531a Upper Cross Street
531a Upper Cross 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 3.5. ACRA records 1 live company registration at this address.
What are the key facts about 531a Upper Cross Street?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.5
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 1 · Outram
- Address
- —
- Land area
- 3,251 sqm
- Completed
- 1978 (HDB Property Information)
- Storeys
- 4 (HDB Property Information)
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 1
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 531a Upper Cross Street
531A Upper Cross Street is a commercial building in Outram (District 01). It is located along Upper Cross Street, Singapore 051531.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial & residential with a gross plot ratio of 3.5. It lies inside the Central Area.
It occupies roughly 3,251 sqm of land with about 72,672 sqm of gross floor area.
509 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Chinatown MRT, 141 m away (about a 2-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp One Upp Pickering) is 99 m away (about a 2-minute walk). Chinatown Point is 130 m away (about a 2-minute walk).
What is 531a Upper Cross Street zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.5
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
What does space at 531a Upper Cross Street rent for?
Office space on Upper Cross Street
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -11% on a year earlier
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 on Upper Cross Street
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -6.8% on a year earlier
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).
Retail space — District 1 retail
Region band · 2026Q3S$ 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 531a Upper Cross Street
- Other City Areas: Rent S$21.21 psf/mth · Vacancy 7.4% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 0.73m sq ft
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.
What's been approved at 531a Upper Cross Street?
- 15 May 2018ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed new lift (lup) programme compprising of blk 531 & 531a to existing 20 storeys commercial /residential hdb block with new linkbridge on lot 00395t,00389w,00403v,00404p & 00469k ts 06 at upper cross street /upper hokkien street
- 23 Dec 2010ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions & alterations to the existing 1st & 2nd storey market/food centre of blk 531a ts 06 lot 395t at upper cross street (hawker centre upgrading programme)
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$54.50 per unit).
How does Upper Cross Street price?
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near 531a Upper Cross Street?
Indicative area yield — District 1 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 1 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 1 ($ 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 near 531a Upper Cross Street?
Getting around
- Chinatown MRT141 m · ~2 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at 531a Upper Cross Street
nearest MRT/LRT Chinatown (NE4/DT19) 120 m, about 97,000 taps a weekday; 9 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 13, about 38,000 taps a weekday; Outram: 38,402 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 18,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 9 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
- Chinatown (NE4 / DT19)120 m · about 97,000 weekday taps
- Clarke Quay (NE5)180 m · about 31,000 weekday taps
- Telok Ayer (DT18)343 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
- Maxwell (TE18)497 m · about 23,000 weekday taps
- Raffles Place (EW14 / NS26)629 m · about 133,000 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 531a Upper Cross Street. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
13 bus stops within 400 m, with about 38,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Upp Hokien St (URA)34 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 28 car lots
- Blk 533A Hong Lim Mscp (HDB)70 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 583 car lots
- Backlane (Upp Cross St - Mosque St) (URA)199 m
- Mosque St (URA)202 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 55 car lots
- Hong Lim Park Off St (URA)207 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 23 car lots
HDB season (car): Tier 1 $110/month (a resident's or registered HDB shop/industrial tenant's first car); Tier 2 (other cars, non-residents) $120 Rest of Island, $170 Designated Area, $190 Restricted Zone (sheltered: multi-storey, basement, deck). Industrial-park multi-storey car parks: $110 / $120. Which zone this car park is in is not published as data.
Nearest URA season parking: Mohd Sultan-River Vall Ey Road Area, 948 m away, S$80/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 531a Upper Cross Street's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at 531a Upper Cross Street?
- Accommodation and food services1
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 531a Upper Cross Street
Where is 531A Upper Cross Street?⌄
531A Upper Cross Street is at Upper Cross Street, Singapore 051531, in the Outram planning area.
What is 531A Upper Cross Street zoned as?⌄
531A Upper Cross Street sits on land zoned commercial & residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.5.
Have there been any recorded transactions at 531A Upper Cross Street?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for 531A Upper Cross 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 531A Upper Cross Street?⌄
Chinatown MRT is the closest, 141 m away (about a 2-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at 531A Upper Cross Street?⌄
509 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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