CommercialRESIDENTIALLeaseholdDistrict 19 · Hougang

Riverfront Residences

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Jun 2025

Quick Summary

Riverfront Residences is a commercial building in District 19 · Hougang, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.8. It is leasehold with roughly 91 years remaining. 7 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2025. 11 units are currently listed for sale or rent. ACRA records 11 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Riverfront Residences?

Key takeawayRiverfront Residences is a commercial building in District 19 · Hougang, zoned RESIDENTIAL, held leasehold.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 2.8
Tenure: Leasehold
District / Area: District 19 · Hougang
Address: 51 Hougang Avenue 7
Land area: 36,811 sqm
Completed: 2024 (per CommercialGuru)
Storeys: 17 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Developer: Rio Casa Venture Pte. Ltd. (per CommercialGuru)
Strata lots (whole development, MCST): 1,472
Managing agent: SMART PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
Strata formed: 2024 (MCST 4869)
Submarket: Suburban
Units with a recorded sale: At least 6
Transactions on record: 7 (records start 1995)
Live listings: 11
ACRA registrations: 11

What are the specs at Riverfront Residences?

Key takeawayThe building's specs as its sources state them — the listing agent or the management can confirm a unit's own.

Facilities: car park; Source: CommercialGuru

About Riverfront Residences

Riverfront Residences is a mixed-use building in Hougang (District 19). It is located along Hougang Avenue 7, Singapore 533818.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

The site is leasehold, with about 91 years remaining on the lease. It occupies roughly 36,811 sqm of land with about 103,071 sqm of gross floor area.

7 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$2,666 psf. The most recent was in June 2025.

21 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Hougang MRT, 838 m away (about a 13-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Rio Vista) is 67 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

What is Riverfront Residences zoned as?

Key takeawayRiverfront Residences sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio: 2.8

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What has Riverfront Residences sold for?

Key takeaway7 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2025 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Jun 2025	Retail	S$2.00M	603 sqft	$3,318
Mar 2022	Retail	S$1.69M	603 sqft	$2,797
Mar 2022	Retail	S$1.63M	603 sqft	$2,712
Mar 2022	Retail	S$1.60M	603 sqft	$2,648
Mar 2022	Retail	S$1.61M	603 sqft	$2,666
Mar 2022	Retail	S$1.61M	603 sqft	$2,666
Feb 2022	Retail	S$1.60M	603 sqft	$2,648

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 Riverfront Residences rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 19 retail, retail space rented at a median of $12.67 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $9.19 and $20.61. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 19 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$9.19

$98.95 psm

Median

$12.67

$136.43 psm

75th pct

$20.61

$221.82 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 19 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 Riverfront Residences

Key takeawayBrokers' retail figures for this part of Singapore — a broker's market figure, not this building's rent.

CBRE, 2Q 2026

Suburban: Rent S$32.95 psf/mth

Singapore Figures Q2 2026

Cushman & Wakefield, 2Q 2026

Suburban: Rent S$33.36 psf/mth · Vacancy 5.7% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 1.53m 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.

How fast units move at Riverfront Residences

Key takeawayBased on listings we track, as of our last check on 28 Aug 2026: 4 units for rent; 7 units for sale.

Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 2 new listings appeared and 0 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, 2 new listings appeared and 0 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 Riverfront Residences?

Key takeawayURA has approved 6 changes of use at Riverfront Residences since 2000, most recently in 2026. 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.

8 Apr 2026ApprovedFloor B1
Change of use to minimart
Proposed change of use of #B1-XX to minimart at riverfront residences
13 Jan 2026ApprovedFloor B1
Change of use to restaurant
Proposed change of use of unit #B1-XX to restaurant
19 Dec 2025ApprovedFloor B1
Change of use to massage establishment
Proposed change of use of unit #B1-XX to massage establishment
6 Feb 2024ApprovedFloor B1
Change of use to commercial school
Proposed change of use of shop unit #B1-XX to commercial school
5 Oct 2023ApprovedFloor B1
Change of use to commercial school
Proposed change of use of unit #B1-XX to commercial school
15 Aug 2023ApprovedFloor B1
Change of use to pet grooming and pet supplies shop
Proposed change of use of unit #B1-XX to pet grooming and pet supplies shop

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 Hougang Avenue 7 price?

Strata sales on the street (5y)

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 Riverfront Residences?

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

Indicative area yield — District 19 retail

Gross yield (area)

6.9%

6.2% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$136.43 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$2,212 psf

70 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 19 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 19 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$63.64	$104.00	$295.24
B1 & Below · 30 & Below	$63.48	$71.43	$209.95
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$54.03	$66.41	$81.37
B1 & Below · >30 - 100	$225.40	$251.63	$339.38
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$201.18	$241.17	$307.68
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$98.95	$138.38	$262.23
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300	$201.65	$214.77	$221.82
B1 & Below · >100 - 300	$196.03	$234.00	$280.07

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 Riverfront Residences right now?

Key takeaway11 units are currently listed at Riverfront Residences — 7 for sale and 4 for rent. One row per unit; several agents often market the same unit.

For sale (7)

Riverfront ResidencesS$2.37M · 603 sqft
Riverfront Residences 51 Hougang Ave 7 Singapore 533818S$5.30M · 1,206 sqft
Riverfront Residences 51 Hougang Ave 7 Singapore 533818S$2.35M · 603 sqft
Riverfront Residences 51 Hougang Ave 7 Singapore 5338182 agentsS$2.48M · 603 sqft

For rent (4)

Riverfront Residences 51 Hougang Ave 7 Singapore 5338182 agentsS$15k/mo · 1,206 sqft
Riverfront Residences 51 Hougang Ave 7 Singapore 5338182 agentsS$12k/mo · 1,206 sqft
Riverfront Residences 51 Hougang Ave 7 Singapore 5338182 agentsS$6k/mo · 603 sqft
356 Hougang Ave 7S$2k/mo · 300 sqft

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What is near Riverfront Residences?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Hougang MRT, about 839 m away — and 1 competing retail premises operate nearby.

