CommercialRESIDENTIALDistrict 18 · Tampines

489a Tampines Street 45

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 10 November 2026
Quick Summary

489a Tampines Street 45 is a commercial building in District 18 · Tampines, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.9. ACRA records 6 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 489a Tampines Street 45?

Key takeaway489a Tampines Street 45 is a commercial building in District 18 · Tampines, zoned RESIDENTIAL.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio
2.9
Tenure
Not on record
District / Area
District 18 · Tampines
Address
—
Land area
9,648 sqm
Completed
1989 (HDB Property Information)
Storeys
12 (HDB Property Information)
Submarket
Suburban
Transactions on record
None recorded
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
6

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.

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About 489a Tampines Street 45

489A Tampines Street 45 is a mixed-use building in Tampines (District 18). It is located along Tampines Street 45, Singapore 520489.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with a gross plot ratio of 2.9.

It occupies roughly 9,648 sqm of land with about 203,688 sqm of gross floor area.

6 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Tampines East MRT, 616 m away (about a 10-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 489B) is 65 m away (about a 1-minute walk). White Sands is 1.5 km away.

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What is 489a Tampines Street 45 zoned as?

Key takeaway489a Tampines Street 45 sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL with a gross plot ratio of 2.9.
Land-use zone
RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio
2.9

Run the full zoning report for this building →

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What does space at 489a Tampines Street 45 rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 18 retail, retail space rented at a median of $18.35 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $15.60 and $25.03. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 18 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$15.60
$167.95 psm
Median
$18.35
$197.55 psm
75th pct
$25.03
$269.47 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 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).

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Market context around 489a Tampines Street 45

Key takeawayBrokers' retail figures for this part of Singapore — a broker's market figure, not this building's rent.
CBRE, 2Q 2026
  • Suburban: Rent S$32.95 psf/mth
Singapore Figures Q2 2026
Cushman & Wakefield, 2Q 2026
  • Suburban: Rent S$33.36 psf/mth · Vacancy 5.7% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 1.53m 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 489a Tampines Street 45?

Key takeawayURA's planning decisions at 489a Tampines Street 45 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.
  1. 6 Jan 2010Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed additions & alterations to existing public housing development blks 485a, 487a, 487b, 487c, 488a, 488b, 489a & 489c with new lifts / lift lobbies at tampines ave 9 / st 45

  2. 5 Apr 2005Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed construction of block-to-block covered linkway

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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What do commercial rents run near 489a Tampines Street 45?

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

Retail rents — District 18 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band25th pctMedian75th 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.

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What is near 489a Tampines Street 45?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Tampines MRT, about 616 m away.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Educational Institution · 26 mBlk 489B · 65 mFaith Medical Clinic & Surgery · 75 mNTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 463 mTampines East MRT Exit D · 487 mPlace Of Worship · 518 mPasir Ris East Community Club · 859 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at 489a Tampines Street 45

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Tampines East (DT33), 487 m away — a moderately busy station, with about 39,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 15 public car parks are within 500 m.
Foot traffic: busier than 63% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Tampines East (DT33) 487 m, about 39,000 taps a weekday; 2 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 10, about 19,000 taps a weekday; Tampines: 84,200 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 85,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 0 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

  • Tampines East (DT33)487 m · about 39,000 weekday taps
  • Tampines (EW2 / DT32)616 m · about 114,000 weekday taps
  • Pasir Ris (EW1)768 m · about 63,000 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 489a Tampines Street 45. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

10 bus stops within 400 m, with about 19,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Blk 485A/489C Tampines Street 45/Avenue 9 (HDB)117 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 685 car lots
  • Blk 498K Tampines Street 45 (HDB)198 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2 m · 289 car lots
  • Blk 498C Tampines Street 45 (HDB)214 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2 m · 267 car lots
  • Blk 499 Tampines Avenue 9 (HDB)232 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 216 car lots
  • Blk 497E Tampines Street 45 (HDB)299 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2 m · 125 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 North Area, 2.0 km away, S$90/month.

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 489a Tampines Street 45'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 489a Tampines Street 45?

Key takeawayACRA records 6 live company registrations at this address, 1 of them in the last three years.
Live registrations
6
Registered last 3 years
1
Most common type
Sole Proprietorship/ Partnership

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 489a Tampines Street 45

Where is 489A Tampines Street 45?⌄

489A Tampines Street 45 is at Tampines Street 45, Singapore 520489, in the Tampines planning area.

What is 489A Tampines Street 45 zoned as?⌄

489A Tampines Street 45 sits on land zoned residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 2.9.

Have there been any recorded transactions at 489A Tampines Street 45?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for 489A Tampines Street 45 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 489A Tampines Street 45?⌄

Tampines East MRT is the closest, 616 m away (about a 10-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at 489A Tampines Street 45?⌄

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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