CommercialRESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREYConservationFreeholdDistrict 8 · Rochor

Zaman Centre

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Dec 2024

Quick Summary

Zaman Centre is a commercial building in District 8 · Rochor, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 3.5. It is freehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Dec 2024. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Zaman Centre?

Key takeawayZaman Centre is a commercial building in District 8 · Rochor, zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY, held freehold.

Asset class: Commercial
Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
Gross plot ratio: 3.5
Tenure: Freehold
District / Area: District 8 · Rochor
Address: 3 Roberts Lane
Land area: 277 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: Not on record
Submarket: City Fringe
Transactions on record: 1 (records start 1995)
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 0

About Zaman Centre

Zaman Centre is a mixed-use building in Rochor (District 08). It is located along Roberts Lane, Singapore 218285.

Under the URA Master Plan it sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey with a gross plot ratio of 3.5. The site falls within a conservation area, so external alterations are subject to URA conservation guidelines. It lies inside the Central Area.

The site is freehold. It occupies roughly 277 sqm of land with about 973 sqm of gross floor area.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$5,107 psf. The most recent was in December 2024.

The nearest MRT is Farrer Park MRT, 192 m away (about a 3-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Blk 672B) is 169 m away (about a 3-minute walk).

What is Zaman Centre zoned as?

Key takeawayZaman Centre sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY with a gross plot ratio of 3.5, with conservation status, inside the Central Area.

Land-use zone: RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMERCIAL AT 1ST STOREY
Gross plot ratio: 3.5
Conservation area: Jalan Besar
Conserved building: Yes
Urban design area: Udga
Central Area: Yes

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What has Zaman Centre sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Dec 2024 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Dec 2024	Shop House	S$15.25M	2,986 sqft	$5,107

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 Zaman Centre rent for?

Key takeawayNo street- or building-level rent is published here. Across District 8 retail, retail space rented at a median of $8.25 psf a month in 2026Q3, with the middle half of leases between $6.30 and $9.03. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Retail space — District 8 retail

Region band · 2026Q3

25th pct

$6.30

$67.76 psm

Median

$8.25

$88.77 psm

75th pct

$9.03

$97.19 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 8 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 Zaman Centre

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.

What's been approved at Zaman Centre?

Key takeawayURA has approved 1 change of use at Zaman Centre since 2000, most recently in 2022. 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.

3 Oct 2022Approved
Change of use
Proposed change of use of the first storey premises from restaurant to 3 units of shop
22 Jan 2016Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed additions & alterations to conservation of existing 3 units of 2-storey conserved shophouse with mezzanine roof and 6-storey rear extension with basement on lot 99320p ts18 at no. 3 roberts lane
10 Nov 2009Approved
Additions & alterations
Amend to appd to the prop conservation and a/a to existg 3 units of 2-sty conserved shophouse with mezzanine roof and a new 6-sty rear extension with basement for restaurant on 1st storey and resi on 2nd to 6th sty (8 units) at 1, 3, 5 roberts lane
10 Oct 2008Approved
Additions & alterations
Proposed conservation and additions & alterations to existing 3 units of 2-storey conserved shophouse with mezzanine roof and a new 6-storey rear extension with basement for restaurant on 1st storey and residential on 2nd to 6th storey (8 units)

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).

What do commercial rents run near Zaman Centre?

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

Indicative area yield — District 8 retail

Gross yield (area)

3.6%

3.3% net of property tax

Rent side (median of bands)

$88.77 psm/mo

2026Q3

Price side (strata, 5y)

$2,744 psf

59 sales

An INDICATIVE AREA yield for District 8 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 8 ($ psm/month, 2026Q3)

Floor level · size band	25th pct	Median	75th pct
Level 2 & 3 · 30 & Below	$67.76	$96.11	$143.21
Level 1 · 30 & Below	$76.14	$92.59	$171.04
B1 & Below · 30 & Below	$90.68	$93.21	$137.37
Level 2 & 3 · >30 - 100	$46.15	$61.63	$86.96
Level 1 · >30 - 100	$73.94	$90.91	$97.19
B1 & Below · >30 - 100	$82.17	$88.77	$163.62
Level 1 · >100 - 300	$59.57	$69.55	$95.87
Level 2 & 3 · >100 - 300	$43.92	$47.03	$64.17

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 near Zaman Centre?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Farrer Park MRT, about 192 m away — and 3 competing retail premisess operate nearby.

Getting around

Farrer Park MRT192 m · ~3 min

Amenities nearby

Place Of Worship · 44 mSingapore Medical Clinic · 61 mHotel · 113 mFarrer Park MRT Exit F · 150 mAft Blk 672B · 169 mRowell Rd Os · 232 mFarrer Park Hospital · 284 mEducational Institution · 356 mPek Kio Community Centre · 414 mKallang Polyclinic · 919 m

Competing premises nearby

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

Pardeshi Pte. Ltd. · 214 mCity Square Mall · 346 mBerseh Food Centre · 471 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Zaman Centre

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Farrer Park (NE8), 149 m away — a busy station, with about 57,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 52 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$100 a month.

Foot traffic: busier than 57% of retail buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Farrer Park (NE8) 149 m, about 57,000 taps a weekday; 3 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 4, about 9,220 taps a weekday; Rochor: 31,654 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 34,000 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

Farrer Park (NE8)149 m · about 57,000 weekday taps
Little India (NE7 / DT12)491 m · about 55,000 weekday taps
Jalan Besar (DT22)552 m · about 21,000 weekday taps
Rochor (DT13)670 m · about 22,000 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 Zaman Centre. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

4 bus stops within 400 m, with 9,220 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Roberts Lane (URA)49 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 39 car lots
Little India A (Bet Bu Ffalo & Rangoon Rd) (URA)72 m
season S$100/month
Kinta Rd Off St (URA)75 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · season S$100/month · 122 car lots
Kinta Rd (URA)88 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 8 car lots
Birch Rd (URA)89 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 14 car lots

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

Who's registered at Zaman Centre?

Key takeaway0 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Zaman Centre as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Wholesale and retail trade
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 Zaman Centre

Where is Zaman Centre?⌄

Zaman Centre is at 3 Roberts Lane, Singapore 218285, in the Rochor planning area.

What is Zaman Centre zoned as?⌄

Zaman Centre sits on land zoned residential with commercial at 1st storey under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 3.5.

What is the tenure of Zaman Centre?⌄

Zaman Centre is freehold.

Is Zaman Centre a conserved property?⌄

Yes. Zaman Centre falls within a URA conservation area, so external works are subject to conservation guidelines.

What have units at Zaman Centre sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median price is S$5,107 psf. The latest was in December 2024.

What is the nearest MRT station to Zaman Centre?⌄

Farrer Park MRT is the closest, 192 m away (about a 3-minute walk).

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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.

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 — 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.