CommercialHOTELFreeholdDistrict 9 · River Valley

Tai Wah Building

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Mar 2016
Quick Summary

Tai Wah Building is a commercial building in District 9 · River Valley, on land zoned HOTEL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.8. It is freehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Mar 2016. ACRA records 1 live company registration at this address.

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What are the key facts about Tai Wah Building?

Key takeawayTai Wah Building is a commercial building in District 9 · River Valley, zoned HOTEL, held freehold.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
HOTEL
Gross plot ratio
2.8
Tenure
Freehold
District / Area
District 9 · River Valley
Address
110 Killiney Road
Land area
1,221 sqm
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
Not on record
Submarket
City Fringe
Transactions on record
1 (records start 1995)
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
1
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About Tai Wah Building

Tai Wah Building is a mixed-use building in River Valley (District 09). It is located along Killiney Road, Singapore 239549.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned hotel with a gross plot ratio of 2.8. It lies inside the Central Area.

The site is freehold. It occupies roughly 1,221 sqm of land with about 3,569 sqm of gross floor area.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$2,529 psf. The most recent was in March 2016.

1 business is currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Somerset MRT, 241 m away (about a 4-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Somerset Stn) is 235 m away (about a 4-minute walk).

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What is Tai Wah Building zoned as?

Key takeawayTai Wah Building sits on land zoned HOTEL with a gross plot ratio of 2.8, inside the Central Area.
Land-use zone
HOTEL
Gross plot ratio
2.8
Urban design area
Udga
Central Area
Yes
BCA-verified envelope: allowable GFA 3,419 sqm · built 2,453 sqm · headroom 966 sqm. This block appears only where BCA has published the actual built floor area — everywhere else, buildable headroom cannot be verified and is deliberately not estimated.

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What has Tai Wah Building sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Mar 2016 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.
DateUsePriceAreaPSF
Mar 2016RetailS$9.80M3,875 sqft$2,529

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

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What does space at Tai Wah Building rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Tai Wah Building itself. On its street, Killiney Road, retail space rented at a median of $9.54 psf a month in 2022Q4, with the middle half of leases between $7.78 and $11.06. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space on Killiney Road

Street level · 2022Q4
25th pct
$7.78
$83.71 psm
Median
$9.54
$102.68 psm
75th pct
$11.06
$119.03 psm

S$ per sq ft per month

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).

Office space on Killiney Road

Street level · 2026Q3
25th pct
—
— psm
Median
$10.10
$108.75 psm
75th pct
—
— psm

S$ per sq ft per month (median only published)

2021Q3 · $86.12 psm2026Q3 · $108.75 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 9 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$9.24
$99.43 psm
Median
$11.90
$128.12 psm
75th pct
$17.57
$189.09 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 9 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).

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Market context around Tai Wah Building

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.

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What's been approved at Tai Wah Building?

Key takeawayURA has approved 4 changes of use at Tai Wah Building since 2000, most recently in 2026, and refused 1. 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.
  1. 25 Mar 2026Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed a&a to regularise the approved erection of 6-storey hotel development (total 115 units) with 1st storey restaurant, ts 21 on lot 00762v at 111/112 killiney road (river valley planning area)

  2. 20 Jan 2026Approved
    Change of use to restaurant with live entertainment

    Proposed change of use of existing restaurant on the 1st storey to restaurant with live entertainment

  3. 18 Jan 2017Refused
    Change of use to student care centre cum cafe

    Proposed change of use of the 1st storey to student care centre cum cafe at lot 00762v ts21 at 110 killiney road (river valley planning area)

  4. 15 Jul 2016Agency worksFloor 1
    Change of use to restaurant

    Lodgment for proposed use of 1st storey premises (#01-XX) as restaurant

  5. 19 Oct 2013ApprovedFloor 1
    Change of use to restaurant

    Change of use of the 1st storey commercial school (#01-XX) to restaurant

  6. 15 Mar 2002Approved
    Change of use: travel agency office → beauty school

    Proposed use of the 1st storey from travel agency office to beauty school

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).

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What do commercial rents run near Tai Wah Building?

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

Indicative area yield — District 9 retail

Gross yield (area)
3.2%
2.9% net of property tax
Rent side (median of bands)
$128.12 psm/mo
2026Q3
Price side (strata, 5y)
$4,434 psf
190 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 9 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 9 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band25th pctMedian75th pct
Level 4 & Above · 30 & Below$101.79$127.98$144.93
B1 & Below · 30 & Below$231.82$392.95$544.95
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below$97.06$128.26$157.50
Level 1 · 30 & Below$131.15$157.04$196.05
Level 1 · >30 - 100$112.35$161.16$217.81
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100$91.89$118.41$156.35
Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100$81.28$100.52$133.94
B1 & Below · >30 - 100$155.98$328.55$492.13

Office rents — Central Area ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Building class · size band25th pctMedian75th 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.

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What is near Tai Wah Building?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Somerset MRT, about 241 m away — and 2 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Hotel · 0 mDoctor Jay Medical Centre · 36 mSomerset MRT Exit A · 205 mSomerset Stn · 235 mPlace Of Worship · 382 mOrchard Fountain Corner · 389 mEducational Institution · 456 mMount Elizabeth Hospital · 869 m

Competing premises nearby

Retail and F&B premises competing for the same footfall — context for an occupier, not a selling point.

NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 98 m111 Somerset · 258 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at Tai Wah Building

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Somerset (NS23), 204 m away — a busy station, with about 66,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 16 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$80 a month.
Foot traffic: busier than 71% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Somerset (NS23) 204 m, about 66,000 taps a weekday; 4 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 8, about 27,000 taps a weekday; about 20,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 15 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

  • Somerset (NS23)204 m · about 66,000 weekday taps
  • Great World (TE15)591 m · about 21,000 weekday taps
  • Dhoby Ghaut (NS24 / NE6 / CC1)718 m · about 64,000 weekday taps
  • Orchard (TE14 / NS22)840 m · about 122,000 weekday taps
  • Fort Canning (DT20)892 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 Tai Wah Building. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

8 bus stops within 400 m, with about 27,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Killiney Rd (URA)40 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 24 car lots
  • Devonshire Rd (URA)73 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 9 car lots
  • Dublin Rd (URA)143 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 9 car lots
  • Lloyd Rd (URA)183 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 14 car lots
  • Orchard Gateway (development car park)272 m
    rates not published as open data

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

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Who's registered at Tai Wah Building?

Key takeaway1 live company (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Tai Wah Building as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.
  • Accommodation and food services
    1
  • Administrative and support services
    0
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation
    0

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. Homes share this postal code, so some registrations are home-based. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.

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What is Tai Wah Building's BCA building profile?

BCA building type
Retail
Green Mark
NA (NA)
Energy use intensity
63 kWh/m²·yr
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Frequently asked questions about Tai Wah Building

Where is Tai Wah Building?⌄

Tai Wah Building is at 110 Killiney Road, Singapore 239549, in the River Valley planning area.

What is Tai Wah Building zoned as?⌄

Tai Wah Building sits on land zoned hotel under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

What is the tenure of Tai Wah Building?⌄

Tai Wah Building is freehold.

What have units at Tai Wah Building sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$2,529 psf. The latest was in March 2016.

What is the nearest MRT station to Tai Wah Building?⌄

Somerset MRT is the closest, 241 m away (about a 4-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Tai Wah Building?⌄

1 business is 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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