CommercialCOMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL999-year leaseholdDistrict 7 · Downtown Core

32 Seah Street

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Apr 2008
Quick Summary

32 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 Apr 2008. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 32 Seah Street?

Key takeaway32 Seah Street is a commercial building in District 7 · Downtown Core, zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL, held 999-year leasehold.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio
4.2
Tenure
999-year leasehold
District / Area
District 7 · Downtown Core
Address
32 Seah Street
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
3 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Submarket
City Hall / Bugis
Transactions on record
1 (records start 1995)
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
0
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About 32 Seah Street

32 Seah Street is a commercial property in Downtown Core (District 07). It is located along Seah Street, Singapore 188388.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial & residential with a gross plot ratio of 4.2. 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$1,427 psf. The most recent was in April 2008.

The nearest MRT is Esplanade MRT, 276 m away (about a 4-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Natl Lib) is 79 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

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What is 32 Seah Street zoned as?

Key takeaway32 Seah Street sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL with a gross plot ratio of 4.2, inside the Central Area.
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio
4.2
Urban design area
Udga
Central Area
Yes

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What has 32 Seah Street sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Apr 2008 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.
DateUsePriceAreaPSF
Apr 2008Shop HouseS$2.15M1,507 sqft$1,427

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

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What does space at 32 Seah Street rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 7 retail, retail space rented at a median of $9.31 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $7.09 and $13.31. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 7 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$7.09
$76.30 psm
Median
$9.31
$100.25 psm
75th pct
$13.31
$143.24 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 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).

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Market context around 32 Seah Street

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.

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How does Seah Street price?

Strata sales on the street (5y)
1

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.

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What do commercial rents run near 32 Seah Street?

Key takeawayURA publishes contracted-rent percentile grids quarterly (latest: 2026Q3) — the benchmark evidence an asking rent should be weighed against.

Indicative area yield — District 7 retail

Gross yield (area)
4.8%
4.3% net of property tax
Rent side (median of bands)
$100.25 psm/mo
2026Q3
Price side (strata, 5y)
$2,348 psf
241 sales

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 band25th pctMedian75th 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 band25th pctMedian75th 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.

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What is near 32 Seah Street?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Esplanade MRT, about 276 m away — and 3 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Hotel · 27 mOpp Natl Lib · 79 mShalom Medical Group · 169 mPlace Of Worship · 256 mEsplanade MRT Exit F · 258 mEducational Institution · 274 mWar Memorial Pk · 367 mRaffles Hospital · 632 m

Competing premises nearby

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

Raffles City · 285 mCold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd · 285 mAlbert Centre Market & Food Centre · 559 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at 32 Seah Street

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Esplanade (CC3), 258 m away — a quiet station, with about 15,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 16 public car parks are within 500 m.
Foot traffic: busier than 90% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Esplanade (CC3) 258 m, about 15,000 taps a weekday; 8 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 16, about 28,000 taps a weekday; Downtown Core: 284,004 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 6,634 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 10 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

  • Esplanade (CC3)258 m · about 15,000 weekday taps
  • City Hall (NS25 / EW13)383 m · about 91,000 weekday taps
  • Bugis (EW12 / DT14)398 m · about 109,000 weekday taps
  • Bras Basah (CC2)402 m · about 10,000 weekday taps
  • Bencoolen (DT21)563 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 32 Seah Street. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

16 bus stops within 400 m, with about 28,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Seah St (URA)19 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 8 car lots
  • Backlane (Seah St) (URA)50 m
  • Purvis St (URA)53 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 43 car lots
  • Backlane (Purvis St) (URA)97 m
  • Blk 231 Bras Basah Basement Car Park (HDB)143 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 219 car lots

HDB season (car): Tier 1 $110/month (a resident's or registered HDB shop/industrial tenant's first car); Tier 2 (other cars, non-residents) $120 Rest of Island, $170 Designated Area, $190 Restricted Zone (sheltered: multi-storey, basement, deck). Industrial-park multi-storey car parks: $110 / $120. Which zone this car park is in is not published as data.

Nearest URA season parking: Kampong Glam Area, 855 m away, S$125/month.

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 32 Seah Street's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

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Who's registered at 32 Seah Street?

Key takeaway0 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list 32 Seah Street as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.
  • Accommodation and food services
    0
  • Financial and insurance
    0
  • Professional, scientific and technical services
    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.

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Frequently asked questions about 32 Seah Street

Where is 32 Seah Street?⌄

32 Seah Street is at 32 Seah Street, Singapore 188388, in the Downtown Core planning area.

What is 32 Seah Street zoned as?⌄

32 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 32 Seah Street?⌄

32 Seah Street is 999-year leasehold. About 800 years remain on the lease.

What have units at 32 Seah Street sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$1,427 psf. The latest was in April 2008.

What is the nearest MRT station to 32 Seah Street?⌄

Esplanade MRT is the closest, 276 m away (about a 4-minute walk).

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