Boat Quay Conservation Area
Boat Quay Conservation Area is a commercial building in District 1 · Singapore River, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan. It is 999-year leasehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Feb 2023. ACRA records 7 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Boat Quay Conservation Area?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Tenure
- 999-year leasehold
- District / Area
- District 1 · Singapore River
- Address
- 43 South Bridge Road
- Land area
- —
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 2 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Transactions on record
- 1 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 7
About Boat Quay Conservation Area
Boat Quay Conservation Area is a commercial conservation area in Singapore River (District 01). It is located along South Bridge Road, Singapore 058677.
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. It lies inside the Central Area.
The site is 999-year leasehold, with about 804 years remaining on the lease.
1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$9,041 psf. The most recent was in February 2023.
7 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Clarke Quay MRT, 244 m away (about a 4-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Boat Quay) is 49 m away (about a 1-minute walk).
What is Boat Quay Conservation Area zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Conservation area
- Boat Quay
- Conserved building
- Yes
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- 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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.
What has Boat Quay Conservation Area sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2023 | Shop House | S$10.50M | 1,161 sqft | $9,041 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at Boat Quay Conservation Area rent for?
Retail space on South Bridge Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -27.6% 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 South Bridge Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median +2.4% 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 — 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 Boat Quay Conservation Area
- 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.
What's been approved at Boat Quay Conservation Area?
No new bars, pubs, nightclubs or karaoke lounges (a Historic Conservation Area).
Per 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.
- 15 Jan 2025RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 3-storey building as nightclub at 43 south bridge road
- 25 Mar 2024ApprovedChange of use: office → beauty salon
Proposed change of use at the 2nd storey of the 3-storey building from office to beauty salon at 43 south bridge road
- 21 Feb 2024RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 3-storey building as nightclub at 43 south bridge road
- 11 Apr 2023RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 3-storey building as nightclub at 43 south bridge road
- 20 Apr 2022RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 3-storey building as nightclub at 43 south bridge road
- 1 Sept 2021ApprovedChange of use to gym/fitness centre
Proposed change of use at the 3rd storey of the 3-storey building to gym/fitness centre at 43 south bridge road
- 1 Apr 2021RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 3-storey building as nightclub at 43 south bridge road
- 3 Mar 2020RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 3-storey building as nightclub at 43 south bridge road
- 27 Feb 2019RenewedContinued use as night club
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 3-storey building at 43 south bridge road as night club
- 26 Feb 2018RenewedContinued use as night club
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 3-storey building at 43 south bridge road as night club
- 15 Feb 2017RenewedContinued use as night club
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 3-storey building at 43 south bridge road as night club
- 16 Jan 2015RenewedContinued use as night club
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 3-storey building as night club at 43 south bridge road
8 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$54.50 per unit).
How does South Bridge Road price?
Too few strata sales on this street to support a median — the count is shown without one.
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near Boat Quay Conservation Area?
Indicative area yield — District 1 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 1 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 1 ($ 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 near Boat Quay Conservation Area?
Getting around
- Clarke Quay MRT244 m · ~4 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 Boat Quay Conservation Area
nearest MRT/LRT Clarke Quay (NE5) 241 m, about 31,000 taps a weekday; 9 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 14, about 25,000 taps a weekday; Singapore River: 18,341 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 10,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 12 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
- Clarke Quay (NE5)241 m · about 31,000 weekday taps
- Raffles Place (EW14 / NS26)420 m · about 133,000 weekday taps
- Chinatown (NE4 / DT19)488 m · about 97,000 weekday taps
- Telok Ayer (DT18)537 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
- Fort Canning (DT20)731 m · about 14,000 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 Boat Quay Conservation Area. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
14 bus stops within 400 m, with about 25,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Backlane (Hongkong St - Carpenter St) (URA)58 m
- Lor Telok (URA)81 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 21 car lots
- Backlane (North Canal Rd - Circular Rd) (URA)99 m
- Carpenter St Off St (URA)101 mS$1.50 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 69 car lots
- Carpenter St (URA)110 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 35 car lots
Nearest URA season parking: Mohd Sultan-River Vall Ey Road Area, 1.0 km away, S$80/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Boat Quay Conservation Area's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Boat Quay Conservation Area?
- Other services3
- Wholesale and retail trade1
- Information and communications1
- Professional, scientific and technical services1
- Financial and insurance1
- Administrative and support services0
- Arts, entertainment and recreation0
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 Boat Quay Conservation Area
Where is Boat Quay Conservation Area?⌄
Boat Quay Conservation Area is at 43 South Bridge Road, Singapore 058677, in the Singapore River planning area.
What is Boat Quay Conservation Area zoned as?⌄
Boat Quay Conservation Area sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan.
What is the tenure of Boat Quay Conservation Area?⌄
Boat Quay Conservation Area is 999-year leasehold. About 804 years remain on the lease.
Is Boat Quay Conservation Area a conserved property?⌄
Yes. Boat Quay Conservation Area falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.
What have units at Boat Quay Conservation Area sold for?⌄
Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$9,041 psf. The latest was in February 2023.
What is the nearest MRT station to Boat Quay Conservation Area?⌄
Clarke Quay MRT is the closest, 244 m away (about a 4-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Boat Quay Conservation Area?⌄
7 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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