CommercialWHITEConservationDistrict 5 · Queenstown

Rochester Common

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 10 November 2026

Quick Summary

Rochester Common is a commercial building in District 5 · Queenstown, on land zoned WHITE under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 1.5. ACRA records 1 live company registration at this address.

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What are the key facts about Rochester Common?

Key takeawayRochester Common is a commercial building in District 5 · Queenstown, zoned WHITE.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: WHITE
Gross plot ratio: 1.5
Tenure: Not on record
District / Area: District 5 · Queenstown
Address: —
Land area: 23,983 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: Not on record
Estate (JTC): One-North
Submarket: one-north
Transactions on record: None recorded
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 1

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 Rochester Common

Rochester Common is a commercial building in Queenstown (District 05). It is located along Rochester Park, Singapore 139213.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned white with a gross plot ratio of 1.5. The site falls within a conservation area, so external alterations are subject to URA conservation guidelines.

It occupies roughly 23,983 sqm of land with about 36,827 sqm of gross floor area.

The nearest MRT is Buona Vista MRT, 380 m away (about a 6-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Anglo-Chinese JC) is 88 m away (about a 1-minute walk). The Star Vista is 228 m away (about a 4-minute walk).

What is Rochester Common zoned as?

Key takeawayRochester Common sits on land zoned WHITE with a gross plot ratio of 1.5, with conservation status.

Land-use zone: WHITE
Gross plot ratio: 1.5
Conservation area: One North - Rochester Park
Conserved building: Yes
Urban design area: One North Ud Area

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What does space at Rochester Common rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Rochester Common itself. On its street, Rochester Park, office space rented at a median of $23.40 psf a month in 2025Q1. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Office space on Rochester Park

Street level · 2025Q1

25th pct

—

— psm

Median

$23.40

$251.88 psm

75th pct

—

— psm

S$ per sq ft per month (median only published) · median +58.8% on a year earlier

2023Q1 · $78.04 psm2025Q1 · $251.88 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 — District 5 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$7.45

$80.17 psm

Median

$11.04

$118.89 psm

75th pct

$15.35

$165.18 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 5 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 Rochester Common

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.

What's been approved at Rochester Common?

Key takeawayURA has approved 1 change of use at Rochester Common since 2000, most recently in 2026, and refused 1. 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.

20 Aug 2026Approved
Change of use to restaurant
Proposed change of use of existing black & white conservation bungalow (house no 2) to restaurant
7 Mar 2023Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed addition and alteration works to existing black & white conservation bungalows (house no 2) on lot 05404k mk 03 rochester park (queenstown planning area)
14 Dec 2005Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to the existing 2-storey building and single-storey outhouse for temporary restaurant at 2 rochester park
25 Jan 2002Refused
Change of use to clubhouse
Proposed change of use of 2-storey detached dwelling house to clubhouse

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 Rochester Common?

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

Indicative area yield — District 5 retail

Gross yield (area)

5.9%

5.3% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$118.89 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$2,263 psf

32 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 5 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 5 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
B1 & Below · 30 & Below	$50.00	$57.14	$376.27
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$56.83	$66.67	$120.03
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$90.07	$125.08	$160.38
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$70.27	$112.69	$126.27
Level 1 · >100 - 300	$108.14	$129.44	$203.65
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300	$116.31	$143.20	$169.97

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 near Rochester Common?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Buona Vista MRT, about 380 m away.

Getting around

Buona Vista MRT380 m · ~6 min

Amenities nearby

The Chelsea Clinic (Rochester) · 86 mAft Anglo-Chinese JC · 88 mEducational Institution · 180 mBusiness Park - White · 205 mCold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd · 229 mThe Star Vista · 229 mOne-North Park · 303 mBuona Vista MRT Exit D · 386 mDover Community Centre · 564 mPlace Of Worship · 569 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Rochester Common

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Buona Vista (EW21 / CC22), 380 m away — a busy station, with about 64,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 4 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 52% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Buona Vista (EW21/CC22) 380 m, about 64,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 6, about 23,000 taps a weekday; Queenstown: 131,782 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 30,000 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

Buona Vista (EW21 / CC22)380 m · about 64,000 weekday taps
one-north (CC23)512 m · about 35,000 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 Rochester Common. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

6 bus stops within 400 m, with about 23,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

12 To 14 Dover Close East (HDB)256 m
no short-term parking · 4 car lots
Blk 12A Dover Close East (HDB)283 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 295 car lots
Blk 19A Dover Crescent (HDB)450 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 419 car lots
Blk 24 Ghim Moh Link (HDB)470 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m

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: Tanglin Halt Close, 771 m away, S$90/month.

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

Who's registered at Rochester Common?

Key takeaway1 live company (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Rochester Common as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Accommodation and food services
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.

Frequently asked questions about Rochester Common

Where is Rochester Common?⌄

Rochester Common is at Rochester Park, Singapore 139213, in the Queenstown planning area.

What is Rochester Common zoned as?⌄

Rochester Common sits on land zoned white under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 1.5.

Is Rochester Common a conserved property?⌄

Yes. Rochester Common falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Rochester Common?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Rochester Common 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 Rochester Common?⌄

Buona Vista MRT is the closest, 380 m away (about a 6-minute walk).

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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.

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.

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

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 JTC estate boundaries, PropKaki's submarket map, URA planning decisions, HDB car park information (data.gov.sg), LTA DataMall passenger volumes, PropKaki's foot-traffic model — see our methodology. Last updated 10 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.