The Metropolis
The Metropolis is a commercial building in District 5 · Queenstown, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 6.3. 11 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 188 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about The Metropolis?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 6.3
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 5 · Queenstown
- Address
- 9 North Buona Vista Drive
- Land area
- 17,725 sqm
- Completed
- 2013 (per EdgeProp)
- Storeys
- Not on record
- Owner
- Ho Bee Land (SGX filings)
- Estate (JTC)
- One-North
- Submarket
- one-north
- Listed as
- Office
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- 11
- ACRA registrations
- 188
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.
Who owns The Metropolis, and what is it valued at?
Source: the owners' own filings on SGX — notices of valuation of real assets, acquisition and divestment announcements, and annual reports. Facts only, each with its date; a valuation is not a sale price, and occupancy and WALE are as of the date shown. Only REITs and SGX-listed companies file these: a building with a private owner shows no owner here.
About The Metropolis
The Metropolis is a commercial building in Queenstown (District 05). It is located along North Buona Vista Drive, Singapore 138588.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 6.3.
It occupies roughly 17,725 sqm of land with about 115,363 sqm of gross floor area.
201 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Buona Vista MRT, 59 m away (about a 1-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Buona Vista Stn Exit D) is 34 m away (about a 0-minute walk). The Star Vista is 304 m away (about a 5-minute walk).
What is The Metropolis zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 6.3
- Urban design area
- One North Ud Area
What does space at The Metropolis rent for?
Retail space on North Buona Vista Drive
Street level · 2026Q1S$ 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).
Office space on North Buona Vista Drive
Street level · 2026Q3S$ 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 — District 5 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 5 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 The Metropolis
- Suburban (all grades): Rent S$6.48 psf/mth · Vacancy 2.8% · Planned / under construction 0.46m sq ft
Official series (URA, 2026Q3): Office vacancy rate (Whole Island) 10 (-1.2 pp on the year) · Office rental index (Central Region) 203.4 (+1.8% 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.
How fast units move at The Metropolis
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 new listings appeared and 1 came off (sold, let or withdrawn). Days on market: not enough history yet — we began tracking on 6 Aug 2026.
One count per unit, however many agents list it. Asking prices are not tracked over time, so price cuts are not shown.
What's been approved at The Metropolis?
- 14 Jan 2026ApprovedFloor 1Change of use to restaurant with live entertainment
Proposed change of use of units #01-XX & #01-XX to restaurant with live entertainment at the metropolis
- 27 Jan 2023ApprovedFloor 1Change of use to clinic
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX to clinic at the metropolis
- 1 Dec 2021ApprovedFloors 2, 3Additions & alterations
Proposed addition of internal staircase to existing units #02-XX & #03-XX on 2nd storey & 3rd storey of metropolis tower 1
- 16 Jun 2021ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed amendment to approved additions & alterations to basement 1 to 3 and 1st to 3rd storey (tower 1) of existing 21/23-storey metropolis building
- 8 Jan 2021ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed amendment to approved additions & alterations to basement 1 to 3 and 1st to 3rd storey (tower 1) of existing 21/23-storey metropolis building
- 9 Jan 2020ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions & alterations to basement 1 to 3 and 1st to 3rd storey (tower 1) of existing 21/23-storey metropolis building
- 3 Apr 2019ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions & alterations to existing 21/23-storey metropolis building involving addition of takeaway food shop on 1st storey
- 7 Jul 2014ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alteration works involving erection of a new internal staircase to existing unit on level 20 and 21 on lot 04761a mk 03 at no 9 north buona vista drive the metropolis 2 singapore 138588
- 28 Jan 2014ApprovedFloor 1Change of use: restaurant → office cum training area
Proposed change of use of units #01-XX & #01-XX from restaurant to office cum training area (central depository services) at 9 north buona vista drive
- 20 Dec 2013ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to 5th, 6th, 7th storey of the existing metropolis tower 2 on lot 04761a mk 03 at 9 north buona vista drive, singapore 138589 for m/s singapore exchange limited
- 13 Sept 2013ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to existing unit at 21st, 22nd and 23rd storey of the metropolis, tower 1 on lot mk03-04761a at 9 north buona vista drive for m/s modec offshore production system (singapore) pte ld
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$54.50 per unit).
What do commercial rents run near The Metropolis?
Indicative area yield — District 5 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 5 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 5 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)
| Floor level · size band | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1 & Below · 30 & Below | $50.00 | $57.14 | $376.27 |
| Level 1 · 30 & Below | $56.83 | $66.67 | $120.03 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100 | $90.07 | $125.08 | $160.38 |
| Level 1 · >30 - 100 | $70.27 | $112.69 | $126.27 |
| Level 1 · >100 - 300 | $108.14 | $129.44 | $203.65 |
| Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300 | $116.31 | $143.20 | $169.97 |
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 available at The Metropolis right now?
For rent (11)
- The MetropolisS$38k/mo · 4,166 sqft
- The Metropolis4 agentsS$92k/mo · 10,021 sqft
- The Metropolis3 agentsS$255k/mo · 27,739 sqft
- The Metropolis2 agentsS$155k/mo · 16,824 sqft
What is near The Metropolis?
Getting around
- Buona Vista MRT59 m · ~1 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at The Metropolis
nearest MRT/LRT Buona Vista (EW21/CC22) 25 m, about 64,000 taps a weekday; 3 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 13, about 35,000 taps a weekday; Queenstown: 131,782 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 36,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026). Ranked against 485 office 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), not a count of people.
Stations within 1 km
- Buona Vista (EW21 / CC22)25 m · about 64,000 weekday taps
- Holland Village (CC21)705 m · about 22,000 weekday taps
- one-north (CC23)757 m · about 35,000 weekday taps
- Commonwealth (EW20)861 m · about 29,000 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 The Metropolis. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
13 bus stops within 400 m, with about 35,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- North Buona Vista Road (HDB)232 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 136 car lots
- Blk 43 Holland Drive (HDB)259 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 9.99 m · 97 car lots
- Blk 45/46/47 Holland Drive (HDB)298 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 9.99 m · 31 car lots
- Blk 10A Holland Drive (HDB)357 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 509 car lots
- Tanglin Halt Close (URA)429 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · season S$90/month · 36 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.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. The Metropolis's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at The Metropolis?
- Financial and insurance44
- Professional, scientific and technical services34
- Wholesale and retail trade26
- Information and communications23
- Transportation and storage15
- Real estate11
- Manufacturing10
- Administrative and support services10
- Health and social services4
- Accommodation and food services3
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.
What is The Metropolis's BCA building profile?
- BCA building type
- Office
- Green Mark
- Platinum (2013)
- Energy use intensity
- 207 kWh/m²·yr
Frequently asked questions about The Metropolis
Where is The Metropolis?⌄
The Metropolis is at 9 North Buona Vista Drive, Singapore 138588, in the Queenstown planning area.
What is The Metropolis zoned as?⌄
The Metropolis sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 6.3.
Have there been any recorded transactions at The Metropolis?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for The Metropolis 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 The Metropolis?⌄
Buona Vista MRT is the closest, 59 m away (about a 1-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at The Metropolis?⌄
201 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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