CommercialCOMMERCIALFreeholdDistrict 9 · Rochor

Tong Nam Building

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Dec 1999

Quick Summary

Tong Nam Building is a commercial building in District 9 · Rochor, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 4.2. It is freehold. 2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Dec 1999. 6 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 16 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Tong Nam Building?

Key takeawayTong Nam Building is a commercial building in District 9 · Rochor, zoned COMMERCIAL, held freehold.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio: 4.2
Tenure: Freehold
District / Area: District 9 · Rochor
Address: 73 Bukit Timah Road
Land area: 889 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: 5 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Submarket: City Fringe
Units with a recorded sale: At least 2
Listed as: Office
Transactions on record: 2 (records start 1995)
Live listings: 6
ACRA registrations: 16

About Tong Nam Building

Tong Nam Building is a commercial building in Rochor (District 09). It is located along Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229832.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 4.2. It lies inside the Central Area.

The site is freehold. It occupies roughly 889 sqm of land with about 3,732 sqm of gross floor area.

2 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$1,017 psf. The most recent was in December 1999.

17 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Little India MRT, 99 m away (about a 2-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Little India Stn) is 156 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

What is Tong Nam Building zoned as?

Key takeawayTong Nam Building sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL with a gross plot ratio of 4.2, inside the Central Area.

Land-use zone: COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio: 4.2
Urban design area: Udga
Central Area: Yes

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What has Tong Nam Building sold for?

Key takeaway2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Dec 1999 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Dec 1999	Office	S$4.85M	4,440 sqft	$1,091
Dec 1999	Retail	S$4.60M	4,880 sqft	$943

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 Tong Nam Building rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Tong Nam Building itself. On its street, Bukit Timah Road, office space rented at a median of $5.42 psf a month in 2026Q1, with the middle half of leases between $3.75 and $5.74. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Office space on Bukit Timah Road

Street level · 2026Q1

25th pct

$3.75

$40.35 psm

Median

$5.42

$58.33 psm

75th pct

$5.74

$61.76 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median -30.3% on a year earlier

2022Q4 · $52.77 psm2026Q1 · $58.33 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 on Bukit Timah Road

Street level · 2026Q3

25th pct

$6.76

$72.79 psm

Median

$12.92

$139.10 psm

75th pct

$14.75

$158.77 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median -10.2% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $118.46 psm2026Q3 · $139.10 psm median

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 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 Tong Nam 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.

How fast units move at Tong Nam Building

Key takeawayBased on listings we track, as of our last check on 28 Aug 2026: 6 units for rent.

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 Tong Nam Building?

Key takeawayURA has approved 3 changes of use at Tong Nam Building since 2000, most recently in 2023, 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.

15 Apr 2025Refused
Change of use to foreign system school
Proposed change of use of the 5th and 6th storey premises to foreign system school
4 Jan 2023Approved
Change of use to commercial school
Proposed change of use of the 2nd storey premises to commercial school
26 Feb 2019ApprovedFloor 3
Change of use to commercial school
Proposed change of use of unit #03-XX to commercial school
4 Sept 2017ApprovedFloor 3
Change of use to commercial school
Proposed change of use of part of unit #03-XX to commercial school
30 Dec 2000Refused
Additions & alterations
Outline application for proposed additions and alterations to existing 6-storey office building involving extension to 2nd storey

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 Bukit Timah Road price?

Key takeawayAcross 17 strata sales on Bukit Timah Road in the last 5 years, the median is $3,263 psf.

Strata sales on the street (5y)

Street median PSF (strata)

$3,263

Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.

What do commercial rents run near Tong Nam 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 available at Tong Nam Building right now?

Key takeaway6 units are currently listed at Tong Nam Building. One row per unit; several agents often market the same unit.

For rent (6)

Rex HouseS$102k/mo · 17,600 sqft
Rex HouseS$51k/mo · 8,800 sqft
Rex House2 agentsS$50k/mo · 8,600 sqft
Rex House2 agentsS$52k/mo · 8,837 sqft

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What is near Tong Nam Building?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Little India MRT, about 99 m away — and 3 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Little India MRT99 m · ~2 min

Amenities nearby

Hotel · 13 mLittle India MRT Exit F · 117 mHealthlink Medical Clinic · 150 mLittle India Stn · 156 mMount Emily Pk · 266 mEducational Institution · 308 mPlace Of Worship · 315 mKK Women's and Children's Hospital · 430 mPek Kio Community Centre · 805 m

Competing premises nearby

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

Tekka Market · 315 mSheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd · 443 mPlaza Singapura · 735 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Tong Nam Building

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Little India (NE7 / DT12), 99 m away — a busy station, with about 55,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 17 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$100 a month.

Foot traffic: busier than 77% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Little India (NE7/DT12) 99 m, about 55,000 taps a weekday; 5 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 6, about 24,000 taps a weekday; Rochor: 31,654 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 23,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 2 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

Little India (NE7 / DT12)99 m · about 55,000 weekday taps
Rochor (DT13)630 m · about 22,000 weekday taps
Farrer Park (NE8)784 m · about 57,000 weekday taps
Dhoby Ghaut (NS24 / NE6 / CC1)820 m · about 64,000 weekday taps
Jalan Besar (DT22)839 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 Tong Nam Building. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

6 bus stops within 400 m, with about 24,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Mackenzie Rd (URA)67 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 6 car lots
Mackenzie Rd B Off St (URA)104 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 82 car lots
Mackenzie Road Area (URA)111 m
season S$100/month
Mayne Rd (URA)157 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 3 car lots
Mackenzie Rd A Off St (URA)262 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 109 car lots

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

Who's registered at Tong Nam Building?

Key takeaway16 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Tong Nam Building as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Wholesale and retail trade
8
Professional, scientific and technical services
2
Financial and insurance
2
Manufacturing
1
Real estate
1
Education
1
Administrative and support services
1
Information and communications
0
Health and social services
0
Construction
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. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.

Frequently asked questions about Tong Nam Building

Where is Tong Nam Building?⌄

Tong Nam Building is at 73 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229832, in the Rochor planning area.

What is Tong Nam Building zoned as?⌄

Tong Nam Building sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 4.2.

What is the tenure of Tong Nam Building?⌄

Tong Nam Building is freehold.

What have units at Tong Nam Building sold for?⌄

Across 2 recorded transactions, the median price is S$1,017 psf. The latest was in December 1999.

What is the nearest MRT station to Tong Nam Building?⌄

Little India MRT is the closest, 99 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Tong Nam Building?⌄

17 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.

Season parking: the cheapest URA car season rate (commercial ticket) at a public car park within 500 m, per month. HDB's season rates depend on a zone we don't have, so they are shown as HDB's tiers.

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.

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 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.