CommercialCOMMERCIALConservationDistrict 15 · Geylang

34 Joo Chiat Road

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Jun 2011
Quick Summary

34 Joo Chiat Road is a commercial building in District 15 · Geylang, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.0. 2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2011. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 34 Joo Chiat Road?

Key takeaway34 Joo Chiat Road is a commercial building in District 15 · Geylang, zoned COMMERCIAL.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
3.0
Tenure
Not on record
District / Area
District 15 · Geylang
Address
34 Joo Chiat Road
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
Not on record
Submarket
City Fringe
Transactions on record
2 (records start 1995)
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
0
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About 34 Joo Chiat Road

34 Joo Chiat Road is a commercial property in Geylang (District 15). It is located along Joo Chiat Road, Singapore 427364.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 3. The site falls within a conservation area, so external alterations are subject to URA conservation guidelines.

2 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$1,364 psf. The most recent was in June 2011.

The nearest MRT is Paya Lebar MRT, 670 m away (about a 10-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Joo Chiat Cplx) is 150 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

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What is 34 Joo Chiat Road zoned as?

Key takeaway34 Joo Chiat Road sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL with a gross plot ratio of 3.0, with conservation status.
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
3.0
Conservation area
Joo Chiat
Conserved building
Yes

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What has 34 Joo Chiat Road sold for?

Key takeaway2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2011 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.
DateUsePriceAreaPSF
Jun 2011Shop HouseS$3.00M1,467 sqft$2,045
Nov 1998Shop HouseS$1.00M1,467 sqft$682

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 34 Joo Chiat Road rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for 34 Joo Chiat Road itself. On its street, Joo Chiat Road, retail space rented at a median of $5.56 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $3.85 and $6.47. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space on Joo Chiat Road

Street level · 2026Q3
25th pct
$3.85
$41.47 psm
Median
$5.56
$59.88 psm
75th pct
$6.47
$69.67 psm

S$ per sq ft per month

2023Q1 · $71.81 psm2026Q3 · $59.88 psm median

URA's percentiles of RETAIL rents (shop, F&B, entertainment, health & fitness) across every lease stamped with IRAS on this STREET in the quarter — the street's figure, not this building's rent and never a unit's. Retail rent swings with floor and frontage, so the spread matters as much as the median. A median needs at least 2 buildings and 3 contracts (percentiles need 4); a blank means below that threshold, not zero.

Source: URA rental statistics by street (IRAS-stamped contracts).

Office space on Joo Chiat Road

Street level · 2026Q3
25th pct
$5.17
$55.63 psm
Median
$5.52
$59.38 psm
75th pct
$6.19
$66.65 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median -0.4% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $68.64 psm2026Q3 · $59.38 psm median

URA's percentiles of OFFICE rents across every lease stamped with IRAS on this STREET in the quarter — the street's figure, not this building's rent and never a unit's. URA publishes a median only where the street has at least 2 office buildings and 3 contracts that quarter (percentiles need 4); a blank means below that threshold, not zero.

Source: URA rental statistics by street (IRAS-stamped contracts).

Retail space — District 15 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$7.55
$81.29 psm
Median
$9.14
$98.41 psm
75th pct
$14.01
$150.81 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 15 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 34 Joo Chiat Road

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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What's been approved at 34 Joo Chiat Road?

Key takeawayURA's planning decisions at 34 Joo Chiat Road since 2000 are below. 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.
F&B and nightlife here

URA does not approve new eating houses (restaurants, coffee shops, cafes) here; an existing one's permission may be renewed.

Per URA circular DC23-08, Appendix A (2 Oct 2023: no new eating houses in shophouses on listed stretches). 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.

