Little India Conservation Area
Little India Conservation Area is a commercial building in District 8 · Rochor, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan. It is freehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Aug 2010. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Little India Conservation Area?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Tenure
- Freehold
- District / Area
- District 8 · Rochor
- Address
- 15,16,17,18 Upper Weld Road
- Land area
- —
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 2 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Transactions on record
- 1 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 0
About Little India Conservation Area
Little India Conservation Area is a commercial conservation area in Rochor (District 08). It is located along Upper Weld Road, Singapore 207375.
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$1,329 psf. The most recent was in August 2010.
The nearest MRT is Jalan Besar MRT, 71 m away (about a 1-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Jln Besar Stn Exit A) is 130 m away (about a 2-minute walk).
What is Little India Conservation Area 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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.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 has Little India Conservation Area sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2010 | Shop House | S$9.30M | 6,999 sqft | $1,329 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at Little India Conservation Area rent for?
Retail space — District 8 retail
Region band · 2026Q3S$ 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 Conservation Area
- 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.
What's been approved at Little India Conservation Area?
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.
- 23 Feb 2024RenewedContinued use as hotel
Continue use of the 1st and 2nd storey and roof mezzanine of the 2-storey conserved shophouses as hotel (69 hotel rooms)
- 16 Jul 2021RenewedContinued use as hotel use
Continue use of the 1st and 2nd storey and roof mezzanine of the 2-storey conserved shophouses as hotel use at 15, 16, 17 and 18 upper weld road on lots 98096w, 98095m, 98094c and 98093l ts16 (little india conservation area)
- 15 May 2019ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Amendment to approved additions and alterations to an integrated development comprising 4 units of 2-storey conserved shophouses with roof mezzanine and change of use from approved backpackers' hostel to hotel (69 hotel rooms) at 15, 16, 17 & 18 upper weld road on lots 98096w, 98095m, 98094c and 98093l ts16 (little india conservation area)
- 18 Feb 2019RenewedContinued use as backpackers' hostel
Continue use of the 1st, 2nd storey and roof mezzanine of the 2-storey conserved shophouses as backpackers' hostel (with ancillary restaurant at 1st storey rear of unit 15 only) at 15, 16, 17 & 18 upper weld road on lots 98096w, 98095m, 98094c and 98093l ts16 (little india conservation area)
- 12 Apr 2018ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to existing 4 units of 2-storey conserved shophouses with roof mezzanine and change of use from backpackers' hostel to hotel (40 guest rooms) with co-working office (at front portion of all units) and ancillary dinning area (at 1st storey rear of unit 15 only) at 15, 16, 17 & 18 upper weld road on lots 98096w, 98095m, 98094c and 98093l ts16 (little india conservation area)
- 1 Mar 2018RenewedContinued use as backpackers' hostel
Continue use of the 1st, 2nd storey and roof mezzanine of the 2-storey conserved shophouses as backpackers' hostel (with ancillary restaurant at 1st storey rear of unit 15 only) at 15, 16, 17 & 18 upper weld road on lots 98096w, 98095m, 98094c and 98093l ts16 (little india conservation area)
- 8 Mar 2017RenewedContinued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of the 1st, 2nd storey and roof mezzanine of the 2-storey conserved shophouses as backpackers' hostel (with ancillary restaurant at 1st storey rear of unit 15 only) at 15, 16, 17 & 18 upper weld road on lots 98096w, 98095m, 98094c and 98093l ts16 (little india conservation area)
- 9 Mar 2016RenewedContinued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of the 1st, 2nd storey and roof mezzanine of the 2-storey conserved shophouses as backpackers' hostel (with ancillary restaurant at 1st storey rear of unit 15 only) at 15, 16, 17 & 18 upper weld road on lots 98096w, 98095m, 98094c and 98093l ts16 (little india conservation area)
- 7 Apr 2015RenewedContinued use as backpackers' hostel
Continued use of the 1st, 2nd storey and roof mezzanine of the 2-storey conserved shophouses as backpackers' hostel (with ancillary restaurant at 1st storey rear of unit 15 only) at 15, 16, 17 & 18 upper weld road on lots 98096w, 98095m, 98094c and 98093l ts16 (little india conservation area)
- 7 Jan 2014RenewedContinued use as backpacker hostel and ancillary fitness areas
Continued use of the 1st, 2nd storey and attic units of the 2-storey building as backpacker hostel and ancillary fitness areas at no 15,16,17 &18 upper weld road
- 26 Dec 2012RenewedContinued use as backpackers' hostel with ancillary fitness areas
Continued use of the 1st, 2nd storey and roof mezzanine of the 2-storey building as backpackers' hostel with ancillary fitness areas at no 15, 16, 17 & 18 upper weld road (little india conservation area)
- 2 Dec 2011ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Amendment to approved plans for additions & alterations to existing 4 units of 2-storey conserved shophouse with new roof mezzanine and use of upper storeys as backpacker hostel and f&b(dining) at part of 1st storey level and fitness deck on 2nd storey open terrace at nos. 15, 16, 17 & 18 upper weld road on lots 98093l/98094c/98095m/98096w ts16
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$54.50 per unit).
What do commercial rents run near Little India Conservation Area?
Indicative area yield — District 8 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 8 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 8 ($ 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 near Little India Conservation Area?
Getting around
- Jalan Besar MRT71 m · ~1 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 Little India Conservation Area
nearest MRT/LRT Jalan Besar (DT22) 58 m, about 21,000 taps a weekday; 6 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 7, about 24,000 taps a weekday; Rochor: 31,654 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 30,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 3 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
- Jalan Besar (DT22)58 m · about 21,000 weekday taps
- Rochor (DT13)226 m · about 22,000 weekday taps
- Bugis (EW12 / DT14)491 m · about 109,000 weekday taps
- Little India (NE7 / DT12)536 m · about 55,000 weekday taps
- Farrer Park (NE8)686 m · about 57,000 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 Conservation Area. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
7 bus stops within 400 m, with about 24,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Backlane (Dickson Rd - Upp Weld Rd) (URA)57 m
- Blk 632/633/635 Veerasamy Road (HDB)89 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m · 85 car lots
- Upp Weld Rd (URA)92 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 59 car lots
- Perak Rd (URA)94 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 11 car lots
- Dickson Rd (URA)103 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 48 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.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Little India Conservation Area's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
How many companies are registered at Little India Conservation Area?
- Live registrations
- 0
- Registered last 3 years
- 0
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.
Frequently asked questions about Little India Conservation Area
Where is Little India Conservation Area?⌄
Little India Conservation Area is at 15,16,17,18 Upper Weld Road, Singapore 207375, in the Rochor planning area.
What is Little India Conservation Area zoned as?⌄
Little India Conservation Area sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan.
What is the tenure of Little India Conservation Area?⌄
Little India Conservation Area is freehold.
Is Little India Conservation Area a conserved property?⌄
Yes. Little India Conservation Area falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.
What have units at Little India Conservation Area sold for?⌄
Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$1,329 psf. The latest was in August 2010.
What is the nearest MRT station to Little India Conservation Area?⌄
Jalan Besar MRT is the closest, 71 m away (about a 1-minute walk).
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