CommercialWHITEDistrict 1 · Outram

Great Eastern Centre

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026

Quick Summary

Great Eastern Centre is a commercial building in District 1 · Outram, on land zoned WHITE under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 4.2. 4 units are currently listed for sale or rent. ACRA records 33 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Great Eastern Centre?

Key takeawayGreat Eastern Centre is a commercial building in District 1 · Outram, zoned WHITE.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: WHITE
Gross plot ratio: 4.2
Tenure: Not on record
District / Area: District 1 · Outram
Address: 1 Pickering Street
Land area: 13,680 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: 16 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Strata units (MCST): 6
Managing agent: SAVILLS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PTE LTD
Strata formed: 2003 (MCST 2781)
Submarket: City Fringe
Listed as: Office
Transactions on record: None recorded
Live listings: 4
ACRA registrations: 33

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 Great Eastern Centre

Great Eastern Centre is a commercial building in Outram (District 01). It is located along Pickering Street, Singapore 048659.

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

It occupies roughly 13,680 sqm of land with about 57,457 sqm of gross floor area.

41 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Chinatown MRT, 221 m away (about a 4-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Hong Lim Cplx) is 63 m away (about a 1-minute walk). Cross Street Exchange is 159 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

What is Great Eastern Centre zoned as?

Key takeawayGreat Eastern Centre sits on land zoned WHITE with a gross plot ratio of 4.2, inside the Central Area.

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

BCA-verified envelope: allowable GFA 57,456 sqm · built 43,006 sqm · headroom 14,450 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 Great Eastern Centre rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Great Eastern Centre itself. On its street, Pickering Street, office space rented at a median of $6.50 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $5.70 and $7.09. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Office space on Pickering Street

Street level · 2026Q3

25th pct

$5.70

$61.36 psm

Median

$6.50

$69.92 psm

75th pct

$7.09

$76.33 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median +6.5% on a year earlier

2023Q3 · $70.01 psm2026Q3 · $69.92 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 — District 1 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$8.23

$88.64 psm

Median

$10.02

$107.81 psm

75th pct

$15.92

$171.42 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 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 Great Eastern Centre

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

CBRE, 2Q 2026

Decentralised: Vacancy 3.6%

Singapore Figures Q2 2026

Cushman & Wakefield, 2Q 2026

City Fringe (all grades): Rent S$7.83 psf/mth · Vacancy 2.5% · Planned / under construction 1.35m sq ft

Singapore Office MarketBeat Q2 2026

Official series (URA, 2026Q3): Office vacancy rate (Whole Island) 10 (-1.2 pp on the year) · Office rental index (Central Region) 203.4 (+1.8% 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 Great Eastern Centre

Key takeawayBased on listings we track, as of our last check on 28 Aug 2026: 3 units for rent; 1 unit for sale.

Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 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.

Sale: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 new listings appeared and 0 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 Great Eastern Centre?

Key takeawayURA has approved 3 changes of use at Great Eastern Centre 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.

3 Feb 2026ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use to medical clinic
Proposed change of use of part of unit #01-XX to medical clinic
13 Aug 2025RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as agency services centre and cafe
Continued use of unit #01-XX as agency services centre and cafe
18 Nov 2022RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as agency services centre and cafe
Continued use of unit #01-XX as agency services centre and cafe
12 Nov 2019ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use to agency services centre and cafe
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX to agency services centre and cafe at 1 pickering street
24 Mar 2015ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use to restaurant cum bar with ancillary live music
Proposed change of use of #01-XX to restaurant cum bar with ancillary live music at 1 pickering street
31 Dec 2002ApprovedFloors 2, 1
Additions & alterations
Proposed a&a to unit #02-XX and change of use of unit #01-XX to restaurant at existing 16 storey commercial development comprising a 4 storey podium and 12 storey tower blk with 2 levels of basement carparks

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 Great Eastern Centre?

