Koh Chay Industrial Complex
Koh Chay Industrial Complex is a industrial building in District 3 · Bukit Merah, on land zoned BUSINESS 1 under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.5. It is leasehold with roughly 34 years remaining. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Aug 2000. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Koh Chay Industrial Complex?
- Asset class
- Industrial
- Land-use zone
- BUSINESS 1
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.5
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- District / Area
- District 3 · Bukit Merah
- Address
- 18 Jalan Kilang Timor
- Land area
- 1,371 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 8 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Transactions on record
- 1 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 0
About Koh Chay Industrial Complex
Koh Chay Industrial Complex is an industrial building in Bukit Merah (District 03). It is located along Jalan Kilang Timor, Singapore 159309.
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 leasehold, with about 34 years left to run. It sits on about 1,371 sqm of land with roughly 3,427 sqm of gross floor area.
1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$366 psf. The most recent was in August 2000.
Across JTC's rental returns for Jalan Kilang Timor, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$2.04 psf per month over 98 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$0.80 to S$3.20 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 2.3 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 1.5 km away. The nearest MRT is Redhill MRT, 832 m away (about a 13-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Pacific Tech Ctr) is 214 m away (about a 3-minute walk).
What is Koh Chay Industrial Complex zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- BUSINESS 1
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.5
What has Koh Chay Industrial Complex sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2000 | Single-user Factory | S$5.40M | 14,752 sqft | $366 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at Koh Chay Industrial Complex rent for?
Strata factory space on Jalan Kilang Timor
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month (median only published) · median -1.3% on a year earlier
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 Koh Chay Industrial Complex
- 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 Koh Chay Industrial Complex?
- 14 Jan 2013ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed addition of one temporary container store to existing 8-storey light industrial building
- 20 Mar 2001ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Prroposed additions and alterations to existing 8-storey light industrial building
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 Jalan Kilang Timor price?
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 Koh Chay Industrial Complex?
Getting around
- Redhill MRT832 m · ~13 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Koh Chay Industrial Complex
nearest MRT/LRT Redhill (EW18) 830 m, about 39,000 taps a weekday; bus stops within 400 m: 11, about 16,000 taps a weekday; Bukit Merah: 103,575 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 45,000 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
- Redhill (EW18)830 m · about 39,000 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 Koh Chay Industrial Complex. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
11 bus stops within 400 m, with about 16,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Blk 4001-4008 Depot Lane (JTC)244 m
- Blk 44/47 Lengkok Bahru (HDB)314 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 143 car lots
- Blk 28 Jalan Bukit Merah (HDB)338 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 60 car lots
- Blk 115/116 Bukit Merah Central (HDB)344 mno short-term parking · gantry 4.5 m
- Blk 28 Hoy Fatt Road (HDB)360 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 2.1 m · 53 car lots
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: Seah Im Rd Off St, 1.9 km away, S$125/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Koh Chay Industrial Complex's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Koh Chay Industrial Complex?
- Wholesale and retail trade0
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$21.97 psm/mo
- Observed range
- S$8.65 – S$34.40
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 Koh Chay Industrial Complex
Where is Koh Chay Industrial Complex?⌄
Koh Chay Industrial Complex is at 18 Jalan Kilang Timor, Singapore 159309, in the Bukit Merah planning area.
What is Koh Chay Industrial Complex zoned as?⌄
Koh Chay Industrial Complex 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 Koh Chay Industrial Complex?⌄
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 Koh Chay Industrial Complex?⌄
Koh Chay Industrial Complex is leasehold. About 34 years remain on the lease.
What have units at Koh Chay Industrial Complex sold for?⌄
Across 1 recorded transaction, the median is S$366 psf. The latest was in August 2000.
What does industrial space near Koh Chay Industrial Complex rent for?⌄
JTC's rental returns for Jalan Kilang Timor put the median at about S$2.04 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Jalan Kilang Timor, not a rent quoted for Koh Chay Industrial Complex itself.
What is the nearest MRT station to Koh Chay Industrial Complex?⌄
Redhill MRT is the closest, 832 m away (about a 13-minute walk).
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