Desker Road Conservation Area
Desker Road Conservation Area is a commercial building in District 8 · Rochor, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Nov 2003. ACRA records 2 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Desker Road Conservation Area?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 8 · Rochor
- Address
- 141,143 Kitchener Road
- Land area
- —
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- Not on record
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Transactions on record
- 1 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 2
About Desker Road Conservation Area
Desker Road Conservation Area is a commercial conservation area in Kallang (District 08). It is located along Kitchener Road, Singapore 208452.
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.
1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$378 psf. The most recent was in November 2003.
4 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Farrer Park MRT, 242 m away (about a 4-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Blk 672B) is 205 m away (about a 3-minute walk).
What is Desker Road Conservation Area zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Conservation area
- Little India
- 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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.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 has Desker Road Conservation Area sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2003 | Shop House | S$2.18M | 5,763 sqft | $378 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at Desker Road Conservation Area rent for?
Retail space on Kitchener Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -21.5% 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).
Office space on Kitchener Road
Street level · 2026Q2S$ per sq ft per month · median +23.6% 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 — District 8 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 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 Desker Road Conservation Area
- 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 Desker Road Conservation Area?
No new bars, pubs, nightclubs or karaoke lounges (a Historic Conservation Area). URA does not approve new eating houses (restaurants, coffee shops, cafes) here; an existing one's permission may be renewed.
Per URA circular DC23-08, Appendix A (2 Oct 2023: no new eating houses in shophouses on listed stretches); 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.
- 6 Jan 2026RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey buildings from residential to nightclub
- 16 Jun 2025RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 2nd storey premises as nightclub
- 6 Apr 2023RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey buildings from residential to nightclub
- 2 Aug 2022RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 2nd storey premises as nightclub
- 23 Jan 2020RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey buildings from residential to nightclub
- 2 Aug 2019RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 2nd storey premises as nightclub
- 23 Jan 2019RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey buildings from residential to nightclub - 141 & 143 kitchener road
- 27 Aug 2018RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 2nd storey premises as nightclub
- 11 Jan 2018RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey buildings from residential to nightclub - 141 & 143 kitchener road
- 3 Aug 2017RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 2nd storey premises as nightclub
- 16 Jan 2017RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 1st storey of the 2-storey building from residential to nightclub - 141 & 143 kitchener road
- 27 Jul 2016RenewedContinued use as nightclub
Continued use of the 2nd storey premises as nightclub
13 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$54.50 per unit).
How does Kitchener Road price?
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near Desker Road Conservation Area?
Indicative area yield — District 8 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 8 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 8 ($ 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 Desker Road Conservation Area?
Getting around
- Farrer Park MRT242 m · ~4 min
Amenities nearby
Competing premises nearby
Retail and F&B premises competing for the same footfall — context for an occupier, not a selling point.
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Desker Road Conservation Area
nearest MRT/LRT Farrer Park (NE8) 217 m, about 57,000 taps a weekday; 5 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 5, about 11,000 taps a weekday; Rochor: 31,654 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 35,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 1 other mall 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
- Farrer Park (NE8)217 m · about 57,000 weekday taps
- Jalan Besar (DT22)512 m · about 21,000 weekday taps
- Little India (NE7 / DT12)552 m · about 55,000 weekday taps
- Rochor (DT13)665 m · about 22,000 weekday taps
- Lavender (EW11)939 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 Desker Road Conservation Area. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
5 bus stops within 400 m, with about 11,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Lembu Rd (URA)18 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 19 car lots
- Backlane (Desker Rd) (URA)94 m
- Little India A (Bet Bu Ffalo & Rangoon Rd) (URA)121 mseason S$100/month
- Roberts Lane (URA)125 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 39 car lots
- Birch Rd (URA)128 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 14 car lots
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Desker Road Conservation Area's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Desker Road Conservation Area?
- Wholesale and retail trade2
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 Desker Road Conservation Area
Where is Desker Road Conservation Area?⌄
Desker Road Conservation Area is at 141,143 Kitchener Road, Singapore 208452, in the Kallang planning area.
What is Desker Road Conservation Area zoned as?⌄
Desker Road Conservation Area sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan.
Is Desker Road Conservation Area a conserved property?⌄
Yes. Desker Road Conservation Area falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.
What have units at Desker Road Conservation Area sold for?⌄
Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$378 psf. The latest was in November 2003.
What is the nearest MRT station to Desker Road Conservation Area?⌄
Farrer Park MRT is the closest, 242 m away (about a 4-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Desker Road Conservation Area?⌄
4 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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