CommercialSPORTS & RECREATIONDistrict 18 · Pasir Ris

Downtown East

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 9 November 2026

Quick Summary

Downtown East is a commercial building in District 18 · Pasir Ris, on land zoned SPORTS & RECREATION under the URA Master Plan. 8 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 37 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Downtown East?

Key takeawayDowntown East is a commercial building in District 18 · Pasir Ris, zoned SPORTS & RECREATION.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: SPORTS & RECREATION
Gross plot ratio: Subject to Evaluation
Tenure: Not on record
District / Area: District 18 · Pasir Ris
Address: 1 Pasir Ris Close
Land area: 128,157 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: 2 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Submarket: Suburban
Transactions on record: None recorded
Live listings: 8
ACRA registrations: 37

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 Downtown East

Downtown East is a mixed-use building in Pasir Ris (District 18). It is located along Pasir Ris Close, Singapore 519599.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned sports & recreation.

It occupies roughly 128,157 sqm of land with about 100,842 sqm of gross floor area.

45 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Pasir Ris MRT Exit A, 854 m away (about a 13-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Downtown East) is 192 m away (about a 3-minute walk). Downtown East is 200 m away (about a 3-minute walk).

What is Downtown East zoned as?

Key takeawayDowntown East sits on land zoned SPORTS & RECREATION.

Land-use zone: SPORTS & RECREATION
Gross plot ratio: Subject to Evaluation

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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.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 37,920 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 does space at Downtown East rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Downtown East itself. On its street, Pasir Ris Close, retail space rented at a median of $13.50 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $9.32 and $16.29. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space on Pasir Ris Close

Street level · 2026Q3

25th pct

$9.32

$100.36 psm

Median

$13.50

$145.30 psm

75th pct

$16.29

$175.30 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median +29.9% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $160.78 psm2026Q3 · $145.30 psm median

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 18 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$15.60

$167.95 psm

Median

$18.35

$197.55 psm

75th pct

$25.03

$269.47 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 18 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 Downtown East

Key takeawayBrokers' retail figures for this part of Singapore — a broker's market figure, not this building's rent.

CBRE, 2Q 2026

Suburban: Rent S$32.95 psf/mth

Singapore Figures Q2 2026

Cushman & Wakefield, 2Q 2026

Suburban: Rent S$33.36 psf/mth · Vacancy 5.7% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 1.53m sq ft

Singapore Retail MarketBeat Q2 2026

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 Downtown East

Key takeawayBased on listings we track, as of our last check on 28 Aug 2026: 8 units for rent.

Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 2 new listings 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 Downtown East?

Key takeawayURA has approved 107 changes of use at Downtown East since 2000, most recently in 2026. 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.

2 Sept 2026RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant and bar with ancillary live entertainment
Continued use of unit #01-XX as restaurant and bar with ancillary live entertainment
26 Aug 2026ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use to amusement centre
Proposed change of use of units #01-XX and #01-XX to amusement centre at costa sands resort (downtown east)
24 Jun 2026ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use to amusement centre
Proposed change of use of units #01-XX, #01-XX, #01-XX and #01-XX to amusement centre at downtown east
24 Jun 2026ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use to karaoke lounge
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX to karaoke lounge at downtown east
9 Mar 2026ApprovedFloor 2
Change of use to restaurant and bar with live entertainment
Proposed change of use to restaurant and bar with live entertainment at units #02-XX and #02-XX of ehub@downtown east on lot 04801m, 02743t, 03389t mk31 at 1 pasir ris close
25 Feb 2026Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed amendment to approved addition & alteration to existing downtown east development involving erection of a single storey event space with mezzanine on lot 04801m mk31 at 1 pasir ris close
19 Feb 2026Renewed
Continued use as car polishing and waxing
Continued use of carpark lots at part of the 3rd storey as car polishing and waxing at the 6-storey multi storey car park block -ntuc downtown east
5 Feb 2026Approved
Change of use to commercial school
Proposed change of use of units #03-XX and #03-XX to commercial school at downtown east
27 Jan 2026ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use to shop
Proposed change of use of #01-XX & #01-XX to shop at downtown east
20 Jan 2026ApprovedFloor 3
Change of use to amusement centre and restaurant
Proposed change of use of unit #03-XX to amusement centre and restaurant
13 Jan 2026Approved
Change of use to trolley bay
Proposed change of use of part of 2nd storey to trolley bay
23 Dec 2025Approved
Change of use to laundromat
Proposed change of use of part of 1st storey to laundromat

148 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 Downtown East?

