IndustrialBUSINESS 1FreeholdDistrict 13 · Geylang

The Blue Building

Reviewed by Nathan TangUpdated 8 November 2026Data through Jul 2003

Quick Summary

The Blue 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. 1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Jul 2003. ACRA records 0 live company registrations at this address.

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What are the key facts about The Blue Building?

Key takeawayThe Blue Building is a industrial building in District 13 · Geylang, zoned BUSINESS 1, held freehold.

Asset class: Industrial
Land-use zone: BUSINESS 1
Gross plot ratio: 2.5
Tenure: Freehold
District / Area: District 13 · Geylang
Address: 16 Genting Road
Land area: 1,404 sqm
Completed: Not on record
Storeys: Not on record
Transactions on record: 1 (records start 1995)
Live listings: None
ACRA registrations: 0

About The Blue Building

The Blue Building is an industrial building in Geylang (District 13). It is located along Genting Road, Singapore 349476.

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 1,404 sqm of land with roughly 3,509 sqm of gross floor area.

1 transaction has been recorded here, at a median of S$796 psf. The most recent was in July 2003.

Across JTC's rental returns for Genting Road, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$1.60 psf per month over 42 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$0.47 to S$3.99 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 6.3 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 1.8 km away. The nearest MRT is Potong Pasir MRT, 780 m away (about a 12-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Tannery Blk) is 186 m away (about a 3-minute walk).

What is The Blue Building zoned as?

Key takeawayThe Blue 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 The Blue Building sold for?

Key takeaway1 transaction is on record since 1995, most recently in Jul 2003 — too few to support a median, so the deals themselves are listed instead.

Date	Use	Price	Area	PSF
Jul 2003	Single-user Factory	S$4.55M	5,716 sqft	$796

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 The Blue Building rent for?

Key takeawayNo rent is published for The Blue Building itself. On its street, Genting Road, strata factory space rented at a median of $2.28 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 Genting Road

Street level · 2026Q3

25th pct

—

— psm

Median

$2.28

$24.49 psm

75th pct

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— psm

S$ per sq ft per month (median only published) · median +3.4% on a year earlier

2021Q3 · $18.21 psm2026Q3 · $24.49 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 The Blue 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 is near The Blue Building?

Key takeawayThe nearest MRT/LRT is Potong Pasir MRT, about 780 m away.

Getting around

Potong Pasir MRT780 m · ~12 min

Amenities nearby

Tannery Blk · 186 mRuby Medical Centre · 203 mEducational Institution · 606 mPotong Pasir MRT Exit B · 740 mBlk 69 Geylang Bahru · 919 m

Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.

Getting there and parking at The Blue Building

Key takeawayThe nearest station is Potong Pasir (NE10), 741 m away — a moderately busy station, with about 35,000 taps in and out on an average weekday. 14 public car parks are within 500 m; the cheapest URA season parking nearby is S$80 a month.

Foot traffic: busier than 89% of industrial buildings

nearest MRT/LRT Potong Pasir (NE10) 741 m, about 35,000 taps a weekday; 2 more stations within 1 km; bus stops within 400 m: 7, about 8,269 taps a weekday; Geylang: 116,481 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

Potong Pasir (NE10)741 m · about 35,000 weekday taps
Geylang Bahru (DT24)813 m · about 12,000 weekday taps
Mattar (DT25)846 m · 9,848 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 The Blue Building. Transfers between lines don't tap, so interchanges read low.

Bus

7 bus stops within 400 m, with 8,269 boardings and alightings on an average weekday.

Public car parks within 500 m

Genting Rd (URA)49 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 20 car lots
Genting Link (URA)122 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 2 car lots
Lor Pendek (URA)162 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 4 car lots
Lor Bakar Batu (URA)204 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 50 car lots
Tannery Lane (URA)206 m
S$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 36 car lots

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

How many companies are registered at The Blue Building?

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.

What does industrial space rent for on this street?

Key takeawayJTC's street-level record shows a median of S$17.22 psm/month — an all-time median from 2000 onwards, not a current rent.

Street rent, median: S$17.22 psm/mo
Observed range: S$5.06 – S$42.93

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 The Blue Building

Where is The Blue Building?⌄

The Blue Building is at 16 Genting Road, Singapore 349476, in the Geylang planning area.

What is The Blue Building zoned as?⌄

The Blue 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 The Blue 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 The Blue Building?⌄

The Blue Building is freehold.

What have units at The Blue Building sold for?⌄

Across 1 recorded transaction, the median is S$796 psf. The latest was in July 2003.

What does industrial space near The Blue Building rent for?⌄

JTC's rental returns for Genting Road put the median at about S$1.60 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Genting Road, not a rent quoted for The Blue Building itself.

What is the nearest MRT station to The Blue Building?⌄

Potong Pasir MRT is the closest, 780 m away (about a 12-minute walk).

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

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.

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 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.