zoned as?⌄
196 Kim Keat Avenue sits on land zoned residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.
Have there been any recorded transactions at 196 Kim Keat Avenue?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for 196 Kim Keat Avenue in the URA records we track. That is common for buildings held by a single owner, which never generate strata transactions.
How many businesses are registered at 196 Kim Keat Avenue?⌄
3 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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