China Square Food Centre
China Square Food Centre is a commercial building in District 1 · Downtown Core, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 14.0. 1 unit is currently listed for rent. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about China Square Food Centre?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 14.0
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 1 · Downtown Core
- Address
- 51 Telok Ayer Street
- Land area
- 4,187 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 30 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Submarket
- Raffles Place
- Listed as
- Food & Beverage, Office
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- 1
- ACRA registrations
- 0
No recorded transactions — this building has never generated a strata caveat (typically single-owner or lease-only stock). That is not missing data, and it says nothing about the building's value, occupancy or availability.
About China Square Food Centre
China Square Food Centre is a commercial building in Downtown Core (District 01). It is located along Telok Ayer Street, Singapore 048441.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 14. It lies inside the Central Area.
It occupies roughly 4,187 sqm of land with about 29,312 sqm of gross floor area.
3 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Telok Ayer MRT, 151 m away (about a 2-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Prudential Twr) is 14 m away (about a 0-minute walk). Republic Plaza is 123 m away (about a 2-minute walk).
What is China Square Food Centre zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 14.0
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
What does space at China Square Food Centre rent for?
Office space on Telok Ayer Street
Street level · 2026Q2S$ per sq ft per month · median +4.9% 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 Telok Ayer Street
Street level · 2024Q2S$ per sq ft per month (median only published)
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 China Square Food Centre
- 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.
How fast units move at China Square Food Centre
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 1 new listing appeared and 1 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 China Square Food Centre?
- 14 Jul 2025ApprovedChange of use to amusement centre
Proposed change of use of part 3rd storey to amusement centre at china square food centre
- 15 Jan 2025RenewedContinued use as outdoor refreshment area
Continued use of part 1st storey covered walkway as outdoor refreshment area (ora)
- 17 Jan 2023RenewedContinued use as outdoor refreshment area
Continued use of part 1st storey covered walkway as outdoor refreshment area (ora)
- 30 Dec 2020RenewedContinued use as outdoor refreshment area
Continued use of part of 1st storey covered walkway as outdoor refreshment area (ora)
- 15 Jan 2019RenewedContinued use as outdoor refreshment area
Continued use of part of 1st storey covered walkway as outdoor refreshment area (ora)
- 27 Dec 2017RenewedContinued use as outdoor refreshment area
Continued use of part of 1st storey covered walkway as outdoor refreshment area (ora)
- 18 Aug 2017ApprovedFloor 1Change of use to restaurant
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX to restaurant at china square food centre, 51 telok ayer street on lot 00573c ts01 (downtown core planning area)
- 6 Feb 2017RenewedContinued use as outdoor refreshment area
Continued use of part of 1st storey covered walkway as outdoor refreshment area (ora)
- 17 Feb 2016RenewedContinued use as outdoor refreshment area
Continued use of part of 1st storey covered walkway as outdoor refreshment area (ora)
- 29 Dec 2014RenewedContinued use as outdoor refreshment area
Continued use of part of 1st storey covered walkway as outdoor refreshment area (ora)
- 6 Jan 2014RenewedContinued use as outdoor refreshment area
Continued use of part of 1st storey covered walkway as outdoor refreshment area (ora) at 51 telok ayer street
- 18 Feb 2013ApprovedChange of use to outdoor refreshment area
Proposed change of use of part of the 1st storey covered walkway to outdoor refreshment area (ora) at 51 telok ayer street - china square food centre
11 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$54.50 per unit).
What do commercial rents run near China Square Food Centre?
Indicative area yield — District 1 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 1 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 1 ($ 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 China Square Food Centre right now?
For rent (1)
- China Square Food CentreS$7k/mo · 1,000 sqft
What is near China Square Food Centre?
Getting around
- Telok Ayer MRT151 m · ~2 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at China Square Food Centre
nearest MRT/LRT Raffles Place (EW14/NS26) 119 m, about 133,000 taps a weekday; 11 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 7, about 13,000 taps a weekday; Downtown Core: 284,004 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 12,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 7 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
- Raffles Place (EW14 / NS26)119 m · about 133,000 weekday taps
- Telok Ayer (DT18)123 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
- Downtown (DT17)423 m · about 51,000 weekday taps
- Shenton Way (TE19)522 m · about 32,000 weekday taps
- Chinatown (NE4 / DT19)525 m · about 97,000 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 China Square Food Centre. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
7 bus stops within 400 m, with about 13,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Backlane (Cecil St - M Arket St) (URA)113 m
- Backlane (Boon Tat St - Amoy St) (URA)237 m
- Backlane (Boon Tat St) (URA)237 m
- Backlane (Synagogue St - Church St) (URA)238 m
- Boon Tat St (URA)241 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 17 car lots
Nearest URA season parking: Mohd Sultan-River Vall Ey Road Area, 1.5 km away, S$80/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. China Square Food Centre's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at China Square Food Centre?
- Wholesale and retail trade0
- Accommodation and food services0
- Administrative and support services0
- Financial and insurance0
- Real estate0
- 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 China Square Food Centre
Where is China Square Food Centre?⌄
China Square Food Centre is at 51 Telok Ayer Street, Singapore 048441, in the Downtown Core planning area.
What is China Square Food Centre zoned as?⌄
China Square Food Centre sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 14.
Have there been any recorded transactions at China Square Food Centre?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for China Square Food Centre in the URA records we track. That is common for buildings held by a single owner, which never generate strata transactions.
What is the nearest MRT station to China Square Food Centre?⌄
Telok Ayer MRT is the closest, 151 m away (about a 2-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at China Square Food Centre?⌄
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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