CommercialRESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREYConservationDistrict 8 · Rochor

28 Roberts Lane

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Aug 2004

Quick Summary

28 Roberts Lane is a commercial building in District 8 · Rochor, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.5. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Aug 2004. ACRA records 12 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 28 Roberts Lane?

Key takeaway28 Roberts Lane is a commercial building in District 8 · Rochor, zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
Gross plot ratio: 3.5
Tenure: Not on record
District / Area: District 8 · Rochor
Address: 28 Roberts Lane
Land area: —
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: Not on record
Submarket: City Fringe
Transactions on record: 1 (records start 1995)
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 12

About 28 Roberts Lane

28 Roberts Lane is a commercial property in Rochor (District 08). It is located along Roberts Lane, Singapore 218307.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey with a gross plot ratio of 3.5. The site falls within a conservation area, so external alterations are subject to URA conservation guidelines. It lies inside the Central Area.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$1,248 psf. The most recent was in August 2004.

14 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Farrer Park MRT, 120 m away (about a 2-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Farrer Pk Stn Exit D) is 212 m away (about a 3-minute walk).

What is 28 Roberts Lane zoned as?

Key takeaway28 Roberts Lane sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY with a gross plot ratio of 3.5, with conservation status, inside the Central Area.

Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
Gross plot ratio: 3.5
Conservation area: Jalan Besar
Urban design area: Udga
Central Area: Yes

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What has 28 Roberts Lane sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Aug 2004 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Aug 2004	Shop House	S$2.50M	2,003 sqft	$1,248

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 28 Roberts Lane 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).

Market context around 28 Roberts Lane

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 28 Roberts Lane?

Key takeawayURA has approved 1 change of use at 28 Roberts Lane since 2000, most recently in 2026. 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.

21 Apr 2026Approved
Change of use to takeaway food shop
Proposed change of use of 1st storey shop to takeaway food shop
10 Mar 2020Refused
Additions & alterations
Proposed outline application for addition & alteration to the existing 6-storey building with a shop at 1-st storey and residential flats on 2-nd to 6-th storeys and chnage of use of residential apartments to serviced apartments
10 Jan 2001Approved
Additions & alterations
Retention of addition/alteration to the existing 6 storey building with a shop on 1st storey & residnetial flats(5 units) on 2nd to 6th storeys

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 28 Roberts Lane?

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 band	25th pct	Median	75th 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

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 28 Roberts Lane?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Farrer Park MRT, about 120 m away — and 3 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Farrer Park MRT120 m · ~2 min

Amenities nearby

Singapore Medical Clinic · 14 mPlace Of Worship · 37 mFarrer Park MRT Exit F · 79 mHotel · 130 mFarrer Pk Stn Exit D · 213 mFarrer Park Hospital · 216 mCity Green · 293 mEducational Institution · 293 mPek Kio Community Centre · 350 mKallang Polyclinic · 876 m

Competing premises nearby

Retail and F&B premises competing for the same footfall — context for an occupier, not a selling point.

Mustafa Holdings Pte Ltd · 264 mCity Square Mall · 344 mBerseh Food Centre · 534 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at 28 Roberts Lane

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Farrer Park (NE8), 78 m away — a busy station, with about 57,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 46 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$100 a month.

Foot traffic: busier than 60% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Farrer Park (NE8) 78 m, about 57,000 taps a weekday; 3 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 4, about 9,220 taps a weekday; Rochor: 31,654 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 35,000 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

Farrer Park (NE8)78 m · about 57,000 weekday taps
Little India (NE7 / DT12)525 m · about 55,000 weekday taps
Jalan Besar (DT22)624 m · about 21,000 weekday taps
Rochor (DT13)738 m · about 22,000 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 28 Roberts Lane. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

4 bus stops within 400 m, with 9,220 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Roberts Lane (URA)24 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 39 car lots
Birch Rd (URA)40 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 14 car lots
Kinta Rd (URA)73 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 8 car lots
Kinta Rd Off St (URA)126 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · season S$100/month · 122 car lots
Race Course Lane (URA)137 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 6 car lots

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 28 Roberts Lane's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

Who's registered at 28 Roberts Lane?

Key takeaway12 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list 28 Roberts Lane as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Wholesale and retail trade
7
Construction
2
Administrative and support services
2
Manufacturing
1
Transportation and storage
0
Accommodation and food services
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.

Frequently asked questions about 28 Roberts Lane

Where is 28 Roberts Lane?⌄

28 Roberts Lane is at 28 Roberts Lane, Singapore 218307, in the Rochor planning area.

What is 28 Roberts Lane zoned as?⌄

28 Roberts Lane sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.5.

Is 28 Roberts Lane a conserved property?⌄

Yes. 28 Roberts Lane falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.

What have units at 28 Roberts Lane sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$1,248 psf. The latest was in August 2004.

What is the nearest MRT station to 28 Roberts Lane?⌄

Farrer Park MRT is the closest, 120 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at 28 Roberts Lane?⌄

14 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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Year of completion is not on record for this building. Building age cannot be stated.

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.

Changes of use: URA planning approvals recorded at this building since 2000 (any unit; renewals of a temporary permission not counted). History only — Past approvals are not today's approved use; check with URA's approved-use enquiry before signing. Never say a use is allowed, permitted or approved for a unit, and never say a use would be approved.

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.

Season parking: the cheapest URA car season rate (commercial ticket) at a public car park within 500 m, per month. HDB's season rates depend on a zone we don't have, so they are shown as HDB's tiers.

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.

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.

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 PropKaki's submarket map, URA planning decisions, URA car park data (URA Data Service), 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.