CommercialCOMMERCIALLeaseholdDistrict 14 · Geylang

Certis Cisco Centre

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 10 November 2026Data through Mar 2021
Quick Summary

Certis Cisco Centre is a commercial building in District 14 · Geylang, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.0. It is leasehold with roughly 17 years remaining. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Mar 2021. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Certis Cisco Centre?

Key takeawayCertis Cisco Centre is a commercial building in District 14 · Geylang, zoned COMMERCIAL, held leasehold.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
3.0
Tenure
Leasehold
District / Area
District 14 · Geylang
Address
20 Jalan Afifi
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
Not on record
Submarket
Paya Lebar Central
Transactions on record
1 (records start 1995)
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
0
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About Certis Cisco Centre

Certis Cisco Centre is a commercial building in Geylang (District 14). It is located along Jalan Afifi, Singapore 409179.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 3.

The site is leasehold, with about 17 years remaining on the lease.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$1,152 psf. The most recent was in March 2021.

The nearest MRT is Paya Lebar MRT, 441 m away (about a 7-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Paya Lebar Green) is 66 m away (about a 1-minute walk). Paya Lebar Square is 272 m away (about a 4-minute walk).

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What is Certis Cisco Centre zoned as?

Key takeawayCertis Cisco Centre sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL with a gross plot ratio of 3.0.
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
3.0

Run the full zoning report for this building →

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What has Certis Cisco Centre sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Mar 2021 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.
DateUsePriceAreaPSF
Mar 2021OfficeS$150.00M130,211 sqft$1,152

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 Certis Cisco Centre rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 14 retail, retail space rented at a median of $10.45 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $7.49 and $12.53. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 14 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$7.49
$80.67 psm
Median
$10.45
$112.50 psm
75th pct
$12.53
$134.91 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 14 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 Certis Cisco Centre

Key takeawayBrokers' office figures for this part of Singapore — a broker's market figure, not this building's rent.
CBRE, 2Q 2026
  • Decentralised: Vacancy 3.6%
Singapore Figures Q2 2026
Cushman & Wakefield, 2Q 2026
  • Suburban (all grades): Rent S$6.48 psf/mth · Vacancy 2.8% · Planned / under construction 0.46m sq ft
Singapore Office MarketBeat Q2 2026

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.

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What's been approved at Certis Cisco Centre?

Key takeawayURA has approved 2 changes of use at Certis Cisco Centre since 2000, most recently in 2005. 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.
  1. 7 Jun 2024Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed amendment to approved erection of new 12-storey office building and additions and alterations to existing 8-storey office building, involving 2 nos of drainage reserve

  2. 8 Feb 2023Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed regularisation of gfa and amendment to approved erection of new 12-storey office building and additions and alterations to existing 8-storey office building, involving 2 nos of drainage reserve

  3. 11 Oct 2021Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed temporary substation for existing certis centre 2 during reconstruction of certis centre 1

  4. 25 Jul 2017Renewed
    Continued use as coffee corner

    Continued use of 1st storey office as coffee corner (the meeting place) refreshment area

  5. 12 Jun 2014Renewed
    Continued use as coffee corner

    Continued use of 1st storey office as coffee corner (the meeting place) refreshment area

  6. 15 Apr 2014Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed additions and alterations to existing part 5-storey /part 6-storey cisco headquarters building with basement on lot 06627c and 06625x-pt mk 23 at 20 jalan afifi - geylang planning area for m/s certis cisco security pte ltd

  7. 1 Jul 2011Renewed
    Continued use as coffee corner

    Continued use of 1st storey office as coffee corner (the meeting place) refreshment area

  8. 23 Jun 2008Renewed
    Continued use as coffee corner

    Continued use of 1st storey office as coffee corner (the meeting place) refreshment area mk23 on lot 03797n pt 20 , jalan afifi (geylang)

  9. 22 Apr 2008Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed covered linkway to existing cisco centre building

  10. 4 Feb 2008RenewedFloors 5, 3, 7, 8
    Continued use as commercial use

    Continued use of the #05-XX (certis cisco ctre 1) and #03-XX, #03-XX, #05-XX, #07-XX #07-XX & #8-XX (certis cisco ctre ii) as commercial use(office)

  11. 12 Jan 2006RenewedFloors 5, 3, 7
    Change of use

    Continued use of #05-XX (cisco centre i) and units #03-XX, #03-XX, #05-XX, #07-XX.......................

