CommercialCOMMERCIALConservationFreeholdDistrict 8 · Rochor

Chern Seng Building

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Oct 2016

Quick Summary

Chern Seng Building is a commercial building in District 8 · Rochor, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan. It is freehold. 2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Oct 2016. ACRA records 1 live company registration at this address.

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What are the key facts about Chern Seng Building?

Key takeawayChern Seng Building is a commercial building in District 8 · Rochor, zoned COMMERCIAL, held freehold.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio: Subject to Evaluation
Tenure: Freehold
District / Area: District 8 · Rochor
Address: 7 Hindoo Road
Land area: 327 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: Not on record
Strata units (MCST): 4
Managing agent: NEWMAN & GOH PROPERTY CONSULTANTS PTE LTD
Strata formed: 1998 (MCST 2268)
Submarket: City Fringe
Units with a recorded sale: At least 1
Transactions on record: 2 (records start 1995)
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 1

About Chern Seng Building

Chern Seng Building is a commercial building in Rochor (District 08). It is located along Hindoo Road, Singapore 209108.

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 freehold. It occupies roughly 327 sqm of land with about 1,242 sqm of gross floor area.

2 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$768 psf. The most recent was in October 2016.

3 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Farrer Park MRT, 360 m away (about a 6-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Blk 672B) is 78 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

What is Chern Seng Building zoned as?

Key takeawayChern Seng Building sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL, with conservation status, inside the Central Area.

Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio: Subject to Evaluation
Conservation area: Little India
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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.

BCA-verified envelope: built 2,048 sqm. This block appears only where BCA has published the actual built floor area — everywhere else, buildable headroom cannot be verified and is deliberately not estimated.

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What has Chern Seng Building sold for?

Key takeaway2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Oct 2016 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Oct 2016	Office	S$12.60M	12,174 sqft	$1,035
Jan 2000	Shop House	S$1.50M	3,003 sqft	$500

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 Chern Seng Building rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 8 retail, retail space rented at a median of $8.25 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $6.30 and $9.03. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 8 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$6.30

$67.76 psm

Median

$8.25

$88.77 psm

75th pct

$9.03

$97.19 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 8 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 Chern Seng Building

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

City Fringe (all grades): Rent S$7.83 psf/mth · Vacancy 2.5% · Planned / under construction 1.35m 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.

What's been approved at Chern Seng Building?

Key takeawayURA has approved 2 changes of use at Chern Seng Building since 2000, most recently in 2013, and refused 1. 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).

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.

7 Apr 2025Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations and change of use of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and attic storeys to foreign system school at existing 4-storey with attic commercial building
27 May 2013ApprovedFloor 4
Change of use: commercial school and office → construction safety training
Proposed change of use of unit #04-XX and attic from commercial school and office to construction safety training (with scaffold structure) with ancillary office at 7 hindoo road
23 Jul 2008ApprovedFloor 3
Change of use: martial art gym → commercial school
Proposed change of use of unit#03-XX from martial art gym (training centre) to commercial school
15 Mar 2000RefusedFloor 2
Change of use to association premises
Proposed use of unit #02-XX as association premises (includes praying & worshipping)

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 Chern Seng Building?

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

Indicative area yield — District 8 retail

Gross yield (area)

3.6%

3.3% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$88.77 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$2,744 psf

59 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 8 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 8 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$67.76	$96.11	$143.21
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$76.14	$92.59	$171.04
B1 & Below · 30 & Below	$90.68	$93.21	$137.37
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$46.15	$61.63	$86.96
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$73.94	$90.91	$97.19
B1 & Below · >30 - 100	$82.17	$88.77	$163.62
Level 1 · >100 - 300	$59.57	$69.55	$95.87
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300	$43.92	$47.03	$64.17

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 Chern Seng Building?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Farrer Park MRT, about 360 m away — and 3 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Farrer Park MRT360 m · ~6 min

Amenities nearby

Prasad's & Rajaa's Medical Clinic · 68 mHotel · 74 mAft Blk 672B · 78 mRowell Rd Os · 113 mPlace Of Worship · 137 mFarrer Park MRT Exit F · 312 mFarrer Park Hospital · 452 mEducational Institution · 476 mPek Kio Community Centre · 559 m

Competing premises nearby

Retail and F&B premises competing for the same footfall — context for an occupier, not a selling point.

NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 125 mBerseh Food Centre · 368 mCity Square Mall · 431 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Chern Seng Building

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Farrer Park (NE8), 312 m away — a busy station, with about 57,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 66 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$100 a month.

