CommercialRESIDENTIAL / INSTITUTIONFreeholdDistrict 14 · Geylang

Guilin Building

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Nov 2017

Quick Summary

Guilin Building is a commercial building in District 14 · Geylang, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL / INSTITUTION under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.8. It is freehold. 10 transactions are on record since 1995, at a median S$748 psf, most recently in Nov 2017. ACRA records 19 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Guilin Building?

Key takeawayGuilin Building is a commercial building in District 14 · Geylang, zoned RESIDENTIAL / INSTITUTION, held freehold.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL / INSTITUTION
Gross plot ratio: 2.8
Tenure: Freehold
District / Area: District 14 · Geylang
Address: 8 Lorong 27a Geylang
Land area: 1,452 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: Not on record
Strata lots (whole development, MCST): 45
Managing agent: AGM REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT PTE LTD
Strata formed: 1996 (MCST 2030)
Submarket: City Fringe
Units with a recorded sale: At least 10
Transactions on record: 10 (records start 1995)
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 19

About Guilin Building

Guilin Building is a mixed-use building in Geylang (District 14). It is located along Lorong 27A Geylang, Singapore 388106.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential / institution with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

The site is freehold. It occupies roughly 1,452 sqm of land with about 4,066 sqm of gross floor area.

10 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$748 psf. The most recent was in November 2017.

19 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Aljunied MRT, 339 m away (about a 5-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Lor 28 Geylang) is 82 m away (about a 1-minute walk). Paya Lebar Square is 969 m away (about a 15-minute walk).

What is Guilin Building zoned as?

Key takeawayGuilin Building sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL / INSTITUTION with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL / INSTITUTION
Gross plot ratio: 2.8

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What has Guilin Building sold for?

Key takeawayAcross 10 recorded transactions since 1995, the median price is about S$498k, most recently in Nov 2017.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Nov 2017	Office	S$550k	624 sqft	$881
Feb 2017	Office	S$1.33M	1,582 sqft	$839
Sept 2015	Office	S$413k	377 sqft	$1,096
Mar 2014	Office	S$527k	484 sqft	$1,087
Jun 2013	Office	S$299k	344 sqft	$868
Nov 2010	Office	S$226k	344 sqft	$656
Jan 2009	Office	S$678k	1,582 sqft	$428
Oct 2008	Office	S$198k	377 sqft	$526
Jun 2004	Office	S$470k	1,044 sqft	$450
Dec 1999	Office	S$888k	1,572 sqft	$565

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 Guilin Building rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 14 retail, retail space rented at a median of $10.45 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $7.49 and $12.53. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 14 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$7.49

$80.67 psm

Median

$10.45

$112.50 psm

75th pct

$12.53

$134.91 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 14 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 Guilin Building

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.

What's been approved at Guilin Building?

Key takeawayURA's planning decisions at Guilin Building since 2000 are below. 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.

23 Feb 2024RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as place of worship
Continued use of association units #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX & #04-XX as place of worship (church)
22 Mar 2021RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as place of worship
Continued use of association units #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX & #04-XX as place of worship (church)
27 Mar 2018RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as place of worship
Continued use of association units #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX & #04-XX as place of worship (church)
31 Mar 2015RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as place of worship
Continued use of association units #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX & #04-XX as place of worship (church) on lot 07421l mk24 at 8 lorong 27a geylang (geylang planning area)
16 Apr 2012RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as place of worship
Continued use of association units #04-XX,#04-XX,#04-XX,#04-XX,#04-XX & #04-XX as place of worship (church)
18 Mar 2009RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as place of worship
Continued use of assocaition units #04-XX,#04-XX,#04-XX,#04-XX,#04-XX & #04-XX as place of worship (church)
3 Apr 2006RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as place of worship
Continued use of association units #04-XX�#04-XX� #04-XX�#04-XX�#04-XX & #04-XX as place of worship (church)
1 Apr 2003Renewed
Continued use as place of worship
Continued use of association as place of worship (church)
4 Jun 2002RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as place of worship
Continued use of association units #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX & #04-XX as place of worship(church)
14 May 2001RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as place of worship
Continued use of association units #04-XX,#04-XX,#04-XX,#04-XX, #04-XX & #04-XX as a place of worship
23 Mar 2001Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed additions of management office to existing 4-storey association building
19 May 2000RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as place of worship
Continued use of association units #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX & #04-XX as a place of worship (church)

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 Guilin 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 14 retail

Gross yield (area)

5.1%

4.5% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$112.50 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$2,480 psf

106 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 14 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 14 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$60.26	$68.83	$77.30
B1 & Below · 30 & Below	$52.94	$76.47	$130.25
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$85.00	$125.00	$205.26
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$71.17	$84.43	$161.43
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$80.67	$127.33	$161.46
Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100	$69.97	$74.47	$74.91
B1 & Below · >30 - 100	$104.10	$206.00	$256.12
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300	$101.65	$112.97	$180.02

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 Guilin Building?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Aljunied MRT, about 339 m away.

Getting around

Aljunied MRT339 m · ~5 min

Amenities nearby

Place Of Worship · 44 mAft Lor 28 Geylang · 82 mTay Clinic · 106 mI-Tec Supermart Pte Ltd · 115 mEducational Institution · 282 mAljunied MRT Exit A · 360 mHotel · 421 mLorong 40 Geylang Pg · 479 mMountbatten Community Club · 604 mGeylang Polyclinic · 618 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Guilin Building

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Aljunied (EW9), 339 m away — a busy station, with about 47,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 32 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$90 a month.

Foot traffic: busier than 17% of office buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Aljunied (EW9) 339 m, about 47,000 taps a weekday; 3 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 6, about 13,000 taps a weekday; Geylang: 116,481 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 48,000 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

Aljunied (EW9)339 m · about 47,000 weekday taps
Dakota (CC8)763 m · about 16,000 weekday taps
Paya Lebar (EW8 / CC9)814 m · about 95,000 weekday taps
Mountbatten (CC7)888 m · about 12,000 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 Guilin Building. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

6 bus stops within 400 m, with about 13,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Lor 27A Geylang (URA)45 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 18 car lots
Lor 29 Geylang (URA)94 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 22 car lots
Lor 28 Geylang (URA)207 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 36 car lots
Lor 31 Geylang (URA)210 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 16 car lots
Lor 26 Geylang (URA)213 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 12 car lots

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

Who's registered at Guilin Building?

Key takeaway19 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Guilin Building as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Other services
6
Wholesale and retail trade
4
Education
2
Professional, scientific and technical services
2
Construction
1
Financial and insurance
1
Information and communications
1
Real estate
1
Health and social services
1

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 Guilin Building

Where is Guilin Building?⌄

Guilin Building is at 8 Lorong 27A Geylang, Singapore 388106, in the Geylang planning area.

What is Guilin Building zoned as?⌄

Guilin Building sits on land zoned residential / institution under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

What is the tenure of Guilin Building?⌄

Guilin Building is freehold.

What have units at Guilin Building sold for?⌄

Across 10 recorded transactions, the median price is S$748 psf. The latest was in November 2017.

What is the nearest MRT station to Guilin Building?⌄

Aljunied MRT is the closest, 339 m away (about a 5-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Guilin Building?⌄

19 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.

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.

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.

Season parking: the cheapest URA car season rate (commercial ticket) at a public car park within 500 m, per month. HDB's season rates depend on a zone we don't have, so they are shown as HDB's tiers.

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.

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 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.