Hong Lim Complex
Hong Lim Complex is a commercial building in District 1 · Outram, on land zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.5. 14 units are currently listed for sale or rent. ACRA records 23 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Hong Lim Complex?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.5
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 1 · Outram
- Address
- —
- Land area
- 8,805 sqm
- Completed
- 1978 (HDB Property Information)
- Storeys
- 4 (HDB Property Information)
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Listed as
- Shop / Shophouse, Office, Other Retail
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- 14
- ACRA registrations
- 23
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 Hong Lim Complex
Hong Lim Complex is a commercial building in Outram (District 01). It is located along Upper Cross Street, Singapore 050531.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial & residential with a gross plot ratio of 3.5. It lies inside the Central Area.
It occupies roughly 8,805 sqm of land with about 72,672 sqm of gross floor area.
825 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Chinatown MRT, 63 m away (about a 1-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Chinatown Stn) is 42 m away (about a 1-minute walk). Chinatown Point is 146 m away (about a 2-minute walk).
What is Hong Lim Complex zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.5
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
What does space at Hong Lim Complex rent for?
Office space on Upper Cross Street
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -11% 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 on Upper Cross Street
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -6.8% 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).
Retail space — District 1 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 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 Hong Lim Complex
- 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.
How fast units move at Hong Lim Complex
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 new listings appeared and 2 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, 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 Hong Lim Complex?
- 3 Jan 2022ApprovedFloor 1Change of use to self-service laundry
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX to self-service laundry
- 15 May 2018ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed new lift (lup) programme compprising of blk 531 & 531a to existing 20 storeys commercial /residential hdb block with new linkbridge on lot 00395t,00389w,00403v,00404p & 00469k ts 06 at upper cross street /upper hokkien street
- 15 May 2017ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions & alterations to existing goods lift involving additional stop at 5th storey of blk 531 (lift upgrading programme) at upper cross street on lot 00404p (pt) ts06 (outram planning area)
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$54.50 per unit).
How does Upper Cross Street price?
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near Hong Lim Complex?
Indicative area yield — District 1 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 1 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 1 ($ 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 Hong Lim Complex right now?
For sale (9)
- Hong Lim ComplexS$8.90M · 4,187 sqft
- Hong Lim Complex2 agentsS$1.60M · 517 sqft
- Hong Lim ComplexS$3.58M · 1,119 sqft
- Hong Lim ComplexS$2.58M · 775 sqft
For rent (5)
- Hong Lim ComplexS$3k/mo · 530 sqft
- Hong Lim Complex2 agentsS$9k/mo · 775 sqft
- Hong Lim ComplexS$6k/mo · 612 sqft
- Hong Lim ComplexS$4k/mo · 300 sqft
What is near Hong Lim Complex?
Getting around
- Chinatown MRT63 m · ~1 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Hong Lim Complex
nearest MRT/LRT Chinatown (NE4/DT19) 30 m, about 97,000 taps a weekday; 9 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 12, about 42,000 taps a weekday; Outram: 38,402 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 19,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 9 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
- Chinatown (NE4 / DT19)30 m · about 97,000 weekday taps
- Telok Ayer (DT18)256 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
- Clarke Quay (NE5)308 m · about 31,000 weekday taps
- Maxwell (TE18)370 m · about 23,000 weekday taps
- Raffles Place (EW14 / NS26)611 m · about 133,000 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 Hong Lim Complex. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
12 bus stops within 400 m, with about 42,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Blk 533A Hong Lim Mscp (HDB)71 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 583 car lots
- Mosque St (URA)113 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 55 car lots
- Upp Hokien St (URA)153 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 28 car lots
- Backlane (Upp Cross St - Mosque St) (URA)169 m
- Club St (URA)221 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 27 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, 1.0 km away, S$80/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Hong Lim Complex's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Hong Lim Complex?
- Wholesale and retail trade11
- Other services5
- Financial and insurance3
- Manufacturing1
- Professional, scientific and technical services1
- Administrative and support services1
- Health and social services1
- Transportation and storage0
- Accommodation and food services0
- Information and communications0
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. HDB block: only the shop floor (level 1 and basements) is counted; the flats above are homes. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.
Frequently asked questions about Hong Lim Complex
Where is Hong Lim Complex?⌄
Hong Lim Complex is at Upper Cross Street, Singapore 050531, in the Outram planning area.
What is Hong Lim Complex zoned as?⌄
Hong Lim Complex sits on land zoned commercial & residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.5.
Have there been any recorded transactions at Hong Lim Complex?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for Hong Lim Complex 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 Hong Lim Complex?⌄
Chinatown MRT is the closest, 63 m away (about a 1-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Hong Lim Complex?⌄
825 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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