CommercialHOTELConservationFreeholdDistrict 3 · Bukit Merah

Nostalgia Hotel

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Jun 2007
Quick Summary

Nostalgia Hotel is a commercial building in District 3 · Bukit Merah, on land zoned HOTEL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.0. It is freehold. 2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2007. ACRA records 2 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Nostalgia Hotel?

Key takeawayNostalgia Hotel is a commercial building in District 3 · Bukit Merah, zoned HOTEL, held freehold.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
HOTEL
Gross plot ratio
3.0
Tenure
Freehold
District / Area
District 3 · Bukit Merah
Address
77,79 Tiong Bahru Road
Land area
653 sqm
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
2 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Submarket
City Fringe
Transactions on record
2 (records start 1995)
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
2
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About Nostalgia Hotel

Nostalgia Hotel is a commercial property in Bukit Merah (District 03). It is located along Tiong Bahru Road, Singapore 168727.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned hotel with a gross plot ratio of 3. The site falls within a conservation area, so external alterations are subject to URA conservation guidelines.

The site is freehold. It occupies roughly 653 sqm of land with about 1,676 sqm of gross floor area.

2 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$579 psf. The most recent was in June 2007.

1 business is currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Havelock MRT, 379 m away (about a 6-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 55) is 67 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

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What is Nostalgia Hotel zoned as?

Key takeawayNostalgia Hotel sits on land zoned HOTEL with a gross plot ratio of 3.0, with conservation status.
Land-use zone
HOTEL
Gross plot ratio
3.0
Conservation area
Tiong Bahru
BCA-verified envelope: allowable GFA 1,959 sqm · built 1,244 sqm · headroom 715 sqm. This block appears only where BCA has published the actual built floor area — everywhere else, buildable headroom cannot be verified and is deliberately not estimated.

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What has Nostalgia Hotel sold for?

Key takeaway2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2007 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.
DateUsePriceAreaPSF
Jun 2007Shop HouseS$3.80M5,873 sqft$647
Apr 2006Shop HouseS$3.00M5,873 sqft$511

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

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What does space at Nostalgia Hotel rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Nostalgia Hotel itself. On its street, Tiong Bahru Road, retail space rented at a median of $26.65 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $19.61 and $37.61. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space on Tiong Bahru Road

Street level · 2026Q3
25th pct
$19.61
$211.13 psm
Median
$26.65
$286.81 psm
75th pct
$37.61
$404.82 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median -8.9% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $211.19 psm2026Q3 · $286.81 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).

Office space on Tiong Bahru Road

Street level · 2026Q3
25th pct
—
— psm
Median
$7.60
$81.82 psm
75th pct
—
— psm

S$ per sq ft per month (median only published)

2022Q2 · $75.00 psm2026Q3 · $81.82 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 — District 3 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$7.49
$80.65 psm
Median
$10.49
$112.95 psm
75th pct
$14.10
$151.72 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 3 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).

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Market context around Nostalgia Hotel

Key takeawayBrokers' retail figures for this part of Singapore — a broker's market figure, not this building's rent.
CBRE, 2Q 2026 (island-wide)
  • Islandwide: Rent S$28.15 psf/mth
Singapore Figures Q2 2026
Cushman & Wakefield, 2Q 2026
  • Other City Areas: Rent S$21.21 psf/mth · Vacancy 7.4% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 0.73m 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.

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What's been approved at Nostalgia Hotel?

Key takeawayURA's planning decisions at Nostalgia Hotel since 2000 are below. 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.
  1. 18 Oct 2023Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed addition and alteration and change of use from parking lot to shop at 1st storey of part 2-storey (conserved)/ part 4-storey hotel on lot 03902v mk01 at 77 tiong bahru road (bukit merah planning area)

  2. 1 Jun 2022Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed additions and alterations and change of use from lobby to restaurant at 1st storey of part 2-storey (conserved)/part 4-storey hotel mk01 on lot 03902v at 77, tiong bahru road (bukit merah planning area)

  3. 13 May 2008Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed additions & alterations to 2 units of conservation shop houses with change of use at 1st & 2nd storeys to hotel and erection at the rear for a 4-storey hotel

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).

