IndustrialBUSINESS 1District 12 · Toa Payoh

Sph News Centre

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026
Quick Summary

Sph News Centre is a industrial building in District 12 · Toa Payoh, on land zoned BUSINESS 1 under the URA Master Plan with a gross plot ratio of 2.5. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about Sph News Centre?

Key takeawaySph News Centre is a industrial building in District 12 · Toa Payoh, zoned BUSINESS 1.
Asset class
Industrial
Land-use zone
BUSINESS 1
Gross plot ratio
2.5
Tenure
Not on record
District / Area
District 12 · Toa Payoh
Address
—
Land area
—
Completed
Not on record
Storeys
Not on record
Transactions on record
None recorded
Live listings
None
ACRA registrations
0

No recorded transactions — this building has never generated a strata caveat (typically single-owner or lease-only stock). That is not missing data, and it says nothing about the building's value, occupancy or availability.

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About Sph News Centre

Sph News Centre is an industrial building in Toa Payoh (District 12). It is located along Toa Payoh North.

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.

Across JTC's rental returns for Toa Payoh North, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$1.90 psf per month over 43 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$1.28 to S$2.00 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 7.0 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 4.1 km away. The nearest MRT is Braddell MRT, 370 m away (about a 6-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Blk 1004) is 141 m away (about a 2-minute walk).

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What is Sph News Centre zoned as?

Key takeawaySph News Centre 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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Market context around Sph News Centre

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 is near Sph News Centre?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Braddell MRT, about 370 m away.

Getting around

Amenities nearby

Shenton Medical Group · 24 mBlk 1004 · 141 mEducational Institution · 145 mBraddell MRT Exit C · 317 mBlk 93 Toa Payoh Lorong 4 · 544 mMount Alvernia Hospital · 1.2 km

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

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Getting there and parking at Sph News Centre

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Braddell (NS18), 316 m away — a moderately busy station, with about 31,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 16 public car parks are within 500 m.
Foot traffic: busier than 97% of industrial buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Braddell (NS18) 316 m, about 31,000 taps a weekday; 1 more station within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 12, about 17,000 taps a weekday; Toa Payoh: 53,749 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 56,000 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

  • Braddell (NS18)316 m · about 31,000 weekday taps
  • Bishan (NS17 / CC15)813 m · about 60,000 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 Sph News Centre. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

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

Public car parks within 500 m

  • Blk 199 & 203 Toa Payoh North (HDB)154 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
  • Blk 202 To 204 Toa Payoh North (HDB)175 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 117 car lots
  • Blk 205 To 207 Toa Payoh North (HDB)187 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · gantry 4.5 m
  • Blk 107/108/110-112 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh (HDB)275 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday
  • Blk 199 To 201 Toa Payoh North (HDB)293 m
    S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 157 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: Toa Payoh West, 1.2 km away, S$90/month.

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

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How many companies are registered at Sph News Centre?

Key takeawayACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.
Live registrations
0
Registered last 3 years
0

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.

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What does industrial space rent for on this street?

Key takeawayJTC's street-level record shows a median of S$20.45 psm/month — an all-time median from 2000 onwards, not a current rent.
Street rent, median
S$20.45 psm/mo
Observed range
S$13.77 – S$21.55

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 Sph News Centre

Where is Sph News Centre?⌄

Sph News Centre is at Toa Payoh North, in the Toa Payoh planning area.

What is Sph News Centre zoned as?⌄

Sph News Centre 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 Sph News Centre?⌄

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.

Have there been any recorded transactions at Sph News Centre?⌄

No caveats have been lodged for Sph News Centre in the records we track. That is common for single-owner industrial buildings, which never generate strata transactions.

What does industrial space near Sph News Centre rent for?⌄

JTC's rental returns for Toa Payoh North put the median at about S$1.90 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Toa Payoh North, not a rent quoted for Sph News Centre itself.

What is the nearest MRT station to Sph News Centre?⌄

Braddell MRT is the closest, 370 m away (about a 6-minute walk).

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