20 Liang Seah Street
20 Liang Seah Street is a commercial building in District 7 · Downtown Core, on land zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 4.2. It is 999-year leasehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Jul 2025. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about 20 Liang Seah Street?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 4.2
- Tenure
- 999-year leasehold
- District / Area
- District 7 · Downtown Core
- Address
- 20 Liang Seah Street
- Land area
- —
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- Not on record
- Submarket
- City Hall / Bugis
- Transactions on record
- 1 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 0
About 20 Liang Seah Street
20 Liang Seah Street is a commercial property in Downtown Core (District 07). It is located along Liang Seah Street, Singapore 189041.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial & residential with a gross plot ratio of 4.2. The site falls within a conservation area, so external alterations are subject to URA conservation guidelines. It lies inside the Central Area.
The site is 999-year leasehold, with about 800 years remaining on the lease.
1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$12,576 psf. The most recent was in July 2025.
The nearest MRT is Bugis MRT, 269 m away (about a 4-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Bugis Cube) is 109 m away (about a 2-minute walk).
What is 20 Liang Seah Street zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 4.2
- Conservation area
- Beach Road
- Conserved building
- Yes
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
What has 20 Liang Seah Street sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | Shop House | S$14.20M | 1,129 sqft | $12,576 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at 20 Liang Seah Street rent for?
Retail space — District 7 retail
Region band · 2026Q3S$ 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 7 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 20 Liang Seah Street
- 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 20 Liang Seah Street?
- 25 May 2023RefusedFloor 3Change of use: residential → office
Proposed change of use of 3rd storey (#03-XX) from residential to office
- 15 Aug 2000ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed conservation & additions/alterations to existing 3-storey shophouse and change of use to restaurant at 1st & 2nd storey
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$54.50 per unit).
How does Liang Seah Street price?
Too few strata sales on this street to support a median — the count is shown without one.
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near 20 Liang Seah Street?
Indicative area yield — District 7 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 7 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 7 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 · 30 & Below | $93.33 | $113.33 | $165.94 |
| Level 4 & Above · 30 & Below | $69.42 | $79.17 | $140.05 |
| B1 & Below · 30 & Below | $94.66 | $392.16 | $721.70 |
| Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below | $71.79 | $88.95 | $100.36 |
| Level 1 · >30 - 100 | $84.41 | $129.03 | $192.55 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100 | $53.85 | $86.57 | $113.16 |
| B1 & Below · >30 - 100 | $71.03 | $80.88 | $146.17 |
| Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100 | $47.06 | $59.43 | $68.42 |
Office rents — Central Area ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Building class · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category 2 · 100 & Below | $54.65 | $69.39 | $88.80 |
| Category 1 · 100 & Below | $103.62 | $122.24 | $132.43 |
| Category 1 · >100 - 200 | $116.28 | $126.99 | $148.35 |
| Category 2 · >100 - 200 | $65.57 | $82.87 | $97.63 |
| Category 1 · >200 - 500 | $114.67 | $128.09 | $145.77 |
| Category 2 · >200 - 500 | $64.83 | $82.57 | $94.73 |
| Category 1 · >500 - 1000 | $106.56 | $137.78 | $148.23 |
| Category 2 · >500 - 1000 | $85.04 | $89.34 | $109.80 |
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 20 Liang Seah Street?
Getting around
- Bugis MRT269 m · ~4 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 20 Liang Seah Street
nearest MRT/LRT Bugis (EW12/DT14) 110 m, about 109,000 taps a weekday; 8 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 19, about 40,000 taps a weekday; Downtown Core: 284,004 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 12,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 9 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
- Bugis (EW12 / DT14)110 m · about 109,000 weekday taps
- Esplanade (CC3)507 m · about 15,000 weekday taps
- Bras Basah (CC2)590 m · about 10,000 weekday taps
- Promenade (CC4 / DT15)616 m · about 45,000 weekday taps
- Bencoolen (DT21)636 m · about 20,000 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 20 Liang Seah Street. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
19 bus stops within 400 m, with about 40,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Liang Seah St (URA)15 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 45 car lots
- Backlane (Purvis St) (URA)203 m
- Purvis St (URA)235 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 43 car lots
- North Bridge Rd Off St (URA)249 mS$0.75 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 92 car lots
- Backlane (Seah St) (URA)288 m
Nearest URA season parking: Kampong Glam Area, 579 m away, S$125/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 20 Liang Seah Street's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at 20 Liang Seah Street?
- Manufacturing0
- Wholesale and retail trade0
- Transportation and storage0
- Accommodation and food 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. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.
Frequently asked questions about 20 Liang Seah Street
Where is 20 Liang Seah Street?⌄
20 Liang Seah Street is at 20 Liang Seah Street, Singapore 189041, in the Downtown Core planning area.
What is 20 Liang Seah Street zoned as?⌄
20 Liang Seah Street sits on land zoned commercial & residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 4.2.
What is the tenure of 20 Liang Seah Street?⌄
20 Liang Seah Street is 999-year leasehold. About 800 years remain on the lease.
Is 20 Liang Seah Street a conserved property?⌄
Yes. 20 Liang Seah Street falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.
What have units at 20 Liang Seah Street sold for?⌄
Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$12,576 psf. The latest was in July 2025.
What is the nearest MRT station to 20 Liang Seah Street?⌄
Bugis MRT is the closest, 269 m away (about a 4-minute walk).
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