IndustrialBUSINESS 1FreeholdDistrict 13 · Toa Payoh

Pak Chong Building

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Jan 2013

Quick Summary

Pak Chong Building 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 freehold. 8 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jan 2013. ACRA records 5 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Pak Chong Building?

Key takeawayPak Chong Building is a industrial building in District 13 · Toa Payoh, zoned BUSINESS 1, held freehold.

Asset class: Industrial
Land-use zone: BUSINESS 1
Gross plot ratio: 2.5
Tenure: Freehold
District / Area: District 13 · Toa Payoh
Address: 78 Playfair Road
Land area: 2,401 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: Not on record
Strata units (MCST): 7
Strata formed: 1983 (MCST 0698)
Units with a recorded sale: At least 5
Transactions on record: 8 (records start 1995)
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 5

About Pak Chong Building

Pak Chong Building is an industrial building in Toa Payoh (District 13). It is located along Playfair Road, Singapore 367997.

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 2,401 sqm of land with roughly 5,510 sqm of gross floor area.

8 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$318 psf. The most recent was in January 2013.

Across JTC's rental returns for Playfair Road, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$1.73 psf per month over 105 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$0.80 to S$2.93 psf per month. These are street-level figures from undated JTC snapshots, not a rent quoted for this property.

4 industrial projects are still uncompleted on this street, adding about 14,460 sqm of gross floor area, the earliest due around 2027.

The nearest port or airport land is about 7.6 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 314 m away. The nearest MRT is Tai Seng MRT, 291 m away (about a 5-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Asiawide Ind Bldg) is 135 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

5 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.

What is Pak Chong Building zoned as?

Key takeawayPak Chong Building sits on land zoned BUSINESS 1 with a gross plot ratio of 2.5.

Land-use zone: BUSINESS 1
Gross plot ratio: 2.5

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What has Pak Chong Building sold for?

Key takeaway8 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Jan 2013 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Jan 2013	Multiple-user Factory	S$34.60M	44,348 sqft	$780
Nov 2011	Warehouse	S$3.50M	4,768 sqft	$734
Nov 2008	Multiple-user Factory	S$1.62M	6,835 sqft	$237
Aug 2007	Warehouse	S$1.81M	4,768 sqft	$380
Mar 2004	Multiple-user Factory	S$990k	6,835 sqft	$145
Jun 1999	Multiple-user Factory	S$1.57M	6,835 sqft	$230
Mar 1999	Multiple-user Factory	S$1.75M	6,835 sqft	$256
Sept 1995	Multiple-user Factory	S$2.80M	6,835 sqft	$410

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 Pak Chong Building rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for Pak Chong Building itself. On its street, Playfair Road, strata factory space rented at a median of $2.51 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 Playfair Road

Street level · 2026Q3

25th pct

—

— psm

Median

$2.51

$27.05 psm

75th pct

—

— psm

S$ per sq ft per month (median only published) · median -11.8% on a year earlier

2023Q4 · $25.12 psm2026Q3 · $27.05 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.

Market context around Pak Chong Building

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.

What's been approved at Pak Chong Building?

Key takeawayURA's planning decisions at Pak Chong Building since 2000 are below. 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 Aug 2017Approved
Additions & alterations
Additions/alterations to the existing 7-storey single user light industrial building on lot 05743l mk 24 at 78 playfair road
8 Jun 2015Approved
Additions & alterations
Additions/alterations to the existing 7-storey single user light industrial building on lot 05743l mk 24 at 78 playfair road
1 Feb 2013Refused
Additions & alterations
Proposed change of use on portion of existing factory building from 1st storey to 7th storey to association usage on lot 05743l mk 24 at 78 playfair road

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 Playfair Road price?

Key takeawayPlayfair Road's current JTC street rent is S$27.05 psm/month (2026Q3), which against the street's strata sale median works out to an indicative gross yield of 3.1% (2.8% net of property tax).

Strata sales on the street (5y)

Street median PSF (strata)

$859

Indicative street yield

3.1% gross

2.8% net of property tax

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 Pak Chong Building?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Tai Seng MRT, about 291 m away.

Getting around

Tai Seng MRT291 m · ~5 min

Amenities nearby

Asiawide Ind Bldg · 135 mTai Seng MRT Exit A · 174 mTai Seng Clinic · 246 mBusiness Park · 314 mEducational Institution · 462 mBlk 80 Circuit Road · 982 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at Pak Chong Building

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Tai Seng (CC11), 174 m away — a busy station, with about 45,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 16 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$90 a month.

