Defu Industrial Estate

Asset class

Industrial

Land-use zone

BUSINESS 1

Gross plot ratio

2.5

Tenure

Leasehold

District / Area

District 19 · Hougang

Address

109 Defu Lane 10

Land area

18,768 sqm

Completed

Not on record

Storeys

4 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)

Estate (JTC)

Defu Industrial Estate

Transactions on record

1 (records start 1995)

Live listings

None

ACRA registrations

132

Defu Industrial Estate is an industrial estate in Hougang (District 19). It is located along Defu Lane 10, Singapore 539225.

Under the URA Master Plan the site is zoned Business 1 with a gross plot ratio of 2.5. Business 1 zoning covers clean and light industry with a nuisance buffer of 50 m.

The site is leasehold, with about 16 years left to run. A tail that short materially narrows the pool of banks willing to finance a purchase. It sits on about 18,768 sqm of land.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$151 psf. The most recent was in April 2022.

Across JTC's rental returns for Defu Lane 10, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$1.50 psf per month over 26 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$0.14 to S$2.27 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 6.4 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 1.3 km away. The nearest MRT is Kovan MRT Exit C, 977 m away (about a 15-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Blk 106) is 122 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

127 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

Land-use zone

BUSINESS 1

Gross plot ratio

2.5

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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

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.

1. 16 May 2025Approved
   Change of use to industrial canteen

   Proposed change of use of part 1st storey premises to industrial canteen at existing 4-storey single-user factory building

2. 14 Jan 2025Approved
   Additions & alterations

   Proposed additions & alterations on level 1 to existing 4-storey single-user factory building

3. 12 Jan 2024Approved
   Additions & alterations

   Proposed change of use to food factory and proposed additions and alterations involving addition of 1 storey to existing 3-storey single-user factory building mk22 on lot 03866p at 109 defu lane 10 (hougang 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).

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

• Accommodation and food services
  98
• Real estate
  26
• Manufacturing
  3
• Wholesale and retail trade
  2
• Administrative and support services
  2
• Professional, scientific and technical services
  1
• Financial and insurance
  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.

Street rent, median

S$16.15 psm/mo

Observed range

S$1.49 – S$24.47

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.