CommercialCOMMERCIALDistrict 18 · Pasir Ris

Whitesands Shopping Centre

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 9 November 2026
Quick Summary

Whitesands Shopping Centre is a commercial building in District 18 · Pasir Ris, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Whitesands Shopping Centre?

Key takeawayWhitesands Shopping Centre is a commercial building in District 18 · Pasir Ris, zoned COMMERCIAL.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
Subject to Evaluation
Tenure
Not on record
District / Area
District 18 · Pasir Ris
Address
1 Pasir Ris Central Street 3
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
Not on record
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.

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Who owns Whitesands Shopping Centre, and what is it valued at?

Key takeawayNo REIT or listed company holds Whitesands Shopping Centre today on its latest filings. Earlier SGX filings about it are below, each with its date.
White Sands
Valued at S$431 million as at 30 Sep 2025, by Savills.
White Sands: Frasers Centrepoint Trust's annual report (2025)
Net lettable area
150,352 sq ft
Committed occupancy
100%
Car-park lots
187
Land tenure
99-year leasehold from 1 May 1993
Green Mark
BCA Green Mark Gold (GM: 2021 in Operation)
Major tenants
FairPrice, Cookhouse by Koufu, McDonald’s, Popular Bookstore
Whole-building deals
  1. Announced 30 Jun 2026
    HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited (in its capacity as trustee of FCT) sold White Sands for S$467 million (agreed property value) to Growth Capital Pte Ltd.
    At the time: NLA 150,352 sq ft

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 Whitesands Shopping Centre

Whitesands Shopping Centre is a commercial building in Pasir Ris (District 18). It is located along Pasir Ris Central Street 3.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial.

The nearest MRT is Pasir Ris MRT Exit A, 71 m away (about a 1-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Pasir Ris Stn Exit A) is 85 m away (about a 1-minute walk). White Sands is 25 m away (about a 0-minute walk).

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What is Whitesands Shopping Centre zoned as?

Key takeawayWhitesands Shopping Centre sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL.
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
Subject to Evaluation

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 Whitesands Shopping Centre rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 18 retail, retail space rented at a median of $18.35 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $15.60 and $25.03. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 18 retail

Region band · 2026Q3
25th pct
$15.60
$167.95 psm
Median
$18.35
$197.55 psm
75th pct
$25.03
$269.47 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 18 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 Whitesands Shopping Centre

Key takeawayBrokers' retail figures for Singapore as a whole — 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 (island-wide)
  • Singapore total: Rent S$30.38 psf/mth · Vacancy 6.3% (1Q 2026) · Planned / under construction 2.38m 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 Whitesands Shopping Centre?

Key takeawayURA has approved 26 changes of use at Whitesands Shopping Centre 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 Nov 2018ApprovedFloor 4
    Change of use to massage establishment

    Proposed change of use of unit #04-XX to massage establishment at whitesands shopping centre

  2. 28 Mar 2014Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed addition and alteration to whitesands shopping centre on lot 1329t mk 29 at 1 pasir ris central street 3 (pasir ris planning area)

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 Whitesands Shopping Centre?

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

Retail rents — District 18 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band25th pctMedian75th pct
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below$288.17$334.04$372.08
B1 & Below · 30 & Below$402.91$419.52$444.18
Level 1 · 30 & Below$338.80$476.56$507.11
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100$160.23$185.71$256.74
B1 & Below · >30 - 100$242.12$313.16$407.37
Level 4 & Above · >30 - 100$246.24$280.87$292.97
Level 1 · >30 - 100$145.32$182.85$282.19
Level 1 · >100 - 300$150.78$175.58$214.75

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 Whitesands Shopping Centre?

Amenities nearby

NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd · 25 mWhite Sands · 25 mDayspring Medical Clinic (Pasir Ris) · 32 mPasir Ris MRT Exit A · 71 mAft Pasir Ris Stn Exit A · 85 mPasir Ris Central Hawker Centre · 211 mPasir Ris Polyclinic · 218 mPasir Ris Town Pk · 294 mEducational Institution · 389 mPlace Of Worship · 812 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at Whitesands Shopping Centre

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Pasir Ris (EW1), 70 m away — a busy station, with about 63,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 6 public car parks are within 500 m.
Foot traffic: busier than 79% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Pasir Ris (EW1) 70 m, about 63,000 taps a weekday; bus stops within 400 m: 13, about 72,000 taps a weekday; Pasir Ris: 23,751 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 63,000 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

  • Pasir Ris (EW1)70 m · about 63,000 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 Whitesands Shopping Centre. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

13 bus stops within 400 m, with about 72,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Blk 530 Pasir Ris Drive 1 (HDB)161 m
    no short-term parking · gantry 2.15 m · 428 car lots
  • Blk 531/536 Pasir Ris Drive 1/Pasir Ris Central (HDB)189 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m · 384 car lots
  • Blk 586A Pasir Ris Street 53 (HDB)336 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2 m · 309 car lots
  • Blk 537-543, 564-569 Pasir Ris Street 51 (HDB)345 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m · 365 car lots
  • Blk 578A Pasir Ris Street 53 (HDB)399 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2 m · 326 car lots

HDB season (car): Tier 1 $110/month (a resident's or registered HDB shop/industrial tenant's first car); Tier 2 (other cars, non-residents) $120 Rest of Island, $170 Designated Area, $190 Restricted Zone (sheltered: multi-storey, basement, deck). Industrial-park multi-storey car parks: $110 / $120. Which zone this car park is in is not published as data.

Nearest URA season parking: Pasir Ris Park Car Par K E Off St, 1.5 km away, S$90/month.

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

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How many companies are registered at Whitesands Shopping Centre?

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.

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Frequently asked questions about Whitesands Shopping Centre

Where is Whitesands Shopping Centre?⌄

Whitesands Shopping Centre is at 1 Pasir Ris Central Street 3, in the Pasir Ris planning area.

What is Whitesands Shopping Centre zoned as?⌄

Whitesands Shopping Centre sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Whitesands Shopping Centre?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Whitesands Shopping Centre 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 Whitesands Shopping Centre?⌄

Pasir Ris MRT Exit A is the closest, 71 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

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