  1. 7 Mar 2013Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed conservation and additions & alterations to the existing 2-storey shophouse with a new 4-storey rear extension comprising shops on the 1st & 2nd storey and offices above

  2. 5 Aug 2003Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Extension of written permission for conservation of the existing 2 storey shophouse involving additions and alteration, 4-storey rear extension and change of use to restaurant on the first and second storeys and offices above

  3. 19 Jun 2001Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Extn of wp- for conservation of the existing 2-sty shophouse involving a/a, 4-sty rear extn & cu to restaurant on the 1st & 2nd stys & offices

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).

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How does Joo Chiat Road price?

Key takeawayAcross 63 strata sales on Joo Chiat Road in the last 5 years, the median is $1,931 psf.
Strata sales on the street (5y)
63
Street median PSF (strata)
$1,931

Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.

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What do commercial rents run near 34 Joo Chiat Road?

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

Indicative area yield — District 15 retail

Gross yield (area)
3.7%
3.3% net of property tax
Rent side (median of bands)
$98.41 psm/mo
2026Q3
Price side (strata, 5y)
$2,956 psf
85 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 15 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 15 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band25th pctMedian75th pct
B1 & Below · 30 & Below$121.08$139.73$241.82
Level 1 · 30 & Below$69.23$85.38$86.21
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below$47.87$67.50$87.18
Level 1 · >30 - 100$73.94$87.91$101.01
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100$57.08$76.47$184.13
B1 & Below · >30 - 100$88.64$163.41$259.82
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300$93.30$107.29$126.41
Level 1 · >100 - 300$69.67$89.53$113.56

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 34 Joo Chiat Road?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Paya Lebar MRT, about 670 m away — and 3 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Hotel · 40 mWisma Geylang Serai Clinic & Surgery · 145 mJoo Chiat Cplx · 150 mPlace Of Worship · 163 mGeylang Serai Community Club · 171 mJoo Chiat Terrace Pk · 426 mEducational Institution · 533 mPaya Lebar MRT Exit F · 617 mEunos Polyclinic · 893 mParkway East Hospital · 1.2 km

Competing premises nearby

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

NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 89 mGeylang Serai Market · 155 mKinex · 371 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at 34 Joo Chiat Road

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Paya Lebar (EW8 / CC9), 617 m away — one of the busiest stations, with about 95,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 27 public car parks are within 500 m.
Foot traffic: busier than 46% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Paya Lebar (EW8/CC9) 617 m, about 95,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 7, about 20,000 taps a weekday; Geylang: 116,481 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 39,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 4 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

  • Paya Lebar (EW8 / CC9)617 m · about 95,000 weekday taps
  • Eunos (EW7)692 m · about 31,000 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 34 Joo Chiat Road. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

7 bus stops within 400 m, with about 20,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Blk 2 Joo Chiat Road (HDB)75 m
    no short-term parking · 2 car lots
  • Blk 2 Joo Chiat Road (HDB)97 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 220 car lots
  • Service Rd (Onan Rd) (URA)112 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 2 car lots
  • Onan Rd - Joo Chiat Rd Off St (URA)142 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 20 car lots
  • Blk 2 Geylang Serai (HDB)193 m
    no short-term parking · gantry 2.15 m · 22 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: Tanjong Katong Rd Off St, 972 m away, S$90/month.

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 34 Joo Chiat Road's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

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How many companies are registered at 34 Joo Chiat Road?

Key takeawayACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
Live registrations
0
Registered last 3 years
0

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.

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Frequently asked questions about 34 Joo Chiat Road

Where is 34 Joo Chiat Road?⌄

34 Joo Chiat Road is at 34 Joo Chiat Road, Singapore 427364, in the Geylang planning area.

What is 34 Joo Chiat Road zoned as?⌄

34 Joo Chiat Road sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.

Is 34 Joo Chiat Road a conserved property?⌄

Yes. 34 Joo Chiat Road falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.

What have units at 34 Joo Chiat Road sold for?⌄

Across 2 recorded transactions, the median price is S$1,364 psf. The latest was in June 2011.

What is the nearest MRT station to 34 Joo Chiat Road?⌄

Paya Lebar MRT is the closest, 670 m away (about a 10-minute walk).

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