243 Simei Street 5
243 Simei Street 5 is a commercial building in District 18 · Tampines, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.8. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about 243 Simei Street 5?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- RESIDENTIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.8
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 18 · Tampines
- Address
- —
- Land area
- 23,043 sqm
- Completed
- 1995 (HDB Property Information)
- Storeys
- 11 (HDB Property Information)
- Submarket
- Suburban
- 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 243 Simei Street 5
243 Simei Street 5 is a mixed-use building in Tampines (District 18). It is located along Simei Street 5, Singapore 520243.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.
It occupies roughly 23,043 sqm of land with about 441,471 sqm of gross floor area.
6 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Simei MRT, 216 m away (about a 3-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 233) is 78 m away (about a 1-minute walk). Eastpoint Mall is 276 m away (about a 4-minute walk).
What is 243 Simei Street 5 zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- RESIDENTIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.8
What does space at 243 Simei Street 5 rent for?
Retail space — District 18 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 18 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 243 Simei Street 5
- Suburban: Rent S$33.36 psf/mth · Vacancy 5.7% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 1.53m sq ft
Official series (URA, 2026Q3): Retail vacancy rate (Whole Island) 6.5 (-0.4 pp on the year) · Retail rental index (Central Region) 81.2 (+1.4% on the year).
Brokers draw submarkets and grades differently; each figure is the broker's own, for its own area, cited to its report. Rents are per square foot per month.
What do commercial rents run near 243 Simei Street 5?
Retail rents — District 18 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below | $288.17 | $334.04 | $372.08 |
| B1 & Below · 30 & Below | $402.91 | $419.52 | $444.18 |
| Level 1 · 30 & Below | $338.80 | $476.56 | $507.11 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100 | $160.23 | $185.71 | $256.74 |
| B1 & Below · >30 - 100 | $242.12 | $313.16 | $407.37 |
| Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100 | $246.24 | $280.87 | $292.97 |
| Level 1 · >30 - 100 | $145.32 | $182.85 | $282.19 |
| Level 1 · >100 - 300 | $150.78 | $175.58 | $214.75 |
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 243 Simei Street 5?
Getting around
- Simei MRT216 m · ~3 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at 243 Simei Street 5
nearest MRT/LRT Simei (EW3) 208 m, about 37,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 16, about 21,000 taps a weekday; Tampines: 84,200 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 52,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 1 other mall 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
- Simei (EW3)208 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
- Upper Changi (DT34)724 m · about 12,000 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 243 Simei Street 5. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
16 bus stops within 400 m, with about 21,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Blk 142/145 Simei Street 2 (HDB)158 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
- Blk 248 Simei Street 3 (HDB)185 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 590 car lots
- Blk 141/147 Simei Street 2 (HDB)204 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 179 car lots
- Blk 120/130 Simei Street 1 (HDB)243 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m
- Blk 125 Simei Street 1 (HDB)276 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 314 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: Changi South Lane, 1.3 km away, S$90/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 243 Simei Street 5's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at 243 Simei Street 5?
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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 243 Simei Street 5
Where is 243 Simei Street 5?⌄
243 Simei Street 5 is at Simei Street 5, Singapore 520243, in the Tampines planning area.
What is 243 Simei Street 5 zoned as?⌄
243 Simei Street 5 sits on land zoned residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.
Have there been any recorded transactions at 243 Simei Street 5?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for 243 Simei Street 5 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 243 Simei Street 5?⌄
Simei MRT is the closest, 216 m away (about a 3-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at 243 Simei Street 5?⌄
6 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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