New World Centre
New World Centre is a commercial building in District 8 · Rochor, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.0. It is leasehold with roughly 67 years remaining. 20 transactions are on record since 1995, at a median S$1,739 psf, most recently in Jun 2025. 16 units are currently listed for sale or rent. ACRA records 43 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about New World Centre?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.0
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- District / Area
- District 8 · Rochor
- Address
- 1 Jalan Berseh
- Land area
- 2,784 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 3 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Strata units (MCST)
- 35
- Strata formed
- 2000 (MCST 2494)
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Units with a recorded sale
- At least 19
- Listed as
- Office, Shop / Shophouse, Food & Beverage
- Transactions on record
- 20 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- 16
- ACRA registrations
- 43
About New World Centre
New World Centre is a commercial building in Rochor (District 08). It is located along Jalan Berseh, Singapore 209037.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 3. It lies inside the Central Area.
The site is leasehold, with about 67 years remaining on the lease. It occupies roughly 2,784 sqm of land with about 8,353 sqm of gross floor area.
20 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$1,738 psf. The most recent was in June 2025.
51 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Jalan Besar MRT, 348 m away (about a 5-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Veerasamy Rd) is 168 m away (about a 3-minute walk).
What is New World Centre zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 3.0
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
What has New World Centre sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Retail | S$1.80M | 926 sqft | $1,944 |
| May 2024 | Office | S$7.21M | 5,737 sqft | $1,256 |
| May 2024 | Office | S$4.21M | 4,435 sqft | $949 |
| May 2024 | Retail | S$7.16M | 3,940 sqft | $1,817 |
| May 2024 | Office | S$1.52M | 1,335 sqft | $1,136 |
| May 2024 | Office | S$11.59M | 9,236 sqft | $1,255 |
| Jul 2021 | Retail | S$17.25M | 19,268 sqft | $895 |
| May 2013 | Retail | S$1.68M | 1,012 sqft | $1,660 |
| Dec 2007 | Office | S$1.85M | 1,808 sqft | $1,023 |
| Aug 2005 | Office | S$270k | 560 sqft | $482 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at New World Centre rent for?
Office space on Jalan Berseh
Street level · 2025Q2S$ per sq ft per month (median only published)
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 Jalan Berseh
Street level · 2025Q4S$ per sq ft per month
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 New World Centre
- City Fringe (all grades): Rent S$7.83 psf/mth · Vacancy 2.5% · Planned / under construction 1.35m 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 New World Centre
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 5 new listings appeared and 1 came off (sold, let or withdrawn). Days on market: not enough history yet — we began tracking on 6 Aug 2026.
Sale: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 1 new listing appeared and 1 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 New World Centre?
- 25 Sept 2026Agency worksFloor 2Change of use to commercial school
Lodgment for proposed use of unit #02-XX as commercial school
- 24 Aug 2026ApprovedFloor 1Change of use to amusement centre
Proposed change of use of units #01-XX & #01-XX of new world centre to amusement centre (for claw machines)
- 3 Sept 2025ApprovedFloor 3Change of use to billiard saloon
Proposed change of use of units #03-XX, #03-XX, #03-XX and #03-XX of new world centre to billiard saloon
- 24 Feb 2025ApprovedFloor 1Change of use to restaurant
Proposed change of use of units #01-XX and #01-XX to restaurant at new world centre
- 26 Nov 2024ApprovedFloor 3Change of use to billiard saloon
Proposed change of use of unit #03-XX, #03-XX, #03-XX, #03-XX and #03-XX to billiard saloon at new world centre
- 1 Aug 2024RefusedFloor 3Change of use to nightclub
Proposed change of use of unit #03-XX, #03-XX, #03-XX, #03-XX, and #03-XX to nightclub
- 31 Mar 2023Agency worksFloor 2Change of use to commercial school
Lodgment for proposed use of unit #02-XX as commercial school
- 8 Dec 2021ApprovedFloor B1Change of use to supermarket
Retention of the basement 1 premises (units #B1-XX to #B1-XX) as supermarket and proposed change of use of part basement 1 to betting outlet
- 18 Nov 2009ApprovedFloor 2Change of use to billiard saloon centre
Retention of units #02-XX as billiard saloon centre
- 27 Sept 2002ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Retention of glass canopy to the existing 3-storey commercial building with 2 basements
- 25 Jun 2002ApprovedChange of use: existing foodcourt → wet market
Change of use of part of the basement one as follows: (a) from existing foodcourt to wet market (20 stalls); and (b) from existing wet market (45 stalls) to supermarket at new world centre
- 14 Jun 2000ApprovedFloor 3Change of use to office
Proposed use of unit #03-XX as office (used car trading)
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$54.50 per unit).
How does Jalan Berseh price?
Too few strata sales on this street to support a median — the count is shown without one.
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near New World Centre?
Indicative area yield — District 8 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 8 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 8 ($ 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 New World Centre right now?
For sale (3)
- New World CentreS$2.50M · 1,012 sqft
- New World CentreS$58.00M · 35,564 sqft
- New World CentreS$58.00M · 39,504 sqft
For rent (13)
- New World CentreS$59k/mo · 5,640 sqft
- New World Centre2 agentsS$2k/mo · 786 sqft
- New World Centre2 agentsS$6k/mo · 1,292 sqft
- New World Centre2 agentsS$20k/mo · 3,681 sqft
What is near New World Centre?
Getting around
- Jalan Besar MRT348 m · ~5 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 New World Centre
nearest MRT/LRT Jalan Besar (DT22) 324 m, about 21,000 taps a weekday; 6 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 4, about 11,000 taps a weekday; Rochor: 31,654 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 34,000 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
- Jalan Besar (DT22)324 m · about 21,000 weekday taps
- Farrer Park (NE8)462 m · about 57,000 weekday taps
- Rochor (DT13)589 m · about 22,000 weekday taps
- Lavender (EW11)627 m · about 39,000 weekday taps
- Bugis (EW12 / DT14)742 m · about 109,000 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 New World Centre. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
4 bus stops within 400 m, with about 11,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Backlane (Jln Berseh) (URA)55 m
- Jln Berseh (URA)59 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 34 car lots
- Backlane (Townshend Rd - Jln Besar) (URA)91 m
- Backlane (Rowell Rd) (URA)103 m
- Jalan Berseh Area (URA)108 mseason S$100/month
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. New World Centre's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at New World Centre?
- Construction11
- Accommodation and food services7
- Wholesale and retail trade6
- Arts, entertainment and recreation4
- Other services4
- Information and communications2
- Financial and insurance2
- Professional, scientific and technical services2
- Administrative and support services2
- Transportation and storage2
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.
What is New World Centre's BCA building profile?
- BCA building type
- Office
- Green Mark
- NA (NA)
- Energy use intensity
- 317 kWh/m²·yr
Frequently asked questions about New World Centre
Where is New World Centre?⌄
New World Centre is at 1 Jalan Berseh, Singapore 209037, in the Rochor planning area.
What is New World Centre zoned as?⌄
New World Centre sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.
What is the tenure of New World Centre?⌄
New World Centre is leasehold. About 67 years remain on the lease.
What have units at New World Centre sold for?⌄
Across 20 recorded transactions, the median price is S$1,738 psf. The latest was in June 2025.
What is the nearest MRT station to New World Centre?⌄
Jalan Besar MRT is the closest, 348 m away (about a 5-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at New World Centre?⌄
51 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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