CommercialHOTELFreeholdDistrict 10 · Orchard

Ming Arcade

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Sept 2021

Quick Summary

Ming Arcade is a commercial building in District 10 · Orchard, on land zoned HOTEL under the URA Master Plan. It is freehold. 51 transactions are on record since 1995, at a median S$1,239 psf, most recently in Sept 2021. ACRA records 12 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Ming Arcade?

Key takeawayMing Arcade is a commercial building in District 10 · Orchard, zoned HOTEL, held freehold.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: HOTEL
Gross plot ratio: Subject to Evaluation
Tenure: Freehold
District / Area: District 10 · Orchard
Address: 21 Cuscaden Road
Land area: —
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: Not on record
Submarket: Orchard
Units with a recorded sale: At least 39
Transactions on record: 51 (records start 1995)
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 12

About Ming Arcade

Ming Arcade is a commercial building in Orchard (District 10). It is located along Cuscaden Road, Singapore 249720.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned hotel. It lies inside the Central Area.

The site is freehold.

51 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$1,239 psf. The most recent was in September 2021.

20 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Orchard Boulevard MRT, 618 m away (about a 10-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Delfi Orchard) is 101 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

What is Ming Arcade zoned as?

Key takeawayMing Arcade sits on land zoned HOTEL, inside the Central Area.

Land-use zone: HOTEL
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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.

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What has Ming Arcade sold for?

Key takeawayAcross 51 recorded transactions since 1995, the median price is about S$300k, most recently in Sept 2021.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Sept 2021	Retail	S$880k	334 sqft	$2,637
Jun 2018	Retail	S$510k	183 sqft	$2,787
Apr 2018	Retail	S$388k	161 sqft	$2,403
Jan 2018	Retail	S$557k	248 sqft	$2,248
May 2017	Retail	S$405k	172 sqft	$2,352
May 2017	Retail	S$455k	194 sqft	$2,348
May 2015	Retail	S$480k	183 sqft	$2,623
Oct 2014	Retail	S$500k	161 sqft	$3,097
May 2014	Office	S$588k	215 sqft	$2,731
Oct 2013	Retail	S$388k	161 sqft	$2,403

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 Ming Arcade rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Ming Arcade itself. On its street, Cuscaden Road, office space rented at a median of $5.20 psf a month in 2026Q1, with the middle half of leases between $5.20 and $6.55. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Office space on Cuscaden Road

Street level · 2026Q1

25th pct

$5.20

$55.93 psm

Median

$5.20

$55.98 psm

75th pct

$6.55

$70.47 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median +0.3% on a year earlier

2022Q1 · $58.34 psm2026Q1 · $55.98 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 on Cuscaden Road

Street level · 2025Q4

25th pct

—

— psm

Median

$18.34

$197.41 psm

75th pct

—

— psm

S$ per sq ft per month (median only published) · median -0.8% on a year earlier

2021Q2 · $97.56 psm2025Q4 · $197.41 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).

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 Ming Arcade

Key takeawayBrokers' retail figures for this part of Singapore — a broker's market figure, not this building's rent.

CBRE, 2Q 2026

Prime retail (Orchard): Capital value S$8,200 psf · Net yield 4.8%
Orchard Road: Rent S$38.90 psf/mth

Singapore Figures Q2 2026

Cushman & Wakefield, 2Q 2026

Orchard: Rent S$36.58 psf/mth · Vacancy 7.1% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 0.13m 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.

What's been approved at Ming Arcade?

Key takeawayURA has approved 34 changes of use at Ming Arcade since 2000, most recently in 2022, and refused 5. 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.