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

Retail rents — District 18 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$288.17	$334.04	$372.08
B1 & Below · 30 & Below	$402.91	$419.52	$444.18
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$338.80	$476.56	$507.11
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$160.23	$185.71	$256.74
B1 & Below · >30 - 100	$242.12	$313.16	$407.37
Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100	$246.24	$280.87	$292.97
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$145.32	$182.85	$282.19
Level 1 · >100 - 300	$150.78	$175.58	$214.75

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 Downtown East right now?

Key takeaway8 units are currently listed at Downtown East. One row per unit; several agents often market the same unit.

For rent (8)

☎️Rare Enrichment/F&B Space @ Pasir Ris | Excellent Catchment | Prime FrontageS$17k/mo · 1,850 sqft
☎️Rare F&B Space @ Pasir Ris | Excellent Frontage | Great VisibilityS$24k/mo · 1,617 sqft
Thai restaurant space2 agentsS$17k/mo · 1,700 sqft
Enrichment Space in Pasir Ris Arera2 agentsS$22k/mo · 1,800 sqft

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What is near Downtown East?

Amenities nearby

Health Matters - The Family Practice · 116 mNTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 132 mOpp Downtown East · 192 mDowntown East · 200 mPlace Of Worship · 275 mEducational Institution · 315 mPasir Ris Pk · 324 mPasir Ris Central Hawker Centre · 634 mPasir Ris MRT Exit A · 854 mPasir Ris Polyclinic · 910 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Downtown East

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Pasir Ris (EW1), 854 m away — a busy station, with about 63,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. One public car park is within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 5% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Pasir Ris (EW1) 854 m, about 63,000 taps a weekday; bus stops within 400 m: 4, about 7,738 taps a weekday; Pasir Ris: 23,751 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 38,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 2 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

Pasir Ris (EW1)854 m · about 63,000 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 Downtown East. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

4 bus stops within 400 m, with 7,738 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Blk 473A Pasir Ris Drive 6 (HDB)452 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m

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: Pasir Ris Park Car Par K E Off St, 1.4 km away, S$90/month.

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

Who's registered at Downtown East?

Key takeaway37 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Downtown East as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Accommodation and food services
8
Education
7
Wholesale and retail trade
5
Other services
5
Arts, entertainment and recreation
5
Health and social services
3
Construction
2
Manufacturing
1
Information and communications
1
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 Downtown East's BCA building profile?

BCA building type: Mixed Development
Green Mark: Gold (2016)
Energy use intensity: 726 kWh/m²·yr

Frequently asked questions about Downtown East

Where is Downtown East?⌄

Downtown East is at 1 Pasir Ris Close, Singapore 519599, in the Pasir Ris planning area.

What is Downtown East zoned as?⌄

Downtown East sits on land zoned sports & recreation under the URA Master Plan.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Downtown East?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Downtown East 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 Downtown East?⌄

Pasir Ris MRT Exit A is the closest, 854 m away (about a 13-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Downtown East?⌄

45 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.

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.

Approved for a new building: the year URA approved the latest new erection or redevelopment here. An APPROVAL year, not a completion year — never state it as the building's age.

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.

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.

Tenure is not recorded for this building. Commercial tenure coverage is roughly 40% (industrial is far better at ~90%).

Storeys: from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), volunteer-mapped, not an official record. Shown only because no official or listed floor count is held for this building.

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 PropKaki's submarket map, URA planning decisions, HDB car park information (data.gov.sg), LTA DataMall passenger volumes, PropKaki's foot-traffic model, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) — see our methodology. Last updated 9 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.