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Below the S$6.8M valuationABSD S$0Foreign / corporate eligible
District 8 · Little India Conservation Area · Shophouse

16 Belilios Lane

A restored 2½-storey conservation shophouse — retained heritage façade, new roof mezzanine, fully commercial.

S$6,300,000≈ S$6,818 psf land · ≈ S$2,290 psf GFA
99 yrs LH
Tenure
1999
Lease commenced
2025
TOP / CSC
85.8 m²
Land area
~2,750 sqft
GFA
S$18k/mo
Rent / yield
S$6,300,00016 Belilios Lane
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What makes it rare

Why this one

Floor plans

The approved layout, level by level

Photography to follow. Below are the URA-approved A&A plans — watermarked; click to enlarge.

1st storey · shop / cafe
1st storey · shop / cafe
2nd storey · office
2nd storey · office
Mezzanine / roof
Mezzanine / roof
Approved use · by level

What each level can do — exactly

LevelApproved nowBy change-of-use applicationNot permitted
1st storeyGroundShop / retailCafe (heating-only)RestaurantBeauty salonOfficeBarSpa / massageShowroom
2nd storeyOfficeShopMedical clinicHotelSpa / massage
AtticOfficeAncillaryResidential
Roof mezzanineNewOfficeAncillaryStandalone F&B
Approved now By URA application (not guaranteed) Not permitted

Verified per storey on URA SPACE (8 Jul 2026). No averaging. Ground-floor cafe was a temporary permission (lapse 06-Mar-2026, verify) and is heating-only — no cooking / LPG / flue.

Why the address

Why the address

Distances via OneMap; ratings via Google Places, indicative and subject to change.

Food
Star Café ★4.40.12 km
The Countryside Café ★4.40.31 km
Everyday shopping
Sheng Siong Supermarket @ Jalan Berseh ★4.30.59 km
16 Belilios LaneLittle India MRTStar CaféThe Countryside Café≈ 800 m from the block (indicative, centre-based)

OneMap-routed distances/times; ratings via Google Places, indicative and subject to change.

Getting there

MRT, bus and commute times

~4min walk
🚇 LITTLE INDIA MRT STATIONNorth-East Line
CBD (Raffles Place)🚇 16 min · 🚗 8 min (4 km)
SMU🚇 19 min · 🚗 4 min (2 km)
Orchard🚇 20 min · 🚗 9 min (5 km)
Paya Lebar🚇 25 min · 🚗 11 min (7 km)
one-north🚇 27 min · 🚗 18 min (12 km)
NUS🚇 29 min · 🚗 16 min (10 km)
+6 more destinations
Mapletree Business City🚇 31 min · 🚗 19 min (9 km)
Jurong East🚇 40 min · 🚗 24 min (17 km)
SUTD🚇 43 min · 🚗 23 min (16 km)
Changi Airport🚇 49 min · 🚗 28 min (20 km)
Changi Business Park🚇 51 min · 🚗 24 min (17 km)
NTU🚇 75 min · 🚗 32 min (24 km)

Times are indicative — weekday 08:30 for public transport (OneMap routing); drive times are off-peak, no live traffic — both vary with actual conditions.

Price evidence

Recent comparable sales

Actual caveats near the subject — verify on URA REALIS.
StreetSoldTenurepsf (land)
16 Belilios Lane — this listingAdvertised99-yr LH~S$6,818
Syed Alwi RoadFeb 202699-yr LHS$3,824
Dickson RoadSep 202599-yr LHS$4,255
Cuff RoadNov 2025FreeholdS$4,598
Jalan BesarSep 2025FreeholdS$5,723
Upper Dickson RoadDec 2025FreeholdS$7,737

Land psf on whole-building caveats. The subject is 99-year leasehold — weight the leasehold rows; freehold shown for range. Source: URA REALIS — buyers should verify.

A few questions worth asking

Here's the data. The conclusion is yours.

Could you build it for less?
Land + rebuild ≈ S$6.8–7.6M

Land nearby trades ~S$4,600–7,700 psf — ~S$5.1M for this plot. Restoring a conserved shophouse runs ~S$600–900 psf → ~S$1.7–2.5M, over 9–14 months. So what would it cost to recreate this — versus S$6.3M, already done?

Where is the district heading?
Little India led every district in 2025

As the broader shophouse market cooled to a decade-low volume, Little India rose +8.2% — 24 sales, S$183M. If capital concentrated here while the rest slowed, where do you think the next one prices?

