Katong Shopping Arcade
Katong Shopping Arcade is a commercial building in District 14 · Geylang, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.0. It is freehold. 2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Sept 2006. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Katong Shopping Arcade?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.0
- Tenure
- Freehold
- District / Area
- District 14 · Geylang
- Address
- 502 Guillemard Road
- Land area
- —
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- Not on record
- Submarket
- Paya Lebar Central
- Transactions on record
- 2 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 0
About Katong Shopping Arcade
Katong Shopping Arcade is a commercial building in Geylang (District 14). It is located along Guillemard Road, Singapore 399841.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 3.
The site is freehold.
2 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$1,942 psf. The most recent was in September 2006.
The nearest MRT is Paya Lebar MRT, 357 m away (about a 6-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp City Plaza) is 59 m away (about a 1-minute walk).
What is Katong Shopping Arcade zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.0
What has Katong Shopping Arcade sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2006 | Retail | S$571k | 248 sqft | $2,308 |
| Apr 2000 | Retail | S$390k | 248 sqft | $1,575 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at Katong Shopping Arcade rent for?
Retail space on Guillemard Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median +19.6% 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).
Office space on Guillemard Road
Street level · 2024Q4S$ per sq ft per month
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 14 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 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 Katong Shopping Arcade
- Suburban: Rent S$33.36 psf/mth · Vacancy 5.7% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 1.53m 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.
What's been approved at Katong Shopping Arcade?
- 23 Oct 2000RefusedChange of use to food shop cum food catering service
Change of use of the 1st storey eating house to food shop cum food catering service
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$54.50 per unit).
How does Guillemard Road price?
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near Katong Shopping Arcade?
Indicative area yield — District 14 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 14 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 14 ($ 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 Katong Shopping Arcade?
Getting around
- Paya Lebar MRT357 m · ~6 min
Amenities nearby
Competing premises nearby
Retail and F&B premises competing for the same footfall — context for an occupier, not a selling point.
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Katong Shopping Arcade
nearest MRT/LRT Paya Lebar (EW8/CC9) 293 m, about 95,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 13, about 27,000 taps a weekday; Geylang: 116,481 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 41,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 4 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
- Paya Lebar (EW8 / CC9)293 m · about 95,000 weekday taps
- Dakota (CC8)732 m · about 16,000 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 Katong Shopping Arcade. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
13 bus stops within 400 m, with about 27,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Guillemard Rd (URA)42 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 8 car lots
- Blk 21 To 23 Haig Road (HDB)251 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 91 car lots
- Service Rd (Lor 44 Gey Lang) (URA)271 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 5 car lots
- Lor 41 Geylang (URA)276 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 44 car lots
- Lor 39 Geylang (URA)310 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 19 car lots
HDB season (car): Tier 1 $80/month (a resident's or registered HDB shop/industrial tenant's first car); Tier 2 (other cars, non-residents) $90 Rest of Island, $150 Designated Area, $165 Restricted Zone (surface). Which zone this car park is in is not published as data.
Nearest URA season parking: Tanjong Katong Rd Off St, 877 m away, S$90/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Katong Shopping Arcade's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Katong Shopping Arcade?
- Wholesale and retail trade0
- Manufacturing0
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 Katong Shopping Arcade
Where is Katong Shopping Arcade?⌄
Katong Shopping Arcade is at 502 Guillemard Road, Singapore 399841, in the Geylang planning area.
What is Katong Shopping Arcade zoned as?⌄
Katong Shopping Arcade sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.
What is the tenure of Katong Shopping Arcade?⌄
Katong Shopping Arcade is freehold.
What have units at Katong Shopping Arcade sold for?⌄
Across 2 recorded transactions, the median price is S$1,942 psf. The latest was in September 2006.
What is the nearest MRT station to Katong Shopping Arcade?⌄
Paya Lebar MRT is the closest, 357 m away (about a 6-minute walk).
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