CommercialCOMMERCIALDistrict 4 · Bukit Merah

Vivocity

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026
Quick Summary

Vivocity is a commercial building in District 4 · Bukit Merah, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 1.6. ACRA records 20 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Vivocity?

Key takeawayVivocity is a commercial building in District 4 · Bukit Merah, zoned COMMERCIAL.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
1.6
Tenure
Not on record
District / Area
District 4 · Bukit Merah
Address
1 Harbourfront Walk
Land area
84,133 sqm
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
Not on record
Owner
Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (SGX filings)
Net lettable area
1,082,644 sq ft (the owner's annual report (as filed on SGX))
Car-park lots
2,183 (the owner's annual report (as filed on SGX))
Submarket
City Fringe
Transactions on record
None recorded
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
20

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.

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Who owns Vivocity, and what is it valued at?

Key takeawayVivocity is owned by Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust, a REIT listed on SGX. The figures below come from its own SGX filings, each with its date. A valuation is an independent valuer's opinion for the owner's accounts, not a sale price.
VivoCity: Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust's annual report (2025)
Net lettable area
1,082,644 sq ft
Committed occupancy
99.7% (as of 31 Mar 2026)
WALE
2 years (as of 31 Mar 2026)
Car-park lots
2,183
Land tenure
Leasehold 99 years from 1 October 1997
Green Mark
BCA Green Mark Platinum
Major tenants
Best Denki, FairPrice Xtra Pte. Ltd., Golden Village, TANGS, Zara

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.

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About Vivocity

Vivocity is a commercial building in Bukit Merah (District 04). It is located along Harbourfront Walk, Singapore 098585.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 1.6.

It occupies roughly 84,133 sqm of land with about 142,278 sqm of gross floor area.

29 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

The nearest MRT is Harbourfront MRT, 123 m away (about a 2-minute walk). The closest bus stop (HarbourFront Stn/Vivocity) is 101 m away (about a 2-minute walk). HarbourFront Centre is 246 m away (about a 4-minute walk).

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What is Vivocity zoned as?

Key takeawayVivocity sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL with a gross plot ratio of 1.6.
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
1.6
Urban design area
Keppel Ud Area
BCA-verified envelope: allowable GFA 134,613 sqm · built 139,853 sqm · headroom -5,240 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 does space at Vivocity rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 4 retail, retail space rented at a median of $22.45 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $17.17 and $27.49. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 4 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$17.17
$184.86 psm
Median
$22.45
$241.61 psm
75th pct
$27.49
$295.93 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 4 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 Vivocity

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 Vivocity?

Key takeawayURA has approved 108 changes of use at Vivocity since 2000, most recently in 2026. 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. 7 Oct 2026ApprovedFloor 1
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed additions and alterations to unit #01-XX at level 1 of existing 7-storey commercial development (vivo city) on lot 03860w mk01 at 1 harbourfront walk

  2. 2 Oct 2026ApprovedFloor B2
    Change of use to massage establishment

    Proposed change of unit of unit #B2-XX to massage establishment

  3. 12 Aug 2026ApprovedFloor 2
    Change of use to medical clinic

    Proposed change of use of unit #02-XX to medical clinic

  4. 29 Jul 2026Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed additions and alterations to 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th storey of existing 7-storey commercial development [vivo city] involving new 1st storey extension on lot 03860w mk01 at 1 harbourfront walk singapore 098585

  5. 10 Jul 2026ApprovedFloor 2
    Change of use to massage establishment

    Proposed change of use of unit #02-XX to massage establishment

  6. 26 Jun 2026ApprovedFloor 1
    Change of use to restaurant

    Proposed change of use of shop unit #01-XX to restaurant

  7. 20 May 2026RenewedFloor 1
    Continued use as restaurant with live entertainment

    Continued use of #01-XX & #01-XX of vivocity as restaurant with live entertainment

  8. 30 Apr 2026ApprovedFloor 1
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed change of use and reconfiguration of tenant unit nos. #01-XX, #01-XX, #01-XX, #01-XX, #01-XX, #01-XX and #01-XX at level 1 of existing 7-storey commercial development [vivo city] on lot 03860w mk01 at 1 harbourfront walk singapore 098585

  9. 27 Apr 2026ApprovedFloor 2
    Change of use to restaurant

    Proposed change of use of unit #02-XX of vivocity to restaurant

  10. 10 Apr 2026RenewedFloor 1
    Continued use as restaurant & bar

    Continued use of units #01-XX, #01-XX & #01-XX as restaurant & bar

  11. 27 Feb 2026Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed amendment to approved additions and alterations to basement 1 & 2, 1st, 2nd & 3rd storey of existing 7-storey commercial development (vivocity) on lot 03860w mk01 at 1 harbourfront walk (bukit merah planning area)

  12. 20 Jan 2026ApprovedFloor 3
    Change of use: indoor children playground → commercial school

    Proposed change of use of unit #03-XX from indoor children playground to commercial school

145 earlier change-of-use and A&A decisions are on record since 2000.

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 Vivocity?

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

Retail rents — District 4 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band25th pctMedian75th pct
B1 & Below · >30 - 100$327.15$377.29$413.21
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100$438.57$460.53$532.53
Level 1 · >30 - 100$210.99$452.85$613.41
B1 & Below · >100 - 300$158.73$202.94$277.38
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300$230.89$234.71$285.90
Level 1 · >100 - 300$102.84$248.51$305.96
Level 1 · >300$118.87$146.96$173.51
Level 2 & 3 · >300$126.62$129.06$145.34

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 Vivocity?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Harbourfront MRT, about 123 m away.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd · 40 mHarbourfront MRT Exit A · 52 mThe Chelsea Clinic (Vivocity) · 62 mHarbourFront Stn/Vivocity · 101 mHotel · 207 mPlace Of Worship · 240 mPort / Airport · 322 mBlk 36 Telok Blangah Rise · 902 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at Vivocity

Key takeawayThe nearest station is HarbourFront (NE1 / CC29), 51 m away — one of the busiest stations, with about 97,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 3 public car parks are within 500 m.
Foot traffic: busier than 83% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT HarbourFront (NE1/CC29) 51 m, about 97,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 4, about 31,000 taps a weekday; Bukit Merah: 103,575 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 6,421 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 1 other mall 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

  • HarbourFront (NE1 / CC29)51 m · about 97,000 weekday taps
  • Keppel (CC30)980 m · 304 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 Vivocity. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

4 bus stops within 400 m, with about 31,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • VivoCity P3 (development car park)57 m
    rates not published as open data
  • VivoCity P2 (development car park)90 m
    rates not published as open data
  • Maritime Square D Off St (URA)306 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 258 car lots

Nearest URA season parking: Seah Im Rd Off St, 649 m away, S$125/month.

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Vivocity'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 Vivocity?

Key takeaway20 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Vivocity as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.
  • Wholesale and retail trade
    9
  • Accommodation and food services
    5
  • Other services
    2
  • Financial and insurance
    1
  • Health and social services
    1
  • Administrative and support services
    1
  • Arts, entertainment and recreation
    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.

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What is Vivocity's BCA building profile?

BCA building type
Retail
Green Mark
Gold (2016)
Energy use intensity
511 kWh/m²·yr
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Frequently asked questions about Vivocity

Where is Vivocity?⌄

Vivocity is at 1 Harbourfront Walk, Singapore 098585, in the Bukit Merah planning area.

What is Vivocity zoned as?⌄

Vivocity sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 1.6.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Vivocity?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Vivocity 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 Vivocity?⌄

Harbourfront MRT is the closest, 123 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Vivocity?⌄

29 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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