Sky Building
Sky Building 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. 2 transactions are on record since 1995, most recently in Dec 2006. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Sky Building?
- Asset class
- Industrial
- Land-use zone
- BUSINESS 1
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.5
- Tenure
- Freehold
- District / Area
- District 13 · Geylang
- Address
- 31 Tannery Lane
- Land area
- 1,379 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- Not on record
- Transactions on record
- 2 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 0
About Sky Building
Sky Building is an industrial building in Geylang (District 13). It is located along Tannery Lane, Singapore 347788.
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 1,379 sqm of land with roughly 3,696 sqm of gross floor area.
2 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$882 psf. The most recent was in December 2006.
Across JTC's rental returns for Tannery Lane, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$1.66 psf per month over 106 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$1.00 to S$3.01 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 16,190 sqm of gross floor area, the earliest due around 2029.
The nearest port or airport land is about 6.4 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 1.7 km away. The nearest MRT is Mattar MRT, 802 m away (about a 12-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Opp Cencon Bldg) is 245 m away (about a 4-minute walk).
What is Sky Building zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- BUSINESS 1
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.5
What has Sky Building sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2006 | Single-user Factory | S$11.20M | 14,845 sqft | $754 |
| Jun 1999 | Single-user Factory | S$15.00M | 14,845 sqft | $1,010 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at Sky Building rent for?
Strata factory space on Tannery Lane
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month (median only published) · median +15.1% 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 Sky Building
- 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 Sky Building?
- 23 Sept 2024ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Regularization of gfa and amendment to approved additions & alterations and change of use of existing 7-storey industrial building with a basement into temporary independent workers' dormitory (560 workers) on lot mk24-08062t at 31 tannery lane (geylang planning area)
- 8 Mar 2024ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions & alterations and change of use of existing 7-storey industrial building with a basement into temporary independent workers' dormitory (560 workers)
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 Tannery Lane 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 Sky Building?
Getting around
- Mattar MRT802 m · ~13 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Sky Building
nearest MRT/LRT Mattar (DT25) 737 m, about 9,848 taps a weekday; 2 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 9, about 15,000 taps a weekday; Geylang: 116,481 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 39,000 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
- Mattar (DT25)737 m · 9,848 weekday taps
- Potong Pasir (NE10)817 m · about 35,000 weekday taps
- Geylang Bahru (DT24)957 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 Sky Building. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
9 bus stops within 400 m, with about 15,000 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Tannery Lane (URA)118 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 36 car lots
- Genting Rd (URA)146 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 20 car lots
- Lor Pendek (URA)178 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 4 car lots
- Genting Link (URA)220 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 2 car lots
- Service Rd (Macpherson Rd) (URA)274 mS$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. Sky Building's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Sky Building?
- Financial and insurance0
- Real estate0
- Wholesale and retail trade0
- Manufacturing0
- Information and communications0
- Professional, scientific and technical services0
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$17.91 psm/mo
- Observed range
- S$10.76 – S$32.37
- 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.
Frequently asked questions about Sky Building
Where is Sky Building?⌄
Sky Building is at 31 Tannery Lane, Singapore 347788, in the Geylang planning area.
What is Sky Building zoned as?⌄
Sky 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 Sky 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 Sky Building?⌄
Sky Building is freehold.
What have units at Sky Building sold for?⌄
Across 2 recorded transactions, the median is S$882 psf. The latest was in December 2006.
What does industrial space near Sky Building rent for?⌄
JTC's rental returns for Tannery Lane put the median at about S$1.66 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Tannery Lane, not a rent quoted for Sky Building itself.
What is the nearest MRT station to Sky Building?⌄
Mattar MRT is the closest, 802 m away (about a 12-minute walk).
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