Tai Kim Industrial Estate
Tai Kim Industrial Estate is a industrial building in District 19 · Hougang, on land zoned BUSINESS 2 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 Mar 2011. ACRA records 13 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Tai Kim Industrial Estate?
- Asset class
- Industrial
- Land-use zone
- BUSINESS 2
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.5
- Tenure
- Freehold
- District / Area
- District 19 · Hougang
- Address
- 41 Kim Chuan Drive
- Land area
- —
- Completed
- 2015 (JTC industrial completions)
- Storeys
- 9 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Developer
- Modern International Agency Pte Ltd (JTC industrial completions)
- Transactions on record
- 1 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 13
About Tai Kim Industrial Estate
Tai Kim Industrial Estate is an industrial estate in Hougang (District 19). It is located along Kim Chuan Drive, Singapore 537091.
Under the URA Master Plan the site is zoned Business 2 with a gross plot ratio of 2.5. Business 2 zoning covers general industry with a nuisance buffer of 100 m, including heavier trades.
The site is freehold.
1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$790 psf. The most recent was in March 2011.
Across JTC's rental returns for Kim Chuan Drive, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$1.81 psf per month over 42 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$1.00 to S$3.40 psf per month. These are street-level figures from undated JTC snapshots, not a rent quoted for this property.
2 industrial projects are still uncompleted on this street, adding about 9,640 sqm of gross floor area, the earliest due around 2027.
The nearest port or airport land is about 7.7 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 130 m away. The nearest MRT is Tai Seng MRT, 699 m away (about a 11-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Bef Kim Chuan Rd) is 61 m away (about a 1-minute walk).
13 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
What is Tai Kim Industrial Estate zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- BUSINESS 2
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.5
What has Tai Kim Industrial Estate sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2011 | Single-user Factory | S$4.75M | 6,010 sqft | $790 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at Tai Kim Industrial Estate rent for?
Strata factory space on Kim Chuan Drive
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month (median only published) · median -1.1% 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 Tai Kim Industrial Estate
- 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 Tai Kim Industrial Estate?
- 10 Jun 2010ApprovedChange of use: production area → secondary worker's dormitory
Proposed change of use of the 2nd storey of the existing 2-storey terrace factory from production area to secondary worker's dormitory (42 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 Kim Chuan Drive 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 Tai Kim Industrial Estate?
Getting around
- Tai Seng MRT699 m · ~11 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Tai Kim Industrial Estate
nearest MRT/LRT Tai Seng (CC11) 646 m, about 45,000 taps a weekday; bus stops within 400 m: 3, about 1,714 taps a weekday; Hougang: 43,772 resident workers (Census 2020, by workplace); about 19,000 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)646 m · about 45,000 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 Tai Kim Industrial Estate. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.
Bus
3 bus stops within 400 m, with 1,714 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.
Public car parks within 500 m
- Defu Lane 11 (JTC)242 m
- Kim Chuan Rd (URA)313 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 25 car lots
- Tai Seng Ave (URA)331 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 47 car lots
- Tai Seng Drive (URA)376 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 8 car lots
- Defu Lane 12 (JTC)449 m
Nearest URA season parking: Kaki Bukit Rd 2, 797 m away, S$90/month.
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Tai Kim Industrial Estate's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Tai Kim Industrial Estate?
- Construction6
- Real estate4
- Administrative and support services2
- Wholesale and retail trade1
- Manufacturing0
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$19.43 psm/mo
- Observed range
- S$10.76 – S$36.59
- Pipeline on this street
- 2 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 Tai Kim Industrial Estate
Where is Tai Kim Industrial Estate?⌄
Tai Kim Industrial Estate is at 41 Kim Chuan Drive, Singapore 537091, in the Hougang planning area.
What is Tai Kim Industrial Estate zoned as?⌄
Tai Kim Industrial Estate is zoned Business 2 under the URA Master Plan, with a gross plot ratio of 2.5. Business 2 zoning covers general industry with a nuisance buffer of 100 m, including heavier trades.
What kind of business can operate at Tai Kim Industrial Estate?⌄
Business 2 zoning covers general industry with a nuisance buffer of 100 m, including heavier trades. The specific trade still has to be approved, so check the permissible-use list for your activity.
What is the tenure of Tai Kim Industrial Estate?⌄
Tai Kim Industrial Estate is freehold.
What have units at Tai Kim Industrial Estate sold for?⌄
Across 1 recorded transaction, the median is S$790 psf. The latest was in March 2011.
What does industrial space near Tai Kim Industrial Estate rent for?⌄
JTC's rental returns for Kim Chuan Drive put the median at about S$1.81 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Kim Chuan Drive, not a rent quoted for Tai Kim Industrial Estate itself.
What is the nearest MRT station to Tai Kim Industrial Estate?⌄
Tai Seng MRT is the closest, 699 m away (about a 11-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Tai Kim Industrial Estate?⌄
13 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA. That counts registered addresses, not physical occupiers.
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