San Centre
San Centre is a commercial building in District 3 · Outram, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 4.2. It is leasehold with roughly 42 years remaining. 18 transactions are on record since 1995, at a median S$968 psf, most recently in Oct 2010. 11 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 127 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about San Centre?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 4.2
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- District / Area
- District 3 · Outram
- Address
- 171 Chin Swee Road
- Land area
- 2,668 sqm
- Completed
- 2014 (per EdgeProp)
- Storeys
- 11 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Units with a recorded sale
- At least 11
- Listed as
- Office
- Transactions on record
- 18 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- 11
- ACRA registrations
- 127
About San Centre
San Centre is a commercial building in Outram (District 03). It is located along Chin Swee Road, Singapore 169877.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 4.2. It lies inside the Central Area.
The site is leasehold, with about 42 years remaining on the lease. It occupies roughly 2,668 sqm of land with about 11,204 sqm of gross floor area.
18 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$968 psf. The most recent was in October 2010.
138 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Outram Park MRT, 604 m away (about a 9-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 8) is 74 m away (about a 1-minute walk). Chinatown Point is 535 m away (about a 8-minute walk).
What is San Centre zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 4.2
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
What has San Centre sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2010 | Office | S$1.03M | 1,410 sqft | $732 |
| Jun 2008 | Office | S$1.10M | 1,410 sqft | $780 |
| Dec 2005 | Office | S$165k | 635 sqft | $260 |
| Jun 2005 | Office | S$175k | 635 sqft | $276 |
| Jun 2005 | Office | S$175k | 624 sqft | $280 |
| Mar 2004 | Office | S$222k | 635 sqft | $349 |
| Mar 2004 | Office | S$492k | 1,410 sqft | $349 |
| Dec 2002 | Office | S$1.69M | 4,090 sqft | $413 |
| Jan 1996 | Office | S$621k | 635 sqft | $978 |
| Jan 1996 | Office | S$1.38M | 1,410 sqft | $978 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at San Centre rent for?
Office space on Chin Swee Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median +5.4% 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 Chin Swee Road
Street level · 2025Q3S$ per sq ft per month (median only published) · median -33.4% 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 3 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 3 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 San Centre
- City Fringe (all grades): Rent S$7.83 psf/mth · Vacancy 2.5% · Planned / under construction 1.35m sq ft
Official series (URA, 2026Q3): Office vacancy rate (Whole Island) 10 (-1.2 pp on the year) · Office rental index (Central Region) 203.4 (+1.8% 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 San Centre
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 new listings appeared and 3 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 San Centre?
- 15 Dec 2025ApprovedFloor 2Change of use to function room
Proposed change of use of unit #02-XX to function room
- 20 Feb 2025ApprovedFloor 2Change of use to function rooms
Proposed change of use of units #02-XX, #02-XX, #02-XX, #02-XX & #02-XX to function rooms
- 10 Oct 2018Agency worksFloor 2Change of use to commercial school
Lodgment for proposed use of unit #02-XX as commercial school
- 10 May 2018ApprovedFloor 1Change of use to bar with ancillary live music performance
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX to bar with ancillary live music performance at 171 chin swee road, ces centre
- 15 Jun 2016Agency worksFloor 2Change of use to commercial school
Lodgment for proposed use of units #02-XX as commercial school
- 15 Sept 2014ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed amendment to approved addition and alteration to existing 12-storey office building with car park at 1st and 2nd storey and new restaurant at 1st storey at 171 chin swee road
- 7 Mar 2014ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed amendment and regularisation to approved addition and alteration to existing 12-storey office building with car park at 1st and 2nd storey and new restaurant at 1st storey on lot 00279c ts 22 at 171 chin swee road (outram planning area)
- 6 Sept 2013ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed addition and alteration to existing 12-storey office building with car park at 1st and 2nd storey and new restaurant at 1st storey on lot 00279c ts 22 at 171 chin swee road (outram planning area)
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$54.50 per unit).
How does Chin Swee Road price?
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near San Centre?
Indicative area yield — District 3 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 3 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 3 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below | $78.10 | $94.74 | $116.67 |
| Level 1 · 30 & Below | $73.20 | $92.12 | $107.33 |
| Level 1 · >30 - 100 | $83.20 | $164.15 | $200.48 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100 | $58.43 | $67.44 | $75.00 |
| Level 1 · >100 - 300 | $226.54 | $240.67 | $264.22 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300 | $83.56 | $131.15 | $186.77 |
Office rents — Central Area ($ 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 San Centre right now?
For rent (11)
- CES Centre3 agentsS$8k/mo · 1,389 sqft
- CES Centre5 agentsS$12k/mo · 2,067 sqft
- CES CentreS$54k/mo · 9,257 sqft
- CES Centre4 agentsS$54k/mo · 9,278 sqft
What is near San Centre?
Getting around
- Outram Park MRT604 m · ~9 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at San Centre
nearest MRT/LRT Chinatown (NE4/DT19) 369 m, about 97,000 taps a weekday; 6 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 7, about 8,121 taps a weekday; Outram: 38,402 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 31,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026). Ranked against 485 office 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), not a count of people.
Stations within 1 km
- Chinatown (NE4 / DT19)369 m · about 97,000 weekday taps
- Outram Park (EW16 / NE3 / TE17)542 m · about 78,000 weekday taps
- Clarke Quay (NE5)645 m · about 31,000 weekday taps
- Havelock (TE16)708 m · about 16,000 weekday taps
- Fort Canning (DT20)770 m · about 14,000 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 San Centre. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
7 bus stops within 400 m, with 8,121 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Blk 54 Chin Swee Road Mscp (HDB)132 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 260 car lots
- Blk 8A Jalan Kukoh Mscp (HDB)149 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.98 m · 360 car lots
- Blk 1 Jalan Kukoh Car Park (HDB)171 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 42 car lots
- Blk 34 Upper Cross Street Car Park (HDB)183 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
- Blk 4/5/6 Jalan Minyak Car Park (HDB)214 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
HDB season (car): Tier 1 $110/month (a resident's or registered HDB shop/industrial tenant's first car); Tier 2 (other cars, non-residents) $120 Rest of Island, $170 Designated Area, $190 Restricted Zone (sheltered: multi-storey, basement, deck). Industrial-park multi-storey car parks: $110 / $120. Which zone this car park is in is not published as data.
Nearest URA season parking: Mohd Sultan-River Vall Ey Road Area, 553 m away, S$80/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. San Centre's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at San Centre?
- Wholesale and retail trade26
- Financial and insurance26
- Professional, scientific and technical services19
- Real estate15
- Transportation and storage13
- Education7
- Information and communications6
- Administrative and support services6
- Accommodation and food services4
- Other services2
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. Most registrations here are dead: this is a registered-office address (corporate secretaries), so the count says nothing about how busy the building is. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.
What is San Centre's BCA building profile?
- BCA building type
- Office
- Green Mark
- Certified (2016)
- Energy use intensity
- 113 kWh/m²·yr
Frequently asked questions about San Centre
Where is San Centre?⌄
San Centre is at 171 Chin Swee Road, Singapore 169877, in the Outram planning area.
What is San Centre zoned as?⌄
San Centre sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 4.2.
What is the tenure of San Centre?⌄
San Centre is leasehold. About 42 years remain on the lease.
What have units at San Centre sold for?⌄
Across 18 recorded transactions, the median price is S$968 psf. The latest was in October 2010.
What is the nearest MRT station to San Centre?⌄
Outram Park MRT is the closest, 604 m away (about a 9-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at San Centre?⌄
138 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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