Cecil House
Cecil House is a commercial building in District 1 · Downtown Core, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 11.2. It is leasehold with roughly 54 years remaining. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Jul 2009. 8 units are currently listed for sale or rent. ACRA records 277 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Cecil House?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 11.2
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- District / Area
- District 1 · Downtown Core
- Address
- 139 Cecil Street
- Land area
- 737 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- Not on record
- Submarket
- Shenton Way / Tanjong Pagar
- Listed as
- Office, Medical
- Transactions on record
- 1 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- 8
- ACRA registrations
- 277
About Cecil House
Cecil House is a commercial building in Downtown Core (District 01). It is located along Cecil Street, Singapore 069539.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 11.2. It lies inside the Central Area.
The site is leasehold, with about 54 years remaining on the lease. It occupies roughly 737 sqm of land with about 8,249 sqm of gross floor area.
1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$4,511 psf. The most recent was in July 2009.
280 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Shenton Way MRT, 280 m away (about a 4-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Telok Ayer St) is 101 m away (about a 2-minute walk). Cross Street Exchange is 494 m away (about a 8-minute walk).
What is Cecil House zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 11.2
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
What has Cecil House sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2009 | Office | S$35.80M | 7,936 sqft | $4,511 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at Cecil House rent for?
Office space on Cecil Street
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -0.4% 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 Cecil Street
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -37.8% 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 Cecil House
- Islandwide: Vacancy 5%
- Islandwide (Grade B): Rent S$8.35 psf/mth
- Shenton Way / Tanjong Pagar: Rent S$11.02 psf/mth · Vacancy 9.6% · Planned / under construction 1.64m sq ft
Official series (URA, 2026Q3): Office vacancy rate (Whole Island) 10 (-1.2 pp on the year) · Office rental index (Central Region) 203.4 (+1.8% 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 Cecil House
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 new listings appeared and 1 came off (sold, let or withdrawn). Days on market: not enough history yet — we began tracking on 6 Aug 2026.
Sale: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 1 new listing 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 Cecil House?
- 18 Sept 2026Agency worksFloor 16Change of use to office
Lodgment for proposed use of unit #16-XX as office
- 31 Jul 2026RenewedFloor 7Continued use as gym/fitness centre
Continued use of unit #07-XX as gym/fitness centre at ysy building
- 27 Feb 2026Agency worksFloor 14Change of use to gym / fitness centre
Lodgment for proposed use of unit #14-XX as gym / fitness centre
- 24 Feb 2026RefusedFloor 9Change of use to backpacker hostel
Proposed change of use of unit #09-XX to backpacker hostel at ysy building
- 25 Nov 2025RenewedFloor 14Continued use as restaurant and bar with live entertainment
Continued use of unit #14-XX as restaurant and bar with live entertainment at ysy building
- 31 Jul 2025RenewedFloor 16Continued use as restaurant and bar with live entertainment
Continued use of unit #16-XX from restaurant as restaurant and bar with live entertainment at ysy building
- 5 May 2025Agency worksFloor 9Change of use to office
Lodgment for proposed use of unit #09-XX as office
- 12 Mar 2025RenewedFloor 4Continued use as gym/fitness centre
Continued use of unit #04-XX from office to gym/fitness centre at ysy building
- 7 Mar 2025RenewedFloor 13Continued use as golf simulator outlet with ancillary dine-in
Continued use of office unit #13-XX as golf simulator outlet with ancillary dine-in at ysy building
- 16 Feb 2025RenewedFloor 12Continued use as restaurant and bar with live entertainment
Continued use of 12th storey unit (#12-XX) from gym/fitness centre to restaurant and bar with live entertainment at ysy building
- 4 Feb 2025ApprovedFloor 11Change of use to gym/fitness centre and cafe
Proposed change of use of unit #11-XX to gym/fitness centre and cafe
- 11 Jun 2024ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed addition and alteration (a&a) to the 1st storey and 16th storey of the existing building
17 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$54.50 per unit).
How does Cecil Street price?
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near Cecil House?
Indicative area yield — District 1 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 1 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 1 ($ 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 Cecil House right now?
For sale (4)
- Modern office building at Cecil StreetS$300.00M · 88,835 sqft
- Freehold CBD office near Telok Ayer Raffles PlaceS$10.70M · 2,831 sqft
- Brand New Freehold CBD office near Telok Ayer Raffles PlaceS$5.97M · 1,270 sqft
- Cecil HouseS$24.86M · 6,577 sqft
For rent (4)
- Hd 139S$23k/mo · 3,300 sqft
- YSY BuildingS$14k/mo · 1,388 sqft
- YSY BuildingS$55k/mo · 6,857 sqft
- YSY BuildingS$15k/mo · 1,388 sqft
What is near Cecil House?
Getting around
- Shenton Way MRT280 m · ~4 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Cecil House
nearest MRT/LRT Shenton Way (TE19) 225 m, about 32,000 taps a weekday; 11 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 9, about 23,000 taps a weekday; Downtown Core: 284,004 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 16,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026). Ranked against 485 office 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), not a count of people.
Stations within 1 km
- Shenton Way (TE19)225 m · about 32,000 weekday taps
- Tanjong Pagar (EW15)252 m · about 85,000 weekday taps
- Telok Ayer (DT18)274 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
- Maxwell (TE18)436 m · about 23,000 weekday taps
- Downtown (DT17)437 m · about 51,000 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 Cecil House. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
9 bus stops within 400 m, with about 23,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Backlane (Boon Tat St - Mccallum St) (URA)95 m
- Stanley St (URA)114 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 20 car lots
- Backlane (Mccallum St) (URA)123 m
- Mccallum St (URA)125 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 11 car lots
- Telok Ayer St (URA)165 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 49 car lots
Nearest URA season parking: Blair Road-Everton Roa D Area, 1.3 km away, S$80/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Cecil House's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Cecil House?
- Financial and insurance91
- Information and communications63
- Professional, scientific and technical services63
- Wholesale and retail trade27
- Administrative and support services10
- Real estate6
- Arts, entertainment and recreation6
- Transportation and storage3
- Health and social services3
- Other services2
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 Cecil House
Where is Cecil House?⌄
Cecil House is at 139 Cecil Street, Singapore 069539, in the Downtown Core planning area.
What is Cecil House zoned as?⌄
Cecil House sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 11.2.
What is the tenure of Cecil House?⌄
Cecil House is leasehold. About 54 years remain on the lease.
What have units at Cecil House sold for?⌄
Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$4,511 psf. The latest was in July 2009.
What is the nearest MRT station to Cecil House?⌄
Shenton Way MRT is the closest, 280 m away (about a 4-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Cecil House?⌄
280 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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