Getting around

Hougang MRT839 m · ~13 min

Amenities nearby

Opp Rio Vista · 67 mPinnacle Family Clinic (Hougang) · 128 mPlace Of Worship · 179 mEducational Institution · 182 mPunggol Park Community Centre · 742 mHougang MRT Exit B · 768 m

Competing premises nearby

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

Hougang Mall · 679 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Riverfront Residences

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Hougang (NE14), 768 m away — a busy station, with about 62,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 7 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 16% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Hougang (NE14) 768 m, about 62,000 taps a weekday; bus stops within 400 m: 8, about 13,000 taps a weekday; Hougang: 43,772 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 59,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 1 other mall 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

Hougang (NE14)768 m · about 62,000 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 Riverfront Residences. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

8 bus stops within 400 m, with about 13,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Blk 351-357 Hougang Avenue 7 (HDB)90 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 232 car lots
Blk 465A Upper Serangoon Road (HDB)280 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2 m
Blk 335-341 Hougang Avenue 7 (HDB)316 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
Blk 464-468 Hougang Avenue 10 (HDB)346 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.9 m · 433 car lots
Blk 364 / 365 Upper Serangoon Rd (HDB)372 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 483 car lots

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: Service Rd (Jln Kelulu T), 2.9 km away, S$90/month.

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

Who's registered at Riverfront Residences?

Key takeaway11 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Riverfront Residences as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Wholesale and retail trade
4
Transportation and storage
2
Information and communications
2
Professional, scientific and technical services
2
Arts, entertainment and recreation
1
Education
0

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.

Frequently asked questions about Riverfront Residences

Where is Riverfront Residences?⌄

Riverfront Residences is at 51 Hougang Avenue 7, Singapore 533818, in the Hougang planning area.

What is Riverfront Residences zoned as?⌄

Riverfront Residences sits on land zoned residential under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

What is the tenure of Riverfront Residences?⌄

Riverfront Residences is leasehold. About 91 years remain on the lease.

What have units at Riverfront Residences sold for?⌄

Across 7 recorded transactions, the median price is S$2,666 psf. The latest was in June 2025.

What is the nearest MRT station to Riverfront Residences?⌄

Hougang MRT is the closest, 838 m away (about a 13-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Riverfront Residences?⌄

21 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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Completion year: as CommercialGuru states it, not checked against an official record. Sales records start in 1995, which says nothing about when a building was built.

Developer: as CommercialGuru names it, not checked against an official record.

Strata lots: the lot count in the development's MCST (BCA's register) — the whole development, homes included where it is mixed; a single-owner mall or tower can be one lot.

Strata formed: the year the MCST was set up (BCA's register). NOT the year the building was completed — an MCST forms after TOP, sometimes years later. Never state it as the building's age.

Managing agent: as BCA's MCST register names it; it can change between register updates.

Submarket: PropKaki's own map from URA's planning subzones (CBD core, City Hall / Bugis, Orchard, city fringe, regional centres, suburban). Brokers draw these lines differently.

Changes of use: URA planning approvals recorded at this building since 2000 (any unit; renewals of a temporary permission not counted). History only — Past approvals are not today's approved use; check with URA's approved-use enquiry before signing. Never say a use is allowed, permitted or approved for a unit, and never say a use would be approved.

Station taps: average weekday fare-card taps in and out at the nearest MRT/LRT station (LTA DataMall). People passing the station's gates, not people visiting this building.

Foot-traffic score: PropKaki's relative score from nearby MRT and bus taps, workers and residents around (and, for retail, competing malls), ranked against buildings of the same kind. A percentile, not a count of people.

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.

Unbuilt GFA cannot be computed here — it needs BCA built-GFA, which covers about 5% of commercial buildings and no industrial ones. Zoning and plot ratio are on record; headroom is not.

Storeys: from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), volunteer-mapped, not an official record. Shown only because no official or listed floor count is held for this building.

Reviewed by Nathan Tang

Nathan Tang has over 10 years of property experience across condominiums, HDB flats and commercial property, specialising in property research and finance.

Figures draw on URA and JTC records, URA Master Plan zoning, ACRA registrations and live commercial-portal listings; building facts from CommercialGuru, BCA's MCST register, PropKaki's submarket map, URA planning decisions, HDB car park information (data.gov.sg), LTA DataMall passenger volumes, PropKaki's foot-traffic model, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) — see our methodology. Last updated 8 November 2026. For general information, not financial advice.

Getting there and parking: LTA DataMall passenger volumes and car parks, URA Data Service car park rates, HDB and JTC car park information (data.gov.sg) and HDB's published parking charges, Census of Population 2020 and the Singapore Department of Statistics' June 2026 resident population (Singapore Open Data Licence). The foot-traffic score is PropKaki's own relative model, not a count.

Market context: figures cited from CBRE Research (Singapore Figures) and Cushman & Wakefield (Singapore MarketBeat), each with its quarter and report; flexible-workspace centres from the operators' public location lists; collective sales from marketing agents' announcements and news reports, each linked.

Rents: URA rental statistics for office and retail space by street (IRAS-stamped contracts), JTC J-SPACE rentals by building and by street, JTC price tenders, and URA REALIS rental grids. SLA tender results and JTC posted land rents are held for state and JTC land.