IndustrialBUSINESS 1FreeholdDistrict 13 · Geylang

Macpherson Industrial Complex

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Aug 2009
Quick Summary

Macpherson Industrial Complex is a industrial building in District 13 · Geylang, on land zoned BUSINESS 1 under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.5. It is freehold. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Aug 2009. ACRA records 80 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Macpherson Industrial Complex?

Key takeawayMacpherson Industrial Complex is a industrial building in District 13 · Geylang, zoned BUSINESS 1, held freehold.
Asset class
Industrial
Land-use zone
BUSINESS 1
Gross plot ratio
2.5
Tenure
Freehold
District / Area
District 13 · Geylang
Address
3 Lorong Bakar Batu
Land area
4,590 sqm
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
Not on record
Transactions on record
1 (records start 1995)
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
80
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About Macpherson Industrial Complex

Macpherson Industrial Complex is an industrial building in Geylang (District 13). It is located along Lorong Bakar Batu, Singapore 348741.

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 4,590 sqm of land with roughly 11,613 sqm of gross floor area.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$309 psf. The most recent was in August 2009.

Across JTC's rental returns for Lorong Bakar Batu, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$1.70 psf per month over 99 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$0.90 to S$2.30 psf per month. These are street-level figures from undated JTC snapshots, not a rent quoted for this property.

1 industrial project is still uncompleted on this street, adding about 11,610 sqm of gross floor area, the earliest due around 2029.

The nearest port or airport land is about 6.3 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 2.0 km away. The nearest MRT is Potong Pasir MRT, 498 m away (about a 8-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Kallang Sector) is 75 m away (about a 1-minute walk).

91 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

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What is Macpherson Industrial Complex zoned as?

Key takeawayMacpherson Industrial Complex sits on land zoned BUSINESS 1 with a gross plot ratio of 2.5.
Land-use zone
BUSINESS 1
Gross plot ratio
2.5

Run the full zoning report for this building →

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What has Macpherson Industrial Complex sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Aug 2009 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.
DateUsePriceAreaPSF
Aug 2009Multiple-user FactoryS$18.00M58,341 sqft$309

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

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What does space at Macpherson Industrial Complex rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Macpherson Industrial Complex itself. On its street, Lorong Bakar Batu, strata factory space rented at a median of $2.15 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 Lorong Bakar Batu

Street level · 2026Q3
25th pct
—
— psm
Median
$2.15
$23.14 psm
75th pct
—
— psm

S$ per sq ft per month (median only published) · median +10.2% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $20.45 psm2026Q3 · $23.14 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.

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Market context around Macpherson Industrial Complex

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's been approved at Macpherson Industrial Complex?

Key takeawayURA has approved 2 changes of use at Macpherson Industrial Complex since 2000, most recently in 2024. 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.
  1. 13 Feb 2024ApprovedFloor 1
    Change of use to warehouse

    Change of use of the 1st storey unit #01-XX to warehouse (cold storage)

  2. 3 Jan 2022ApprovedFloor 8
    Change of use to warehouse

    Change of use of the 8th storey unit #08-XX to warehouse

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).

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How does Lorong Bakar Batu price?

Strata sales on the street (5y)
1

Too few strata sales on this street to support a median — the count is shown without one.

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

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What is near Macpherson Industrial Complex?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Potong Pasir MRT, about 498 m away.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Aft Kallang Sector · 75 mSATA CommHealth Medical Centre (Potong Pasir) · 268 mPotong Pasir MRT Exit B · 458 mEducational Institution · 606 mBlk 69 Geylang Bahru · 806 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at Macpherson Industrial Complex

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Potong Pasir (NE10), 458 m away — a moderately busy station, with about 35,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 13 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$80 a month.
Foot traffic: busier than 95% of industrial buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Potong Pasir (NE10) 458 m, about 35,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 10, about 16,000 taps a weekday; Geylang: 116,481 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 43,000 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

  • Potong Pasir (NE10)458 m · about 35,000 weekday taps
  • Geylang Bahru (DT24)757 m · about 12,000 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 Macpherson Industrial Complex. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

10 bus stops within 400 m, with about 16,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Siang Kuang Ave (URA)149 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 12 car lots
  • Sennett Estate (URA)159 m
    season S$80/month
  • Lor Bakar Batu (URA)191 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 50 car lots
  • Genting Link (URA)222 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 2 car lots
  • Service Rd (Macpherson Rd) (URA)248 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · season S$90/month · 23 car lots

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

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Who's registered at Macpherson Industrial Complex?

Key takeaway80 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Macpherson Industrial Complex as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.
  • Wholesale and retail trade
    24
  • Professional, scientific and technical services
    11
  • Construction
    10
  • Financial and insurance
    8
  • Information and communications
    7
  • Real estate
    7
  • Transportation and storage
    5
  • Manufacturing
    4
  • Electricity, gas and air-conditioning supply
    2
  • Accommodation and food services
    1

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.

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What does industrial space rent for on this street?

Key takeawayJTC's street-level record shows a median of S$18.30 psm/month — an all-time median from 2000 onwards, not a current rent.
Street rent, median
S$18.30 psm/mo
Observed range
S$9.69 – S$24.75
Pipeline on this street
1 project · earliest TOP 2029

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 Macpherson Industrial Complex

Where is Macpherson Industrial Complex?⌄

Macpherson Industrial Complex is at 3 Lorong Bakar Batu, Singapore 348741, in the Geylang planning area.

What is Macpherson Industrial Complex zoned as?⌄

Macpherson 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 Macpherson 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 Macpherson Industrial Complex?⌄

Macpherson Industrial Complex is freehold.

What have units at Macpherson Industrial Complex sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median is S$309 psf. The latest was in August 2009.

What does industrial space near Macpherson Industrial Complex rent for?⌄

JTC's rental returns for Lorong Bakar Batu put the median at about S$1.70 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Lorong Bakar Batu, not a rent quoted for Macpherson Industrial Complex itself.

What is the nearest MRT station to Macpherson Industrial Complex?⌄

Potong Pasir MRT is the closest, 498 m away (about a 8-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Macpherson Industrial Complex?⌄

91 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA. That counts registered addresses, not physical occupiers.

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