IndustrialRESIDENTIALConservationDistrict 9 · Newton

Emerald Hill Conservation Area

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026
Quick Summary

Emerald Hill Conservation Area is a industrial building in District 9 · Newton, on land zoned RESIDENTIAL under the URA Master Plan. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Emerald Hill Conservation Area?

Key takeawayEmerald Hill Conservation Area is a industrial building in District 9 · Newton, zoned RESIDENTIAL.
Asset class
Industrial
Land-use zone
RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio
Subject to Evaluation
Tenure
Not on record
District / Area
District 9 · Newton
Address
2 Saunders Road
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
2 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
Transactions on record
None recorded
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
0

No recorded transactions — this building has never generated a strata caveat (typically single-owner or lease-only stock). That is not missing data, and it says nothing about the building's value, occupancy or availability.

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About Emerald Hill Conservation Area

Emerald Hill Conservation Area is a building in Newton (District 09). It is located along Saunders Road, Singapore 228256.

Under the URA Master Plan the site is zoned Residential.

The nearest port or airport land is about 4.5 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 2.6 km away. The nearest MRT is Somerset MRT, 346 m away (about a 5-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Somerset Stn) is 208 m away (about a 3-minute walk).

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What is Emerald Hill Conservation Area zoned as?

Key takeawayEmerald Hill Conservation Area sits on land zoned RESIDENTIAL, with conservation status, inside the Central Area.
Land-use zone
RESIDENTIAL
Gross plot ratio
Subject to Evaluation
Conservation area
Emerald Hill
Conserved building
Yes
Central Area
Yes

URA has not published a fixed plot ratio for this site — the Master Plan records "EVA" (Subject to Evaluation), meaning intensity is decided case by case on application. Do not quote a plot ratio, and do not compute buildable GFA from it.

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Market context around Emerald Hill Conservation Area

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.

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What's been approved at Emerald Hill Conservation Area?

Key takeawayURA's planning decisions at Emerald Hill Conservation Area since 2000 are below. 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.
F&B and nightlife here

No new bars, pubs, nightclubs or karaoke lounges (a Historic Conservation Area).

Per URA's Use of Buildings in Conservation Areas. A planning guideline for the area, not a decision on any unit; it applies to new eating houses and bars, not to one already approved.

  1. 18 Nov 2025Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed addition & alteration to the existing 2-storey conserved terrace house with roof mezzanine and new rear extension on lot ts27 99475l at 2 saunders road (emerald hill conservation 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).

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What is near Emerald Hill Conservation Area?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Somerset MRT, about 346 m away.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

RafflesMedical · 156 mOpp Somerset Stn · 208 mSomerset MRT Exit B · 294 mMount Elizabeth Hospital · 442 mEducational Institution · 735 mNewton Food Centre · 953 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at Emerald Hill Conservation Area

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Somerset (NS23), 294 m away — a busy station, with about 66,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 17 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$80 a month.
Foot traffic: busier than 96% of industrial buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Somerset (NS23) 294 m, about 66,000 taps a weekday; 4 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 4, about 21,000 taps a weekday; Newton: 13,644 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 16,000 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

  • Somerset (NS23)294 m · about 66,000 weekday taps
  • Orchard (TE14 / NS22)686 m · about 122,000 weekday taps
  • Dhoby Ghaut (NS24 / NE6 / CC1)772 m · about 64,000 weekday taps
  • Newton (NS21 / DT11)971 m · about 116,000 weekday taps
  • Great World (TE15)974 m · about 21,000 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 Emerald Hill Conservation Area. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

4 bus stops within 400 m, with about 21,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Hullet Rd Off St (URA)25 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 24 car lots
  • Hullet Rd (URA)94 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 3 car lots
  • Emerald Hill Rd (URA)98 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 35 car lots
  • Saunders Rd (URA)114 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 32 car lots
  • Emerald Link (URA)138 m
    S$1.20 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 4 car lots

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

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How many companies are registered at Emerald Hill Conservation Area?

Key takeawayACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
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.

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Frequently asked questions about Emerald Hill Conservation Area

Where is Emerald Hill Conservation Area?⌄

Emerald Hill Conservation Area is at 2 Saunders Road, Singapore 228256, in the Newton planning area.

What is Emerald Hill Conservation Area zoned as?⌄

Emerald Hill Conservation Area is zoned Residential under the URA Master Plan.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Emerald Hill Conservation Area?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Emerald Hill Conservation Area in the records we track. That is common for single-owner industrial buildings, which never generate strata transactions.

What is the nearest MRT station to Emerald Hill Conservation Area?⌄

Somerset MRT is the closest, 346 m away (about a 5-minute walk).

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