Geo-Tele Centre
Geo-Tele Centre 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. 2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Sept 2018. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Geo-Tele Centre?
- Asset class
- Industrial
- Land-use zone
- BUSINESS 2
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.5
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- District / Area
- District 19 · Hougang
- Address
- 9 Tai Seng Drive
- Land area
- 8,129 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 6 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Owner
- CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (SGX filings)
- Land lease expires
- 2055 (the owner's SGX filings)
- Estate (JTC)
- Tai Seng Industrial Estate
- Transactions on record
- 2 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 0
Who owns Geo-Tele Centre, and what is it valued at?
- Occupancy
- 100% (as of 31 Dec 2025)
- Announced 28 May 2025HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited, in its capacity as trustee of CLAR bought 9 Tai Seng Drive from Perpetual (Asia) Limited (in its capacity as trustee of CapitaLand Data Centre Trust (CDCT)).At the time: NLA 75,003 sq ft · occupancy 100% · WALE 4.4 years
- Announced 28 May 2025HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited, in its capacity as trustee of CLAR bought 9 Tai Seng Drive for S$455.2 million (agreed property value) from Perpetual (Asia) Limited (in its capacity as trustee of CapitaLand Data Centre Trust).At the time: WALE 4.4 years
- Announced 10 Jan 2019 · completed 10 Jan 2019Sold Geo‐Tele Centre.
- Announced 26 Sep 2018HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited in its capacity as trustee of Sabana REIT sold 9 Tai Seng Drive, Geo‐Tele Centre for S$99.6 million (sale consideration) to Perpetual (Asia) Limited in its capacity as trustee of ADC Singapore Trust.
Source: the owners' own filings on SGX — notices of valuation of real assets, acquisition and divestment announcements, and annual reports. Facts only, each with its date; a valuation is not a sale price, and occupancy and WALE are as of the date shown. Only REITs and SGX-listed companies file these: a building with a private owner shows no owner here.
About Geo-Tele Centre
Geo-Tele Centre is an industrial building in Hougang (District 19). It is located along Tai Seng Drive, Singapore 535227.
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 0 years left to run. A tail that short materially narrows the pool of banks willing to finance a purchase. It sits on about 8,129 sqm of land with roughly 20,145 sqm of gross floor area.
2 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$834 psf. The most recent was in September 2018.
Across JTC's rental returns for Tai Seng Drive, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$1.50 psf per month over 38 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$0.46 to S$3.00 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 8.1 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 456 m away. The nearest MRT is Tai Seng MRT, 723 m away (about a 11-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Bef Airport Rd) is 140 m away (about a 2-minute walk).
What is Geo-Tele Centre zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- BUSINESS 2
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.5
What has Geo-Tele Centre sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2018 | Single-user Factory | S$99.60M | 87,498 sqft | $1,138 |
| May 2010 | Single-user Factory | S$46.30M | 87,498 sqft | $529 |
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 Geo-Tele Centre
- 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 Geo-Tele Centre?
- 6 Feb 2025Agency worksAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to existing level 5 and roof level of an existing 6-storey industrial building (data centre)
- 4 Nov 2022Agency worksAdditions & alterations
Proposed fitted out works of an existing 6-storey industrial building (data centre) with additional cooling tower at roof on lot 04979l mk23 at 9 tai seng drive singapore 535227
- 25 Mar 2021Agency worksAdditions & alterations
Proposed data centre fitted out works to level 6 of the existing 6-storey industrial building with basement (data centre) on lot 04979l mk23 at 9 tai seng drive singapore 535227
- 26 Jul 2020Agency worksAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions & alterations to existing 6-storey data centre building with basement carpark
- 27 Sept 2019ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed regularisation of gfa and amendment to approved additions and alterations of an existing 6-storey industrial building with basement (data centre) on lot 04979l mk 23 at 9 tai seng drive
- 2 May 2019ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations of an existing 6-storey industrial building with basement (data centre)
- 2 Apr 2002ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Regularization of gross floor area and amendment to approved alterations/additions to the existing 6-storey single user single occupier warehouse block with a basement carpark for type 1-e business
- 26 Oct 2001ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed alterations/additions to the existing 6-storey single-user single-occupier warehouse block with a basement carpark for type 1-e business
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 Geo-Tele Centre?
Getting around
- Tai Seng MRT723 m · ~11 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Geo-Tele Centre
nearest MRT/LRT Tai Seng (CC11) 701 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 19,000 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)701 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 Geo-Tele Centre. 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
- Tai Seng Drive (URA)115 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 8 car lots
- Defu Lane 12 (JTC)278 m
- Ubi Avenue 4 (JTC)408 m
- Tai Seng Ave (URA)423 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 47 car lots
- Defu Lane 11 (JTC)424 m
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Geo-Tele Centre's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Geo-Tele Centre?
- Financial and insurance0
- Wholesale and retail trade0
- Accommodation and food services0
- Information and communications0
- Construction0
- Professional, scientific and technical services0
- Administrative and support services0
- Education0
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$16.15 psm/mo
- Observed range
- S$4.91 – S$32.25
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 Geo-Tele Centre
Where is Geo-Tele Centre?⌄
Geo-Tele Centre is at 9 Tai Seng Drive, Singapore 535227, in the Hougang planning area.
What is Geo-Tele Centre zoned as?⌄
Geo-Tele Centre 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 Geo-Tele Centre?⌄
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 Geo-Tele Centre?⌄
Geo-Tele Centre 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 Geo-Tele Centre sold for?⌄
Across 2 recorded transactions, the median is S$834 psf. The latest was in September 2018.
What does industrial space near Geo-Tele Centre rent for?⌄
JTC's rental returns for Tai Seng Drive put the median at about S$1.50 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Tai Seng Drive, not a rent quoted for Geo-Tele Centre itself.
What is the nearest MRT station to Geo-Tele Centre?⌄
Tai Seng MRT is the closest, 723 m away (about a 11-minute walk).
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