Hah Building

Asset class

Industrial

Land-use zone

BUSINESS 2

Gross plot ratio

2.5

Tenure

Leasehold

District / Area

District 19 · Hougang

Address

81 Defu Lane 10

Land area

2,934 sqm

Completed

Not on record

Storeys

4 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)

Estate (JTC)

Defu Industrial Estate

Transactions on record

3 (records start 1995)

Live listings

None

ACRA registrations

3

Hah Building is an industrial building in Hougang (District 19). It is located along Defu Lane 10, Singapore 539217.

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 63 years left to run. It sits on about 2,934 sqm of land with roughly 6,258 sqm of gross floor area.

3 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$158 psf. The most recent was in January 2014.

Across JTC's rental returns for Defu Lane 10, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$1.50 psf per month over 26 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$0.14 to S$2.27 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 6.8 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 740 m away. The closest bus stop (Blk 172) is 184 m away (about a 3-minute walk).

4 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

Land-use zone

BUSINESS 2

Gross plot ratio

2.5

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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

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.

1. 5 Aug 2024Renewed
   Continued use as temporary ancillary workers dormitory

   Continued use of part existing 2nd storey as temporary ancillary workers dormitory (40 workers) within existing part 3 / part 4-storey factory building

2. 6 May 2022Renewed
   Continued use as temporary ancillary workers dormitory

   Continued use of part existing 2nd storey as temporary ancillary workers dormitory (40 workers) within existing part 3 / part 4-storey factory building

3. 1 Sept 2021Approved
   Additions & alterations

   Proposed refurbishment and alteration works, and addition of 4th storey extension over existing 3-storey block and a new 4-storey extension block with temporary ancillary workers dormitory (from 40 pax to 182 pax) on lot 04357m mk23 at 81 defu lane 10 for m/s natural cool airconditioning & engineering pte ltd

4. 16 Feb 2021Renewed
   Continued use as temporary ancillary workers dormitory

   Continued use of part existing 2nd storey as temporary ancillary workers dormitory (40 workers) within existing part 3 / part 4-storey factory building

5. 23 May 2020Renewed
   Continued use as temporary ancillary workers dormitory

   Continued use of part existing 2nd storey as temporary ancillary workers dormitory (40 workers) within existing part 3 / part 4-storey factory building

6. 31 May 2017Renewed
   Continued use as ancillary workers' dormitory

   Continued use of part existing 2nd storey production area as ancillary workers' dormitory (40 workers) within the existing 3/4 storey factory building

7. 5 May 2014Renewed
   Continued use as ancillary workers dormitory

   Continued use of part existing 2nd storey production area as ancillary workers dormitory (40 workers) within the existing 3/4 storey factory building

8. 28 Feb 2011Approved
   Additions & alterations

   Retention of use of part of the 2nd sty production area as temporary ancillary workers' dormitory (for 40 workers) and prop additions & alterations to the existing 3/4 storey factory

9. 23 Nov 2010Approved
   Additions & alterations

   Proposed addition of store to the existing part 3/4 storey factory with existing temporary ancillary workers' dormitory

10. 10 Jan 2007Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed additions & alterations and new 4-storey extension to the existing 3-storey factory with existing dormitory on lot 4357 mk 23 at no. 81 defu lane 10

11. 15 Jul 2004Approved
    Additions & alterations

    Proposed a/a to existing factory at 81 defu lane 10

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).

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

• Information and communications
  2
• Wholesale and retail trade
  1
• Manufacturing
  0
• Financial and insurance
  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.

Street rent, median

S$16.15 psm/mo

Observed range

S$1.49 – S$24.47

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.