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

Indicative area yield — District 1 retail

Gross yield (area)

3.4%

3.0% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$107.81 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$3,561 psf

90 sales

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 Great Eastern Centre right now?

Key takeaway4 units are currently listed at Great Eastern Centre — 1 for sale and 3 for rent. One row per unit; several agents often market the same unit.

For sale (1)

Great Eastern CentreS$5k · 300 sqft

For rent (3)

Great Eastern CentreS$14k/mo · 1,000 sqft
Great Eastern CentreS$4k/mo · 400 sqft
Great Eastern Centre3 agentsS$15k/mo · 1,000 sqft

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What is near Great Eastern Centre?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Chinatown MRT, about 221 m away.

Getting around

Chinatown MRT221 m · ~4 min

Amenities nearby

Hotel · 27 mOpp Hong Lim Cplx · 63 mChen Medical Associates · 76 mHong Lim Market & Food Centre · 134 mHong Lim Pk · 151 mCross Street Exchange · 159 mChinatown MRT Exit F · 187 mPlace Of Worship · 242 mNTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 255 mKreta Ayer Community Club · 608 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Great Eastern Centre

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Chinatown (NE4 / DT19), 186 m away — one of the busiest stations, with about 97,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 35 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 80% of office buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Chinatown (NE4/DT19) 186 m, about 97,000 taps a weekday; 9 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 10, about 25,000 taps a weekday; Outram: 38,402 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 16,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026). Ranked against 485 office 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), not a count of people.

Stations within 1 km

Chinatown (NE4 / DT19)186 m · about 97,000 weekday taps
Clarke Quay (NE5)237 m · about 31,000 weekday taps
Telok Ayer (DT18)259 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
Raffles Place (EW14 / NS26)499 m · about 133,000 weekday taps
Maxwell (TE18)508 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 Great Eastern Centre. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

10 bus stops within 400 m, with about 25,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Upp Hokien St (URA)116 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 28 car lots
Hong Lim Park Off St (URA)162 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 23 car lots
Blk 533A Hong Lim Mscp (HDB)168 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 583 car lots
Backlane (Synagogue St ) (URA)175 m
North Canal Rd (URA)217 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 24 car lots

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: Mohd Sultan-River Vall Ey Road Area, 1.1 km away, S$80/month.

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

Who's registered at Great Eastern Centre?

Key takeaway33 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Great Eastern Centre as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Financial and insurance
15
Professional, scientific and technical services
7
Transportation and storage
3
Information and communications
2
Administrative and support services
2
Wholesale and retail trade
1
Arts, entertainment and recreation
1
Real estate
1
Health and social services
1
Education
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 Great Eastern Centre's BCA building profile?

BCA building type: Office
Green Mark: Certified (2010)
Energy use intensity: 194 kWh/m²·yr

Frequently asked questions about Great Eastern Centre

Where is Great Eastern Centre?⌄

Great Eastern Centre is at 1 Pickering Street, Singapore 048659, in the Outram planning area.

What is Great Eastern Centre zoned as?⌄

Great Eastern Centre sits on land zoned white under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 4.2.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Great Eastern Centre?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Great Eastern 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 Great Eastern Centre?⌄

Chinatown MRT is the closest, 221 m away (about a 4-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Great Eastern Centre?⌄

41 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.

Total units: the strata units in the building's MCST (BCA's register) — strata lots, not tenancies; a single-owner building can be one lot. Units with a recorded sale (URA caveats) are a separate figure.

Strata lots: the lot count in the development's MCST (BCA's register) — the whole development, homes included where it is mixed; a single-owner mall or tower can be one lot.

Strata formed: the year the MCST was set up (BCA's register). NOT the year the building was completed — an MCST forms after TOP, sometimes years later. Never state it as the building's age.

Managing agent: as BCA's MCST register names it; it can change between register updates.

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.

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 BCA's MCST register, PropKaki's submarket map, URA planning decisions, URA car park data (URA Data Service), LTA DataMall passenger volumes, PropKaki's foot-traffic model, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) — 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.