CommercialCOMMERCIALConservationFreeholdDistrict 1 · Outram

Kreta Ayer Conservation Area

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Aug 2023
Quick Summary

Kreta Ayer Conservation Area is a commercial building in District 1 · Outram, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan. It is freehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Aug 2023. 1 unit is currently listed for sale. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Kreta Ayer Conservation Area?

Key takeawayKreta Ayer Conservation Area is a commercial building in District 1 · Outram, zoned COMMERCIAL, held freehold.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
Subject to Evaluation
Tenure
Freehold
District / Area
District 1 · Outram
Address
41 Mosque Street
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
3 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Submarket
City Fringe
Listed as
Shop / Shophouse
Transactions on record
1 (records start 1995)
Live listings
1
ACRA registrations
0
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About Kreta Ayer Conservation Area

Kreta Ayer Conservation Area is a commercial conservation area in Outram (District 01). It is located along Mosque Street, Singapore 059519.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial. The site falls within a conservation area, so external alterations are subject to URA conservation guidelines. It lies inside the Central Area.

The site is freehold.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$12,472 psf. The most recent was in August 2023.

The nearest MRT is Chinatown MRT, 45 m away (about a 1-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Chinatown Stn) is 52 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

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What is Kreta Ayer Conservation Area zoned as?

Key takeawayKreta Ayer Conservation Area sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL, with conservation status, inside the Central Area.
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
Subject to Evaluation
Conservation area
Chinatown (Kreta Ayer)
Conserved building
Yes
Urban design area
Udga
Central Area
Yes

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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.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 has Kreta Ayer Conservation Area sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Aug 2023 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.
DateUsePriceAreaPSF
Aug 2023Shop HouseS$15.60M1,251 sqft$12,472

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

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What does space at Kreta Ayer Conservation Area rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 1 retail, retail space rented at a median of $10.02 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $8.23 and $15.92. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 1 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$8.23
$88.64 psm
Median
$10.02
$107.81 psm
75th pct
$15.92
$171.42 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 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).

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Market context around Kreta Ayer Conservation Area

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.

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How fast units move at Kreta Ayer Conservation Area

Key takeawayBased on listings we track, as of our last check on 28 Aug 2026: 1 unit for sale.

Sale: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 new listings appeared and 0 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.

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What's been approved at Kreta Ayer Conservation Area?

Key takeawayURA has approved 3 changes of use at Kreta Ayer Conservation Area since 2000, most recently in 2024. 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.
F&B and nightlife here

No new bars, pubs, nightclubs or karaoke lounges (a Historic Conservation Area).

Per URA's Use of Buildings in Conservation Areas. A planning guideline for the area, not a decision on any unit; it applies to new eating houses and bars, not to one already approved.

  1. 15 Apr 2026Renewed
    Continued use as restaurant

    Continued use at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd storey unit of the conserved 3-storey shophouse ts06 on lot 99641t at 41 mosque street as restaurant (chinatown (kreta ayer) conservation area)

  2. 14 Mar 2024Approved
    Change of use: shop → restaurant

    Change of use at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd storey unit of the conserved 3-storey shophouse ts06 on lot 99641t at 41 mosque street from shop to restaurant (chinatown (kreta ayer) conservation area)

  3. 22 Nov 2023Approved
    Change of use to shop

    Change of use at the 3rd storey unit of the conserved 3-storey shophouse ts06 on lot 99641t at 41 mosque street to shop (chinatown (kreta ayer) conservation area)

  4. 24 Feb 2021Approved
    Change of use to shop

    Change of use at the 2nd storey unit of the 3-storey building ts06 on lot 99641t at 41 mosque street to shop (chinatown (kreta ayer) conservation 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).

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What do commercial rents run near Kreta Ayer Conservation Area?

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

Indicative area yield — District 1 retail

Gross yield (area)
3.4%
3.0% net of property tax
Rent side (median of bands)
$107.81 psm/mo
2026Q3
Price side (strata, 5y)
$3,561 psf
90 sales

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 band25th pctMedian75th 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 band25th pctMedian75th 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.

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What is available at Kreta Ayer Conservation Area right now?

Key takeaway1 unit is currently listed at Kreta Ayer Conservation Area. One row per unit; several agents often market the same unit.

For sale (1)

  • Mosque streetS$28.00M · 5,155 sqft

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What is near Kreta Ayer Conservation Area?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Chinatown MRT, about 45 m away — and 3 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Place Of Worship · 44 mOpp Chinatown Stn · 52 mChinatown MRT Exit F · 75 mCross Street Medical Clinic · 82 mHotel · 163 mAnn Siang Hill Pk · 343 mKreta Ayer Community Club · 365 mEducational Institution · 822 mOutram Polyclinic · 871 mSingapore General Hospital · 1.0 km

Competing premises nearby

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

Chinatown Point · 125 mNTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 125 mHong Lim Market & Food Centre · 187 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at Kreta Ayer Conservation Area

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Chinatown (NE4 / DT19), 45 m away — one of the busiest stations, with about 97,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 38 public car parks are within 500 m.
Foot traffic: busier than 99% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Chinatown (NE4/DT19) 45 m, about 97,000 taps a weekday; 9 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 12, about 44,000 taps a weekday; Outram: 38,402 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 20,000 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)45 m · about 97,000 weekday taps
  • Telok Ayer (DT18)318 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
  • Maxwell (TE18)328 m · about 23,000 weekday taps
  • Clarke Quay (NE5)358 m · about 31,000 weekday taps
  • Outram Park (EW16 / NE3 / TE17)648 m · about 78,000 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 Kreta Ayer Conservation Area. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

12 bus stops within 400 m, with about 44,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Mosque St (URA)19 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 55 car lots
  • Backlane (Upp Cross St - Mosque St) (URA)100 m
  • Blk 533A Hong Lim Mscp (HDB)116 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 583 car lots
  • Backlane (Temple St - Pagoda St) (URA)132 m
  • Temple St (URA)140 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 61 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. Kreta Ayer Conservation Area's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.

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Who's registered at Kreta Ayer Conservation Area?

Key takeaway0 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Kreta Ayer Conservation Area as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.
  • Wholesale and retail trade
    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.

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Frequently asked questions about Kreta Ayer Conservation Area

Where is Kreta Ayer Conservation Area?⌄

Kreta Ayer Conservation Area is at 41 Mosque Street, Singapore 059519, in the Outram planning area.

What is Kreta Ayer Conservation Area zoned as?⌄

Kreta Ayer Conservation Area sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan.

What is the tenure of Kreta Ayer Conservation Area?⌄

Kreta Ayer Conservation Area is freehold.

Is Kreta Ayer Conservation Area a conserved property?⌄

Yes. Kreta Ayer Conservation Area falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.

What have units at Kreta Ayer Conservation Area sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$12,472 psf. The latest was in August 2023.

What is the nearest MRT station to Kreta Ayer Conservation Area?⌄

Chinatown MRT is the closest, 45 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

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