Singapore Art Museum
Singapore Art Museum is a commercial building in District 7 · Rochor, on land zoned PLACE OF WORSHIP under the URA Master Plan. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Singapore Art Museum?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- PLACE OF WORSHIP
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 7 · Rochor
- Address
- 71 Bras Basah Road
- Land area
- 7,425 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 4 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 0
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 Singapore Art Museum
Singapore Art Museum is a building in Rochor (District 07). It is located along Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned place of worship. It lies inside the Central Area.
It occupies roughly 7,425 sqm of land.
The nearest MRT is Bras Basah MRT, 130 m away (about a 2-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Bras Basah Stn Exit A) is 150 m away (about a 2-minute walk). Chijmes is 364 m away (about a 6-minute walk).
What is Singapore Art Museum zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- PLACE OF WORSHIP
- 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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.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 Singapore Art Museum rent for?
Office space on Bras Basah Road
Street level · 2026Q1S$ per sq ft per month (median only published)
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 Bras Basah Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month (median only published)
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 7 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 7 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 Singapore Art Museum
- Other City Areas: Rent S$21.21 psf/mth · Vacancy 7.4% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 0.73m sq ft
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 Singapore Art Museum?
- 1 Sept 2009ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed re-roofing works at singapore art museum (gazetted monument) on lots 99676k, 00458n & 00375c ts 11 at 71 bras basah road (museum planning area)
- 7 Mar 2008ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Addition and alteration to existing ceiling board, wall cover & roof tiles at singapore art museum
- 15 Aug 2007ApprovedFloor 1Change of use to restaurant & kitchen and part of the open space and courtyard to outdoor refresh
Proposed continued use ofthe units #01-XX & #01-XX as restaurant & kitchen and part of the open space and courtyard to outdoor refreshment area and proposed change of use of function room to restaurant
- 18 Jun 2007ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed minor internal partitions works to existing anderson block (2nd & 3rd storey) and queen block (3rd storey)
- 23 Nov 2006ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed alterations & additions to 1st storey of the existing driveway and existing toilets at the 1st & 2nd storey of the existing singapore art museum on lot 99676k at 71 bras basah road (museum planning area
- 23 Feb 2006ApprovedFloor 1Change of use: courtyard → outdoor refreshment area with live music entertainment as extn to an appd cafe
Change of use of part of the 1st sty from courtyard to outdoor refreshment area with live music entertainment as extn to an appd cafe at unit #01-XX
- 31 May 2005ApprovedFloor 1Change of use to cafe & kitchen and part of the 1st sty open space as outdoor refreshment area to
Change of use of units #01-XX & #01-XX as cafe & kitchen and part of the 1st sty open space as outdoor refreshment area to unit #01-XX
- 28 Jan 2003ApprovedChange of use: office → gallery
Change of use from office to gallery at 2nd storey linkway of singapore art museum
- 15 Nov 2001ApprovedChange of use: shop → restaurant cum bar and preparation area to kitchen: ii
Change of use as follows: i) part of the 1st storey from shop to restaurant cum bar and preparation area to kitchen: ii) the open spaces to outdoor refreshment areas (oras); iii) retention of use of the store at the 2nd storey as ancillary office
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$54.50 per unit).
What do commercial rents run near Singapore Art Museum?
Indicative area yield — District 7 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 7 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 7 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 · 30 & Below | $93.33 | $113.33 | $165.94 |
| Level 4 & Above · 30 & Below | $69.42 | $79.17 | $140.05 |
| B1 & Below · 30 & Below | $94.66 | $392.16 | $721.70 |
| Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below | $71.79 | $88.95 | $100.36 |
| Level 1 · >30 - 100 | $84.41 | $129.03 | $192.55 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100 | $53.85 | $86.57 | $113.16 |
| B1 & Below · >30 - 100 | $71.03 | $80.88 | $146.17 |
| Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100 | $47.06 | $59.43 | $68.42 |
Office rents — Central Area ($ 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 near Singapore Art Museum?
Getting around
- Bras Basah MRT130 m · ~2 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Singapore Art Museum
nearest MRT/LRT Bras Basah (CC2) 106 m, about 10,000 taps a weekday; 9 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 18, about 40,000 taps a weekday; Rochor: 31,654 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 10,000 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
- Bras Basah (CC2)106 m · about 10,000 weekday taps
- Bencoolen (DT21)162 m · about 20,000 weekday taps
- City Hall (NS25 / EW13)489 m · about 91,000 weekday taps
- Dhoby Ghaut (NS24 / NE6 / CC1)510 m · about 64,000 weekday taps
- Bugis (EW12 / DT14)541 m · about 109,000 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 Singapore Art Museum. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
18 bus stops within 400 m, with about 40,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Waterloo St (URA)123 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 14 car lots
- Blk 261/262/264 Waterloo Basement Car Park (HDB)128 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 143 car lots
- Service Rd (Queen - Wa Terloo St) (URA)192 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 3 car lots
- Blk 231 Bras Basah Basement Car Park (HDB)293 mS$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 1.9 m · 219 car lots
- Queen St Off St (URA)324 mS$1.40 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 91 car lots
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: Mackenzie Road Area, 959 m away, S$100/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Singapore Art Museum's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Singapore Art Museum?
- Accommodation and food services0
- Arts, entertainment and recreation0
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 Singapore Art Museum
Where is Singapore Art Museum?⌄
Singapore Art Museum is at 71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555, in the Rochor planning area.
What is Singapore Art Museum zoned as?⌄
Singapore Art Museum sits on land zoned place of worship under the URA Master Plan.
Have there been any recorded transactions at Singapore Art Museum?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for Singapore Art Museum 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 Singapore Art Museum?⌄
Bras Basah MRT is the closest, 130 m away (about a 2-minute walk).
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