  12. 25 Jul 2005Approved
    Change of use to coffee corner

    Change of use of 1st storey office to coffee corner (the meeting place) refreshment area

1 earlier change-of-use and A&A decision is 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 Certis Cisco Centre?

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

Indicative area yield — District 14 retail

Gross yield (area)
5.1%
4.5% net of property tax
Rent side (median of bands)
$112.50 psm/mo
2026Q3
Price side (strata, 5y)
$2,480 psf
106 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 14 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 14 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band25th pctMedian75th pct
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below$60.26$68.83$77.30
B1 & Below · 30 & Below$52.94$76.47$130.25
Level 1 · 30 & Below$85.00$125.00$205.26
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100$71.17$84.43$161.43
Level 1 · >30 - 100$80.67$127.33$161.46
Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100$69.97$74.47$74.91
B1 & Below · >30 - 100$104.10$206.00$256.12
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300$101.65$112.97$180.02

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 near Certis Cisco Centre?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Paya Lebar MRT, about 441 m away.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Paya Lebar Green · 66 mHotel · 91 mPhoenix Medical Group (Paya Lebar) · 232 mCold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd · 272 mPaya Lebar Square · 272 mPaya Lebar MRT Exit B · 319 mPlace Of Worship · 387 mEducational Institution · 421 mGeylang East Pk · 498 mBlk 117 Aljunied Ave 2 · 568 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at Certis Cisco Centre

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Paya Lebar (EW8 / CC9), 318 m away — one of the busiest stations, with about 95,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 5 public car parks are within 500 m.
Foot traffic: busier than 31% of office buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Paya Lebar (EW8/CC9) 318 m, about 95,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 6, about 21,000 taps a weekday; Geylang: 116,481 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 44,000 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

  • Paya Lebar (EW8 / CC9)318 m · about 95,000 weekday taps
  • MacPherson (CC10 / DT26)517 m · about 39,000 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 Certis Cisco Centre. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

6 bus stops within 400 m, with about 21,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Eunos Rd 7 - Eunos Ave 6 Hvp (URA)172 m
  • Blk 1005-1012 Aljunied Crescent (JTC)335 m
  • Blk 82 Circuit Road (HDB)410 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 314 car lots
  • Ubi Ave 1 (URA)435 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 4 car lots
  • Blk 118 Aljunied Avenue 2 (HDB)494 m
    no short-term parking · 3 car lots

HDB season (car): Tier 1 $110/month (a resident's or registered HDB shop/industrial tenant's first car); Tier 2 (other cars, non-residents) $120 Rest of Island, $170 Designated Area, $190 Restricted Zone (sheltered: multi-storey, basement, deck). Industrial-park multi-storey car parks: $110 / $120. Which zone this car park is in is not published as data.

Nearest URA season parking: Geylang Area, 1.4 km away, S$90/month.

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Certis Cisco Centre'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 Certis Cisco Centre?

Key takeaway0 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Certis Cisco Centre as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.
  • Financial and insurance
    0
  • Wholesale and retail trade
    0
  • Information and communications
    0
  • Administrative and support services
    0
  • Manufacturing
    0
  • Construction
    0
  • Professional, scientific and technical services
    0
  • Other 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 Certis Cisco Centre

Where is Certis Cisco Centre?⌄

Certis Cisco Centre is at 20 Jalan Afifi, Singapore 409179, in the Geylang planning area.

What is Certis Cisco Centre zoned as?⌄

Certis Cisco Centre sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.

What is the tenure of Certis Cisco Centre?⌄

Certis Cisco Centre is leasehold. About 17 years remain on the lease.

What have units at Certis Cisco Centre sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$1,152 psf. The latest was in March 2021.

What is the nearest MRT station to Certis Cisco Centre?⌄

Paya Lebar MRT is the closest, 441 m away (about a 7-minute walk).

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