Wisma Gulab
Wisma Gulab 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 Jan 2020. ACRA records 2 live company registrations at this address.
What are the key facts about Wisma Gulab?
- Asset class
- Industrial
- Land-use zone
- BUSINESS 1
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.5
- Tenure
- Freehold
- District / Area
- District 13 · Geylang
- Address
- 190 Macpherson Road
- Land area
- 5,071 sqm
- Completed
- Not on record
- Storeys
- 9 (© OpenStreetMap contributors)
- Transactions on record
- 2 (records start 1995)
- Live listings
- None
- ACRA registrations
- 2
About Wisma Gulab
Wisma Gulab is an industrial building in Geylang (District 13). It is located along Macpherson Road, Singapore 348548.
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 5,071 sqm of land with roughly 15,565 sqm of gross floor area.
2 transactions have been recorded here, at a median of S$1,316 psf. The most recent was in January 2020.
Across JTC's rental returns for Macpherson Road, the median rent for industrial space on this street works out to about S$1.65 psf per month over 106 observations. Observed medians on the street span S$0.75 to S$3.23 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 6.5 km away. The closest business-park zone is about 1.8 km away. The nearest MRT is Potong Pasir MRT, 634 m away (about a 10-minute walk). The closest bus stop (Gulab Bldg) is 41 m away (about a 1-minute walk).
3 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA.
What is Wisma Gulab zoned as?
- Land-use zone
- BUSINESS 1
- Gross plot ratio
- 2.5
What has Wisma Gulab sold for?
| Date | Use | Price | Area | PSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2020 | Single-user Factory | S$88.00M | 54,577 sqft | $1,612 |
| Sept 2004 | Single-user Factory | S$55.70M | 54,577 sqft | $1,021 |
URA/JTC records from 1995 — that is where the record starts, not when the building was built. Strata and land deals can mix in one building's history; compare like with like. sqm ↔ sq ft converter
What does space at Wisma Gulab rent for?
Strata factory space on Macpherson Road
Street level · 2026Q3S$ per sq ft per month (median only published) · median +9% 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 Wisma Gulab
- 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 Wisma Gulab?
- 1 Dec 2021ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed additions & alterations and change of use of existing 10-storey single owner multi-users (tenancy only) warehouse building into a single owner single user warehouse building
- 4 Jan 2005ApprovedAdditions & alterations
Proposed a/a and cu to existing 10-sty single-owner, single-user warehouse bldg into a single-owner, muli-user (tenancy only) warehouse bldg
- 7 Jun 2001RefusedFloor 1Change of use: showroom → bank
Proposed change of use of unit #01-XX from showroom to bank
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 Macpherson Road price?
Too few strata sales on this street to support a median — the count is shown without one.
Street figures cover strata deals only — land and strata PSF are not comparable.
What is near Wisma Gulab?
Getting around
- Potong Pasir MRT634 m · ~10 min
Amenities nearby
Straight-line distances. Source: PropKaki amenities data.
Getting there and parking at Wisma Gulab
nearest MRT/LRT Potong Pasir (NE10) 596 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)596 m · about 35,000 weekday taps
- Geylang Bahru (DT24)919 m · about 12,000 weekday taps
- Mattar (DT25)958 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 Wisma Gulab. 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
- Lor Pendek (URA)44 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 4 car lots
- Service Rd (Macpherson Rd) (URA)61 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · season S$90/month · 23 car lots
- Genting Link (URA)78 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 2 car lots
- Genting Rd (URA)130 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 20 car lots
- Lor Bakar Batu (URA)267 mS$0.60 per half-hour at midday on a weekday · 50 car lots
Public car parks only, by straight-line distance, with the operator's published rates. Wisma Gulab's own car park, if it has one, and its charges are not in the open data.
Who's registered at Wisma Gulab?
- Wholesale and retail trade2
- Construction0
- Administrative and support services0
- Manufacturing0
- Financial and insurance0
- Professional, scientific and technical services0
- Information and communications0
- Other 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$17.70 psm/mo
- Observed range
- S$8.10 – S$34.72
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 Wisma Gulab
Where is Wisma Gulab?⌄
Wisma Gulab is at 190 Macpherson Road, Singapore 348548, in the Geylang planning area.
What is Wisma Gulab zoned as?⌄
Wisma Gulab 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 Wisma Gulab?⌄
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 Wisma Gulab?⌄
Wisma Gulab is freehold.
What have units at Wisma Gulab sold for?⌄
Across 2 recorded transactions, the median is S$1,316 psf. The latest was in January 2020.
What does industrial space near Wisma Gulab rent for?⌄
JTC's rental returns for Macpherson Road put the median at about S$1.65 psf per month. That is a street-level figure from undated snapshots covering all industrial space on Macpherson Road, not a rent quoted for Wisma Gulab itself.
What is the nearest MRT station to Wisma Gulab?⌄
Potong Pasir MRT is the closest, 634 m away (about a 10-minute walk).
How many businesses are registered at Wisma Gulab?⌄
3 businesses are currently registered at this address with ACRA. That counts registered addresses, not physical occupiers.
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