Certis Cisco Centre
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.
What are the key facts about Certis Cisco Centre?
- 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
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).
What is Certis Cisco Centre zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.0
What has Certis Cisco Centre sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2021 | Office | S$150.00M | 130,211 sqft | $1,152 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at Certis Cisco Centre rent for?
Retail space — District 14 retail
Region band · 2026Q3S$ 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 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).
Market context around Certis Cisco Centre
- Suburban (all grades): Rent S$6.48 psf/mth · Vacancy 2.8% · Planned / under construction 0.46m 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.
What's been approved at Certis Cisco Centre?
- 7 Jun 2024ApprovedAdditions & 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
- 8 Feb 2023ApprovedAdditions & 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
- 11 Oct 2021ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed temporary substation for existing certis centre 2 during reconstruction of certis centre 1
- 25 Jul 2017RenewedContinued use as coffee corner
Continued use of 1st storey office as coffee corner (the meeting place) refreshment area
- 12 Jun 2014RenewedContinued use as coffee corner
Continued use of 1st storey office as coffee corner (the meeting place) refreshment area
- 15 Apr 2014ApprovedAdditions & 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
- 1 Jul 2011RenewedContinued use as coffee corner
Continued use of 1st storey office as coffee corner (the meeting place) refreshment area
- 23 Jun 2008RenewedContinued 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)
- 22 Apr 2008ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed covered linkway to existing cisco centre building
- 4 Feb 2008RenewedFloors 5, 3, 7, 8Continued 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)
- 12 Jan 2006RenewedFloors 5, 3, 7Change of use
Continued use of #05-XX (cisco centre i) and units #03-XX, #03-XX, #05-XX, #07-XX.......................
- 25 Jul 2005ApprovedChange 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$54.50 per unit).
What do commercial rents run near Certis Cisco Centre?
Indicative area yield — District 14 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 14 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 14 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th 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.
What is near Certis Cisco Centre?
Getting around
- Paya Lebar MRT441 m · ~7 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Certis Cisco Centre
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 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 314 car lots
- Ubi Ave 1 (URA)435 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 4 car lots
- Blk 118 Aljunied Avenue 2 (HDB)494 mno 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.
Who's registered at Certis Cisco Centre?
- Financial and insurance0
- Wholesale and retail trade0
- Information and communications0
- Administrative and support services0
- Manufacturing0
- Construction0
- Professional, scientific and technical services0
- Other services0
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 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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