30 Jun 2023RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as karaoke lounge
Continued use of units #04-XX and #04-XX as karaoke lounge
7 Mar 2023RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as karaoke lounge
Continued use of unit #01-XX as karaoke lounge
12 Feb 2023RefusedFloor B1
Change of use to nightclub
Proposed change of use of unit #B1-XX to nightclub
31 Jan 2023RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as nightclub
Continued use of units #01-XX & #01-XX as nightclub
5 Dec 2022RenewedFloor B1
Continued use as karaoke lounge
Continued use of units #B1-XX & #B1-XX as karaoke lounge
1 Aug 2022RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as nightclub
Continued use of units #04-XX, #04-XX and #04-XX as nightclub at ming arcade
6 Jul 2022RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as karaoke lounge
Continued use of the unit #01-XX as karaoke lounge at ming arcade
23 Jun 2022RefusedFloor B1
Change of use to bar
Proposed change of use of unit #B1-XX to bar
9 May 2022ApprovedFloor 3
Change of use to karaoke lounge
Proposed change of use of units #03-XX & #03-XX to karaoke lounge
8 Jul 2021ApprovedFloor 3
Change of use to restaurant
Proposed change of use of units #03-XX and #03-XX to restaurant
20 Apr 2021ApprovedFloor 6
Change of use to amusement centre
Proposed change of use of unit #06-XX to amusement centre
27 Jan 2021Agency worksFloor 1
Change of use to shop
Lodgment for proposed use of unit #01-XX as shop

52 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 Ming 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

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 Ming Arcade?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Orchard Boulevard MRT, about 618 m away — and 2 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Orchard Boulevard MRT618 m · ~10 min

Amenities nearby

Hotel · 0 mForum Medical Clinic · 74 mDelfi Orchard · 101 mOrchard MRT Exit 11 · 359 mEducational Institution · 505 mMount Elizabeth Hospital · 841 m

Competing premises nearby

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

Forum The Shopping Mall · 82 mSupernature Pte Ltd · 82 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Ming Arcade

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Orchard (TE14 / NS22), 359 m away — one of the busiest stations, with about 122,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 4 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 52% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Orchard (TE14/NS22) 359 m, about 122,000 taps a weekday; 2 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 6, about 14,000 taps a weekday; Orchard: 44,871 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 16,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 13 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

Orchard (TE14 / NS22)359 m · about 122,000 weekday taps
Orchard Boulevard (TE13)558 m · 9,605 weekday taps
Napier (TE12)939 m · about 11,000 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 Ming Arcade. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

6 bus stops within 400 m, with about 14,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Angullia Park Off St (URA)205 m
S$1.50 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 268 car lots
Claymore Rd (URA)309 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 4 car lots
Wheelock Place (development car park)336 m
rates not published as open data
Claymore Hill (URA)495 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 10 car lots

Nearest URA season parking: Cairnhill Rd Service R D, 1.0 km away, S$80/month.

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

Who's registered at Ming Arcade?

Key takeaway12 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Ming Arcade as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Arts, entertainment and recreation
4
Accommodation and food services
3
Wholesale and retail trade
2
Professional, scientific and technical services
1
Construction
1
Health and social services
1
Administrative and support services
0
Financial and insurance
0
Information and communications
0
Education
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.

Frequently asked questions about Ming Arcade

Where is Ming Arcade?⌄

Ming Arcade is at 21 Cuscaden Road, Singapore 249720, in the Orchard planning area.

What is Ming Arcade zoned as?⌄

Ming Arcade sits on land zoned hotel under the URA Master Plan.

What is the tenure of Ming Arcade?⌄

Ming Arcade is freehold.

What have units at Ming Arcade sold for?⌄

Across 51 recorded transactions, the median price is S$1,239 psf. The latest was in September 2021.

What is the nearest MRT station to Ming Arcade?⌄

Orchard Boulevard MRT is the closest, 618 m away (about a 10-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Ming Arcade?⌄

20 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.

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.

Approved for a new building: the year URA approved the latest new erection or redevelopment here. An APPROVAL year, not a completion year — never state it as the building's age.

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.

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.

Unbuilt GFA cannot be computed here — it needs BCA built-GFA, which covers about 5% of commercial buildings and no industrial ones. Zoning and plot ratio are on record; headroom is not.

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 PropKaki's submarket map, URA planning decisions, URA car park data (URA Data Service), LTA DataMall passenger volumes, PropKaki's foot-traffic model — 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.