Foot traffic: busier than 97% of industrial buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Tai Seng (CC11) 174 m, about 45,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 7, about 17,000 taps a weekday; Toa Payoh: 53,749 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 35,000 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)174 m · about 45,000 weekday taps
Bartley (CC12)913 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 Pak Chong Building. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

7 bus stops within 400 m, with about 17,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Irving Place (URA)76 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 11 car lots
Burn Rd (URA)164 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 20 car lots
Irving Rd (URA)171 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 6 car lots
Shaw Rd (URA)179 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 15 car lots
Harrison Rd (URA)208 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 4 car lots

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

Who's registered at Pak Chong Building?

Key takeaway5 live companies (and LLPs and branches; sole proprietors are not counted) list Pak Chong Building as their registered address. These are registered businesses, not who occupies the space.

Wholesale and retail trade
2
Accommodation and food services
1
Other services
1
Real estate
1
Manufacturing
0
Professional, scientific and technical services
0
Information and communications
0
Construction
0
Administrative and support services
0
Education
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.

What does industrial space rent for on this street?

Key takeawayJTC's street-level record shows a median of S$18.61 psm/month — an all-time median from 2000 onwards, not a current rent.

Street rent, median: S$18.61 psm/mo
Observed range: S$8.61 – S$31.58
Pipeline on this street: 4 projects · earliest TOP 2027

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 Pak Chong Building

Where is Pak Chong Building?⌄

Pak Chong Building is at 78 Playfair Road, Singapore 367997, in the Toa Payoh planning area.

What is Pak Chong Building zoned as?⌄

Pak Chong Building 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 Pak Chong Building?⌄

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 Pak Chong Building?⌄

Pak Chong Building is freehold.

What have units at Pak Chong Building sold for?⌄

Across 8 recorded transactions, the median is S$318 psf. The latest was in January 2013.

What does industrial space near Pak Chong Building rent for?⌄

JTC's rental returns for Playfair Road put the median at about S$1.73 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Playfair Road, not a rent quoted for Pak Chong Building itself.

What is the nearest MRT station to Pak Chong Building?⌄

Tai Seng MRT is the closest, 291 m away (about a 5-minute walk).

How many businesses are registered at Pak Chong Building?⌄

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

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Year of completion is not on record for this building. Building age cannot be stated.

Total units: the strata units in the building's MCST (BCA's register) — strata lots, not tenancies; a single-owner building can be one lot. Units with a recorded sale (URA caveats) are a separate figure.

Strata lots: the lot count in the development's MCST (BCA's register) — the whole development, homes included where it is mixed; a single-owner mall or tower can be one lot.

Strata formed: the year the MCST was set up (BCA's register). NOT the year the building was completed — an MCST forms after TOP, sometimes years later. Never state it as the building's age.

Station taps: average weekday fare-card taps in and out at the nearest MRT/LRT station (LTA DataMall). People passing the station's gates, not people visiting this building.

Season parking: the cheapest URA car season rate (commercial ticket) at a public car park within 500 m, per month. HDB's season rates depend on a zone we don't have, so they are shown as HDB's tiers.

Foot-traffic score: PropKaki's relative score from nearby MRT and bus taps, workers and residents around (and, for retail, competing malls), ranked against buildings of the same kind. A percentile, not a count of people.

Company REGISTRATIONS at this address (ACRA), not a tenancy schedule. Registration does not mean the company physically occupies space here, and a low count does not mean the building is empty. Do not describe this as occupancy or vacancy.

Unbuilt GFA cannot be computed here — it needs BCA built-GFA, which covers about 5% of commercial buildings and no industrial ones. Zoning and plot ratio are on record; headroom is not.

Median across 2000Q1-2026Q2 — an all-time level, NOT a current rent. Quote the latest quarter for "what does it rent for now".

Reviewed by Nathan Tang

Nathan Tang has over 10 years of property experience across condominiums, HDB flats and commercial property, specialising in property research and finance.

Figures draw on URA and JTC records, URA Master Plan zoning, ACRA registrations and live commercial-portal listings; building facts from BCA's MCST register, URA car park data (URA Data Service), LTA DataMall passenger volumes, PropKaki's foot-traffic model — see our methodology. Last updated 8 November 2026. For general information, not financial advice.

Getting there and parking: LTA DataMall passenger volumes and car parks, URA Data Service car park rates, HDB and JTC car park information (data.gov.sg) and HDB's published parking charges, Census of Population 2020 and the Singapore Department of Statistics' June 2026 resident population (Singapore Open Data Licence). The foot-traffic score is PropKaki's own relative model, not a count.

Market context: figures cited from CBRE Research (Singapore Figures) and Cushman & Wakefield (Singapore MarketBeat), each with its quarter and report; flexible-workspace centres from the operators' public location lists; collective sales from marketing agents' announcements and news reports, each linked.

Rents: URA rental statistics for office and retail space by street (IRAS-stamped contracts), JTC J-SPACE rentals by building and by street, JTC price tenders, and URA REALIS rental grids. SLA tender results and JTC posted land rents are held for state and JTC land.