Ah Chew Hotel
Ah Chew Hotel is a commercial building in District 7 · Downtown Core, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 4.2. It is 999-year leasehold. 2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jul 2013. 1 unit is currently listed for sale. ACRA records 2 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Ah Chew Hotel?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 4.2
- Tenure
- 999-year leasehold
- District / Area
- District 7 · Downtown Core
- Address
- 496 North Bridge Road
- Land area
- 198 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- Not on record
- Submarket
- City Hall / Bugis
- Listed as
- Shop / Shophouse
- Transactions on record
- 2 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- 1
- ACRA registrations
- 2
About Ah Chew Hotel
Ah Chew Hotel is a commercial building in Downtown Core (District 07). It is located along North Bridge Road, Singapore 188739.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 4.2. The site falls within a conservation area, so external alterations are subject to URA conservation guidelines. It lies inside the Central Area.
The site is 999-year leasehold, with about 800 years remaining on the lease. It occupies roughly 198 sqm of land with about 670 sqm of gross floor area.
2 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$6,305 psf. The most recent was in July 2013.
2 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Bugis MRT, 219 m away (about a 3-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Bugis Cube) is 52 m away (about a 1-minute walk).
What is Ah Chew Hotel zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 4.2
- Conservation area
- Beach Road
- Conserved building
- Yes
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
What has Ah Chew Hotel sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2013 | Shop House | S$23.70M | 2,157 sqft | $10,987 |
| Mar 2003 | Shop House | S$3.50M | 2,157 sqft | $1,623 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at Ah Chew Hotel rent for?
Retail space on North Bridge Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -6.6% 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 North Bridge Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median +2.5% 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 — District 7 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 7 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 Ah Chew Hotel
- 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 Ah Chew Hotel
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 Ah Chew Hotel?
- 15 Dec 2025RenewedFloors 3, 4Continued use as karaoke lounge
Continued use of the 3rd & 4th storey office premises (units #03-XX and #04-XX) as karaoke lounge
- 7 Oct 2025ApprovedFloors 1, 2Change of use to shop
Proposed change of use of units #01-XX and #02-XX to shop
- 8 Jan 2024ApprovedFloor 2Change of use: restaurant → karaoke lounge
Proposed change of use of 2nd storey (#02-XX) from restaurant to karaoke lounge
- 28 Dec 2023RenewedFloors 3, 4Continued use as karaoke lounge
Continued use of the 3rd & 4th storey office premises (units #03-XX and #04-XX) as karaoke lounge
- 15 Nov 2022ApprovedFloors 3, 4Change of use to karaoke lounge
Proposed change of use of the 3rd & 4th storey office premises (units #03-XX and #04-XX) to karaoke lounge
- 29 Aug 2022ApprovedFloors 1, 2Change of use to restaurant
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX and #02-XX to restaurant
- 19 May 2021Agency worksFloor 1Change of use to restautrant
Lodgment for proposed use of units #01-XX and #01-XX as restautrant
- 6 Jan 2020RenewedFloors 3, 4Continued use as amusement centre with ancillary cafe
Continued use of units #03-XX & #04-XX as amusement centre with ancillary cafe
- 10 Jan 2017ApprovedFloors 3, 4Change of use: office → amusement centre with ancillary cafe
Proposed change of use of units #03-XX & #04-XX from office to amusement centre with ancillary cafe
- 16 Jul 2015ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed amendment to approved addition & alteration to the existing 4-storey conservation shophouse with a new 4-storey rear extension on lots 98431t, 98424m and 98429a pt ts 12 at 496 north bridge road
- 8 Apr 2015ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed amendment to approved addition & alteration to the existing 4-storey conservation shophouse with a new 4-storey rear extension
- 12 Sept 2014ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed addition & alteration to the existing 4-storey conservation shophouse with a new 4-storey rear extension
4 earlier change-of-use and A&A decisions are on record since 2000.
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$54.50 per unit).
How does North Bridge Road price?
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near Ah Chew Hotel?
Indicative area yield — District 7 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 7 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 7 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 · 30 & Below | $93.33 | $113.33 | $165.94 |
| Level 4 & Above · 30 & Below | $69.42 | $79.17 | $140.05 |
| B1 & Below · 30 & Below | $94.66 | $392.16 | $721.70 |
| Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below | $71.79 | $88.95 | $100.36 |
| Level 1 · >30 - 100 | $84.41 | $129.03 | $192.55 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100 | $53.85 | $86.57 | $113.16 |
| B1 & Below · >30 - 100 | $71.03 | $80.88 | $146.17 |
| Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100 | $47.06 | $59.43 | $68.42 |
Office rents — Central Area ($ 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 Ah Chew Hotel right now?
For sale (1)
- Prime D7 999 years full commercial shophouse with prominent visibility for saleS$65.00M · 8,760 sqft
What is near Ah Chew Hotel?
Getting around
- Bugis MRT219 m · ~3 min
Amenities nearby
Competing premises nearby
Retail and F&B premises competing for the same footfall — context for an occupier, not a selling point.
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Ah Chew Hotel
nearest MRT/LRT Bugis (EW12/DT14) 131 m, about 109,000 taps a weekday; 8 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 21, about 41,000 taps a weekday; Downtown Core: 284,004 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 13,000 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
- Bugis (EW12 / DT14)131 m · about 109,000 weekday taps
- Esplanade (CC3)528 m · about 15,000 weekday taps
- Bras Basah (CC2)536 m · about 10,000 weekday taps
- Bencoolen (DT21)563 m · about 20,000 weekday taps
- City Hall (NS25 / EW13)666 m · about 91,000 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 Ah Chew Hotel. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
21 bus stops within 400 m, with about 41,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Liang Seah St (URA)73 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 45 car lots
- Cheng Yan Place (URA)221 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 4 car lots
- Backlane (Purvis St) (URA)221 m
- Manila St (URA)223 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 6 car lots
- North Bridge Rd Off St (URA)228 mS$0.75 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 92 car lots
Nearest URA season parking: Kampong Glam Area, 622 m away, S$125/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Ah Chew Hotel's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Ah Chew Hotel?
- Accommodation and food services1
- Arts, entertainment and recreation1
- Wholesale and retail trade0
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. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.
Frequently asked questions about Ah Chew Hotel
Where is Ah Chew Hotel?⌄
Ah Chew Hotel is at 496 North Bridge Road, Singapore 188739, in the Downtown Core planning area.
What is Ah Chew Hotel zoned as?⌄
Ah Chew Hotel sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 4.2.
What is the tenure of Ah Chew Hotel?⌄
Ah Chew Hotel is 999-year leasehold. About 800 years remain on the lease.
Is Ah Chew Hotel a conserved property?⌄
Yes. Ah Chew Hotel falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.
What have units at Ah Chew Hotel sold for?⌄
Across 2 recorded transactions, the median price is S$6,305 psf. The latest was in July 2013.
What is the nearest MRT station to Ah Chew Hotel?⌄
Bugis MRT is the closest, 219 m away (about a 3-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Ah Chew Hotel?⌄
2 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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