55 Tiong Bahru Road
55 Tiong Bahru Road is a commercial building in District 3 · Bukit Merah, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY under the URA Master Plan. 3 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 7 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about 55 Tiong Bahru Road?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 3 · Bukit Merah
- Address
- —
- Land area
- 2,179 sqm
- Completed
- 1937 (HDB Property Information)
- Storeys
- 3 (HDB Property Information)
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Listed as
- Food & Beverage, Shop / Shophouse
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- 3
- ACRA registrations
- 7
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 55 Tiong Bahru Road
55 Tiong Bahru Road is a commercial building in Bukit Merah (District 03). It is located along Tiong Bahru Road, Singapore 160055.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey. The site falls within a conservation area, so external alterations are subject to URA conservation guidelines.
It occupies roughly 2,179 sqm of land with about 138 sqm of gross floor area.
14 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Havelock MRT, 459 m away (about a 7-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 55) is 39 m away (about a 1-minute walk). Tiong Bahru Plaza is 824 m away (about a 13-minute walk).
What is 55 Tiong Bahru Road zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Conservation area
- Tiong Bahru
- 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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.
What does space at 55 Tiong Bahru Road rent for?
Retail space on Tiong Bahru Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -8.9% 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).
Office space on Tiong Bahru Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month (median only published)
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 — District 3 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 3 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 55 Tiong Bahru Road
- 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.
How fast units move at 55 Tiong Bahru Road
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 1 new listing 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 55 Tiong Bahru Road?
- 24 Nov 2025ApprovedFloor 1Additions & alterations
Proposed additional and alteration to existing unit #01-XX involving new metal roof at 1st storey rear courtyard on mk01 lot 98688x at blk 55 tiong bahru road, singapore 160055 (bukit merah planning area)
- 21 Apr 2023ApprovedFloor 1Additions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to unit #01-XX at blk 55 involving the addition of fire-retardant retractable awning at existing shop front on lot 98688x pt mk01 at 55 tiong bahru road (bukit merah planning area)
- 6 Jul 2022ApprovedFloor 1Additions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to unit #01-XX at blk 55 tiong bahru road involving addition of metal roof covering over the existing rear courtyard mk01 on lot 98688x at 55 tiong bahru road (bukit merah planning area)
- 19 Mar 2018RefusedFloor 1Change of use to restaurant
Proposed change of use of 1st storey unit #01-XX to restaurant at 55 tiong bahru road
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$54.50 per unit).
What do commercial rents run near 55 Tiong Bahru Road?
Indicative area yield — District 3 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 3 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 3 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below | $78.10 | $94.74 | $116.67 |
| Level 1 · 30 & Below | $73.20 | $92.12 | $107.33 |
| Level 1 · >30 - 100 | $83.20 | $164.15 | $200.48 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100 | $58.43 | $67.44 | $75.00 |
| Level 1 · >100 - 300 | $226.54 | $240.67 | $264.22 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300 | $83.56 | $131.15 | $186.77 |
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 55 Tiong Bahru Road right now?
For rent (3)
- 55 Tiong Bahru Road2 agentsS$10k/mo · 1,453 sqft
- Tiong Bahru Road2 agentsS$21k/mo · 1,400 sqft
- Tiong Bahru Shophouse Bakery2 agentsS$10k/mo · 1,500 sqft
What is near 55 Tiong Bahru Road?
Getting around
- Havelock MRT459 m · ~7 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at 55 Tiong Bahru Road
nearest MRT/LRT Havelock (TE16) 254 m, about 16,000 taps a weekday; 4 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 6, about 13,000 taps a weekday; Bukit Merah: 103,575 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 52,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 1 other mall 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
- Havelock (TE16)254 m · about 16,000 weekday taps
- Outram Park (EW16 / NE3 / TE17)500 m · about 78,000 weekday taps
- Tiong Bahru (EW17)767 m · about 52,000 weekday taps
- Great World (TE15)956 m · about 21,000 weekday taps
- Chinatown (NE4 / DT19)966 m · about 97,000 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 55 Tiong Bahru Road. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
6 bus stops within 400 m, with about 13,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Blk 59 Eng Hoon Street (HDB)69 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
- Outram Rd (URA)133 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 27 car lots
- Blk 61/69 Seng Poh Lane (HDB)142 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.4 m · 132 car lots
- Blk 66/73 Eng Watt Street (HDB)204 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
- Outram Hill (URA)215 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 11 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: Ganges Ave Off St, 852 m away, S$90/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 55 Tiong Bahru Road's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at 55 Tiong Bahru Road?
- Accommodation and food services3
- Other services2
- Wholesale and retail trade1
- Professional, scientific and technical services1
- Construction0
- Transportation and storage0
- Arts, entertainment and recreation0
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 55 Tiong Bahru Road
Where is 55 Tiong Bahru Road?⌄
55 Tiong Bahru Road is at Tiong Bahru Road, Singapore 160055, in the Bukit Merah planning area.
What is 55 Tiong Bahru Road zoned as?⌄
55 Tiong Bahru Road sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey under the URA Master Plan.
Is 55 Tiong Bahru Road a conserved property?⌄
Yes. 55 Tiong Bahru Road falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.
Have there been any recorded transactions at 55 Tiong Bahru Road?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for 55 Tiong Bahru Road 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 55 Tiong Bahru Road?⌄
Havelock MRT is the closest, 459 m away (about a 7-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at 55 Tiong Bahru Road?⌄
14 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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