Orchard Central
Orchard Central is a commercial building in District 9 · Orchard, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 5.6. 9 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 61 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Orchard Central?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 5.6
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 9 · Orchard
- Address
- 181 Orchard Road
- Land area
- 6,648 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 12 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Submarket
- Orchard
- Listed as
- Other Retail, Food & Beverage, Mall Shop
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- 9
- ACRA registrations
- 61
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.
About Orchard Central
Orchard Central is a commercial building in Orchard (District 09). It is located along Orchard Road, Singapore 238896.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 5.6. It lies inside the Central Area.
It occupies roughly 6,648 sqm of land with about 38,263 sqm of gross floor area.
78 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Somerset MRT, 146 m away (about a 2-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Somerset Stn) is 136 m away (about a 2-minute walk). The Centrepoint is 64 m away (about a 1-minute walk).
What is Orchard Central zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 5.6
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
What does space at Orchard Central rent for?
Office space on Orchard Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median +7.2% 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 Orchard Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -1.5% 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 9 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 9 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 Orchard Central
- Prime retail (Orchard): Capital value S$8,200 psf · Net yield 4.8%
- Orchard Road: Rent S$38.90 psf/mth
- Orchard: Rent S$36.58 psf/mth · Vacancy 7.1% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 0.13m sq ft
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.
How fast units move at Orchard Central
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 1 new listing appeared and 2 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 Orchard Central?
- 9 Oct 2026RenewedFloor B2Continued use as bar
Continued use of unit #B2-XX as bar
- 13 Aug 2026ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to existing orchard central shopping centre at basement 1, basement 2, 1st to 8th storey & 11th to 12th storey
- 24 Apr 2026RenewedFloor 12Continued use as restaurant & bar
Continued use of unit #12-XX as restaurant & bar
- 3 Feb 2026RenewedFloor 8Continued use as restaurant with live entertainment
Continued use of units #08-XX, #08-XX & #08-XX as restaurant with live entertainment
- 20 Jan 2026ApprovedChange of use to shop
Proposed change of use of existing concierge counter on the 1st storey to shop
- 17 Nov 2025RenewedFloor 11Continued use as nightclub and restaurant units #11-xx & #11-xx as restaurant cum nightclub
Continued use of restaurant units #11-XX & #11-XX as nightclub and restaurant units #11-XX & #11-XX as restaurant cum nightclub
- 25 Jul 2025ApprovedFloor 4Change of use to amusement centre
Proposed change of use of unit #04-XX to amusement centre
- 14 Jul 2025ApprovedFloor 4Change of use to massage establishment
Proposed change of use of unit #04-XX to massage establishment
- 12 Jun 2025ApprovedFloor 2Change of use to commercial school
Proposed change of use of units #02-XX, #02-XX & #02-XX to commercial school
- 16 May 2025ApprovedFloor 6Change of use to commercial school
Proposed change of use of unit #06-XX to commercial school
- 6 May 2025RenewedFloor 5Continued use as karaoke lounge
Continued use of unit #05-XX, #05-XX, #05-XX, #05-XX & #05-XX as karaoke lounge
- 6 May 2025ApprovedFloor 5Change of use to amusement centre
Proposed change of use of units #05-XX, #05-XX & #05-XX to amusement centre
77 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$54.50 per unit).
How does Orchard Road price?
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near Orchard Central?
Indicative area yield — District 9 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 9 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 9 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 4 & Above · 30 & Below | $101.79 | $127.98 | $144.93 |
| B1 & Below · 30 & Below | $231.82 | $392.95 | $544.95 |
| Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below | $97.06 | $128.26 | $157.50 |
| Level 1 · 30 & Below | $131.15 | $157.04 | $196.05 |
| Level 1 · >30 - 100 | $112.35 | $161.16 | $217.81 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100 | $91.89 | $118.41 | $156.35 |
| Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100 | $81.28 | $100.52 | $133.94 |
| B1 & Below · >30 - 100 | $155.98 | $328.55 | $492.13 |
Office rents — Central Area ($ 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 Orchard Central right now?
For rent (9)
- ⭐️CHEAP & Destination Retail @ Somerset | Near MRT & Bus Stop | Suit Fashion/Lifestyle/Cafe2 agentsS$17k/mo · 1,184 sqft
- Orchard CentralS$10k/mo · 775 sqft
- Orchard Central2 agentsS$24k/mo · 1,603 sqft
- Islandwide F&B/Retail/Wellness/Enrichment Units For RentS$5k/mo · 500 sqft
What is near Orchard Central?
Getting around
- Somerset MRT146 m · ~2 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Orchard Central
nearest MRT/LRT Somerset (NS23) 128 m, about 66,000 taps a weekday; 3 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 6, about 28,000 taps a weekday; Orchard: 44,871 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 18,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 14 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
- Somerset (NS23)128 m · about 66,000 weekday taps
- Dhoby Ghaut (NS24 / NE6 / CC1)590 m · about 64,000 weekday taps
- Orchard (TE14 / NS22)834 m · about 122,000 weekday taps
- Great World (TE15)887 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 Orchard Central. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
6 bus stops within 400 m, with about 28,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Centrepoint (development car park)66 mrates not published as open data
- Orchard Central (development car park)75 mrates not published as open data
- Orchard Point (development car park)96 mrates not published as open data
- Orchard Gateway (development car park)112 mrates not published as open data
- 313@Somerset (development car park)129 mrates not published as open data
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Orchard Central's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Orchard Central?
- Accommodation and food services16
- Wholesale and retail trade13
- Professional, scientific and technical services6
- Other services6
- Administrative and support services5
- Education4
- Financial and insurance4
- Information and communications3
- Arts, entertainment and recreation1
- Manufacturing1
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 Orchard Central's BCA building profile?
- BCA building type
- Retail
- Green Mark
- NA (NA)
- Energy use intensity
- 770 kWh/m²·yr
Frequently asked questions about Orchard Central
Where is Orchard Central?⌄
Orchard Central is at 181 Orchard Road, Singapore 238896, in the Orchard planning area.
What is Orchard Central zoned as?⌄
Orchard Central sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 5.6.
Have there been any recorded transactions at Orchard Central?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for Orchard Central 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 Orchard Central?⌄
Somerset MRT is the closest, 146 m away (about a 2-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Orchard Central?⌄
78 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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