CommercialRESIDENTIALDistrict 12 · Novena

81 Whampoa Drive

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 10 November 2026

Quick Summary

81 Whampoa Drive is a commercial building in District 12 · Novena, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.0. 2 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 5 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about 81 Whampoa Drive?

Key takeaway81 Whampoa Drive is a commercial building in District 12 · Novena, zoned RESIDENTIAL.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 3.0
Tenure: Not on record
District / Area: District 12 · Novena
Address: —
Land area: 19,155 sqm
Completed: 1973 (HDB Property Information)
Storeys: 2 (HDB Property Information)
Submarket: City Fringe
Transactions on record: None recorded
Live listings: 2
ACRA registrations: 5

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 81 Whampoa Drive

81 Whampoa Drive is a mixed-use building in Novena (District 12). It is located along Whampoa Drive, Singapore 320081.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with a gross plot ratio of 3.

It occupies roughly 19,155 sqm of land with about 57,464 sqm of gross floor area.

19 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Boon Keng MRT, 780 m away (about a 12-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 82) is 70 m away (about a 1-minute walk). City Square Mall is 1.4 km away.

What is 81 Whampoa Drive zoned as?

Key takeaway81 Whampoa Drive sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL with a gross plot ratio of 3.0.

Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 3.0

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What does space at 81 Whampoa Drive rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 12 retail, retail space rented at a median of $6.71 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $5.52 and $8.97. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 12 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$5.52

$59.42 psm

Median

$6.71

$72.22 psm

75th pct

$8.97

$96.57 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 12 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 81 Whampoa Drive

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.

How fast units move at 81 Whampoa Drive

Key takeawayBased on listings we track, as of our last check on 28 Aug 2026: 2 units for rent.

Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 new listings appeared and 1 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 do commercial rents run near 81 Whampoa Drive?

Key takeawayURA publishes contracted-rent percentile grids quarterly (latest: 2026Q3) — the benchmark evidence an asking rent should be weighed against.

Indicative area yield — District 12 retail

Gross yield (area)

2.9%

2.6% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$72.22 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$2,767 psf

54 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 12 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 12 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$52.08	$72.22	$91.29
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$101.58	$129.23	$143.22
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$59.42	$63.94	$96.57
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$74.07	$96.87	$116.31
Level 1 · >100 - 300	$48.14	$55.10	$60.66

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 81 Whampoa Drive right now?

Key takeaway2 units are currently listed at 81 Whampoa Drive. One row per unit; several agents often market the same unit.

For rent (2)

81 Whampoa Drive2 agentsS$4k/mo · 227 sqft
81 whampoa2 agentsS$3k/mo · 350 sqft

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What is near 81 Whampoa Drive?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Boon Keng MRT, about 781 m away.

Getting around

Boon Keng MRT781 m · ~12 min

Amenities nearby

Winsome Medical & Dental Centre · 19 mBlk 82 · 70 mNTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 77 mWhampoa Community Club · 137 mBlk 90 Whampoa Drive # · 181 mEducational Institution · 199 mPlace Of Worship · 268 mHotel · 418 mBoon Keng MRT Exit A · 720 mKallang Polyclinic · 847 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at 81 Whampoa Drive

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Boon Keng (NE9), 721 m away — a busy station, with about 51,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 21 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$90 a month.

Foot traffic: busier than 25% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Boon Keng (NE9) 721 m, about 51,000 taps a weekday; bus stops within 400 m: 8, about 16,000 taps a weekday; Novena: 42,829 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 67,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 0 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

Boon Keng (NE9)721 m · about 51,000 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 81 Whampoa Drive. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

8 bus stops within 400 m, with about 16,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Blk 78A Lorong Limau (HDB)110 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 355 car lots
Blk 81/89 Whampoa Drive (HDB)111 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 321 car lots
Blk 85A Whampoa Drive (HDB)144 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.1 m · 168 car lots
Blk 90 Whampoa Drive (HDB)230 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 59 car lots
Blk 74/75 Whampoa Drive (HDB)230 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.9 m · 152 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. 81 Whampoa Drive's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

Who's registered at 81 Whampoa Drive?

Key takeaway5 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list 81 Whampoa Drive as their registered address on its shop floor. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Other services
2
Wholesale and retail trade
1
Administrative and support services
1
Health and social services
1
Professional, scientific and technical services
0
Manufacturing
0
Transportation and storage
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. 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 81 Whampoa Drive

Where is 81 Whampoa Drive?⌄

81 Whampoa Drive is at Whampoa Drive, Singapore 320081, in the Novena planning area.

What is 81 Whampoa Drive zoned as?⌄

81 Whampoa Drive sits on land zoned residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.

Have there been any recorded transactions at 81 Whampoa Drive?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for 81 Whampoa Drive 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 81 Whampoa Drive?⌄

Boon Keng MRT is the closest, 780 m away (about a 12-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at 81 Whampoa Drive?⌄

19 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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Completion year: the year HDB records the block as completed (HDB Property Information).

Storeys: the block's highest floor level as HDB records it.

Submarket: PropKaki's own map from URA's planning subzones (CBD core, City Hall / Bugis, Orchard, city fringe, regional centres, suburban). Brokers draw these lines differently.

Station taps: average weekday fare-card taps in and out at the nearest MRT/LRT station (LTA DataMall). People passing the station's gates, not people visiting this building.

Season parking: the cheapest URA car season rate (commercial ticket) at a public car park within 500 m, per month. HDB's season rates depend on a zone we don't have, so they are shown as HDB's tiers.

Foot-traffic score: PropKaki's relative score from nearby MRT and bus taps, workers and residents around (and, for retail, competing malls), ranked against buildings of the same kind. A percentile, not a count of people.

Company REGISTRATIONS at this address (ACRA), not a tenancy schedule. Registration does not mean the company physically occupies space here, and a low count does not mean the building is empty. Do not describe this as occupancy or vacancy.

Unbuilt GFA cannot be computed here — it needs BCA built-GFA, which covers about 5% of commercial buildings and no industrial ones. Zoning and plot ratio are on record; headroom is not.

Tenure is not recorded for this building. Commercial tenure coverage is roughly 40% (industrial is far better at ~90%).

Reviewed by Nathan Tang

Nathan Tang has over 10 years of property experience across condominiums, HDB flats and commercial property, specialising in property research and finance.

Figures draw on URA and JTC records, URA Master Plan zoning, ACRA registrations and live commercial-portal listings; building facts from HDB Property Information, PropKaki's submarket map, HDB car park information (data.gov.sg), URA car park data (URA Data Service), LTA DataMall passenger volumes, PropKaki's foot-traffic model — see our methodology. Last updated 10 November 2026. For general information, not financial advice.

Getting there and parking: LTA DataMall passenger volumes and car parks, URA Data Service car park rates, HDB and JTC car park information (data.gov.sg) and HDB's published parking charges, Census of Population 2020 and the Singapore Department of Statistics' June 2026 resident population (Singapore Open Data Licence). The foot-traffic score is PropKaki's own relative model, not a count.

Market context: figures cited from CBRE Research (Singapore Figures) and Cushman & Wakefield (Singapore MarketBeat), each with its quarter and report; flexible-workspace centres from the operators' public location lists; collective sales from marketing agents' announcements and news reports, each linked.

Rents: URA rental statistics for office and retail space by street (IRAS-stamped contracts), JTC J-SPACE rentals by building and by street, JTC price tenders, and URA REALIS rental grids. SLA tender results and JTC posted land rents are held for state and JTC land.