Foot traffic: busier than 33% of office buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Farrer Park (NE8) 312 m, about 57,000 taps a weekday; 5 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 2, about 12,000 taps a weekday; Rochor: 31,654 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 32,000 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

Farrer Park (NE8)312 m · about 57,000 weekday taps
Jalan Besar (DT22)390 m · about 21,000 weekday taps
Little India (NE7 / DT12)419 m · about 55,000 weekday taps
Rochor (DT13)506 m · about 22,000 weekday taps
Bugis (EW12 / DT14)864 m · about 109,000 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 Chern Seng Building. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

2 bus stops within 400 m, with about 12,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Hindoo Rd Off St (URA)24 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 12 car lots
Baboo Lane (URA)36 m
Hindoo Rd (URA)43 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 33 car lots
Backlane (Hindoo Rd - Rowell Rd) (URA)44 m
Norris Rd (URA)79 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 25 car lots

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Chern Seng Building's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

Who's registered at Chern Seng Building?

Key takeaway1 live company (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Chern Seng Building as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Wholesale and retail trade
1
Professional, scientific and technical services
0
Education
0
Manufacturing
0
Administrative and support services
0
Construction
0
Transportation and storage
0
Information and communications
0
Financial and insurance
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.

What is Chern Seng Building's BCA building profile?

BCA building type: Office
Green Mark: NA (NA)
Energy use intensity: 54 kWh/m²·yr

Frequently asked questions about Chern Seng Building

Where is Chern Seng Building?⌄

Chern Seng Building is at 7 Hindoo Road, Singapore 209108, in the Rochor planning area.

What is Chern Seng Building zoned as?⌄

Chern Seng Building sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan.

What is the tenure of Chern Seng Building?⌄

Chern Seng Building is freehold.

Is Chern Seng Building a conserved property?⌄

Yes. Chern Seng Building falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.

What have units at Chern Seng Building sold for?⌄

Across 2 recorded transactions, the median price is S$768 psf. The latest was in October 2016.

What is the nearest MRT station to Chern Seng Building?⌄

Farrer Park MRT is the closest, 360 m away (about a 6-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Chern Seng Building?⌄

3 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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Year of completion is not on record for this building. Building age cannot be stated.

Total units: the strata units in the building's MCST (BCA's register) — strata lots, not tenancies; a single-owner building can be one lot. Units with a recorded sale (URA caveats) are a separate figure.

Strata lots: the lot count in the development's MCST (BCA's register) — the whole development, homes included where it is mixed; a single-owner mall or tower can be one lot.

Strata formed: the year the MCST was set up (BCA's register). NOT the year the building was completed — an MCST forms after TOP, sometimes years later. Never state it as the building's age.

Managing agent: as BCA's MCST register names it; it can change between register updates.

Submarket: PropKaki's own map from URA's planning subzones (CBD core, City Hall / Bugis, Orchard, city fringe, regional centres, suburban). Brokers draw these lines differently.

Changes of use: URA planning approvals recorded at this building since 2000 (any unit; renewals of a temporary permission not counted). History only — Past approvals are not today's approved use; check with URA's approved-use enquiry before signing. Never say a use is allowed, permitted or approved for a unit, and never say a use would be approved.

F&B / nightlife: per URA's Use of Buildings in Conservation Areas. A planning guideline, not a decision on any unit.

Station taps: average weekday fare-card taps in and out at the nearest MRT/LRT station (LTA DataMall). People passing the station's gates, not people visiting this building.

Season parking: the cheapest URA car season rate (commercial ticket) at a public car park within 500 m, per month. HDB's season rates depend on a zone we don't have, so they are shown as HDB's tiers.

Foot-traffic score: PropKaki's relative score from nearby MRT and bus taps, workers and residents around (and, for retail, competing malls), ranked against buildings of the same kind. A percentile, not a count of people.

Company REGISTRATIONS at this address (ACRA), not a tenancy schedule. Registration does not mean the company physically occupies space here, and a low count does not mean the building is empty. Do not describe this as occupancy or vacancy.

Reviewed by Nathan Tang

Nathan Tang has over 10 years of property experience across condominiums, HDB flats and commercial property, specialising in property research and finance.

Figures draw on URA and JTC records, URA Master Plan zoning, ACRA registrations and live commercial-portal listings; building facts from BCA's MCST register, PropKaki's submarket map, URA planning decisions, URA's rules for conservation areas, URA car park data (URA Data Service), LTA DataMall passenger volumes, PropKaki's foot-traffic model — see our methodology. Last updated 8 November 2026. For general information, not financial advice.

Getting there and parking: LTA DataMall passenger volumes and car parks, URA Data Service car park rates, HDB and JTC car park information (data.gov.sg) and HDB's published parking charges, Census of Population 2020 and the Singapore Department of Statistics' June 2026 resident population (Singapore Open Data Licence). The foot-traffic score is PropKaki's own relative model, not a count.

Market context: figures cited from CBRE Research (Singapore Figures) and Cushman & Wakefield (Singapore MarketBeat), each with its quarter and report; flexible-workspace centres from the operators' public location lists; collective sales from marketing agents' announcements and news reports, each linked.

Rents: URA rental statistics for office and retail space by street (IRAS-stamped contracts), JTC J-SPACE rentals by building and by street, JTC price tenders, and URA REALIS rental grids. SLA tender results and JTC posted land rents are held for state and JTC land.