CommercialCOMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIALDistrict 7 · Downtown Core

Foo Ann Building

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026

Quick Summary

Foo Ann Building is a commercial building in District 7 · Downtown Core, on land zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 4.2. ACRA records 7 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Foo Ann Building?

Key takeawayFoo Ann Building is a commercial building in District 7 · Downtown Core, zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 4.2
Tenure: Not on record
District / Area: District 7 · Downtown Core
Address: 45 Middle Road
Land area: 172 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: Not on record
Submarket: City Hall / Bugis
Transactions on record: None recorded
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 7

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 Foo Ann Building

Foo Ann Building is a commercial building in Downtown Core (District 07). It is located along Middle Road, Singapore 188954.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial & residential with a gross plot ratio of 4.2. It lies inside the Central Area.

It occupies roughly 172 sqm of land with about 724 sqm of gross floor area.

7 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Esplanade MRT, 337 m away (about a 5-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Beach Rd) is 37 m away (about a 1-minute walk). Bugis Junction is 278 m away (about a 4-minute walk).

What is Foo Ann Building zoned as?

Key takeawayFoo Ann Building sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL with a gross plot ratio of 4.2, inside the Central Area.

Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 4.2
Urban design area: Udga
Central Area: Yes

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What does space at Foo Ann Building rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Foo Ann Building itself. On its street, Middle Road, office space rented at a median of $5.42 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $5.00 and $5.61. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Office space on Middle Road

Street level · 2026Q3

25th pct

$5.00

$53.87 psm

Median

$5.42

$58.38 psm

75th pct

$5.61

$60.37 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median -4.9% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $55.98 psm2026Q3 · $58.38 psm median

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 Middle Road

Street level · 2026Q3

25th pct

$7.90

$85.00 psm

Median

$11.52

$124.03 psm

75th pct

$12.22

$131.58 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median +12.1% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $93.10 psm2026Q3 · $124.03 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 7 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$7.09

$76.30 psm

Median

$9.31

$100.25 psm

75th pct

$13.31

$143.24 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 7 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 Foo Ann Building

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

CBRE, 2Q 2026 (island-wide)

Islandwide: Rent S$28.15 psf/mth

Singapore Figures Q2 2026

Cushman & Wakefield, 2Q 2026

Other City Areas: Rent S$21.21 psf/mth · Vacancy 7.4% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 0.73m 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.

What's been approved at Foo Ann Building?

Key takeawayURA has approved 3 changes of use at Foo Ann Building since 2000, most recently in 2011. 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.

8 May 2011Agency worksFloors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Change of use to office or commercial school
Lodgment for proposed use at part unit #01-XX and units #02-XX, #03-XX, #04-XX & #05-XX as office or commercial school
16 Feb 2001Approved
Change of use: office → commercial school school cum ancillary office
Change of use of the 6th storey from office to commercial school school cum ancillary office
5 Jan 2001Approved
Change of use: office → commercial school cum ancillary office
Proposed change of use of the 2nd storey from office to commercial school cum ancillary office

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 Middle Road price?

Key takeawayAcross 63 strata sales on Middle Road in the last 5 years, the median is $1,924 psf.

Strata sales on the street (5y)

Street median PSF (strata)

$1,924

Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.

What do commercial rents run near Foo Ann 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 7 retail

Gross yield (area)

4.8%

4.3% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$100.25 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$2,348 psf

241 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 7 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 7 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$93.33	$113.33	$165.94
Level 4 & Above · 30 & Below	$69.42	$79.17	$140.05
B1 & Below · 30 & Below	$94.66	$392.16	$721.70
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$71.79	$88.95	$100.36
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$84.41	$129.03	$192.55
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$53.85	$86.57	$113.16
B1 & Below · >30 - 100	$71.03	$80.88	$146.17
Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100	$47.06	$59.43	$68.42

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 Foo Ann Building?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Esplanade MRT, about 337 m away.

Getting around

Esplanade MRT337 m · ~5 min

Amenities nearby

Hotel · 4 mAft Beach Rd · 37 mShalom Medical Group · 241 mBugis Junction · 278 mPlace Of Worship · 296 mBugis MRT Exit D · 304 mEducational Institution · 351 mCold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd · 355 mWar Memorial Pk · 434 mAlbert Centre Market & Food Centre · 527 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Foo Ann Building

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Bugis (EW12 / DT14), 301 m away — one of the busiest stations, with about 109,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 17 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 94% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Bugis (EW12/DT14) 301 m, about 109,000 taps a weekday; 8 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 17, about 35,000 taps a weekday; Downtown Core: 284,004 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 7,358 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 10 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

Bugis (EW12 / DT14)301 m · about 109,000 weekday taps
Esplanade (CC3)319 m · about 15,000 weekday taps
City Hall (NS25 / EW13)480 m · about 91,000 weekday taps
Bras Basah (CC2)485 m · about 10,000 weekday taps
Promenade (CC4 / DT15)579 m · about 45,000 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 Foo Ann Building. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

17 bus stops within 400 m, with about 35,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Backlane (Purvis St) (URA)11 m
Purvis St (URA)56 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 43 car lots
Seah St (URA)125 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 8 car lots
Backlane (Seah St) (URA)128 m
Liang Seah St (URA)178 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 45 car lots

Nearest URA season parking: Kampong Glam Area, 750 m away, S$125/month.

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

Who's registered at Foo Ann Building?

Key takeaway7 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Foo Ann Building as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Education
2
Information and communications
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical services
1
Manufacturing
1
Administrative and support services
1
Wholesale and retail trade
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.

Frequently asked questions about Foo Ann Building

Where is Foo Ann Building?⌄

Foo Ann Building is at 45 Middle Road, Singapore 188954, in the Downtown Core planning area.

What is Foo Ann Building zoned as?⌄

Foo Ann Building sits on land zoned commercial & residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 4.2.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Foo Ann Building?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Foo Ann Building 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 Foo Ann Building?⌄

Esplanade MRT is the closest, 337 m away (about a 5-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Foo Ann Building?⌄

7 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.

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.

Unbuilt GFA cannot be computed here — it needs BCA built-GFA, which covers about 5% of commercial buildings and no industrial ones. Zoning and plot ratio are on record; headroom is not.

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

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, 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.