Defu Industrial Estate
Defu Industrial Estate is a industrial building in District 19 · Hougang. It is leasehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Sept 2000. 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
- 14 Defu Lane 1
- 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 1, Singapore 539488.
The site is leasehold, with about 0 years left to run. A tail that short materially narrows the pool of banks willing to finance a purchase.
1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$288 psf. The most recent was in September 2000.
Across JTC's rental returns for Defu Lane 1, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$0.99 psf per month over 1 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$0.99 to S$0.99 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 6.0 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 2.2 km away. The closest bus stop (Aft Defu Ave 2) is 74 m away (about a 1-minute walk).
What has Defu Industrial Estate sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2000 | Single-user Factory | S$1.35M | 4,694 sqft | $288 |
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's been approved at Defu Industrial Estate?
- 11 Nov 2011ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to existing 2 storey factory with temporary ancillary worker's dormitory (for 151 workers) on lot 04160a mk 22 at 14 defu lane 1
- 20 Jul 2006ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions & alterations to existing 2 storey factory with worker's dormitories
- 11 May 2004ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additons and alterations to existing 2-storey factory with workers' dormitories
- 17 Jul 2001ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to the existing factory building on lot 4160 mk 22 at 14 defu lane 1 (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).
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, 1.2 km); bus stops within 400 m: 4, about 939 taps a weekday; Hougang: 43,772 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 28,000 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
4 bus stops within 400 m, with 939 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Defu Lane 1 (JTC)116 m
- Defu Lane 6 (JTC)170 m
- Defu Lane 5 (JTC)185 m
- Tampines Rd - Hougang Avenue 7 Area (URA)191 m
- Tampines Rd - Hougang Ave 7 Hvp (URA)213 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
Nearest URA season parking: Simon Road-Kovan Road Area, 2.4 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.
Who's registered at Defu Industrial Estate?
- Wholesale and retail trade0
- Construction0
- Manufacturing0
- Financial and insurance0
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?
- Street rent, median
- S$10.69 psm/mo
- Observed range
- S$10.69 – S$10.69
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 14 Defu Lane 1, Singapore 539488, in the Hougang planning area.
What is the tenure of Defu Industrial Estate?⌄
Defu Industrial Estate is leasehold. About 0 years remain on the lease. Financing gets harder below roughly 30 years, so factor that into any purchase.
What have units at Defu Industrial Estate sold for?⌄
Across 1 recorded transaction, the median is S$288 psf. The latest was in September 2000.
What does industrial space near Defu Industrial Estate rent for?⌄
JTC's rental returns for Defu Lane 1 put the median at about S$0.99 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Defu Lane 1, not a rent quoted for Defu Industrial Estate itself.
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