Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1
Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1 is a commercial building in District 1 · Downtown Core, on land zoned WHITE under the URA Master Plan. 31 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 480 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- WHITE
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 1 · Downtown Core
- Address
- 8 Marina Boulevard
- Land area
- —
- Completed
- 2010 (per Wikipedia)
- Storeys
- 61 (per Wikipedia)
- Owner
- Suntec REIT; Keppel REIT (33.33% interest) (SGX filings)
- Submarket
- Marina Bay
- Listed as
- Office
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- 31
- ACRA registrations
- 480
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.
Who owns Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1, and what is it valued at?
- NLA (its 33.33% share)
- 1,460,852 sq ft
- Land tenure
- Leasehold estate of 99 years
- Major tenants
- TikTok, Deutsche Bank, Keppel, Pacific Refreshments
- Land tenure
- Leasehold 99 years
- Net lettable area
- 571,905 sq ft
- Tenants
- 157
- Car-park lots
- 695
- Land tenure
- Leasehold 99 years from 2005 (Remaining lease term of 79 years)
- Green Mark
- BCA Green Mark Platinum Award certified
- Major tenants
- Barclays, HSBC, LinkedIn, Nomura, Standard Chartered Bank
Source: the owners' own filings on SGX — notices of valuation of real assets, acquisition and divestment announcements, and annual reports. Facts only, each with its date; a valuation is not a sale price, and occupancy and WALE are as of the date shown. Only REITs and SGX-listed companies file these: a building with a private owner shows no owner here.
About Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1
Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1 is a commercial building in Downtown Core (District 01). It is located along Marina Boulevard, Singapore 018981.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned white. It lies inside the Central Area.
519 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Downtown MRT, 178 m away (about a 3-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Marina Bay Financial Ctr) is 93 m away (about a 1-minute walk). Republic Plaza is 526 m away (about a 8-minute walk).
What is Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1 zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- WHITE
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- 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 Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1 rent for?
Office space on Marina Boulevard
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median +4.5% 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 Marina Boulevard
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -30.8% 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 1 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 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).
Market context around Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1
- Prime office: Capital value S$3,200 psf · Net yield 3.7%
- Core CBD (Grade A): Rent S$12.50 psf/mth · Vacancy 3.3%
- Core CBD (Grade B): Rent S$9.15 psf/mth
- Core CBD: Rent S$9.40 psf/mth · Vacancy 4.5%
- Marina Bay: Rent S$13.21 psf/mth · Vacancy 2.1% · Planned / under construction 0.00m sq ft
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.
How fast units move at Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 7 new listings appeared and 10 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 Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1?
- 4 May 2026ApprovedFloor 11Change of use: part office → ancillary staff refreshment area
Proposed change of use of #11-XX from part office to ancillary staff refreshment area at marina bay financial centre (tower 1)
- 21 Apr 2026ApprovedFloor 21Change of use: part office → ancillary staff refreshment area
Proposed change of use of #21-XX from part office to ancillary staff refreshment area at marina bay financial centre (tower 1)
- 16 Mar 2025ApprovedFloor 16Change of use
Proposed change of use of part of #16-XX for ancillary staff refreshment area at marina bay financial centre (tower 1)
- 6 Jan 2023ApprovedFloor 21Change of use: part office → ancillary staff refreshment area
Proposed change of use of #21-XX from part office to ancillary staff refreshment area at marina bay financial centre (tower 1)
- 16 Feb 2017ApprovedFloor 1Change of use: cafeteria → banking hall with cafeteria
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX from cafeteria to banking hall with cafeteria at marina bay financial centre tower 1
- 17 Feb 2016ApprovedFloor 1Change of use: part banking hall → cafe
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX from part banking hall to cafe at 8 marina boulevard - marina bay financial centre tower 1
- 5 Jul 2011ApprovedChange of use: office → cafe
Proposed change of use to part 23rd storey from office to cafe (restaruant ) at marina bay financial centre tower 2
- 11 Sept 2010ApprovedFloors 2, 1Change of use: retail shop → restaurant of marina bay fininancial centre
Proposed change of use to units #02-XX tower 1 #01-XX & retail block #01-XX, #02-XX from retail shop to restaurant of marina bay fininancial centre
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$54.50 per unit).
What do commercial rents run near Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1?
Indicative area yield — District 1 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 1 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 1 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th 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 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 Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1 right now?
For rent (31)
- Marina Bay Financial CentreS$32k/mo · 2,088 sqft
- Marina Bay Financial Centre2 agentsS$51k/mo · 3,531 sqft
- Marina Bay Financial CentreS$145k/mo · 9,397 sqft
- Marina Bay Financial Centre2 agentsS$29k/mo · 2,088 sqft
What is near Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1?
Getting around
- Downtown MRT178 m · ~3 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1
nearest MRT/LRT Downtown (DT17) 151 m, about 51,000 taps a weekday; 8 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 6, about 8,251 taps a weekday; Downtown Core: 284,004 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 5,305 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
- Downtown (DT17)151 m · about 51,000 weekday taps
- Marina Bay (NS27 / CC33 / TE20)338 m · about 13,000 weekday taps
- Marina Bay (NS27 / CE2 / TE20)338 m · 4,571 weekday taps
- Raffles Place (EW14 / NS26)375 m · about 133,000 weekday taps
- Shenton Way (TE19)414 m · about 32,000 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 Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
6 bus stops within 400 m, with 8,251 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Backlane (Cecil St - M Arket St) (URA)431 m
Nearest URA season parking: Blair Road-Everton Roa D Area, 2.0 km away, S$80/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1?
- Financial and insurance288
- Professional, scientific and technical services63
- Information and communications42
- Wholesale and retail trade36
- Administrative and support services23
- Transportation and storage15
- Other services3
- Health and social services3
- Manufacturing2
- Electricity, gas and air-conditioning supply2
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 Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1
Where is Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1?⌄
Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1 is at 8 Marina Boulevard, Singapore 018981, in the Downtown Core planning area.
What is Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1 zoned as?⌄
Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1 sits on land zoned white under the URA Master Plan.
Have there been any recorded transactions at Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1 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 Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1?⌄
Downtown MRT is the closest, 178 m away (about a 3-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1?⌄
519 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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