642 Rowell Road
642 Rowell Road is a commercial building in District 8 · Rochor, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.5. 3 units are currently listed for sale or rent. ACRA records 3 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about 642 Rowell Road?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.5
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 8 · Rochor
- Address
- —
- Land area
- 1,110 sqm
- Completed
- 1982 (HDB Property Information)
- Storeys
- 25 (HDB Property Information)
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Listed as
- Shop / Shophouse
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- 3
- 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 642 Rowell Road
642 Rowell Road is a commercial building in Rochor (District 08). It is located along Rowell Road, Singapore 200642.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey with a gross plot ratio of 3.5. It lies inside the Central Area.
It occupies roughly 1,110 sqm of land with about 3,885 sqm of gross floor area.
17 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Jalan Besar MRT, 319 m away (about a 5-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Veerasamy Rd) is 144 m away (about a 2-minute walk). City Square Mall is 405 m away (about a 6-minute walk).
What is 642 Rowell Road zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.5
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
What does space at 642 Rowell Road rent for?
Retail space — District 8 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 8 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 642 Rowell 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 642 Rowell 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.
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 642 Rowell Road?
- 11 Sept 2009ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed drop-off porch at blk 642 at rowell road / jalan besar
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$54.50 per unit).
What do commercial rents run near 642 Rowell Road?
Indicative area yield — District 8 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 8 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 8 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below | $67.76 | $96.11 | $143.21 |
| Level 1 · 30 & Below | $76.14 | $92.59 | $171.04 |
| B1 & Below · 30 & Below | $90.68 | $93.21 | $137.37 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100 | $46.15 | $61.63 | $86.96 |
| Level 1 · >30 - 100 | $73.94 | $90.91 | $97.19 |
| B1 & Below · >30 - 100 | $82.17 | $88.77 | $163.62 |
| Level 1 · >100 - 300 | $59.57 | $69.55 | $95.87 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300 | $43.92 | $47.03 | $64.17 |
Office rents — Central Area ($ 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 642 Rowell Road right now?
For sale (1)
- ⭐️ CHEAP! - Shophouse for Sale! - Jalan Besar Vicinity2 agentsS$6.90M · 2,200 sqft
For rent (2)
- Rowell CourtS$7k/mo · 2,100 sqft
- 642 Rowell Road, 200642S$9k/mo · 1,100 sqft
What is near 642 Rowell Road?
Getting around
- Jalan Besar MRT319 m · ~5 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at 642 Rowell Road
nearest MRT/LRT Jalan Besar (DT22) 292 m, about 21,000 taps a weekday; 6 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 5, about 18,000 taps a weekday; Rochor: 31,654 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 34,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 4 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
- Jalan Besar (DT22)292 m · about 21,000 weekday taps
- Farrer Park (NE8)450 m · about 57,000 weekday taps
- Rochor (DT13)547 m · about 22,000 weekday taps
- Lavender (EW11)685 m · about 39,000 weekday taps
- Little India (NE7 / DT12)688 m · about 55,000 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 642 Rowell Road. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
5 bus stops within 400 m, with about 18,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Backlane (Rowell Rd) (URA)59 m
- Backlane (Jln Berseh) (URA)77 m
- Jln Berseh (URA)105 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 34 car lots
- Backlane (Townshend Rd - Jln Besar) (URA)139 m
- Blk 638 Veerasamy Road (HDB)142 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2 m · 136 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.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 642 Rowell Road's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at 642 Rowell Road?
- Wholesale and retail trade2
- Transportation and storage1
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 642 Rowell Road
Where is 642 Rowell Road?⌄
642 Rowell Road is at Rowell Road, Singapore 200642, in the Rochor planning area.
What is 642 Rowell Road zoned as?⌄
642 Rowell Road sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.5.
Have there been any recorded transactions at 642 Rowell Road?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for 642 Rowell 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 642 Rowell Road?⌄
Jalan Besar MRT is the closest, 319 m away (about a 5-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at 642 Rowell Road?⌄
17 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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