78 Guan Chuan Street
78 Guan Chuan Street is a commercial building in District 3 · Bukit Merah, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY under the URA Master Plan. ACRA records 8 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about 78 Guan Chuan Street?
- 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
- 6,975 sqm
- Completed
- 1937 (HDB Property Information)
- Storeys
- 5 (HDB Property Information)
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 8
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 78 Guan Chuan Street
78 Guan Chuan Street is a commercial building in Bukit Merah (District 03). It is located along Guan Chuan Street, Singapore 160078.
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 6,975 sqm of land with about 123 sqm of gross floor area.
20 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Tiong Bahru MRT, 503 m away (about a 8-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 126 CP) is 248 m away (about a 4-minute walk). Tiong Bahru Plaza is 565 m away (about a 9-minute walk).
What is 78 Guan Chuan Street 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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.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 78 Guan Chuan Street rent for?
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 78 Guan Chuan 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 78 Guan Chuan Street?
- 20 May 2024ApprovedFloor 1Additions & alterations
1st extension of written permission for the approved addition of new metal roofs over existing rear open yards at 1st storey of units #01-XX & #01-XX of block 78 guan chuan street mk01 on lot 98612x at 78 guan chuan street (bukit merah planning area)
- 11 Dec 2020ApprovedFloor 1Additions & alterations
Proposed addition of new metal roofs over existing rear open yards at 1st storey of units #01-XX & #01-XX of block 78 guan chuan street
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$54.50 per unit).
What do commercial rents run near 78 Guan Chuan Street?
Indicative area yield — District 3 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 3 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 3 ($ 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 near 78 Guan Chuan Street?
Getting around
- Tiong Bahru MRT503 m · ~8 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at 78 Guan Chuan Street
nearest MRT/LRT Havelock (TE16) 487 m, about 16,000 taps a weekday; 2 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 6, about 15,000 taps a weekday; Bukit Merah: 103,575 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 60,000 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)487 m · about 16,000 weekday taps
- Tiong Bahru (EW17)503 m · about 52,000 weekday taps
- Outram Park (EW16 / NE3 / TE17)798 m · about 78,000 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 78 Guan Chuan Street. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
6 bus stops within 400 m, with about 15,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Blk 78/80 Moh Guan Terrace/Chay Yan Street (HDB)50 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 9.99 m · 143 car lots
- Blk 77, 72, 71 & 58 Seng Poh Road (HDB)70 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
- Blk 76 Guan Chuan Street (HDB)73 mno short-term parking
- Blk 78 & 79 Yong Siak Street/Moh Guan Terrace (HDB)103 mno short-term parking
- Blk 79 Peng Nguan Street/Chay Yan Street (HDB)141 mno short-term parking
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, 936 m away, S$90/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. 78 Guan Chuan Street's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at 78 Guan Chuan Street?
- Wholesale and retail trade2
- Financial and insurance2
- Other services1
- Information and communications1
- Professional, scientific and technical services1
- Health and social services1
- Manufacturing0
- Construction0
- Transportation and storage0
- Real estate0
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 78 Guan Chuan Street
Where is 78 Guan Chuan Street?⌄
78 Guan Chuan Street is at Guan Chuan Street, Singapore 160078, in the Bukit Merah planning area.
What is 78 Guan Chuan Street zoned as?⌄
78 Guan Chuan Street sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey under the URA Master Plan.
Is 78 Guan Chuan Street a conserved property?⌄
Yes. 78 Guan Chuan Street falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.
Have there been any recorded transactions at 78 Guan Chuan Street?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for 78 Guan Chuan 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 78 Guan Chuan Street?⌄
Tiong Bahru MRT is the closest, 503 m away (about a 8-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at 78 Guan Chuan Street?⌄
20 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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