Sif Building
Sif Building is a commercial building in District 1 · Downtown Core, on land zoned HOTEL under the URA Master Plan. 14 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 71 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Sif Building?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- HOTEL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 1 · Downtown Core
- Address
- 96 Robinson Road
- Land area
- 170 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 6 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Submarket
- Shenton Way / Tanjong Pagar
- Listed as
- Office
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- 14
- ACRA registrations
- 71
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 Sif Building
Sif Building is a commercial building in Downtown Core (District 01). It is located along Robinson Road, Singapore 068899.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned hotel. It lies inside the Central Area.
It occupies roughly 170 sqm of land with about 1,906 sqm of gross floor area.
76 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Telok Ayer MRT, 242 m away (about a 4-minute walk). The closest bus stop (80 Robinson Rd) is 68 m away (about a 1-minute walk). Republic Plaza is 364 m away (about a 6-minute walk).
What is Sif Building zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- HOTEL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
URA has not published a fixed plot ratio for this site — the Master Plan records "EVA" (Subject to Evaluation), meaning intensity is decided case by case on application. Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.
What does space at Sif Building rent for?
Office space on Robinson Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median +4.2% 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 Robinson Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -7.1% 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 1 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 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 Sif Building
- Islandwide: Vacancy 5%
- Islandwide (Grade B): Rent S$8.35 psf/mth
- Shenton Way / Tanjong Pagar: Rent S$11.02 psf/mth · Vacancy 9.6% · Planned / under construction 1.64m 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 Sif Building
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 1 new listing 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 Sif Building?
- 18 Jul 2025Agency worksFloor 10Change of use to office
Lodgment for proposed use of unit #10-XX as office
- 6 Mar 2024Agency worksFloor 10Change of use to showroom
Lodgment for proposed use of unit #10-XX as showroom
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$54.50 per unit).
How does Robinson Road price?
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near Sif Building?
Indicative area yield — District 1 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 1 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 1 ($ 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 Sif Building right now?
For rent (14)
- Sif BuildingS$11k/mo · 1,309 sqft
- Sif Building3 agentsS$11k/mo · 1,200 sqft
- Sif Building4 agentsS$12k/mo · 1,309 sqft
- Sif Building2 agentsS$8k/mo · 900 sqft
What is near Sif Building?
Getting around
- Telok Ayer MRT242 m · ~4 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Sif Building
nearest MRT/LRT Telok Ayer (DT18) 235 m, about 37,000 taps a weekday; 12 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 12, about 25,000 taps a weekday; Downtown Core: 284,004 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 14,000 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
- Telok Ayer (DT18)235 m · about 37,000 weekday taps
- Shenton Way (TE19)261 m · about 32,000 weekday taps
- Raffles Place (EW14 / NS26)278 m · about 133,000 weekday taps
- Downtown (DT17)287 m · about 51,000 weekday taps
- Tanjong Pagar (EW15)428 m · about 85,000 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 Sif Building. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
12 bus stops within 400 m, with about 25,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Backlane (Boon Tat St - Mccallum St) (URA)91 m
- Stanley St (URA)196 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 20 car lots
- Backlane (Boon Tat St) (URA)208 m
- Boon Tat St (URA)235 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 17 car lots
- Backlane (Cecil St - M Arket St) (URA)269 m
Nearest URA season parking: Blair Road-Everton Roa D Area, 1.5 km away, S$80/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Sif Building's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Sif Building?
- Transportation and storage18
- Financial and insurance16
- Wholesale and retail trade14
- Professional, scientific and technical services8
- Information and communications6
- Real estate5
- Administrative and support services3
- Other services1
- Manufacturing0
- Construction0
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 Sif Building's BCA building profile?
- BCA building type
- Office
- Green Mark
- NA (NA)
- Energy use intensity
- 245 kWh/m²·yr
Frequently asked questions about Sif Building
Where is Sif Building?⌄
Sif Building is at 96 Robinson Road, Singapore 068899, in the Downtown Core planning area.
What is Sif Building zoned as?⌄
Sif Building sits on land zoned hotel under the URA Master Plan.
Have there been any recorded transactions at Sif Building?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for Sif Building 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 Sif Building?⌄
Telok Ayer MRT is the closest, 242 m away (about a 4-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Sif Building?⌄
76 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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