31, 31a Rowell Road
31, 31a Rowell Road is a commercial building in District 8 · Rochor, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan. It is freehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Aug 2025. ACRA records 1 live company registration at this address.
What are the key facts about 31, 31a Rowell Road?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Tenure
- Freehold
- District / Area
- District 8 · Rochor
- Address
- 31, 31a Rowell Road
- Land area
- —
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 2 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Transactions on record
- 1 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 1
About 31, 31a Rowell Road
31, 31A Rowell Road is a commercial property in Rochor (District 08). It is located along Rowell Road, Singapore 207986.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial. 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 freehold.
1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$5,037 psf. The most recent was in August 2025.
1 business is currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Farrer Park MRT, 361 m away (about a 6-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Blk 672B) is 168 m away (about a 3-minute walk).
What is 31, 31a Rowell Road zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Conservation area
- Little India
- Conserved building
- Yes
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
URA has not published a fixed plot ratio for this site — the Master Plan records "EVA" (Subject to Evaluation), meaning intensity is decided case by case on application. Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.
What has 31, 31a Rowell Road sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | Shop House | S$5.27M | 1,046 sqft | $5,037 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at 31, 31a Rowell Road rent for?
Retail space — District 8 retail
Region band · 2026Q3S$ 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 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 31, 31a Rowell Road
- 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 31, 31a Rowell Road?
No new bars, pubs, nightclubs or karaoke lounges (a Historic Conservation Area).
Per URA's Use of Buildings in Conservation Areas. A planning guideline for the area, not a decision on any unit; it applies to new eating houses and bars, not to one already approved.
- 27 Mar 2026ApprovedChange of use to supermarket
Change of use at the 1st storey unit of the 2 storey conserved shophouse to supermarket
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$54.50 per unit).
What do commercial rents run near 31, 31a Rowell Road?
Indicative area yield — District 8 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 8 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 8 ($ 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 31, 31a Rowell Road?
Getting around
- Farrer Park MRT361 m · ~6 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 31, 31a Rowell Road
nearest MRT/LRT Farrer Park (NE8) 326 m, about 57,000 taps a weekday; 5 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 5, about 16,000 taps a weekday; Rochor: 31,654 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 33,000 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)326 m · about 57,000 weekday taps
- Jalan Besar (DT22)386 m · about 21,000 weekday taps
- Little India (NE7 / DT12)512 m · about 55,000 weekday taps
- Rochor (DT13)549 m · about 22,000 weekday taps
- Bugis (EW12 / DT14)867 m · about 109,000 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 31, 31a Rowell Road. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
5 bus stops within 400 m, with about 16,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Rowell Rd (URA)27 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 88 car lots
- Baboo Lane (URA)58 m
- Hindoo Rd Off St (URA)76 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 12 car lots
- Backlane (Desker Rd) (URA)81 m
- Hindoo Rd (URA)85 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 33 car lots
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 31, 31a Rowell Road's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at 31, 31a Rowell Road?
- Wholesale and retail trade1
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 31, 31a Rowell Road
Where is 31, 31A Rowell Road?⌄
31, 31A Rowell Road is at 31, 31A Rowell Road, Singapore 207986, in the Rochor planning area.
What is 31, 31A Rowell Road zoned as?⌄
31, 31A Rowell Road sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan.
What is the tenure of 31, 31A Rowell Road?⌄
31, 31A Rowell Road is freehold.
Is 31, 31A Rowell Road a conserved property?⌄
Yes. 31, 31A Rowell Road falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.
What have units at 31, 31A Rowell Road sold for?⌄
Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$5,037 psf. The latest was in August 2025.
What is the nearest MRT station to 31, 31A Rowell Road?⌄
Farrer Park MRT is the closest, 361 m away (about a 6-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at 31, 31A Rowell Road?⌄
1 business is 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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