CommercialCIVIC & COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONDistrict 9 · Museum

Teochew Building

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026

Quick Summary

Teochew Building is a commercial building in District 9 · Museum, on land zoned CIVIC & COMMUNITY INSTITUTION under the URA Master Plan. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Teochew Building?

Key takeawayTeochew Building is a commercial building in District 9 · Museum, 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 9 · Museum
Address: 97 Tank Road
Land area: 109 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: Not on record
Submarket: City Hall / Bugis
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 Teochew Building

Teochew Building is a building in Museum (District 09). It is located along Tank Rd, Singapore 238066.

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

It occupies roughly 109 sqm of land.

The nearest MRT is Fort Canning MRT, 339 m away (about a 5-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Haw Par Glass Twr) is 80 m away (about a 1-minute walk). UE Square is 404 m away (about a 6-minute walk).

What is Teochew Building zoned as?

Key takeawayTeochew Building 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 Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.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 Teochew Building rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 9 retail, retail space rented at a median of $11.90 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $9.24 and $17.57. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

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).

Market context around Teochew 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.

What's been approved at Teochew Building?

Key takeawayURA has approved 1 change of use at Teochew Building since 2000, most recently in 2005. 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.

25 Aug 2026Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed additions & alterations to the existing 6-storey building with an additional 3 storey rear annex extension and a basement car park
10 May 2005Approved
Change of use to commercial school
Proposed change of use of part of the 3rd storey premises to commercial school
19 Feb 2002Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed amendment to approved additions and alterations to the existing 6-storey cultural centre
15 Mar 2000Approved
Additions & alterations
Extension of written permission - proposed additions and alterations to the existing 6-storey building and conversion to a cultural centre

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 Teochew 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 band	25th pct	Median	75th 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 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 Teochew Building?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Fort Canning MRT, about 339 m away.

Getting around

Fort Canning MRT339 m · ~5 min

Amenities nearby

Place Of Worship · 47 mAft Haw Par Glass Twr · 81 mHotel · 231 mJubilee Park (Fcp) · 253 mPinnacle Family Clinic (River Valley) · 261 mFort Canning MRT Exit B · 302 mThe Butcher (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. · 333 mUE Square · 404 mEducational Institution · 478 mBlk 1 Jalan Kukoh · 933 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Teochew Building

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Fort Canning (DT20), 302 m away — a quiet station, with about 14,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 11 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 43% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Fort Canning (DT20) 302 m, about 14,000 taps a weekday; 6 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 8, about 12,000 taps a weekday; Museum: 12,672 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 14,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 14 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

Fort Canning (DT20)302 m · about 14,000 weekday taps
Dhoby Ghaut (NS24 / NE6 / CC1)413 m · about 64,000 weekday taps
Bencoolen (DT21)625 m · about 20,000 weekday taps
Bras Basah (CC2)705 m · about 10,000 weekday taps
Somerset (NS23)714 m · about 66,000 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 Teochew Building. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

8 bus stops within 400 m, with about 12,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Tank Rd (URA)109 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 18 car lots
Fort Canning Park C Of F St (URA)154 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 48 car lots
Clemenceau Ave Off St (URA)178 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 31 car lots
Penang Lane (URA)222 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 14 car lots
Clemenceau Ave (URA)246 m
S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 15 car lots

Nearest URA season parking: Mohd Sultan-River Vall Ey Road Area, 607 m away, S$80/month.

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

How many companies are registered at Teochew Building?

Key takeawayACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

Live registrations: 0
Registered last 3 years: 0

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.

Frequently asked questions about Teochew Building

Where is Teochew Building?⌄

Teochew Building is at 97 Tank Road, Singapore 238066, in the Museum planning area.

What is Teochew Building zoned as?⌄

Teochew Building sits on land zoned civic & community institution under the URA Master Plan.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Teochew Building?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Teochew 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 Teochew Building?⌄

Fort Canning MRT is the closest, 339 m away (about a 5-minute walk).

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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.

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%).

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 — see our methodology. Last updated 8 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.