CommercialCOMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIALDistrict 1 · Outram

5 Banda Street

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 10 November 2026

Quick Summary

5 Banda Street is a commercial building in District 1 · Outram, on land zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 5.0. 1 unit is currently listed for sale. ACRA records 3 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 5 Banda Street?

Key takeaway5 Banda Street is a commercial building in District 1 · Outram, zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 5.0
Tenure: Not on record
District / Area: District 1 · Outram
Address: —
Land area: 7,579 sqm
Completed: 1973 (HDB Property Information)
Storeys: 21 (HDB Property Information)
Submarket: City Fringe
Listed as: Shop / Shophouse
Transactions on record: None recorded
Live listings: 1
ACRA registrations: 3

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.

About 5 Banda Street

5 Banda Street is a commercial building in Outram (District 01). It is located along Banda Street, Singapore 050005.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial & residential with a gross plot ratio of 5. It lies inside the Central Area.

It occupies roughly 7,579 sqm of land with about 37,895 sqm of gross floor area.

54 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Maxwell MRT, 89 m away (about a 1-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Maxwell Stn Exit 2) is 130 m away (about a 2-minute walk). Chinatown Point is 445 m away (about a 7-minute walk).

What is 5 Banda Street zoned as?

Key takeaway5 Banda Street sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL with a gross plot ratio of 5.0, inside the Central Area.

Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 5.0
Urban design area: Udga
Central Area: Yes

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What does space at 5 Banda Street rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 1 retail, retail space rented at a median of $10.02 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $8.23 and $15.92. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 1 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$8.23

$88.64 psm

Median

$10.02

$107.81 psm

75th pct

$15.92

$171.42 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 1 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 5 Banda 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.

How fast units move at 5 Banda Street

Key takeawayBased on listings we track, as of our last check on 28 Aug 2026: 0 units for rent; 1 unit for sale.

Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 new listings appeared and 1 came off (sold, let or withdrawn). Days on market: not enough history yet — we began tracking on 6 Aug 2026.

Sale: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 new listings appeared and 0 came off (sold, let or withdrawn). Days on market: not enough history yet — we began tracking on 6 Aug 2026.

One count per unit, however many agents list it. Asking prices are not tracked over time, so price cuts are not shown.

What's been approved at 5 Banda Street?

Key takeawayURA has approved 3 changes of use at 5 Banda Street since 2000, most recently in 2008, and refused 1. 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.

13 Dec 2024RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of shop unit #02-XX as backpackers' hostel
13 Dec 2024RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of shop unit #02-XX as backpackers' hostel
17 Oct 2023RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of shop unit #02-XX as backpackers' hostel
17 Oct 2023RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of shop unit #02-XX as backpackers' hostel
6 Feb 2023RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of shop unit #02-XX as backpackers' hostel
6 Feb 2023RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of shop unit #02-XX as backpackers' hostel
29 Dec 2021RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of shop unit #02-XX as backpackers' hostel
29 Dec 2021RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of shop unit #02-XX as backpackers' hostel
2 Nov 2020RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of shop unit #02-XX as backpackers' hostel
2 Nov 2020RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of shop unit #02-XX as backpackers' hostel
22 Nov 2019RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of shop unit #02-XX as backpackers' hostel
22 Nov 2019RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of shop unit #02-XX as backpackers' hostel

37 earlier change-of-use and A&A decisions are on record since 2000.

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 5 Banda 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 1 retail

Gross yield (area)

3.4%

3.0% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$107.81 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$3,561 psf

90 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 1 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 1 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$82.69	$99.35	$120.39
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$172.73	$245.52	$332.57
B1 & Below · 30 & Below	$87.33	$172.91	$321.72
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$77.43	$95.09	$183.52
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$106.77	$168.33	$217.05
B1 & Below · >30 - 100	$117.40	$198.29	$365.38
Level 1 · >100 - 300	$115.69	$148.57	$187.43
B1 & Below · >100 - 300	$148.73	$233.33	$396.56

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 available at 5 Banda Street right now?

Key takeaway1 unit is currently listed at 5 Banda Street. One row per unit; several agents often market the same unit.

For sale (1)

Chinatown Shop House - Heart of ChinatownS$10.80M · 3,800 sqft

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What is near 5 Banda Street?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Maxwell MRT, about 89 m away.

Getting around

Maxwell MRT89 m · ~1 min

Amenities nearby

Hong Heng Seng · 0 mFullerton Health @ UBS · 32 mKreta Ayer Community Club · 46 mMaxwell MRT Exit 1 · 83 mChinatown Complex Market & Hawker Centre · 122 mMaxwell Stn Exit 2 · 130 mPlace Of Worship · 140 mDuxton Plain Pk · 225 mHotel · 283 mChinatown Point · 445 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at 5 Banda Street

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Maxwell (TE18), 82 m away — a moderately busy station, with about 23,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 54 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 97% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Maxwell (TE18) 82 m, about 23,000 taps a weekday; 8 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 14, about 33,000 taps a weekday; Outram: 38,402 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 23,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 7 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

Maxwell (TE18)82 m · about 23,000 weekday taps
Chinatown (NE4 / DT19)282 m · about 97,000 weekday taps
Outram Park (EW16 / NE3 / TE17)356 m · about 78,000 weekday taps
Telok Ayer (DT18)482 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
Tanjong Pagar (EW15)545 m · about 85,000 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 5 Banda Street. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

14 bus stops within 400 m, with about 33,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Banda St (URA)18 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 24 car lots
Banda St - Sago Lane O Ff St (URA)51 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 29 car lots
Blk 4 Sago Lane Car Park (HDB)73 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m · 79 car lots
Blk 335 Smith Street Kreta Ayer Mscp (HDB)85 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 396 car lots
Blk 333 Kreta Ayer Car Park (HDB)101 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 26 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: Blair Road-Everton Roa D Area, 892 m away, S$80/month.

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 5 Banda Street's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

Who's registered at 5 Banda Street?

Key takeaway3 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list 5 Banda Street as their registered address on its shop floor. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Wholesale and retail trade
2
Real estate
1
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. HDB block: only the shop floor (level 1 and basements) is counted; the flats above are homes. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.

Frequently asked questions about 5 Banda Street

Where is 5 Banda Street?⌄

5 Banda Street is at Banda Street, Singapore 050005, in the Outram planning area.

What is 5 Banda Street zoned as?⌄

5 Banda Street sits on land zoned commercial & residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 5.

Have there been any recorded transactions at 5 Banda Street?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for 5 Banda Street 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 5 Banda Street?⌄

Maxwell MRT is the closest, 89 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at 5 Banda Street?⌄

54 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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Completion year: the year HDB records the block as completed (HDB Property Information).

Storeys: the block's highest floor level as HDB records it.

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.

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 HDB Property Information, 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 10 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.