Customs House
Customs House is a commercial building in District 1 · Downtown Core, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Customs House?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 1 · Downtown Core
- Address
- 70 Collyer Quay
- Land area
- 3,340 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 2 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Submarket
- Raffles Place
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- None
- 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 Customs House
Customs House is a commercial building in Downtown Core (District 01). It is located along Collyer Quay, Singapore 049323.
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.
It occupies roughly 3,340 sqm of land with about 11,218 sqm of gross floor area.
2 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Raffles Place MRT, 294 m away (about a 5-minute walk). The closest bus stop (The Sail) is 112 m away (about a 2-minute walk). One Raffles Place is 344 m away (about a 5-minute walk).
What is Customs House zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Conservation area
- Former Customs Harbour Branch Building
- Conserved building
- Yes
- 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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.
What does space at Customs House rent for?
Office space on Collyer Quay
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -10.5% 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 Collyer Quay
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median +16% 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 Customs House
- 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.
What's been approved at Customs House?
- 10 Dec 2024ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions & alterations involving new m&e riser with aluminum screening at existing customs house on lot 70021n ts30 at existing customs house at 70 collyer quay singapore 049323 (downtown core planning area)
- 12 Nov 2018RenewedFloor 1Continued use as temporary restaurant cum bar with ancillary live music and performance
Continued use of unit #01-XX, of former customs harbour branch building, from restaurant to temporary restaurant cum bar with ancillary live music and performance
- 30 Nov 2017RenewedFloor 1Continued use as temporary restaurant cum bar with ancillary live music and performance
Continued use of unit #01-XX, of former customs harbour branch building, from restaurant to temporary restaurant cum bar with ancillary live music and performance
- 22 Nov 2017ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to the existing customs house, 70 collyer quay (upgrading of toilets) ts30 on lot 00337m (downtown core planning area)
- 1 Nov 2017ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to the existing pavilion, 70 collyer quay customs house ts30 on lot 00337m (downtown core planning area)
- 25 Nov 2016RenewedFloor 1Continued use as temporary restaurant cum bar with ancillary live music and performance
Continued use of unit #01-XX, of former customs harbour branch building, from restaurant to temporary restaurant cum bar with ancillary live music and performance at 70 collyer quay
- 27 Jun 2016ApprovedFloor 1Additions & alterations
Proposed addition & alteration to unit #01-XX of former customs harbour branch building at 70 collyer quay
- 21 Aug 2015ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed outdoor dining area at the viewing deck of existing cafe at 80 collyer quay
- 26 May 2014ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed extension of existing covered linkway to single storey clifford pier to the existing underpass
- 6 Mar 2014ApprovedFloor 1Change of use: restaurant → temporary restaurant cum bar with ancillary live music and performance
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX, of former customs harbour branch building, from restaurant to temporary restaurant cum bar with ancillary live music and performance at 70 collyer quay
- 9 Dec 2013ApprovedFloor 1Change of use to restaurant cum bar
Proposed change of use of restaurant unit #01-XX, of former customs harbour branch building, to restaurant cum bar
- 5 Aug 2010ApprovedFloor 1Change of use to restaurant cum nightclub
Porposed change of use of restaurant unit #01-XX of former customs harbour branch building to restaurant cum nightclub
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$54.50 per unit).
How does Collyer Quay price?
Too few strata sales on this street to support a median — the count is shown without one.
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near Customs House?
Indicative area yield — District 1 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 1 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 1 ($ 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 near Customs House?
Getting around
- Raffles Place MRT294 m · ~5 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Customs House
nearest MRT/LRT Raffles Place (EW14/NS26) 236 m, about 133,000 taps a weekday; 11 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 8, about 19,000 taps a weekday; Downtown Core: 284,004 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 5,668 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 4 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)236 m · about 133,000 weekday taps
- Downtown (DT17)320 m · about 51,000 weekday taps
- Telok Ayer (DT18)525 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
- Bayfront (CC34 / DT16)565 m · about 56,000 weekday taps
- Bayfront (CE1 / DT16)565 m · about 23,000 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 Customs House. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
8 bus stops within 400 m, with about 19,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Backlane (Cecil St - M Arket St) (URA)296 m
Nearest URA season parking: Mohd Sultan-River Vall Ey Road Area, 1.8 km away, S$80/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Customs House's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Customs House?
- Accommodation and food 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.
What is Customs House's BCA building profile?
- BCA building type
- Hotel
- Green Mark
- NA (NA)
- Energy use intensity
- 494 kWh/m²·yr
Frequently asked questions about Customs House
Where is Customs House?⌄
Customs House is at 70 Collyer Quay, Singapore 049323, in the Downtown Core planning area.
What is Customs House zoned as?⌄
Customs House sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan.
Is Customs House a conserved property?⌄
Yes. Customs House falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.
Have there been any recorded transactions at Customs House?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for Customs House 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 Customs House?⌄
Raffles Place MRT is the closest, 294 m away (about a 5-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Customs House?⌄
2 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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