IndustrialBUSINESS 2LeaseholdDistrict 19 · Hougang

Defu Industrial Estate E

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Sept 2007

Quick Summary

Defu Industrial Estate E is a industrial building in District 19 · Hougang, on land zoned BUSINESS 2 under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.5. It is leasehold with roughly 56 years remaining. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Sept 2007. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Defu Industrial Estate E?

Key takeawayDefu Industrial Estate E is a industrial building in District 19 · Hougang, zoned BUSINESS 2, held leasehold.

Asset class: Industrial
Land-use zone: BUSINESS 2
Gross plot ratio: 2.5
Tenure: Leasehold
District / Area: District 19 · Hougang
Address: 3 Defu Lane 12
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 E

Defu Industrial Estate E is an industrial estate in Hougang (District 19). It is located along Defu Lane 12, Singapore 539112.

Under the URA Master Plan the site is zoned Business 2 with a gross plot ratio of 2.5. Business 2 zoning covers general industry with a nuisance buffer of 100 m, including heavier trades.

The site is leasehold, with about 56 years left to run.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$53 psf. The most recent was in September 2007.

Across JTC's rental returns for Defu Lane 12, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$0.97 psf per month over 2 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$0.92 to S$1.02 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 8.0 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 389 m away. The nearest MRT is Tai Seng MRT, 838 m away (about a 13-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Bef Airport Rd) is 135 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

What is Defu Industrial Estate E zoned as?

Key takeawayDefu Industrial Estate E sits on land zoned BUSINESS 2 with a gross plot ratio of 2.5.

Land-use zone: BUSINESS 2
Gross plot ratio: 2.5

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What has Defu Industrial Estate E sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Sept 2007 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Sept 2007	Single-user Factory	S$535k	10,149 sqft	$53

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 E

Key takeawayBrokers' industrial figures for Singapore as a whole — a broker's market figure, not this building's rent.

CBRE, 2Q 2026 (island-wide)

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

Singapore Figures Q2 2026

Cushman & Wakefield, 2Q 2026 (island-wide)

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

Singapore Industrial MarketBeat Q2 2026

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 E?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Tai Seng MRT, about 838 m away.

Getting around

Tai Seng MRT838 m · ~13 min

Amenities nearby

Bef Airport Rd · 135 mBusiness Park · 389 mThe Clinic @ Tai Seng · 715 mEducational Institution · 804 mTai Seng MRT Exit A · 858 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Defu Industrial Estate E

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Tai Seng (CC11), 807 m away — a busy station, with about 45,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 4 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$90 a month.

Foot traffic: busier than 73% of industrial buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Tai Seng (CC11) 807 m, about 45,000 taps a weekday; bus stops within 400 m: 7, about 4,447 taps a weekday; Hougang: 43,772 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 17,000 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.

Stations within 1 km

Tai Seng (CC11)807 m · about 45,000 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 Defu Industrial Estate E. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

7 bus stops within 400 m, with 4,447 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Defu Lane 12 (JTC)154 m
Tai Seng Drive (URA)256 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 8 car lots
Defu Lane 11 (JTC)310 m
Kaki Bukit Rd 2 (URA)472 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · season S$90/month · 38 car lots

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

Who's registered at Defu Industrial Estate E?

Key takeaway0 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Defu Industrial Estate E 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.

What does industrial space rent for on this street?

Key takeawayJTC's street-level record shows a median of S$10.47 psm/month — an all-time median from 2000 onwards, not a current rent.

Street rent, median: S$10.47 psm/mo
Observed range: S$9.92 – S$11.02

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 E

Where is Defu Industrial Estate E?⌄

Defu Industrial Estate E is at 3 Defu Lane 12, Singapore 539112, in the Hougang planning area.

What is Defu Industrial Estate E zoned as?⌄

Defu Industrial Estate E is zoned Business 2 under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 2.5. Business 2 zoning covers general industry with a nuisance buffer of 100 m, including heavier trades.

What kind of business can operate at Defu Industrial Estate E?⌄

Business 2 zoning covers general industry with a nuisance buffer of 100 m, including heavier trades. The specific trade still has to be approved, so check the permissible-use list for your activity.

What is the tenure of Defu Industrial Estate E?⌄

Defu Industrial Estate E is leasehold. About 56 years remain on the lease.

What have units at Defu Industrial Estate E sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median is S$53 psf. The latest was in September 2007.

What does industrial space near Defu Industrial Estate E rent for?⌄

JTC's rental returns for Defu Lane 12 put the median at about S$0.97 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Defu Lane 12, not a rent quoted for Defu Industrial Estate E itself.

What is the nearest MRT station to Defu Industrial Estate E?⌄

Tai Seng MRT is the closest, 838 m away (about a 13-minute walk).

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Year of completion is not on record for this building. Building age cannot be stated.

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.

Median across 2000Q1-2026Q2 — an all-time level, NOT a current rent. Quote the latest quarter for "what does it rent for now".

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 JTC estate boundaries, JTC car park information (data.gov.sg), 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.