CommercialCOMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIALFreeholdDistrict 10 · Bukit Timah

King's Arcade

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Jul 2010

Quick Summary

King's Arcade is a commercial building in District 10 · Bukit Timah, on land zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.0. It is freehold. 4 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jul 2010. ACRA records 18 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about King's Arcade?

Key takeawayKing's Arcade is a commercial building in District 10 · Bukit Timah, zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL, held freehold.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 3.0
Tenure: Freehold
District / Area: District 10 · Bukit Timah
Address: 559 Bukit Timah Road
Land area: 1,980 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: 4 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Strata lots (whole development, MCST): 22
Managing agent: R&C PROPERTY & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD.
Strata formed: 2003 (MCST 2739)
Submarket: City Fringe
Units with a recorded sale: At least 2
Transactions on record: 4 (records start 1995)
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 18

About King's Arcade

King'S Arcade is a commercial building in Bukit Timah (District 10). It is located along Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 269695.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial & residential with a gross plot ratio of 3.

The site is freehold. It occupies roughly 1,980 sqm of land with about 5,939 sqm of gross floor area.

4 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$1,039 psf. The most recent was in July 2010.

22 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Tan Kah Kee MRT, 421 m away (about a 7-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Coronation Plaza) is 103 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

What is King's Arcade zoned as?

Key takeawayKing's Arcade sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL with a gross plot ratio of 3.0.

Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 3.0

BCA-verified envelope: allowable GFA 5,940 sqm · built 2,013 sqm · headroom 3,927 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 has King's Arcade sold for?

Key takeaway4 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jul 2010 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Jul 2010	Retail	S$3.00M	2,379 sqft	$1,261
Jul 2005	Retail	S$1.95M	2,422 sqft	$805
Mar 2002	Retail	S$2.52M	2,422 sqft	$1,039
Mar 2002	Retail	S$2.47M	2,379 sqft	$1,039

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 King's Arcade rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for King's Arcade itself. On its street, Bukit Timah Road, retail space rented at a median of $12.92 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $6.76 and $14.75. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space on Bukit Timah Road

Street level · 2026Q3

25th pct

$6.76

$72.79 psm

Median

$12.92

$139.10 psm

75th pct

$14.75

$158.77 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median -10.2% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $118.46 psm2026Q3 · $139.10 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).

Office space on Bukit Timah Road

Street level · 2026Q1

25th pct

$3.75

$40.35 psm

Median

$5.42

$58.33 psm

75th pct

$5.74

$61.76 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median -30.3% on a year earlier

2022Q4 · $52.77 psm2026Q1 · $58.33 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 10 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$10.99

$118.27 psm

Median

$15.77

$169.72 psm

75th pct

$17.07

$183.73 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 10 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 King's Arcade

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 King's Arcade?

Key takeawayURA has approved 13 changes of use at King's Arcade 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.

26 Feb 2026ApprovedFloor B1
Change of use to student care centre
Proposed change of use of unit #B1-XX to student care centre
26 Dec 2025ApprovedFloor B1
Change of use to gym / fitness centre
Proposed change of use of unit #B1-XX to gym / fitness centre
18 Mar 2022Agency worksFloor 1
Change of use to gym/fitness centre
Lodgment for proposed use of unit #01-XX as gym/fitness centre
26 Jun 2018RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of shop unit #01-XX as restaurant - king's arcade
4 Jun 2015RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of shop unit #01-XX as restaurant at 559 bukit timah road (bukit timah planning area)
12 Mar 2015ApprovedFloor 3
Change of use to commercial school
Proposed change of use of shop unit #03-XX to commercial school at 559 bukit timah road (bukit timah planning area)
2 Jun 2014ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use to commercial school
Change of use of 1st storey unit #01-XX to commercial school on lot 03285k mk02 at 559 bukit timah road (bukit timah planning area)
26 Nov 2013ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use: shop → restaurant
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX from shop to restaurant on lot 03285k mk02 at 559 bukit timah road (bukit timah planning area)
16 May 2012RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of shop unit #01-XX as restaurant
29 Jun 2010RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of shop unit #01-XX as restaurant
11 Jun 2009RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of unit #01-XX shop as restaurant
14 May 2007RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant
Continued use of unit #01-XX shop as restaurant

7 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).

How does Bukit Timah Road price?

Key takeawayAcross 17 strata sales on Bukit Timah Road in the last 5 years, the median is $3,263 psf.

Strata sales on the street (5y)

Street median PSF (strata)

$3,263

Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.

What do commercial rents run near King's Arcade?

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

Indicative area yield — District 10 retail

Gross yield (area)

4.2%

3.8% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$169.72 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$4,533 psf

34 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 10 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 10 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$328.53	$418.19	$451.58
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$155.00	$169.72	$183.73
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$141.55	$202.35	$215.19
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$118.27	$184.62	$215.15
Level 1 · >100 - 300	$80.00	$110.62	$158.42
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300	$90.05	$135.62	$146.17
Level 2 & 3 · >300	$93.68	$99.85	$147.67

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 King's Arcade?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Tan Kah Kee MRT, about 421 m away — and 2 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Tan Kah Kee MRT421 m · ~7 min

Amenities nearby

Coronation Plaza · 103 mThe Coronation Clinic · 116 mPlace Of Worship · 141 mEducational Institution · 229 mTan Kah Kee MRT Exit A · 402 mCrawfurd Hospital · 502 m

Competing premises nearby

Retail and F&B premises competing for the same footfall — context for an occupier, not a selling point.

NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 108 mAdam Food Centre · 404 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at King's Arcade

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Tan Kah Kee (DT8), 402 m away — a quiet station, with about 12,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 8 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$90 a month.

Foot traffic: busier than 2% of office buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Tan Kah Kee (DT8) 402 m, about 12,000 taps a weekday; 2 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 5, about 6,351 taps a weekday; Bukit Timah: 21,362 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 14,000 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

Tan Kah Kee (DT8)402 m · about 12,000 weekday taps
Botanic Gardens (CC19 / DT9)483 m · about 13,000 weekday taps
Farrer Road (CC20)697 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 King's Arcade. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

5 bus stops within 400 m, with 6,351 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Coronation Road Area (URA)164 m
season S$90/month
Coronation Walk (URA)169 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 10 car lots
Bukit Timah Rd (URA)217 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 11 car lots
Prince Of Wales Rd (URA)217 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 23 car lots
Princess Of Wales Rd (URA)255 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 2 car lots

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

Who's registered at King's Arcade?

Key takeaway18 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list King's Arcade as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Health and social services
6
Professional, scientific and technical services
5
Wholesale and retail trade
3
Education
2
Administrative and support services
1
Financial and insurance
1
Information and communications
0
Accommodation and food services
0
Other services
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 King's Arcade's BCA building profile?

BCA building type: Office
Green Mark: NA (NA)
Energy use intensity: 245 kWh/m²·yr

Frequently asked questions about King's Arcade

Where is King'S Arcade?⌄

King'S Arcade is at 559 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 269695, in the Bukit Timah planning area.

What is King'S Arcade zoned as?⌄

King'S Arcade sits on land zoned commercial & residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.

What is the tenure of King'S Arcade?⌄

King'S Arcade is freehold.

What have units at King'S Arcade sold for?⌄

Across 4 recorded transactions, the median price is S$1,039 psf. The latest was in July 2010.

What is the nearest MRT station to King'S Arcade?⌄

Tan Kah Kee MRT is the closest, 421 m away (about a 7-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at King'S Arcade?⌄

22 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.

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.

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.

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.