CommercialCOMMERCIALDistrict 9 · Orchard

Yen San Building

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 10 November 2026
Quick Summary

Yen San Building is a commercial building in District 9 · Orchard, on land zoned COMMERCIAL under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 4.9. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Yen San Building?

Key takeawayYen San Building is a commercial building in District 9 · Orchard, zoned COMMERCIAL.
Asset class
Commercial
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
4.9
Tenure
Not on record
District / Area
District 9 · Orchard
Address
—
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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About Yen San Building

Yen San Building is a commercial building in Orchard (District 09). It is located along Orchard Road.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned commercial with a gross plot ratio of 4.9. It lies inside the Central Area.

The nearest MRT is Somerset MRT, 394 m away (about a 6-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Bef Cairnhill Rd) is 98 m away (about a 2-minute walk). Mandarin Gallery is 155 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

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What is Yen San Building zoned as?

Key takeawayYen San Building sits on land zoned COMMERCIAL with a gross plot ratio of 4.9, inside the Central Area.
Land-use zone
COMMERCIAL
Gross plot ratio
4.9
Urban design area
Udga
Central Area
Yes
BCA-verified envelope: built 16,971 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 Yen San Building rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Yen San Building itself. On its street, Orchard Road, office space rented at a median of $8.30 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $6.42 and $10.56. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Office space on Orchard Road

Street level · 2026Q3
25th pct
$6.42
$69.10 psm
Median
$8.30
$89.36 psm
75th pct
$10.56
$113.72 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median +7.2% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $83.64 psm2026Q3 · $89.36 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 Orchard Road

Street level · 2026Q3
25th pct
$9.58
$103.15 psm
Median
$14.21
$152.94 psm
75th pct
$22.45
$241.70 psm

S$ per sq ft per month · median -1.5% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $157.56 psm2026Q3 · $152.94 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).

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Market context around Yen San Building

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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How does Orchard Road price?

Key takeawayAcross 142 strata sales on Orchard Road in the last 5 years, the median is $3,784 psf.
Strata sales on the street (5y)
142
Street median PSF (strata)
$3,784

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

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What do commercial rents run near Yen San 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 band25th pctMedian75th 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 band25th pctMedian75th 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.

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What is near Yen San Building?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Somerset MRT, about 394 m away.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Hotel · 28 mEHA Clinic · 56 mBef Cairnhill Rd · 98 mMandarin Gallery · 155 mCold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd · 159 mOrchard Fountain Corner · 189 mMount Elizabeth Hospital · 306 mSomerset MRT Exit B · 310 mPlace Of Worship · 317 mCairnhill Community Club · 821 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at Yen San Building

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Somerset (NS23), 310 m away — a busy station, with about 66,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 18 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$80 a month.
Foot traffic: busier than 87% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Somerset (NS23) 310 m, about 66,000 taps a weekday; 4 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 6, about 32,000 taps a weekday; Orchard: 44,871 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 17,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026); 19 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

  • Somerset (NS23)310 m · about 66,000 weekday taps
  • Orchard (TE14 / NS22)496 m · about 122,000 weekday taps
  • Great World (TE15)849 m · about 21,000 weekday taps
  • Dhoby Ghaut (NS24 / NE6 / CC1)936 m · about 64,000 weekday taps
  • Newton (NS21 / DT11)993 m · about 116,000 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 Yen San Building. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

6 bus stops within 400 m, with about 32,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • The Heeren (development car park)79 m
    rates not published as open data
  • Hullet Rd (URA)105 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 3 car lots
  • Paragon (development car park)156 m
    rates not published as open data
  • Hilton Orchard (development car park)171 m
    rates not published as open data
  • Emerald Hill Estate (URA)174 m
    season S$80/month

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

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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What is Yen San Building's BCA building profile?

BCA building type
Retail
Green Mark
NA (NA)
Energy use intensity
109 kWh/m²·yr
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Frequently asked questions about Yen San Building

Where is Yen San Building?⌄

Yen San Building is at Orchard Road, in the Orchard planning area.

What is Yen San Building zoned as?⌄

Yen San Building sits on land zoned commercial under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 4.9.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Yen San Building?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Yen San Building 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 Yen San Building?⌄

Somerset MRT is the closest, 394 m away (about a 6-minute walk).

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