CommercialCOMMERCIALDistrict 1 · Downtown Core

Ocean Towers

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026
Quick Summary

Ocean Towers is a commercial building in District 1 · Downtown Core, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 15.0. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Ocean Towers?

Key takeawayOcean Towers is a commercial building in District 1 · Downtown Core, zoned COMMERCIAL.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
15.0
Tenure
Not on record
District / Area
District 1 · Downtown Core
Address
—
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
Not on record
Transactions on record
None recorded
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
0

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.

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About Ocean Towers

Ocean Towers is a commercial building in Downtown Core (District 01). It is located along Raffles Place.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 15. It lies inside the Central Area.

The nearest MRT is Raffles Place MRT, 40 m away (about a 1-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Raffles Pl Stn Exit F) is 197 m away (about a 3-minute walk). One Raffles Place is 69 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

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What is Ocean Towers zoned as?

Key takeawayOcean Towers sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL with a gross plot ratio of 15.0, inside the Central Area.
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
15.0
Urban design area
Udga
Central Area
Yes

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What does space at Ocean Towers rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Ocean Towers itself. On its street, Raffles Place, office space rented at a median of $11.60 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $11.00 and $12.20. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Office space on Raffles Place

Street level · 2026Q3
25th pct
$11.00
$118.40 psm
Median
$11.60
$124.87 psm
75th pct
$12.20
$131.33 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median +7.4% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $116.78 psm2026Q3 · $124.87 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 Raffles Place

Street level · 2026Q3
25th pct
$12.24
$131.70 psm
Median
$20.21
$217.57 psm
75th pct
$34.88
$375.40 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median +8.7% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $230.33 psm2026Q3 · $217.57 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 1 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$8.23
$88.64 psm
Median
$10.02
$107.81 psm
75th pct
$15.92
$171.42 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 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).

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Market context around Ocean Towers

Key takeawayBrokers' office figures for Singapore as a whole — a broker's market figure, not this building's rent.
CBRE, 2Q 2026 (island-wide)
  • Islandwide: Vacancy 5%
  • Islandwide (Grade B): Rent S$8.35 psf/mth
Singapore Figures Q2 2026

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.

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What do commercial rents run near Ocean Towers?

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

Indicative area yield — District 1 retail

Gross yield (area)
3.4%
3.0% net of property tax
Rent side (median of bands)
$107.81 psm/mo
2026Q3
Price side (strata, 5y)
$3,561 psf
90 sales

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 band25th pctMedian75th 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 band25th pctMedian75th 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.

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What is near Ocean Towers?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Raffles Place MRT, about 41 m away.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Raffles Place MRT Exit D · 16 mRaffles Place Pk · 28 mFullerton Healthcare @ Drs Trythall Davies Hoy · 69 mOne Raffles Place · 69 mMarket Street Hawker Centre · 148 mRaffles Pl Stn Exit F · 197 mPlace Of Worship · 201 mHotel · 217 mAl Marche Pte Ltd · 366 mKreta Ayer Community Club · 968 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at Ocean Towers

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Raffles Place (EW14 / NS26), 15 m away — one of the busiest stations, with about 133,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 15 public car parks are within 500 m.
Foot traffic: busier than 93% of office buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Raffles Place (EW14/NS26) 15 m, about 133,000 taps a weekday; 11 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 8, about 18,000 taps a weekday; Downtown Core: 284,004 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 8,798 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

  • Raffles Place (EW14 / NS26)15 m · about 133,000 weekday taps
  • Telok Ayer (DT18)319 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
  • Downtown (DT17)460 m · about 51,000 weekday taps
  • Chinatown (NE4 / DT19)655 m · about 97,000 weekday taps
  • Shenton Way (TE19)671 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 Ocean Towers. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

8 bus stops within 400 m, with about 18,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Backlane (Cecil St - M Arket St) (URA)152 m
  • Backlane (Synagogue St - Church St) (URA)262 m
  • Backlane (Lor Telok - Circular Rd) (URA)361 m
  • Backlane (Synagogue St ) (URA)382 m
  • Circular Rd (URA)382 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 34 car lots

Nearest URA season parking: Mohd Sultan-River Vall Ey Road Area, 1.5 km away, S$80/month.

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

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How many companies are registered at Ocean Towers?

Key takeawayACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
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.

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Frequently asked questions about Ocean Towers

Where is Ocean Towers?⌄

Ocean Towers is at Raffles Place, in the Downtown Core planning area.

What is Ocean Towers zoned as?⌄

Ocean Towers sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 15.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Ocean Towers?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Ocean Towers 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 Ocean Towers?⌄

Raffles Place MRT is the closest, 40 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

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