Wheelock Place
Wheelock Place is a commercial building in District 9 · Orchard, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 6.3. 2 units are currently listed for rent. ACRA records 140 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Wheelock Place?
- Asset class
- Commercial
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 6.3
- Tenure
- Not on record
- District / Area
- District 9 · Orchard
- Address
- 501 Orchard Road
- Land area
- 7,847 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 22 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Submarket
- Orchard
- Listed as
- Food & Beverage, Mall Shop, Shop / Shophouse
- Transactions on record
- None recorded
- Live listings
- 2
- ACRA registrations
- 140
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 Wheelock Place
Wheelock Place is a commercial building in Orchard (District 09). It is located along Orchard Road, Singapore 238880.
Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 6.3. It lies inside the Central Area.
It occupies roughly 7,847 sqm of land with about 43,280 sqm of gross floor area.
144 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
The nearest MRT is Orchard Boulevard MRT, 846 m away (about a 13-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Royal Thai Embassy) is 120 m away (about a 2-minute walk). ION Orchard is 154 m away (about a 2-minute walk).
What is Wheelock Place zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- COMMERCIAL
- Gross plot ratio
- 6.3
- Urban design area
- Udga
- Central Area
- Yes
What does space at Wheelock Place rent for?
Office space on Orchard Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median +7.2% on a year earlier
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 Orchard Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month · median -1.5% on a year earlier
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 · 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 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 Wheelock Place
- Prime retail (Orchard): Capital value S$8,200 psf · Net yield 4.8%
- Orchard Road: Rent S$38.90 psf/mth
- Orchard: Rent S$36.58 psf/mth · Vacancy 7.1% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 0.13m sq ft
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 Wheelock Place
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 1 new listing appeared and 0 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 Wheelock Place?
- 28 Sept 2026ApprovedFloor 5Change of use to medical clinic
Proposed change of use of unit #05-XX to medical clinic
- 4 Aug 2026ApprovedFloor 4Change of use to medical clinic
Proposed change of use of unit #04-XX to medical clinic
- 26 Mar 2026ApprovedFloor 4Change of use to massage establishment
Proposed change of use of units #04-XX & #04-XX to massage establishment
- 22 Dec 2025ApprovedChange of use to open restaurant
Proposed change of use of existing open cafe at 1st storey (#01-XX) to open restaurant
- 3 Dec 2025ApprovedFloor 1Change of use to pet grooming & sale of pet accessories
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX to pet grooming & sale of pet accessories
- 1 Apr 2025ApprovedFloor 5Change of use to shop
Proposed change of use of unit #05-XX to shop
- 7 Mar 2025ApprovedFloor 5Change of use to massage establishment
Proposed change of use of unit #05-XX to massage establishment
- 11 Nov 2024ApprovedFloor 5Change of use to shop
Proposed change of use of unit #05-XX to shop
- 5 Nov 2024ApprovedFloors 1, 2Additions & alterations
Proposed reinstatement works to unit #01-XX & #02-XX of existing 21-storey shops/ offices building with 2 basements (wheelock place)
- 27 Aug 2024RenewedFloor 4Continued use as massage establishment
Continued use of units #04-XX, #04-XX and #04-XX as massage establishment
- 6 Mar 2024ApprovedFloor 5Change of use to massage establishment
Proposed change of use of unit #05-XX to massage establishment
- 23 Feb 2024RenewedFloor 4Continued use as massage establishment
Continued use of unit #04-XX as massage establishment at wheelock place
59 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$54.50 per unit).
How does Orchard Road price?
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What do commercial rents run near Wheelock Place?
Indicative area yield — District 9 retail
An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 9 retail — NOT this building's yield, and not any unit's. Commercial rents are published as a district percentile grid, so both halves describe the district.
Priced on STRATA sales only: rent is quoted per unit of lettable area, and commercial land PSF runs far above strata — mixing them would shift the ratio sharply.
Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.
Retail rents — District 9 ($ 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 Wheelock Place right now?
For rent (2)
- Wheelock Place2 agentsS$26k/mo · 1,722 sqft
- Wheelock Place2 agentsS$24k/mo · 527 sqft
What is near Wheelock Place?
Getting around
- Orchard MRT846 m · ~13 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Wheelock Place
nearest MRT/LRT Orchard (TE14/NS22) 101 m, about 122,000 taps a weekday; 3 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 12, about 52,000 taps a weekday; Orchard: 44,871 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 19,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 16 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
- Orchard (TE14 / NS22)101 m · about 122,000 weekday taps
- Orchard Boulevard (TE13)837 m · 9,605 weekday taps
- Somerset (NS23)947 m · about 66,000 weekday taps
- Great World (TE15)971 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 Wheelock Place. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
12 bus stops within 400 m, with about 52,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Wheelock Place (development car park)49 mrates not published as open data
- ION Orchard (development car park)153 mrates not published as open data
- Angullia Park Off St (URA)169 mS$1.50 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 268 car lots
- Tang Plaza (development car park)230 mrates not published as open data
- Wisma Atria (development car park)286 mrates not published as open data
Nearest URA season parking: Cairnhill Rd Service R D, 762 m away, S$80/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Wheelock Place's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Wheelock Place?
- Financial and insurance66
- Wholesale and retail trade19
- Health and social services15
- Professional, scientific and technical services14
- Other services13
- Arts, entertainment and recreation7
- Real estate2
- Manufacturing1
- Accommodation and food services1
- Information and communications1
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. Most registrations here are dead: this is a registered-office address (corporate secretaries), so the count says nothing about how busy the building is. ACRA, as of 2026-09-16.
Frequently asked questions about Wheelock Place
Where is Wheelock Place?⌄
Wheelock Place is at 501 Orchard Road, Singapore 238880, in the Orchard planning area.
What is Wheelock Place zoned as?⌄
Wheelock Place 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 Wheelock Place?⌄
No caveats have been lodged for Wheelock Place 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 Wheelock Place?⌄
Orchard Boulevard MRT is the closest, 846 m away (about a 13-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Wheelock Place?⌄
144 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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