CommercialCOMMERCIALConservationFreeholdDistrict 3 · Bukit Merah

Blair Plain Conservation Area

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Sept 2025
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 Sept 2025. 5 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 25 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
69,71 Kampong Bahru Road
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
2 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Submarket
City Fringe
Transactions on record
1 (records start 1995)
Live listings
5
ACRA registrations
25
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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 169373.

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$6,350 psf. The most recent was in September 2025.

26 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Cantonment MRT, 415 m away (about a 6-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Bef Kampong Bahru Ter) is 78 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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.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 Sept 2025 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.
DateUsePriceAreaPSF
Sept 2025Shop HouseS$14.88M2,343 sqft$6,350

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: 5 units for rent.

Rent: 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 2 changes of use at Blair Plain Conservation Area since 2000, most recently in 2021. 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. 21 May 2026Renewed
    Continued use as restaurant

    Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey conserved building as restaurant on lot 99651p ts23 at 69 kampong bahru road (blair plain conservation area)

  2. 25 Feb 2026Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed category 2 works involving party wall openings at 1st storey of the existing 2-storey conserved shophouses on lots 99651p & 99650v ts23 at 69 & 71 kampong bahru road (blair plain conservation area)

  3. 10 Jun 2025Renewed
    Continued use as restaurant

    Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey conserved building as restaurant

  4. 28 Jan 2025Renewed
    Continued use as restaurant

    Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey conserved building as restaurant on lot 99651p ts23 at 69 kampong bahru road (blair plain conservation area)

  5. 27 Jan 2022Renewed
    Continued use as restaurant

    Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey conserved building ts23 on lot 99651p at 69 kampong bahru road to restaurant (blair plain conservation area)

  6. 27 Jan 2021Approved
    Change of use: karaoke pub → restaurant

    Change of use at the 1st storey of the 2-storey conserved building ts23 on lot 99651p at 69 kampong bahru road from karaoke pub (nightclub) to restaurant (blair plain conservation area)

  7. 5 Feb 2020Renewed
    Continued use as karaoke pub

    Continued use at the 1st storey of the 2-storey building ts23 on lot 99651p at 69 kampong bahru road as karaoke pub (nightclub) (blair plain conservation area)

  8. 10 Jan 2019Renewed
    Continued use as karaoke pub

    Continued use at the 1st storey unit of the 2-storey building ts23 on lot 99651p at 69 kampong bahru road as karaoke pub (nightclub) (blair plain conservation area)

  9. 18 Jan 2018Renewed
    Continued use as karaoke pub

    Continued use at the 1st storey unit of the 2-storey building at 69 kampong bahru road as karaoke pub (nightclub)

  10. 10 Jan 2017Renewed
    Continued use as karaoke pub

    Continued use at the 1st storey units of the 2-storey buildings ts23 on lot 99651p at 69 & 71 kampong bahru road as karaoke pub (nightclub) (blair plain conservation area)

  11. 1 Apr 2016Renewed
    Continued use as karaoke pub

    Continued use of the 1st storeys of the 2-storey buildings as karaoke pub (night club) at 69 & 71 kampong bahru road

  12. 11 Aug 2015Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Amendment to approved proposed additions & alterations to 2 units of existing 2 storey shophouses with attic at 69 & 71 kampong bahru road (blair plain conservation area)

10 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).

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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 takeaway5 units are currently listed at Blair Plain Conservation Area. One row per unit; several agents often market the same unit.

For rent (5)

  • 71 Kampong Bahru Road, 169373S$4k/mo · 600 sqft
  • Prime Small-Format F&B | High Visibility Frontage | Ideal for Takeaway ConceptsS$5k/mo · 200 sqft
  • Versatile F&B Space, Ideal for Kitchen, Delivery or Intimate DiningS$10k/mo · 723 sqft
  • Prime Retail Frontage / 6-min to MRTS$7k/mo · 502 sqft

Browse every listing at this building →

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What is near Blair Plain Conservation Area?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Outram Park MRT, about 669 m away — and 2 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Bef Kampong Bahru Ter · 78 mOutram Community Hospital · 131 mA Medical Clinic · 258 mPlace Of Worship · 324 mEducational Institution · 392 mOutram Park MRT Exit 6 · 424 mBusiness Park · 452 mOutram Polyclinic · 456 mHotel · 564 mTanjong Pagar Community Club · 643 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 · 818 m100 Am · 876 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 Cantonment (CC31), 295 m away — a quiet station, with 3,987 taps in and out on an average weekday. 11 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$80 a month.
Foot traffic: busier than 36% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Cantonment (CC31) 295 m, about 3,987 taps a weekday; 3 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 7, about 13,000 taps a weekday; Bukit Merah: 103,575 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 29,000 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

  • Cantonment (CC31)295 m · 3,987 weekday taps
  • Outram Park (EW16 / NE3 / TE17)424 m · about 78,000 weekday taps
  • Keppel (CC30)799 m · 304 weekday taps
  • Maxwell (TE18)897 m · about 23,000 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 Blair Plain Conservation Area. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

7 bus stops within 400 m, with about 13,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Blair Rd (URA)48 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 43 car lots
  • Spooner Rd Off St (URA)113 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 62 car lots
  • Backlane (Blair Rd - S Pottiswoode Park Rd) (URA)123 m
  • Blair Road-Everton Roa D Area (URA)126 m
    season S$80/month
  • Spottiswoode Park Rd (URA)146 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 10 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 takeaway25 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.
  • Professional, scientific and technical services
    9
  • Financial and insurance
    4
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation
    3
  • Construction
    3
  • Wholesale and retail trade
    2
  • Accommodation and food services
    2
  • Information and communications
    1
  • Real estate
    1
  • Administrative and support 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 69,71 Kampong Bahru Road, Singapore 169373, 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$6,350 psf. The latest was in September 2025.

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

Cantonment MRT is the closest, 415 m away (about a 6-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Blair Plain Conservation Area?⌄

26 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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