Nobel Design House
Nobel Design House is a industrial building in District 13 · Toa Payoh, on land zoned BUSINESS 1 under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.5. It is leasehold. 3 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jan 2019. ACRA records 26 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Nobel Design House?
- Asset class
- Industrial
- Land-use zone
- BUSINESS 1
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.5
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- District / Area
- District 13 · Toa Payoh
- Address
- 134 Joo Seng Road
- Land area
- 2,838 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 6 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Estate (JTC)
- Joo Seng Industrial Estate
- Listed as
- Light Industrial (B1)
- Transactions on record
- 3 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 26
About Nobel Design House
Nobel Design House is an industrial building in Toa Payoh (District 13). It is located along Joo Seng Road, Singapore 368359.
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 0 years left to run. A tail that short materially narrows the pool of banks willing to finance a purchase. It sits on about 2,838 sqm of land with roughly 7,096 sqm of gross floor area.
3 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$360 psf. The most recent was in January 2019.
Across JTC's rental returns for Joo Seng Road, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$1.47 psf per month over 103 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$0.66 to S$2.21 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 7.6 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 387 m away. The nearest MRT is Tai Seng MRT, 602 m away (about a 9-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Aft Paya Lebar St) is 322 m away (about a 5-minute walk).
30 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
What is Nobel Design House zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- BUSINESS 1
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.5
What has Nobel Design House sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | Single-user Factory | S$11.00M | 30,555 sqft | $360 |
| Mar 2015 | Single-user Factory | S$13.50M | 30,555 sqft | $442 |
| Dec 2006 | Single-user Factory | S$10.68M | 30,555 sqft | $350 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at Nobel Design House rent for?
Strata factory space on Joo Seng Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month (median only published) · median +6.8% 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 Nobel Design House
- 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.
How fast units move at Nobel Design House
Rent: between 6 Aug 2026 and 28 Aug 2026, 0 new listings appeared and 1 came off (sold, let or withdrawn). Days on market: not enough history yet — we began tracking on 6 Aug 2026.
One count per unit, however many agents list it. Asking prices are not tracked over time, so price cuts are not shown.
What's been approved at Nobel Design House?
- 16 Dec 2006ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions and alterations to the existing 4-storey single user light industrial development (business 1) including addition of a 4-storey factory extension
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 Joo Seng Road 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 Nobel Design House?
Getting around
- Tai Seng MRT602 m · ~9 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Nobel Design House
nearest MRT/LRT Tai Seng (CC11) 488 m, about 45,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 3, about 4,982 taps a weekday; Toa Payoh: 53,749 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 40,000 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)488 m · about 45,000 weekday taps
- Bartley (CC12)629 m · about 19,000 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 Nobel Design House. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
3 bus stops within 400 m, with 4,982 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Joo Seng Rd (URA)29 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 20 car lots
- Shaw Rd (URA)153 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 15 car lots
- Little Rd (URA)183 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 6 car lots
- Harrison Rd (URA)282 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 4 car lots
- Blk 12 To 18 Joo Seng Road (HDB)302 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 5.4 m · 337 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.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Nobel Design House's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Nobel Design House?
- Wholesale and retail trade14
- Professional, scientific and technical services8
- Financial and insurance2
- Administrative and support services1
- Other services1
- Manufacturing0
- Construction0
- Transportation and storage0
- Real estate0
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$15.87 psm/mo
- Observed range
- S$7.15 – S$23.81
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 Nobel Design House
Where is Nobel Design House?⌄
Nobel Design House is at 134 Joo Seng Road, Singapore 368359, in the Toa Payoh planning area.
What is Nobel Design House zoned as?⌄
Nobel Design House 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 Nobel Design House?⌄
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 Nobel Design House?⌄
Nobel Design House 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 Nobel Design House sold for?⌄
Across 3 recorded transactions, the median is S$360 psf. The latest was in January 2019.
What does industrial space near Nobel Design House rent for?⌄
JTC's rental returns for Joo Seng Road put the median at about S$1.47 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Joo Seng Road, not a rent quoted for Nobel Design House itself.
What is the nearest MRT station to Nobel Design House?⌄
Tai Seng MRT is the closest, 602 m away (about a 9-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Nobel Design House?⌄
30 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA. That counts registered addresses, not physical occupiers.
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