CommercialRESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREYConservationDistrict 8 · Kallang

Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Apr 2010
Quick Summary

Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area is a commercial building in District 8 · Kallang, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.0. 4 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Apr 2010. ACRA records 4 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area?

Key takeawayPetain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area is a commercial building in District 8 · Kallang, zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
Gross plot ratio
3.0
Tenure
Not on record
District / Area
District 8 · Kallang
Address
5,5a,5b Hamilton Road
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
3 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Submarket
City Fringe
Transactions on record
4 (records start 1995)
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
4
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About Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area

Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area is a commercial conservation area in Kallang (District 08). It is located along Hamilton Road, Singapore 209177.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey with a gross plot ratio of 3. The site falls within a conservation area, so external alterations are subject to URA conservation guidelines.

4 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$1,321 psf. The most recent was in April 2010.

4 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Bendemeer MRT, 367 m away (about a 6-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Bef Kallang Bahru) is 145 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

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What is Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area zoned as?

Key takeawayPetain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY with a gross plot ratio of 3.0, with conservation status.
Land-use zone
RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
Gross plot ratio
3.0
Conservation area
Jalan Besar
Conserved building
Yes

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What has Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area sold for?

Key takeaway4 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Apr 2010 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.
DateUsePriceAreaPSF
Apr 2010Shop HouseS$3.15M1,942 sqft$1,622
Jun 2007Shop HouseS$1.98M1,942 sqft$1,020
Apr 2003Shop HouseS$1.68M1,942 sqft$865
Feb 1996Shop HouseS$3.38M1,942 sqft$1,741

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 Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 8 retail, retail space rented at a median of $8.25 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $6.30 and $9.03. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 8 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$6.30
$67.76 psm
Median
$8.25
$88.77 psm
75th pct
$9.03
$97.19 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 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).

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Market context around Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area

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 Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area?

Key takeawayURA has approved 2 changes of use at Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area since 2000, most recently in 2011. 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. 21 Apr 2026Renewed
    Continued use as backpackers' hostel

    Continued use of the 1st storey shop as backpackers' hostel

  2. 30 Aug 2024Renewed
    Continued use as backpackers' hostel

    Continued use of the 1st storey commercial premises as backpackers' hostel

  3. 29 Jun 2022Renewed
    Continued use as backpackers' hostel

    Continued use of the 1st storey commercial premises as backpackers' hostel

  4. 3 May 2021Renewed
    Continued use as backpackers' hostel

    Continued use of the 1st storey commercial premises as backpackers' hostel

  5. 2 Aug 2019Renewed
    Continued use as backpackers' hostel

    Continued use of the 1st storey commercial premises as backpackers' hostel

  6. 9 May 2018Renewed
    Continued use as backpackers' hostel

    Continued use of the 1st storey commercial school as backpackers' hostel

  7. 12 May 2017Renewed
    Continued use as backpackers' hostel

    Continued use of the 1st storey commercial school as backpackers' hostel

  8. 27 Apr 2016Renewed
    Continued use as backpackers' hostel

    Continued use of the 1st storey commercial school as backpackers' hostel

  9. 21 May 2015Renewed
    Continued use as backpackers' hostel

    Continued use of the 1st storey shop as backpackers' hostel

  10. 27 May 2014Renewed
    Continued use as backpackers' hostel

    Continued use of the 1st storey premises as backpackers' hostel

  11. 27 May 2013Renewed
    Continued use as backpackers' hostel

    Continued use of the 1st storey premises as backpackers' hostel

  12. 10 Jun 2011Approved
    Change of use to backpackers' hostel

    Proposed change of use of the 1st storey commercial school to backpackers' hostel

3 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).

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What do commercial rents run near Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area?

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

Indicative area yield — District 8 retail

Gross yield (area)
3.6%
3.3% net of property tax
Rent side (median of bands)
$88.77 psm/mo
2026Q3
Price side (strata, 5y)
$2,744 psf
59 sales

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 band25th pctMedian75th 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

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 Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Bendemeer MRT, about 367 m away — and 3 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Place Of Worship · 17 mHotel · 28 mBef Kallang Bahru · 145 mChia Clinic and Surgery · 169 mSomme Rd Pg · 277 mBendemeer MRT Exit B · 372 mJalan Besar Community Club · 394 mEducational Institution · 598 mKallang Polyclinic · 640 mFarrer Park Hospital · 771 m

Competing premises nearby

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

NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 293 mAperia Mall · 370 mBerseh Food Centre · 610 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Bendemeer (DT23), 367 m away — a quiet station, with about 11,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 49 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$90 a month.
Foot traffic: busier than 59% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Bendemeer (DT23) 367 m, about 11,000 taps a weekday; 4 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 9, about 22,000 taps a weekday; Kallang: 63,333 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 36,000 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

  • Bendemeer (DT23)367 m · about 11,000 weekday taps
  • Lavender (EW11)472 m · about 39,000 weekday taps
  • Farrer Park (NE8)508 m · about 57,000 weekday taps
  • Boon Keng (NE9)730 m · about 51,000 weekday taps
  • Jalan Besar (DT22)888 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 Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

9 bus stops within 400 m, with about 22,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Hamilton Rd (URA)47 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 53 car lots
  • Tyrwhitt Rd (URA)76 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 35 car lots
  • Beatty Lane (URA)95 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 15 car lots
  • Horne Road Area (URA)97 m
    season S$100/month
  • Cavan Rd (URA)114 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 7 car lots

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area'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 Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area?

Key takeaway4 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.
  • Construction
    2
  • Wholesale and retail trade
    1
  • Financial and insurance
    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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Frequently asked questions about Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area

Where is Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area?⌄

Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area is at 5,5A,5B Hamilton Road, Singapore 209177, in the Kallang planning area.

What is Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area zoned as?⌄

Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.

Is Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area a conserved property?⌄

Yes. Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.

What have units at Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area sold for?⌄

Across 4 recorded transactions, the median price is S$1,321 psf. The latest was in April 2010.

What is the nearest MRT station to Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area?⌄

Bendemeer MRT is the closest, 367 m away (about a 6-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Petain Rd/Tyrwhitt Rd Conservation Area?⌄

4 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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