CommercialCOMMERCIALConservationFreeholdDistrict 3 · Bukit Merah

Blair Plain Conservation Area

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Jun 2023
Quick Summary

Blair Plain Conservation Area is a commercial building in District 3 · Bukit Merah, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan. It is freehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2023. 2 units are currently listed for sale. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Blair Plain Conservation Area?

Key takeawayBlair Plain Conservation Area is a commercial building in District 3 · Bukit Merah, zoned COMMERCIAL, held freehold.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
Subject to Evaluation
Tenure
Freehold
District / Area
District 3 · Bukit Merah
Address
1,1a Kampong Bahru Road
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
2 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Submarket
City Fringe
Listed as
Land
Transactions on record
1 (records start 1995)
Live listings
2
ACRA registrations
0
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About Blair Plain Conservation Area

Blair Plain Conservation Area is a commercial conservation area in Bukit Merah (District 03). It is located along Kampong Bahru Road, Singapore 169339.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial. The site falls within a conservation area, so external alterations are subject to URA conservation guidelines.

The site is freehold.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$7,106 psf. The most recent was in June 2023.

The nearest MRT is Cantonment MRT, 476 m away (about a 7-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Bef Neil Rd) is 89 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

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What is Blair Plain Conservation Area zoned as?

Key takeawayBlair Plain Conservation Area sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL, with conservation status.
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
Subject to Evaluation
Conservation area
Blair Plain
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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.

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What has Blair Plain Conservation Area sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2023 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.
DateUsePriceAreaPSF
Jun 2023Shop HouseS$6.15M865 sqft$7,106

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

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What does space at Blair Plain Conservation Area rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 3 retail, retail space rented at a median of $10.49 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $7.49 and $14.10. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 3 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$7.49
$80.65 psm
Median
$10.49
$112.95 psm
75th pct
$14.10
$151.72 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 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).

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Market context around Blair Plain Conservation Area

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.

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How fast units move at Blair Plain Conservation Area

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

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.

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What's been approved at Blair Plain Conservation Area?

Key takeawayURA has approved 1 change of use at Blair Plain Conservation Area since 2000, most recently in 2011. This is the building's planning history, not today's approved use of any unit: confirm a unit's approved use with URA before signing.
F&B and nightlife here

No new bars, pubs, nightclubs or karaoke lounges (a Historic Conservation Area). URA does not approve new eating houses (restaurants, coffee shops, cafes) here; an existing one's permission may be renewed.

Per URA circular DC23-08, Appendix A (2 Oct 2023: no new eating houses in shophouses on listed stretches); URA's Use of Buildings in Conservation Areas. A planning guideline for the area, not a decision on any unit; it applies to new eating houses and bars, not to one already approved.

  1. 29 Nov 2011Approved
    Change of use to cafeteria

    Change of use of the 1st storey and 2nd storey of the 2-storey shophouse at 1 kampong bahru road as cafeteria

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).

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What do commercial rents run near Blair Plain Conservation Area?

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

Indicative area yield — District 3 retail

Gross yield (area)
3.8%
3.4% net of property tax
Rent side (median of bands)
$112.95 psm/mo
2026Q3
Price side (strata, 5y)
$3,294 psf
38 sales

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 band25th pctMedian75th 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.

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What is available at Blair Plain Conservation Area right now?

Key takeaway2 units are currently listed at Blair Plain Conservation Area. One row per unit; several agents often market the same unit.

For sale (2)

  • Blair Plain Conservation AreaS$6.99M · 867 sqft
  • High Visibility Kampong Bahru ShophouseS$6.99M

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What is near Blair Plain Conservation Area?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Outram Park MRT, about 531 m away — and 2 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Bef Neil Rd · 89 mA Medical Clinic · 108 mOutram Community Hospital · 168 mEducational Institution · 274 mOutram Park MRT Exit 6 · 275 mOutram Polyclinic · 314 mHotel · 411 mPlace Of Worship · 445 mBusiness Park · 525 mTanjong Pagar Community Club · 527 m

Competing premises nearby

Retail and F&B premises competing for the same footfall — context for an occupier, not a selling point.

Blk 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza · 693 m100 Am · 775 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at Blair Plain Conservation Area

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Outram Park (EW16 / NE3 / TE17), 275 m away — a busy station, with about 78,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 14 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$80 a month.
Foot traffic: busier than 53% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Outram Park (EW16/NE3/TE17) 275 m, about 78,000 taps a weekday; 4 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 7, about 17,000 taps a weekday; Bukit Merah: 103,575 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 28,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 2 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

  • Outram Park (EW16 / NE3 / TE17)275 m · about 78,000 weekday taps
  • Cantonment (CC31)394 m · 3,987 weekday taps
  • Maxwell (TE18)745 m · about 23,000 weekday taps
  • Tanjong Pagar (EW15)881 m · about 85,000 weekday taps
  • Keppel (CC30)948 m · 304 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 Blair Plain Conservation Area. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

7 bus stops within 400 m, with about 17,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Backlane (Blair Rd - S Pottiswoode Park Rd) (URA)29 m
  • Spottiswoode Park Rd (URA)34 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 10 car lots
  • Blair Road-Everton Roa D Area (URA)72 m
    season S$80/month
  • Everton Rd (URA)107 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 13 car lots
  • Blair Rd (URA)139 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 43 car lots

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Blair Plain Conservation Area's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

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Who's registered at Blair Plain Conservation Area?

Key takeaway0 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Blair Plain Conservation Area as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.
  • Accommodation and food services
    0
  • Professional, scientific and technical services
    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. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.

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Frequently asked questions about Blair Plain Conservation Area

Where is Blair Plain Conservation Area?⌄

Blair Plain Conservation Area is at 1,1A Kampong Bahru Road, Singapore 169339, in the Bukit Merah planning area.

What is Blair Plain Conservation Area zoned as?⌄

Blair Plain Conservation Area sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan.

What is the tenure of Blair Plain Conservation Area?⌄

Blair Plain Conservation Area is freehold.

Is Blair Plain Conservation Area a conserved property?⌄

Yes. Blair Plain Conservation Area falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.

What have units at Blair Plain Conservation Area sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$7,106 psf. The latest was in June 2023.

What is the nearest MRT station to Blair Plain Conservation Area?⌄

Cantonment MRT is the closest, 476 m away (about a 7-minute walk).

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