CommercialCIVIC & COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONDistrict 7 · Rochor

Stamford Arts Centre

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 10 November 2026

Quick Summary

Stamford Arts Centre is a commercial building in District 7 · Rochor, on land zoned CIVIC & COMMUNITY INSTITUTION under the URA Master Plan. ACRA records 4 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Stamford Arts Centre?

Key takeawayStamford Arts Centre is a commercial building in District 7 · Rochor, zoned CIVIC & COMMUNITY INSTITUTION.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: CIVIC & COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Gross plot ratio: Subject to Evaluation
Tenure: Not on record
District / Area: District 7 · Rochor
Address: 155 Waterloo Street
Land area: 1,101 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: 3 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Submarket: City Fringe
Transactions on record: None recorded
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 4

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 Stamford Arts Centre

Stamford Arts Centre is a building in Rochor (District 07). It is located along Waterloo Street, Singapore 187962.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned civic & community institution. It lies inside the Central Area.

It occupies roughly 1,101 sqm of land with about 3,466 sqm of gross floor area.

4 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Bencoolen MRT, 303 m away (about a 5-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Waterloo St) is 78 m away (about a 1-minute walk). Bugis+ is 173 m away (about a 3-minute walk).

What is Stamford Arts Centre zoned as?

Key takeawayStamford Arts Centre sits on land zoned CIVIC & COMMUNITY INSTITUTION, inside the Central Area.

Land-use zone: CIVIC & COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.

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What does space at Stamford Arts Centre rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Stamford Arts Centre itself. On its street, Waterloo Street, office space rented at a median of $4.68 psf a month in 2026Q2, with the middle half of leases between $4.30 and $4.79. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Office space on Waterloo Street

Street level · 2026Q2

25th pct

$4.30

$46.31 psm

Median

$4.68

$50.34 psm

75th pct

$4.79

$51.55 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median +1% on a year earlier

2022Q4 · $42.42 psm2026Q2 · $50.34 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 7 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$7.09

$76.30 psm

Median

$9.31

$100.25 psm

75th pct

$13.31

$143.24 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 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 Stamford Arts Centre

Key takeawayBrokers' retail figures for this part of Singapore — a broker's market figure, not this building's rent.

CBRE, 2Q 2026 (island-wide)

Islandwide: Rent S$28.15 psf/mth

Singapore Figures Q2 2026

Cushman & Wakefield, 2Q 2026

Other City Areas: Rent S$21.21 psf/mth · Vacancy 7.4% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 0.73m 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 Stamford Arts Centre?

Key takeawayURA has approved 2 changes of use at Stamford Arts Centre since 2000, most recently in 2023. 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.

27 Mar 2023ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use: shop → arts centre
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX from shop to arts centre (studio) and unit #01-XX from arts centre (studio) to shop
14 Sept 2021ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use to cafe
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX to cafe
9 May 2018Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed amendment to approved additions and alterations to existing 3-storey conservation building at stamford arts centre on lots 01031x, 98379c, 99442c, 99448a ts 12 at 155 waterloo street (rochor planning area)
18 Sept 2017Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to existing 3-storey conservation building at stamford arts centre on lots 98379c, 99448a, 99442c & 01031x ts 12 at 155 waterloo street (rochor planning area)
22 Feb 2017Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed removal of asbestos roofing to existing conservation building at block b, stamford arts centre on lots 98379c, 99448a, 99442c & 01031x ts 12 at 155 waterloo street (rochor planning area)
17 Sept 2007Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed amendment to approved a&a to existing 3-storey conservation
10 Jan 2007Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed a&a to existing 3-storey conservation building

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 Stamford Arts Centre?

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

Indicative area yield — District 7 retail

Gross yield (area)

4.8%

4.3% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$100.25 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$2,348 psf

241 sales

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 Stamford Arts Centre?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Bencoolen MRT, about 303 m away.

Getting around

Bencoolen MRT303 m · ~5 min

Amenities nearby

Place Of Worship · 26 mHotel · 38 mAft Waterloo St · 78 mCorporate Medical Center · 82 mEducational Institution · 86 mBugis+ · 173 mAlbert Centre Market & Food Centre · 182 mBencoolen MRT Exit A · 241 mJewish Welfare Board, Singapore · 316 mRaffles Hospital · 533 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Stamford Arts Centre

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Bencoolen (DT21), 241 m away — a moderately busy station, with about 20,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 22 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 94% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Bencoolen (DT21) 241 m, about 20,000 taps a weekday; 8 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 17, about 45,000 taps a weekday; Rochor: 31,654 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 14,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 8 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

Bencoolen (DT21)241 m · about 20,000 weekday taps
Bugis (EW12 / DT14)323 m · about 109,000 weekday taps
Rochor (DT13)364 m · about 22,000 weekday taps
Bras Basah (CC2)392 m · about 10,000 weekday taps
Jalan Besar (DT22)596 m · about 21,000 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 Stamford Arts Centre. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

17 bus stops within 400 m, with about 45,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Queen St Off St (URA)69 m
S$1.40 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 91 car lots
Blk 269/269A/269B Cheng Yan Court Car Park (HDB)111 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 32 car lots
Queen St (URA)117 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 6 car lots
Service Rd (Queen - Wa Terloo St) (URA)118 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 3 car lots
Bugis+ (development car park)157 m
rates not published as open data

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: Kampong Kapor Rd Off S T, 728 m away, S$100/month.

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

Who's registered at Stamford Arts Centre?

Key takeaway4 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Stamford Arts Centre as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Arts, entertainment and recreation
3
Wholesale and retail trade
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 Stamford Arts Centre

Where is Stamford Arts Centre?⌄

Stamford Arts Centre is at 155 Waterloo Street, Singapore 187962, in the Rochor planning area.

What is Stamford Arts Centre zoned as?⌄

Stamford Arts Centre sits on land zoned civic & community institution under the URA Master Plan.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Stamford Arts Centre?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Stamford Arts Centre 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 Stamford Arts Centre?⌄

Bencoolen MRT is the closest, 303 m away (about a 5-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Stamford Arts Centre?⌄

4 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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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%).

Storeys: from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), volunteer-mapped, not an official record. Shown only because no official or listed floor count is held for this building.

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 PropKaki's submarket map, URA planning decisions, URA car park data (URA Data Service), LTA DataMall passenger volumes, PropKaki's foot-traffic model, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) — 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.