CommercialRESIDENTIALConservationFreeholdDistrict 2 · Bukit Merah

50 Blair Road

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through May 2017
Quick Summary

50 Blair Road is a commercial building in District 2 · Bukit Merah, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan. It is freehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in May 2017. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 50 Blair Road?

Key takeaway50 Blair Road is a commercial building in District 2 · Bukit Merah, zoned RESIDENTIAL, held freehold.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio
Subject to Evaluation
Tenure
Freehold
District / Area
District 2 · Bukit Merah
Address
50 Blair Road
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
2 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Submarket
City Fringe
Transactions on record
1 (records start 1995)
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
0
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About 50 Blair Road

50 Blair Road is a mixed-use property in Bukit Merah (District 02). It is located along Blair Road, Singapore 089950.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential. The site falls within a conservation area, so external alterations are subject to URA conservation guidelines.

The site is freehold.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$2,779 psf. The most recent was in May 2017.

The nearest MRT is Cantonment MRT, 376 m away (about a 6-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Bef Kampong Bahru Ter) is 62 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

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What is 50 Blair Road zoned as?

Key takeaway50 Blair Road sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL, with conservation status.
Land-use zone
RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio
Subject to Evaluation
Conservation area
Blair Plain
Conserved building
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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.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 50 Blair Road sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in May 2017 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.
DateUsePriceAreaPSF
May 2017Shop HouseS$3.93M1,414 sqft$2,779

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 50 Blair Road rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 2 retail, retail space rented at a median of $8.70 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $7.84 and $9.99. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 2 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$7.84
$84.37 psm
Median
$8.70
$93.65 psm
75th pct
$9.99
$107.51 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 2 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 50 Blair 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 50 Blair Road?

Key takeawayURA's planning decisions at 50 Blair 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

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

  1. 22 Aug 2000Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed additions/alterations as amendments to approved additions/alterations to existing 2-storey building and use of 1st, 2nd storey and roof mezzanine as residential

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 50 Blair 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 2 retail

Gross yield (area)
3.8%
3.4% net of property tax
Rent side (median of bands)
$93.65 psm/mo
2026Q3
Price side (strata, 5y)
$2,752 psf
14 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 2 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 2 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band25th pctMedian75th pct
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below$92.88$96.94$102.26
Level 1 · 30 & Below$110.68$117.65$134.18
Level 1 · >30 - 100$80.88$88.43$172.22
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100$86.12$91.49$91.50
B1 & Below · >30 - 100$247.81$267.74$283.87
Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100$80.14$84.93$88.40
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300$82.62$95.80$112.75
Level 1 · >100 - 300$28.40$52.68$96.53

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 50 Blair Road?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Outram Park MRT, about 711 m away — and 2 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Bef Kampong Bahru Ter · 62 mOutram Community Hospital · 173 mA Medical Clinic · 287 mPlace Of Worship · 330 mEducational Institution · 402 mOutram Park MRT Exit 6 · 461 mBusiness Park · 474 mOutram Polyclinic · 496 mHotel · 597 mTanjong Pagar Community Club · 649 m

Competing premises nearby

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

Blk 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza · 828 m100 Am · 876 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at 50 Blair Road

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Cantonment (CC31), 251 m away — a quiet station, with 3,987 taps in and out on an average weekday. 11 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$80 a month.
Foot traffic: busier than 35% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Cantonment (CC31) 251 m, about 3,987 taps a weekday; 3 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 8, about 13,000 taps a weekday; Bukit Merah: 103,575 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 27,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 2 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

  • Cantonment (CC31)251 m · 3,987 weekday taps
  • Outram Park (EW16 / NE3 / TE17)461 m · about 78,000 weekday taps
  • Keppel (CC30)761 m · 304 weekday taps
  • Maxwell (TE18)925 m · about 23,000 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 50 Blair Road. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

8 bus stops within 400 m, with about 13,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Blair Rd (URA)52 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 43 car lots
  • Spooner Rd Off St (URA)83 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 62 car lots
  • Blk 101/102 Spottiswoode Park Car Park (HDB)109 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 3.5 m · 98 car lots
  • Blair Road-Everton Roa D Area (URA)145 m
    season S$80/month
  • Backlane (Blair Rd - S Pottiswoode Park Rd) (URA)158 m

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.

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 50 Blair Road'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 50 Blair Road?

Key takeaway0 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list 50 Blair Road as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.
  • Administrative and support 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 50 Blair Road

Where is 50 Blair Road?⌄

50 Blair Road is at 50 Blair Road, Singapore 089950, in the Bukit Merah planning area.

What is 50 Blair Road zoned as?⌄

50 Blair Road sits on land zoned residential under the URA Master Plan.

What is the tenure of 50 Blair Road?⌄

50 Blair Road is freehold.

Is 50 Blair Road a conserved property?⌄

Yes. 50 Blair Road falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.

What have units at 50 Blair Road sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$2,779 psf. The latest was in May 2017.

What is the nearest MRT station to 50 Blair Road?⌄

Cantonment MRT is the closest, 376 m away (about a 6-minute walk).

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