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What do commercial rents run near Nostalgia Hotel?

Key takeawayURA publishes contracted-rent percentile grids quarterly (latest: 2026Q3) — the benchmark evidence an asking rent should be weighed against.

Indicative area yield — District 3 retail

Gross yield (area)
3.8%
3.4% net of property tax
Rent side (median of bands)
$112.95 psm/mo
2026Q3
Price side (strata, 5y)
$3,294 psf
38 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 3 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 3 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band25th pctMedian75th pct
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below$78.10$94.74$116.67
Level 1 · 30 & Below$73.20$92.12$107.33
Level 1 · >30 - 100$83.20$164.15$200.48
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100$58.43$67.44$75.00
Level 1 · >100 - 300$226.54$240.67$264.22
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300$83.56$131.15$186.77

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.

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What is near Nostalgia Hotel?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Havelock MRT, about 379 m away — and 3 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Hotel · 0 mBlk 55 · 67 mKim Tian Clinic · 124 mPlace Of Worship · 158 mHavelock MRT Exit 1 · 179 mTiong Bahru Community Centre · 273 mEducational Institution · 340 mSingapore General Hospital · 409 mKim Pong Park · 456 mBusiness Park · 478 m

Competing premises nearby

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

Fassler Gourmet Pte Ltd · 100 mTiong Bahru Market · 156 mTiong Bahru Plaza · 742 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at Nostalgia Hotel

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Havelock (TE16), 179 m away — a moderately busy station, with about 16,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 17 public car parks are within 500 m.
Foot traffic: busier than 47% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Havelock (TE16) 179 m, about 16,000 taps a weekday; 3 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 7, about 14,000 taps a weekday; Bukit Merah: 103,575 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 53,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 2 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

  • Havelock (TE16)179 m · about 16,000 weekday taps
  • Outram Park (EW16 / NE3 / TE17)594 m · about 78,000 weekday taps
  • Tiong Bahru (EW17)688 m · about 52,000 weekday taps
  • Great World (TE15)871 m · about 21,000 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 Nostalgia Hotel. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

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

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Blk 59 Eng Hoon Street (HDB)93 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
  • Outram Rd (URA)140 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 27 car lots
  • Blk 61/69 Seng Poh Lane (HDB)150 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.4 m · 132 car lots
  • Blk 2B Boon Tiong Road (HDB)190 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 284 car lots
  • Blk 66/73 Eng Watt Street (HDB)214 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday

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.

Nearest URA season parking: Ganges Ave Off St, 761 m away, S$90/month.

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

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Who's registered at Nostalgia Hotel?

Key takeaway2 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Nostalgia Hotel as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.
  • Accommodation and food services
    1
  • Administrative and support services
    1

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.

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What is Nostalgia Hotel's BCA building profile?

BCA building type
Hotel
Green Mark
NA (NA)
Energy use intensity
412 kWh/m²·yr
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Frequently asked questions about Nostalgia Hotel

Where is Nostalgia Hotel?⌄

Nostalgia Hotel is at 77,79 Tiong Bahru Road, Singapore 168727, in the Bukit Merah planning area.

What is Nostalgia Hotel zoned as?⌄

Nostalgia Hotel sits on land zoned hotel under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.

What is the tenure of Nostalgia Hotel?⌄

Nostalgia Hotel is freehold.

Is Nostalgia Hotel a conserved property?⌄

Yes. Nostalgia Hotel falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.

What have units at Nostalgia Hotel sold for?⌄

Across 2 recorded transactions, the median price is S$579 psf. The latest was in June 2007.

What is the nearest MRT station to Nostalgia Hotel?⌄

Havelock MRT is the closest, 379 m away (about a 6-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Nostalgia Hotel?⌄

1 business is 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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