CommercialCOMMERCIALConservationLeaseholdDistrict 1 · Outram

5 Gemmill Lane

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Mar 2008

Quick Summary

5 Gemmill Lane is a commercial building in District 1 · Outram, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan. It is leasehold with roughly 72 years remaining. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Mar 2008. 3 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 5 Gemmill Lane?

Key takeaway5 Gemmill Lane is a commercial building in District 1 · Outram, zoned COMMERCIAL, held leasehold.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio: Subject to Evaluation
Tenure: Leasehold
District / Area: District 1 · Outram
Address: 5 Gemmill Lane
Land area: —
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: 5 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Submarket: City Fringe
Listed as: Food & Beverage
Transactions on record: 1 (records start 1995)
Live listings: 3
ACRA registrations: 0

About 5 Gemmill Lane

5 Gemmill Lane is a commercial property in Outram (District 01). It is located along Gemmill Lane, Singapore 069261.

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 leasehold, with about 72 years remaining on the lease.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$1,121 psf. The most recent was in March 2008.

The nearest MRT is Telok Ayer MRT, 163 m away (about a 2-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Telok Ayer Stn Exit A) is 202 m away (about a 3-minute walk).

What is 5 Gemmill Lane zoned as?

Key takeaway5 Gemmill Lane sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL, with conservation status, inside the Central Area.

Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio: Subject to Evaluation
Conservation area: Chinatown (Telok Ayer)
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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.

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What has 5 Gemmill Lane sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Mar 2008 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Mar 2008	Shop House	S$5.20M	4,639 sqft	$1,121

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 5 Gemmill Lane 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 Gemmill Lane

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 Gemmill Lane

Key takeawayBased on listings we track, as of our last check on 28 Aug 2026: 3 units for rent.

Rent: 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 Gemmill Lane?

Key takeawayURA has approved 2 changes of use at 5 Gemmill Lane since 2000, most recently in 2011. 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

No new bars, pubs, nightclubs or karaoke lounges (a Historic Conservation Area). URA does not approve new eating houses (restaurants, coffee shops, cafes) here; an existing one's permission may be renewed.

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.

16 Oct 2019Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed amendment to approved change of use from residential to serviced apartments use (increase to 5 units) at level 2, 3 and roof mezzanine and addition & alteration works to existing 3 storey building with roof mezzanine at 5 gemmill lane (the project) ts03 lot no 00700l
26 Jul 2019Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed change of use from residential to serviced apartments (4 units) use to level 2 onwards and addition & alteration works to existing 3 storey building with roof mezzanine at 5 gemmill lane
21 Oct 2011Approved
Change of use to lapse on 09-03-2012
Proposed change of use of the 1st storey health centre (temporary permission to lapse on 09-03-2012) to restaurant at the existing 3-storey building with a mezzanine floor
9 Mar 2009ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use to health centre
Change of use of 1st storey (unit #01-XX) to health centre (for massage, pedicure and manicure)
23 Dec 2002Renewed
Continued use as bar
Continued use of the existing restaurant on the 1st storey as bar

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 Gemmill Lane?

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 Gemmill Lane right now?

Key takeaway3 units are currently listed at 5 Gemmill Lane. One row per unit; several agents often market the same unit.

For rent (3)

Gemmill Lane F&B Unit for Lease (High Ceiling!)3 agentsS$18k/mo · 1,303 sqft
5 Gemmill LaneS$15k/mo · 1,023 sqft
Fitted Bright High Ceiling F&B @ Gemmill Lane5 agentsS$15k/mo · 1,303 sqft

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What is near 5 Gemmill Lane?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Telok Ayer MRT, about 163 m away — and 3 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Telok Ayer MRT163 m · ~3 min

Amenities nearby

Telok Ayer MRT Exit E · 37 mHotel · 43 mTelok Ayer Green · 122 mThe Chelsea Clinic (China Square Central) · 124 mPlace Of Worship · 125 mTelok Ayer Stn Exit A · 202 mKreta Ayer Community Club · 491 mSingapore General 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.

Cross Street Exchange · 126 mMarket Street Hawker Centre · 345 mNTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 398 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at 5 Gemmill Lane

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Telok Ayer (DT18), 37 m away — a moderately busy station, with about 37,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 39 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 77% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Telok Ayer (DT18) 37 m, about 37,000 taps a weekday; 10 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 8, about 12,000 taps a weekday; Outram: 38,402 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 17,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 8 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

Telok Ayer (DT18)37 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
Chinatown (NE4 / DT19)281 m · about 97,000 weekday taps
Maxwell (TE18)314 m · about 23,000 weekday taps
Raffles Place (EW14 / NS26)413 m · about 133,000 weekday taps
Clarke Quay (NE5)508 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 5 Gemmill Lane. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

8 bus stops within 400 m, with about 12,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Backlane (Gemmill Lane ) (URA)7 m
Gemmill Lane (URA)14 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 7 car lots
Club St (URA)31 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 27 car lots
Backlane (Boon Tat St - Amoy St) (URA)97 m
Amoy St (URA)144 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 81 car lots

Nearest URA season parking: Mohd Sultan-River Vall Ey Road Area, 1.3 km away, S$80/month.

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

Who's registered at 5 Gemmill Lane?

Key takeaway0 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list 5 Gemmill Lane as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Accommodation and food services
0
Professional, scientific and technical services
0
Other 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.

Frequently asked questions about 5 Gemmill Lane

Where is 5 Gemmill Lane?⌄

5 Gemmill Lane is at 5 Gemmill Lane, Singapore 069261, in the Outram planning area.

What is 5 Gemmill Lane zoned as?⌄

5 Gemmill Lane sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan.

What is the tenure of 5 Gemmill Lane?⌄

5 Gemmill Lane is leasehold. About 72 years remain on the lease.

Is 5 Gemmill Lane a conserved property?⌄

Yes. 5 Gemmill Lane falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.

What have units at 5 Gemmill Lane sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$1,121 psf. The latest was in March 2008.

What is the nearest MRT station to 5 Gemmill Lane?⌄

Telok Ayer MRT is the closest, 163 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

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Year of completion is not on record for this building. Building age cannot be stated.

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.

F&B / nightlife: per URA's Use of Buildings in Conservation Areas. A planning guideline, not a decision on any unit.

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.

Storeys: from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), volunteer-mapped, not an official record. Shown only because no official or listed floor count is held for this building.

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 PropKaki's submarket map, URA planning decisions, URA's rules for conservation areas, URA car park data (URA Data Service), LTA DataMall passenger volumes, PropKaki's foot-traffic model, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) — see our methodology. Last updated 8 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.