Soo Chow Garden
Soo Chow Garden is a commercial building in District 20 · Bishan, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan. It is freehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Mar 2010. ACRA records 2 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Soo Chow Garden?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
- Tenure
- Freehold
- District / Area
- District 20 · Bishan
- Address
- 255,255a Upper Thomson Road
- Land area
- —
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 2 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Submarket
- City Fringe
- Transactions on record
- 1 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 2
About Soo Chow Garden
Soo Chow Garden is a mixed-use building in Bishan (District 20). It is located along Upper Thomson Road, Singapore 574382.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial.
The site is freehold.
1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$1,637 psf. The most recent was in March 2010.
2 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Upper Thomson MRT, 137 m away (about a 2-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Bef Jln Todak) is 74 m away (about a 1-minute walk).
What is Soo Chow Garden zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- Subject to Evaluation
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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.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 has Soo Chow Garden sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2010 | Shop House | S$2.90M | 1,772 sqft | $1,637 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at Soo Chow Garden rent for?
Retail space on Upper Thomson Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median +8% 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 20 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 20 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 Soo Chow Garden
- 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 Soo Chow Garden?
URA does not approve new eating houses (restaurants, coffee shops, cafes) here; an existing one's permission may be renewed.
Per URA circular DC23-08, Appendix A (2 Oct 2023: no new eating houses in shophouses on listed stretches). A planning guideline for the area, not a decision on any unit; it applies to new eating houses and bars, not to one already approved.
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$54.50 per unit).
How does Upper Thomson Road price?
Too few strata sales on this street to support a median — the count is shown without one.
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near Soo Chow Garden?
Indicative area yield — District 20 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 20 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 20 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 · 30 & Below | $133.15 | $188.46 | $400.81 |
| B1 & Below · 30 & Below | $619.37 | $706.67 | $790.91 |
| B1 & Below · >30 - 100 | $297.17 | $316.52 | $350.31 |
| Level 1 · >30 - 100 | $70.71 | $96.43 | $227.01 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100 | $130.42 | $267.72 | $324.88 |
| Level 1 · >100 - 300 | $68.64 | $87.36 | $129.01 |
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 Soo Chow Garden?
Getting around
- Upper Thomson MRT137 m · ~2 min
Amenities nearby
Competing premises nearby
Retail and F&B premises competing for the same footfall — context for an occupier, not a selling point.
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Soo Chow Garden
nearest MRT/LRT Upper Thomson (TE8) 24 m, about 21,000 taps a weekday; 2 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 8, about 17,000 taps a weekday; Bishan: 28,932 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 20,000 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
- Upper Thomson (TE8)24 m · about 21,000 weekday taps
- Marymount (CC16)784 m · about 17,000 weekday taps
- Bright Hill (TE7)987 m · about 15,000 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 Soo Chow Garden. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
8 bus stops within 400 m, with about 17,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Service Rd (Sin Ming R D) (URA)253 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 9 car lots
- Blk 23/24 Sin Ming Road (HDB)346 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
- Blk 320 Shunfu Road (HDB)408 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 173 car lots
- Blk 24A Sin Ming Road (HDB)430 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 28 car lots
- Sin Ming Drive Off St (URA)457 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 34 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: Sembawang Hill Estate, 2.2 km away, S$90/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Soo Chow Garden's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Soo Chow Garden?
- Accommodation and food services2
- Administrative and support services0
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 Soo Chow Garden
Where is Soo Chow Garden?⌄
Soo Chow Garden is at 255,255A Upper Thomson Road, Singapore 574382, in the Bishan planning area.
What is Soo Chow Garden zoned as?⌄
Soo Chow Garden sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan.
What is the tenure of Soo Chow Garden?⌄
Soo Chow Garden is freehold.
What have units at Soo Chow Garden sold for?⌄
Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$1,637 psf. The latest was in March 2010.
What is the nearest MRT station to Soo Chow Garden?⌄
Upper Thomson MRT is the closest, 137 m away (about a 2-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Soo Chow Garden?⌄
2 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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