CommercialCOMMERCIALDistrict 1 · Singapore River

Riverside Point

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026

Quick Summary

Riverside Point is a commercial building in District 1 · Singapore River, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.8. 5 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 65 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Riverside Point?

Key takeawayRiverside Point is a commercial building in District 1 · Singapore River, zoned COMMERCIAL.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio: 2.8
Tenure: Not on record
District / Area: District 1 · Singapore River
Address: 30 Merchant Road
Land area: 4,638 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: 4 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Submarket: City Fringe
Listed as: Other Retail, Office, Mall Shop
Transactions on record: None recorded
Live listings: 5
ACRA registrations: 65

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 Riverside Point

Riverside Point is a commercial building in Singapore River (District 01). It is located along Merchant Road, Singapore 058282.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 2.8. It lies inside the Central Area.

It occupies roughly 4,638 sqm of land with about 13,195 sqm of gross floor area.

62 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Clarke Quay MRT, 285 m away (about a 4-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Ctrl Sq) is 169 m away (about a 3-minute walk). Clarke Quay Central is 276 m away (about a 4-minute walk).

What is Riverside Point zoned as?

Key takeawayRiverside Point sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL with a gross plot ratio of 2.8, inside the Central Area.

Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio: 2.8
Urban design area: Udga
Central Area: Yes

BCA-verified envelope: allowable GFA 12,986 sqm · built 13,128 sqm · headroom -142 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 does space at Riverside Point rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Riverside Point itself. On its street, Merchant Road, office space rented at a median of $5.83 psf a month in 2025Q3, with the middle half of leases between $5.46 and $7.00. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Office space on Merchant Road

Street level · 2025Q3

25th pct

$5.46

$58.76 psm

Median

$5.83

$62.79 psm

75th pct

$7.00

$75.36 psm

S$ per sq ft per month

2024Q4 · $59.20 psm2025Q3 · $62.79 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 Merchant Road

Street level · 2025Q4

25th pct

—

— psm

Median

$11.74

$126.41 psm

75th pct

—

— psm

S$ per sq ft per month (median only published) · median +30.4% on a year earlier

2021Q4 · $71.76 psm2025Q4 · $126.41 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).

Market context around Riverside Point

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.

How fast units move at Riverside Point

Key takeawayBased on listings we track, as of our last check on 28 Aug 2026: 5 units for rent.

Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 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 Riverside Point?

Key takeawayURA has approved 36 changes of use at Riverside Point since 2000, most recently in 2026, and refused 2. 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.

26 Jun 2026Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed reinstatement of state land from approved ora at riverside point on lots 00310m, 00311w (pt), 00387w (pt) ts08 at 30 merchant road, merchant loop (singapore river planning area)
22 Apr 2026RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as nightclub
Continued use of units #04-XX and #04-XX as nightclub - riverside point
20 Mar 2026RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as nightclub
Continued use of office units #04-XX and #04-XX as nightclub - riverside point
6 Mar 2026Agency worksFloor 3
Change of use to commercial school
Lodgment for proposed use of units #03-XX, #03-XX and #03-XX as commercial school
3 Sept 2025RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant and bar with live entertainment
Continued use of unit #01-XX as restaurant and bar with live entertainment
26 Aug 2025RefusedFloor 4
Change of use to nightclub
Proposed change of use of units #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX to nightclub
30 Jul 2025RenewedFloor 4
Continued use as nightclub
Continued use of office units #04-XX, #04-XX, #04-XX and #04-XX as nightclub - riverside point
23 Jul 2025RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant and bar
Continued use of restaurant unit #01-XX as restaurant and bar at riverside point
3 Apr 2025RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant and bar with amusement centre and live entertainment
Continued use of units #01-XX and #01-XX as restaurant and bar with amusement centre and live entertainment - riverside point
27 Feb 2025ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use to restaurant and bar with live entertainment
Proposed change of use of #01-XX (riverside point) to restaurant and bar with live entertainment
10 Oct 2024ApprovedFloor 3
Change of use to amusement centre with ancillary dine-in
Proposed change of use of units #03-XX, #03-XX and #03-XX to amusement centre with ancillary dine-in
25 Sept 2024RenewedFloor 1
Continued use as restaurant and bar with live entertainment
Continued use of unit #01-XX to restaurant and bar with live entertainment

46 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).

What do commercial rents run near Riverside Point?

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 band	25th pct	Median	75th 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 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 Riverside Point right now?

Key takeaway5 units are currently listed at Riverside Point. One row per unit; several agents often market the same unit.

For rent (5)

Riverside PointS$6k/mo · 710 sqft
Riverside PointS$3k/mo · 300 sqft
Riverside PointS$16k/mo · 1,970 sqft
Riverside Point4 agentsS$66k/mo · 8,800 sqft

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What is near Riverside Point?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Clarke Quay MRT, about 285 m away.

Getting around

Clarke Quay MRT285 m · ~5 min

Amenities nearby

Hotel · 86 mPlace Of Worship · 102 mCtrl Sq · 169 mClarke Quay MRT Exit B · 247 mClarke Quay Central · 276 mJade Medical Clinic · 279 mSheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd · 357 mThe Foothills Fort Canning Pk · 395 mHong Lim Market & Food Centre · 463 mEducational Institution · 728 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Riverside Point

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Clarke Quay (NE5), 247 m away — a moderately busy station, with about 31,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 14 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 77% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Clarke Quay (NE5) 247 m, about 31,000 taps a weekday; 6 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 13, about 26,000 taps a weekday; Singapore River: 18,341 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 18,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 10 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

Clarke Quay (NE5)247 m · about 31,000 weekday taps
Fort Canning (DT20)369 m · about 14,000 weekday taps
Chinatown (NE4 / DT19)415 m · about 97,000 weekday taps
Telok Ayer (DT18)806 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
Maxwell (TE18)896 m · about 23,000 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 Riverside Point. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

13 bus stops within 400 m, with about 26,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

New Market Rd (URA)222 m
CQ @ Clarke Quay (development car park)319 m
rates not published as open data
Blk 34 Upper Cross Street Car Park (HDB)367 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
Blk 54 Chin Swee Road Mscp (HDB)373 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 260 car lots
Hong Kong St (URA)407 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 32 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: Mohd Sultan-River Vall Ey Road Area, 521 m away, S$80/month.

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

Who's registered at Riverside Point?

Key takeaway65 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Riverside Point as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Professional, scientific and technical services
17
Wholesale and retail trade
8
Accommodation and food services
7
Other services
7
Education
7
Information and communications
6
Health and social services
4
Arts, entertainment and recreation
3
Real estate
3
Financial and insurance
2

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 Riverside Point's BCA building profile?

BCA building type: Mixed Development
Green Mark: NA (NA)
Energy use intensity: 414 kWh/m²·yr

Frequently asked questions about Riverside Point

Where is Riverside Point?⌄

Riverside Point is at 30 Merchant Road, Singapore 058282, in the Singapore River planning area.

What is Riverside Point zoned as?⌄

Riverside Point sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Riverside Point?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Riverside Point 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 Riverside Point?⌄

Clarke Quay MRT is the closest, 285 m away (about a 4-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Riverside Point?⌄

62 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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Year of completion is not on record for this building. Building age cannot be stated.

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.

Tenure is not recorded for this building. Commercial tenure coverage is roughly 40% (industrial is far better at ~90%).

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 PropKaki's submarket map, URA planning decisions, URA car park data (URA Data Service), 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.