IndustrialBUSINESS 1FreeholdDistrict 19 · Hougang

Forte

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Jun 2015

Quick Summary

Forte is a industrial building in District 19 · Hougang, on land zoned BUSINESS 1 under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.5. It is freehold. 2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2015. ACRA records 1 live company registration at this address.

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What are the key facts about Forte?

Key takeawayForte is a industrial building in District 19 · Hougang, zoned BUSINESS 1, held freehold.

Asset class: Industrial
Land-use zone: BUSINESS 1
Gross plot ratio: 2.5
Tenure: Freehold
District / Area: District 19 · Hougang
Address: 29 New Industrial Road
Land area: 3,782 sqm
Completed: 2024 (JTC industrial completions)
Storeys: Not on record
Developer: Sb (29nir) Investment Pte Ltd (JTC industrial completions)
Transactions on record: 2 (records start 1995)
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 1

About Forte

Forte is an industrial building in Hougang (District 19). It is located along New Industrial Road, Singapore 536213.

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 freehold. It sits on about 3,782 sqm of land with roughly 9,706 sqm of gross floor area.

2 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$943 psf. The most recent was in June 2015.

Across JTC's rental returns for New Industrial Road, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$2.03 psf per month over 104 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$0.88 to S$2.86 psf per month. These are street-level figures from undated JTC snapshots, not a rent quoted for this property.

2 industrial projects are still uncompleted on this street, adding about 15,440 sqm of gross floor area, the earliest due around 2028.

The nearest port or airport land is about 7.1 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 391 m away. The nearest MRT is Bartley MRT, 666 m away (about a 10-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 181) is 290 m away (about a 4-minute walk).

1 business is currently registered at this address with ACRA.

What is Forte zoned as?

Key takeawayForte sits on land zoned BUSINESS 1 with a gross plot ratio of 2.5.

Land-use zone: BUSINESS 1
Gross plot ratio: 2.5

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What has Forte sold for?

Key takeaway2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jun 2015 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Jun 2015	Single-user Factory	S$66.00M	40,717 sqft	$1,621
Nov 2006	Single-user Factory	S$5.34M	20,150 sqft	$265

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

What does space at Forte rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Forte itself. On its street, New Industrial Road, strata factory space rented at a median of $2.84 psf a month in 2026Q3. That is not this building's own rent, and never a quote for a particular unit.

Strata factory space on New Industrial Road

Street level · 2026Q3

25th pct

—

— psm

Median

$2.84

$30.60 psm

75th pct

—

— psm

S$ per sq ft per month (median only published) · median +4.2% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $23.43 psm2026Q3 · $30.60 psm median

This is the MEDIAN of JTC-published rents across leases on this street in the stated quarter, not the asking or contracted rent of any particular unit. Streets with too few leases are suppressed by JTC and appear as no value -- suppressed is not zero.

Source: JTC J-SPACE, rental of industrial space by street.

Market context around Forte

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's been approved at Forte?

Key takeawayURA has approved 1 change of use at Forte since 2000, most recently in 2018. 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.

22 Jun 2018ApprovedFloor 1
Change of use to childcare centre
Proposed change of use of factory units #01-XX, #01-XX, #01-XX and #01-XX to childcare centre at forte

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).

How does New Industrial Road price?

Key takeawayNew Industrial Road's current JTC street rent is S$30.60 psm/month (2026Q3), which against the street's strata sale median works out to an indicative gross yield of 4.6% (4.1% net of property tax).

Strata sales on the street (5y)

Street median PSF (strata)

$723

Indicative street yield

4.6% gross

4.1% net of property tax

An INDICATIVE street-level yield, not a yield for any particular unit: the current-quarter JTC street rent divided by the street's strata sale PSF median.

Net deducts the 10% non-residential property tax ONLY — not vacancy, maintenance, agent fees, financing, or the 9% GST on purchase.

Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.

What is near Forte?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Bartley MRT, about 666 m away.

Getting around

Bartley MRT666 m · ~10 min

Amenities nearby

Educational Institution · 60 mBlk 181 · 290 mKensington Square Medical Clinic And Surgery · 375 mBusiness Park · 391 mBartley MRT Exit A · 668 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Forte

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Bartley (CC12), 666 m away — a moderately busy station, with about 19,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 4 public car parks are within 500 m.

Foot traffic: busier than 77% of industrial buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Bartley (CC12) 666 m, about 19,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 6, about 5,036 taps a weekday; Hougang: 43,772 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 31,000 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

Bartley (CC12)666 m · about 19,000 weekday taps
Tai Seng (CC11)971 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 Forte. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

6 bus stops within 400 m, with 5,036 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

New Industrial Rd (URA)148 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 10 car lots
Blk 182 Hougang Street 13 (HDB)326 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 279 car lots
Blk 178A To 178B Hougang Street 12 (HDB)444 m
no short-term parking · 4 car lots
Kim Chuan Rd (URA)494 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 25 car lots

HDB season (car): Tier 1 $110/month (a resident's or registered HDB shop/industrial tenant's first car); Tier 2 (other cars, non-residents) $120 Rest of Island, $170 Designated Area, $190 Restricted Zone (sheltered: multi-storey, basement, deck). Industrial-park multi-storey car parks: $110 / $120. Which zone this car park is in is not published as data.

Nearest URA season parking: Kampong Ampat Industri Al Estate, 1.1 km away, S$90/month.

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

Who's registered at Forte?

Key takeaway1 live company (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Forte as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Information and communications
1
Construction
0
Education
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$21.86 psm/month — an all-time median from 2000 onwards, not a current rent.

Street rent, median: S$21.86 psm/mo
Observed range: S$9.46 – S$30.78
Pipeline on this street: 2 projects · earliest TOP 2028

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 Forte

Where is Forte?⌄

Forte is at 29 New Industrial Road, Singapore 536213, in the Hougang planning area.

What is Forte zoned as?⌄

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

What kind of business can operate at Forte?⌄

Business 1 zoning covers clean and light industry with a nuisance buffer of 50 m. The specific trade still has to be approved, so check the permissible-use list for your activity.

What is the tenure of Forte?⌄

Forte is freehold.

What have units at Forte sold for?⌄

Across 2 recorded transactions, the median is S$943 psf. The latest was in June 2015.

What does industrial space near Forte rent for?⌄

JTC's rental returns for New Industrial Road put the median at about S$2.03 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on New Industrial Road, not a rent quoted for Forte itself.

What is the nearest MRT station to Forte?⌄

Bartley MRT is the closest, 666 m away (about a 10-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Forte?⌄

1 business is currently registered at this address with ACRA. That counts registered addresses, not physical occupiers.

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Completion year: the first quarter JTC records a TOP (Temporary Occupation Permit) at this address. JTC lists major industrial projects (7,000 sqm and up) from 2013; where an older building stood on the site, this is the current building's year.

Developer: as named on JTC's completion record, often the project company rather than the listed group.

Changes of use: URA planning approvals recorded at this building since 2000 (any unit; renewals of a temporary permission not counted). History only — Past approvals are not today's approved use; check with URA's approved-use enquiry before signing. Never say a use is allowed, permitted or approved for a unit, and never say a use would be approved.

Approved for a new building: the year URA approved the latest new erection or redevelopment here. An APPROVAL year, not a completion year — never state it as the building's age.

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.

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 industrial completions, URA planning decisions, 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.

Rents: URA rental statistics for office and retail space by street (IRAS-stamped contracts), JTC J-SPACE rentals by building and by street, JTC price tenders, and URA REALIS rental grids. SLA tender results and JTC posted land rents are held for state and JTC land.