IndustrialBUSINESS 1District 12 · Toa Payoh

General Magnetics Building

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026
Quick Summary

General Magnetics Building is a industrial building in District 12 · Toa Payoh, on land zoned BUSINESS 1 under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.5. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about General Magnetics Building?

Key takeawayGeneral Magnetics Building is a industrial building in District 12 · Toa Payoh, zoned BUSINESS 1.
Asset class
Industrial
Land-use zone
BUSINESS 1
Gross plot ratio
2.5
Tenure
Not on record
District / Area
District 12 · Toa Payoh
Address
—
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
Not on record
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 General Magnetics Building

General Magnetics Building is an industrial building in Toa Payoh (District 12). It is located along Lorong 4 Toa Payoh.

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.

Across JTC's rental returns for Lorong 4 Toa Payoh, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$2.00 psf per month over 3 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$1.95 to S$2.32 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 6.9 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 3.9 km away. The nearest MRT is Toa Payoh MRT, 485 m away (about a 8-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Chung Hwa Free Clinic) is 23 m away (about a 0-minute walk).

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What is General Magnetics Building zoned as?

Key takeawayGeneral Magnetics Building 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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Market context around General Magnetics Building

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 is near General Magnetics Building?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Toa Payoh MRT, about 485 m away.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Opp Chung Hwa Free Clinic · 23 mSheffield Clinic & Surgery · 190 mBlk 74 Toa Payoh Lorong 4 · 200 mToa Payoh MRT Exit A · 462 mEducational Institution · 573 mRen Ci Community Hospital · 1.3 km

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at General Magnetics Building

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Toa Payoh (NS19), 462 m away — a busy station, with about 76,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 17 public car parks are within 500 m.
Foot traffic: busier than 97% of industrial buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Toa Payoh (NS19) 462 m, about 76,000 taps a weekday; bus stops within 400 m: 14, about 19,000 taps a weekday; Toa Payoh: 53,749 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 73,000 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

  • Toa Payoh (NS19)462 m · about 76,000 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 General Magnetics Building. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

14 bus stops within 400 m, with about 19,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Blk 186/191 To 193 Toa Payoh Town Centre (HDB)125 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m · 266 car lots
  • Blk 71/72 Lorong 5 Toa Payoh (HDB)143 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m · 80 car lots
  • Blk 66/70/73 Lorong 4 Toa Payoh (HDB)236 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m · 27 car lots
  • Blk 68 Lorong 5 Toa Payoh (HDB)307 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.15 m · 113 car lots
  • Blk 62B Lorong 4 Toa Payoh (HDB)334 m
    no short-term parking · gantry 4.5 m

HDB season (car): Tier 1 $80/month (a resident's or registered HDB shop/industrial tenant's first car); Tier 2 (other cars, non-residents) $90 Rest of Island, $150 Designated Area, $165 Restricted Zone (surface). Which zone this car park is in is not published as data.

Nearest URA season parking: Kim Keat Close, 1.0 km away, S$90/month.

Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. General Magnetics Building'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 General Magnetics Building?

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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What does industrial space rent for on this street?

Key takeawayJTC's street-level record shows a median of S$21.53 psm/month — an all-time median from 2000 onwards, not a current rent.
Street rent, median
S$21.53 psm/mo
Observed range
S$20.99 – S$24.99

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.

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Frequently asked questions about General Magnetics Building

Where is General Magnetics Building?⌄

General Magnetics Building is at Lorong 4 Toa Payoh, in the Toa Payoh planning area.

What is General Magnetics Building zoned as?⌄

General Magnetics Building 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 General Magnetics Building?⌄

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.

Have there been any recorded transactions at General Magnetics Building?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for General Magnetics Building in the records we track. That is common for single-owner industrial buildings, which never generate strata transactions.

What does industrial space near General Magnetics Building rent for?⌄

JTC's rental returns for Lorong 4 Toa Payoh put the median at about S$2.00 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Lorong 4 Toa Payoh, not a rent quoted for General Magnetics Building itself.

What is the nearest MRT station to General Magnetics Building?⌄

Toa Payoh MRT is the closest, 485 m away (about a 8-minute walk).

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