Little India Arcade
Little India Arcade is a commercial building in District 8 · Rochor, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan. 1 unit is currently listed for rent. ACRA records 116 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Little India Arcade?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 8 · Rochor
- Address
- 48 Serangoon Road
- Land area
- 3,793 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- Not on record
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Listed as
- Shop / Shophouse
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- 1
- ACRA registrations
- 116
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 Little India Arcade
Little India Arcade is a commercial building in Rochor (District 08). It is located along Serangoon Road, Singapore 217959.
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.
It occupies roughly 3,793 sqm of land.
137 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Rochor MRT, 145 m away (about a 2-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Bef Rochor Stn Exit B) is 40 m away (about a 1-minute walk). Bugis+ is 642 m away (about a 10-minute walk).
What is Little India Arcade zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Conservation area
- Little India
- 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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.
What does space at Little India Arcade rent for?
Office space on Serangoon Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median +20.8% 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 Serangoon Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -18.4% 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 8 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 8 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 Little India Arcade
- 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 Little India Arcade
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 1 new listing 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.
What's been approved at Little India Arcade?
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.
- 14 Aug 2026ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to the existing 2-storey shop house on lot 00991n ts16 at 48 serangoon road little india conservation area singapore 217959
- 7 Jul 2025RenewedContinued use as shop
Continue use of the 1st storey (unit 01-12) as shop (take-away food) of the 2-storey conserved shophouse
- 27 Oct 2022ApprovedFloor 2Change of use: office → commercial school
Proposed change of use of the 2nd storey (#02-XX) of the 2-storey conserved shophouse from office to commercial school at 48 serangoon road on lot 00991n ts 16 (little india conservation area)
- 18 Aug 2022RenewedContinued use as shop
Continue use of the 1st storey (unit 01-12) as shop (take-away food) of the 2-storey conserved shophouse at 48 serangoon road on lot 00991n pt ts 16 (little india conservation area)
- 10 Mar 2022ApprovedChange of use: office → commercial school
Proposed change of use of the 2nd storey (unit 02-11) of the 2-storey conserved shophouse from office to commercial school at 48 serangoon road on lot 00991n ts16 (little india conservation area).
- 30 Aug 2021ApprovedChange of use: shop → shop
Proposed change of use of the 1st storey (unit 01-12) from shop to shop (take-away food) of the 2-storey conserved shophouse at 48 serangoon road on lot 00991n ts 16 (little india conservation area)
- 20 Jul 2020ApprovedChange of use: office → shop
Proposed change of use of the 2nd storey of the 2-storey conserved shophouse from office to shop at 48 serangoon road on lot 00991n ts16 pt (little india conservation area)
- 29 Aug 2014ApprovedChange of use: restaurant → office use
Change of use from restaurant to office use at 2nd storey level within the existing 2-storey conserved building (little india arcade) at 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52 and 54 serangoon road
- 4 Feb 2013ApprovedFloor 2Change of use: restaurant → commercial school
Change of use of the unit #02-XX of the 2-storey building from restaurant to commercial school at 48 serangoon road (little india conservation area)
- 26 Nov 2008ApprovedFloor 2Change of use: medical centre → commercial school
Change of use of unit #02-XX of the 2-storey building from medical centre(clinic) to commercial school (computer appreciation & language school) (little india 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$54.50 per unit).
How does Serangoon Road price?
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near Little India Arcade?
Indicative area yield — District 8 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 8 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 8 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below | $67.76 | $96.11 | $143.21 |
| Level 1 · 30 & Below | $76.14 | $92.59 | $171.04 |
| B1 & Below · 30 & Below | $90.68 | $93.21 | $137.37 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100 | $46.15 | $61.63 | $86.96 |
| Level 1 · >30 - 100 | $73.94 | $90.91 | $97.19 |
| B1 & Below · >30 - 100 | $82.17 | $88.77 | $163.62 |
| Level 1 · >100 - 300 | $59.57 | $69.55 | $95.87 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300 | $43.92 | $47.03 | $64.17 |
Office rents — Central Area ($ 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 Little India Arcade right now?
For rent (1)
- Little India ArcadeS$10k/mo · 500 sqft
What is near Little India Arcade?
Getting around
- Rochor MRT145 m · ~2 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Little India Arcade
nearest MRT/LRT Rochor (DT13) 140 m, about 22,000 taps a weekday; 7 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 8, about 35,000 taps a weekday; Rochor: 31,654 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 24,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 5 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
- Rochor (DT13)140 m · about 22,000 weekday taps
- Little India (NE7 / DT12)306 m · about 55,000 weekday taps
- Jalan Besar (DT22)355 m · about 21,000 weekday taps
- Bugis (EW12 / DT14)598 m · about 109,000 weekday taps
- Bencoolen (DT21)656 m · about 20,000 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 Little India Arcade. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
8 bus stops within 400 m, with about 35,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Dalhousie Lane (URA)18 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 4 car lots
- Backlane (Clive St - M Adras St) (URA)41 m
- Campbell Lane (URA)64 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 8 car lots
- Clive St (URA)90 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 9 car lots
- Backlane (Perak Rd - M Adras St) (URA)115 m
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Little India Arcade's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Little India Arcade?
- Wholesale and retail trade49
- Administrative and support services13
- Accommodation and food services12
- Information and communications9
- Other services8
- Transportation and storage6
- Professional, scientific and technical services6
- Construction5
- Manufacturing3
- Financial and insurance2
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 Little India Arcade
Where is Little India Arcade?⌄
Little India Arcade is at 48 Serangoon Road, Singapore 217959, in the Rochor planning area.
What is Little India Arcade zoned as?⌄
Little India Arcade sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan.
Is Little India Arcade a conserved property?⌄
Yes. Little India Arcade falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.
Have there been any recorded transactions at Little India Arcade?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for Little India Arcade 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 Little India Arcade?⌄
Rochor MRT is the closest, 145 m away (about a 2-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Little India Arcade?⌄
137 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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