Bharat Building
Bharat Building is a commercial building in District 1 · Downtown Core, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 15.0. 8 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 122 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Bharat Building?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 15.0
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 1 · Downtown Core
- Address
- 3 Raffles Place
- Land area
- 863 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- Not on record
- Submarket
- Raffles Place
- Listed as
- Office
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- 8
- ACRA registrations
- 122
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 Bharat Building
Bharat Building is a commercial building in Downtown Core (District 01). It is located along Raffles Place, Singapore 048617.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 15. It lies inside the Central Area.
It occupies roughly 863 sqm of land with about 12,947 sqm of gross floor area.
132 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Raffles Place MRT, 40 m away (about a 1-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Raffles Pl Stn Exit F) is 197 m away (about a 3-minute walk). One Raffles Place is 69 m away (about a 1-minute walk).
What is Bharat Building zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 15.0
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
What does space at Bharat Building rent for?
Office space on Raffles Place
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median +7.4% 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 on Raffles Place
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median +8.7% 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).
Retail space — District 1 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 1 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 Bharat Building
- Other City Areas: Rent S$21.21 psf/mth · Vacancy 7.4% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 0.73m sq ft
Official series (URA, 2026Q3): Retail vacancy rate (Whole Island) 6.5 (-0.4 pp on the year) · Retail rental index (Central Region) 81.2 (+1.4% on the year).
Brokers draw submarkets and grades differently; each figure is the broker's own, for its own area, cited to its report. Rents are per square foot per month.
How fast units move at Bharat Building
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 2 new listings appeared and 2 came off (sold, let or withdrawn). Days on market: not enough history yet — we began tracking on 6 Aug 2026.
One count per unit, however many agents list it. Asking prices are not tracked over time, so price cuts are not shown.
What do commercial rents run near Bharat Building?
Indicative area yield — District 1 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 1 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 1 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below | $82.69 | $99.35 | $120.39 |
| Level 1 · 30 & Below | $172.73 | $245.52 | $332.57 |
| B1 & Below · 30 & Below | $87.33 | $172.91 | $321.72 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100 | $77.43 | $95.09 | $183.52 |
| Level 1 · >30 - 100 | $106.77 | $168.33 | $217.05 |
| B1 & Below · >30 - 100 | $117.40 | $198.29 | $365.38 |
| Level 1 · >100 - 300 | $115.69 | $148.57 | $187.43 |
| B1 & Below · >100 - 300 | $148.73 | $233.33 | $396.56 |
Office rents — Central Area ($ 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 Bharat Building right now?
For rent (8)
- Service office 4 pax window unit, Raffles PlaceS$2k/mo · 170 sqft
- Splendid panoramic view, Single floor, Raffles PlaceS$468k/mo · 33,411 sqft
- Bharat Building2 agentsS$15k/mo · 2,500 sqft
- Raffles PlaceS$7k/mo · 194 sqft
What is near Bharat Building?
Getting around
- Raffles Place MRT41 m · ~1 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Bharat Building
nearest MRT/LRT Raffles Place (EW14/NS26) 15 m, about 133,000 taps a weekday; 11 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 8, about 18,000 taps a weekday; Downtown Core: 284,004 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 8,798 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 8 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
- Raffles Place (EW14 / NS26)15 m · about 133,000 weekday taps
- Telok Ayer (DT18)319 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
- Downtown (DT17)460 m · about 51,000 weekday taps
- Chinatown (NE4 / DT19)655 m · about 97,000 weekday taps
- Shenton Way (TE19)671 m · about 32,000 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 Bharat Building. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
8 bus stops within 400 m, with about 18,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Backlane (Cecil St - M Arket St) (URA)152 m
- Backlane (Synagogue St - Church St) (URA)262 m
- Backlane (Lor Telok - Circular Rd) (URA)361 m
- Backlane (Synagogue St ) (URA)382 m
- Circular Rd (URA)382 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 34 car lots
Nearest URA season parking: Mohd Sultan-River Vall Ey Road Area, 1.5 km away, S$80/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Bharat Building's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Bharat Building?
- Financial and insurance34
- Wholesale and retail trade27
- Professional, scientific and technical services20
- Transportation and storage18
- Information and communications10
- Administrative and support services8
- Real estate3
- Manufacturing1
- Education1
- Other services0
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. Most registrations here are dead: this is a registered-office address (corporate secretaries), so the count says nothing about how busy the building is. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.
Frequently asked questions about Bharat Building
Where is Bharat Building?⌄
Bharat Building is at 3 Raffles Place, Singapore 048617, in the Downtown Core planning area.
What is Bharat Building zoned as?⌄
Bharat Building sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 15.
Have there been any recorded transactions at Bharat Building?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for Bharat Building 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 Bharat Building?⌄
Raffles Place MRT is the closest, 40 m away (about a 1-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Bharat Building?⌄
132 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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