Defu Industrial Estate
Defu Industrial Estate is a industrial building in District 19 · Hougang. It is leasehold with roughly 52 years remaining. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Apr 2012. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Defu Industrial Estate?
- Asset class
- Industrial
- Land-use zone
- Not on record
- Gross plot ratio
- —
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- District / Area
- District 19 · Hougang
- Address
- 29 Defu Lane 4
- Land area
- —
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- Not on record
- Estate (JTC)
- Defu Industrial Estate
- Transactions on record
- 1 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 0
About Defu Industrial Estate
Defu Industrial Estate is an industrial estate in Hougang (District 19). It is located along Defu Lane 4, Singapore 539425.
The site is leasehold, with about 52 years left to run.
1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$28 psf. The most recent was in April 2012.
Across JTC's rental returns for Defu Lane 4, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$1.99 psf per month over 3 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$1.40 to S$2.31 psf per month. These are street-level figures from undated JTC snapshots, not a rent quoted for this property.
The nearest port or airport land is about 6.1 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 2.0 km away. The closest bus stop (Aft Defu Ave 2) is 376 m away (about a 6-minute walk).
What has Defu Industrial Estate sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2012 | Single-user Factory | S$280k | 9,949 sqft | $28 |
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
Market context around Defu Industrial Estate
- Factory (ground floor): Rent S$1.81 psf/mth
- Factory (upper floor): Rent S$1.41 psf/mth
- Prime logistics: Rent S$1.87 psf/mth · Capital value S$245 psf · Net yield 6.5%
- Warehouse (ground floor): Rent S$1.91 psf/mth
- Warehouse (upper floor): Rent S$1.39 psf/mth
- Factory - Ground Floor: Rent S$1.79 psf/mth
- Factory - Upper Floor: Rent S$1.57 psf/mth
- High-Tech: Rent S$3.56 psf/mth
- Prime Logistics - Ground Floor: Rent S$1.92 psf/mth
- Prime Logistics - Upper Floor: Rent S$1.74 psf/mth
- Warehouse - Ground Floor: Rent S$1.81 psf/mth
- Warehouse - Upper Floor: Rent S$1.49 psf/mth
Official series (JTC, 2026Q3): Multiple-User Factory occupancy (island-wide) 90.3% (-0.7 pp on the year) · Single-User Factory occupancy (island-wide) 89.1% (0 pp on the year) · Warehouse occupancy (island-wide) 89.7% (+0.1 pp 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 is near Defu Industrial Estate?
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Defu Industrial Estate
no MRT/LRT within 1 km (nearest Hougang, 1.5 km); bus stops within 400 m: 1, about 142 taps a weekday; Hougang: 43,772 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 14,000 residents within 1 km (June 2026). Ranked against 8,225 industrial 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), not a count of people.
Bus
1 bus stop within 400 m, with 142 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Defu Lane 6 (JTC)163 m
- Defu Lane 5 (JTC)163 m
- Defu Lane 1 (JTC)239 m
- Defu Lane 3 (JTC)278 m
- Defu Lane 8 (JTC)369 m
Nearest URA season parking: Kaki Bukit Rd 2, 2.3 km away, S$90/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Defu Industrial Estate's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
How many companies are registered at Defu Industrial Estate?
- 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.
What does industrial space rent for on this street?
- Street rent, median
- S$21.46 psm/mo
- Observed range
- S$15.10 – S$24.88
JTC street medians span 2000 to today and are an all-time level, not today's asking rent; the forward pipeline is a forecast, not committed completions.
Frequently asked questions about Defu Industrial Estate
Where is Defu Industrial Estate?⌄
Defu Industrial Estate is at 29 Defu Lane 4, Singapore 539425, in the Hougang planning area.
What is the tenure of Defu Industrial Estate?⌄
Defu Industrial Estate is leasehold. About 52 years remain on the lease.
What have units at Defu Industrial Estate sold for?⌄
Across 1 recorded transaction, the median is S$28 psf. The latest was in April 2012.
What does industrial space near Defu Industrial Estate rent for?⌄
JTC's rental returns for Defu Lane 4 put the median at about S$1.99 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Defu Lane 4, not a rent quoted for Defu Industrial Estate itself.
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