CommercialRESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREYDistrict 21 · Bukit Timah

Kilat Centre

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 10 November 2026

Quick Summary

Kilat Centre is a commercial building in District 21 · Bukit Timah, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY under the URA Master Plan. ACRA records 15 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Kilat Centre?

Key takeawayKilat Centre is a commercial building in District 21 · Bukit Timah, zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
Gross plot ratio: Subject to Evaluation
Tenure: Not on record
District / Area: District 21 · Bukit Timah
Address: 33 Lorong Kilat
Land area: 1,034 sqm
Completed: 1989 (per EdgeProp)
Storeys: 5 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Strata lots (whole development, MCST): 16
Managing agent: RAFFLES STRATA MANAGEMENT PTE LTD
Strata formed: 1990 (MCST 1504)
Submarket: City Fringe
Transactions on record: None recorded
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 15

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 Kilat Centre

Kilat Centre is a mixed-use building in Bukit Timah (District 21). It is located along Lorong Kilat, Singapore 598132.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey.

It occupies roughly 1,034 sqm of land.

15 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Beauty World MRT, 384 m away (about a 6-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 18) is 122 m away (about a 2-minute walk). Kap Mall is 922 m away (about a 14-minute walk).

What is Kilat Centre zoned as?

Key takeawayKilat Centre sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY.

Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
Gross plot ratio: Subject to Evaluation

URA has not published a fixed plot ratio for this site — the Master Plan records "EVA" (Subject to Evaluation), meaning intensity is decided case by case on application. Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.

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What does space at Kilat Centre rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Kilat Centre itself. On its street, Lorong Kilat, retail space rented at a median of $5.95 psf a month in 2025Q4, with the middle half of leases between $5.30 and $6.27. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space on Lorong Kilat

Street level · 2025Q4

25th pct

$5.30

$57.10 psm

Median

$5.95

$64.07 psm

75th pct

$6.27

$67.48 psm

S$ per sq ft per month

2024Q1 · $66.96 psm2025Q4 · $64.07 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 21 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$6.85

$73.69 psm

Median

$9.06

$97.54 psm

75th pct

$12.39

$133.41 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 21 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 Kilat Centre

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 Kilat Centre?

Key takeawayURA has approved 7 changes of use at Kilat Centre since 2000, most recently in 2021, and refused 1. 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.

12 Feb 2025RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as student care centre
Continued use of units #02-XX and #02-XX as student care centre
20 Jan 2023RenewedFloor 2
Continued use as student care centre
Continued use of units #02-XX & #02-XX as student care centre - kilat centre
17 Mar 2021ApprovedFloor 2
Change of use to student care centre
Change of use of units #02-XX & #02-XX to student care centre at 33 lorong kilat - kilat centre (bukit timah planning area)
1 Jun 2020Agency worksFloor 1
Change of use to sports & recreation building
Lodgment for proposed use of unit #01-XX as sports & recreation building
3 Feb 2017RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of confectionery at unit #01-XX to restaurant at kilat centre
23 Jun 2016RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of 1st storey shop units #01-XX & #01-XX as restaurant
27 Apr 2016Agency worksFloor 1
Change of use to commercial school
Lodgment for proposed use of unit #01-XX as commercial school
6 May 2015ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use: office → veterinary clinic
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX from office to veterinary clinic on lot 02642c mk10 at 33 lorong kilat - kilat centre (bukit timah planning area)
30 Jan 2015RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of confectionery at unit #01-XX to restaurant at kilat centre
16 May 2013RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of 1st storey shop unit #01-XX as restaurant
27 May 2010ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use to restaurant
Change of use of 1st storey shop unit #01-XX to restaurant
11 Jul 2006ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use: confectionery → restaurant
Propose change of use of unit #01-XX from confectionery to restaurant

2 earlier change-of-use and A&A decisions are on record since 2000.

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 Kilat 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 21 retail

Gross yield (area)

3.4%

3.1% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$97.54 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$3,167 psf

78 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 21 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 21 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
Level 4 & Above · 30 & Below	$75.00	$95.93	$296.05
B1 & Below · 30 & Below	$129.54	$130.87	$131.18
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$72.37	$91.30	$135.64
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$116.15	$117.71	$140.36
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$81.25	$90.65	$96.86
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$71.20	$99.14	$117.50
B1 & Below · >30 - 100	$69.66	$112.84	$146.06
Level 1 · >100 - 300	$71.86	$89.37	$105.73

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 Kilat Centre?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Beauty World MRT, about 384 m away.

Getting around

Beauty World MRT384 m · ~6 min

Amenities nearby

Bukit Timah Community Club · 121 mBlk 18 · 122 mTang Family Clinic · 134 mPlace Of Worship · 174 mHoover Park (Lor Pisang Hijau Playground) · 293 mZac Meat & Poultry Pte Ltd · 312 mBukit Timah Market · 325 mBeauty World MRT Exit B · 347 mEducational Institution · 462 mKap Mall · 922 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Kilat Centre

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Beauty World (DT5), 346 m away — a moderately busy station, with about 33,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 9 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 31% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Beauty World (DT5) 346 m, about 33,000 taps a weekday; bus stops within 400 m: 10, about 33,000 taps a weekday; Bukit Timah: 21,362 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 22,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 1 other mall 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

Beauty World (DT5)346 m · about 33,000 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 Kilat Centre. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

10 bus stops within 400 m, with about 33,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Lor Kilat (URA)114 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 28 car lots
Blk 17/18 Toh Yi Drive (HDB)135 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
Jln Seh Chuan - Lor Ki Lat Off St (URA)269 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 7 car lots
Jln Seh Chuan Off St (URA)295 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 179 car lots
Blk 21 Toh Yi Drive (HDB)322 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.5 m

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: Hillview Terrace, 2.0 km away, S$90/month.

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

Who's registered at Kilat Centre?

Key takeaway15 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Kilat Centre as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Health and social services
5
Financial and insurance
4
Wholesale and retail trade
2
Arts, entertainment and recreation
2
Accommodation and food services
1
Manufacturing
1
Real estate
0
Construction
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. Homes share this postal code, so some registrations are home-based. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.

Frequently asked questions about Kilat Centre

Where is Kilat Centre?⌄

Kilat Centre is at 33 Lorong Kilat, Singapore 598132, in the Bukit Timah planning area.

What is Kilat Centre zoned as?⌄

Kilat Centre sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey under the URA Master Plan.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Kilat Centre?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Kilat 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 Kilat Centre?⌄

Beauty World MRT is the closest, 384 m away (about a 6-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Kilat Centre?⌄

15 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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Completion year: as EdgeProp states it, not checked against an official record. Sales records start in 1995, which says nothing about when a building was built.

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.

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%).

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 EdgeProp, 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 10 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.