What are you actually paying?
S$6.3M — S$0.5M under valuation

Latest valuation S$6.8M (verify); advertised at S$6.3M. How often does a rebuilt, fully-commercial asset come to you below its own valuation?

Land, construction and valuation figures are indicative and sourced (URA REALIS; industry restoration rates ~S$400–1,000 psf; PropNex Q4 2025). Historical only — not a forecast, an assurance of returns, or financial advice. Verify independently.

The numbers that matter

What you'll actually pay

Purchase priceadvertised — below S$6.8M valuation
S$6,300,000
Buyer's Stamp Dutynon-residential scale
≈ S$284,600
ABSDfully commercial — no residential portion
S$0
GST+9% if seller GST-registered
not applied
Indicative all-in + legal/valuation
≈ S$6.59M

Stamp-duty estimator

Both storeys are commercial-approved, so no ABSD. The swing factor is GST.

On a mixed shophouse we'd value the residential floor from live URA residential comps to estimate ABSD (20–65%). Here it's zero.

Verify on the official IRAS stamp-duty calculator ↗

Indicative only — confirm stamp duty, GST & apportionment with your lawyer / IRAS.

Income & outgoings

What it earns — and what it costs to hold

Ground floor — passing rentS$11,000 / mo
Upper floors — passing rentS$7,000 / mo
Total gross rentS$18,000 / mo · S$216,000 / yr
Gross yield on S$6.3M~3.4%
Property tax (flat 10% of AV)≈ S$21,600 / yr
Net yield (after tax & outgoings)~2.8–3.0%

Both floors are tenanted — S$18,000/mo, no void from day one. Commercial property tax is a flat 10% of Annual Value; whole building, so no MCST. Passing rents as advised by owner (verify); confirm AV with IRAS.

Yield basis (CEA): gross yield = annual rent as stated above (passing or projected, per the stated basis) ÷ the stated asking price; net yield is after property tax (a flat 10% of Annual Value), MCST/service charge and outgoings. These are historical/indicative, not a forecast or a guarantee of return — verify the tenancy and the IRAS Annual Value independently before relying on them.

Why here

What is planned around this address

Published government plans near this property — the facts, with sources. What they mean for value is a question worth asking.

Footfall at the door
≈26,996 weekday commuters pass within 400 m (5 bus stops · LTA passenger volume 202606)
Street-level demand a retail or F&B tenant pays for — so where does that put the rent this unit can command?
🏗️ Development pipeline nearby
Government land released for future development near this address:
Kitchener Link · Residential (URA GLS · Reserve)
Site released for future development · Available for Application · ~0.42ha · plot ratio 3.0 · ~761m away
Source: URA Government Land Sales & JTC Industrial GLS programmes. A new nearby site can lift the area and/or add future supply — factual pipeline, not a forecast.
🏗️ New developments nearby — the growth signal
New-launch projects near this address:
DUET @ EMILY · 2028 · ZACD Group
~453m away
ONE SOPHIA · 31 DEC 2032 · SingHaiyi Group Limited
~637m away
THE COLLECTIVE AT ONE SOPHIA · 31 DEC 2032 · Chip Eng Seng Corporation Limited / CEL, SingHaiyi Group Limited, Ultra Infinity
~637m away
SOPHIA REGENCY · 2025 · Dong Ya Xing Hua
~637m away
SOPHIA MEADOW · 30TH NOV 2029 · Sin Thai Hin Holdings
~774m away
FORTUNE CENTRE · 1980
~1.0km away
+5 more nearby
CT HUB · TOP OBTAINED · CHIU TENG @ KALLANG PTE LTD
~1.3km away
THE GOLDEN MILE · Q4 2028 · GMC Property Pte. Ltd.
~1.6km away
AUREA · Q2 2029 · Far East Organisation, SINO Group, Perennial Holdings
~1.6km away
THE RITZ-CARLTON RESIDENCES · T.O.P OBTAINED · Royce Properties, KOP Group Pte Ltd
~1.7km away
111 SOMERSET · 1977
~1.7km away
Source: PropNex new-launch project feed, developer-declared TOP/units. A nearby launch is a growth signal, not a price forecast for this property.
🏠 Resale alternatives nearby
Live resale listings near this address, for comparison:
City Gate Shoppes · From S$1,258,400 per unit · ≈S$70.2M for all 31 units
~1.3km away · resale alternative

URA retail price index sat at 104.4 in Q2 2026 (+0.8% QoQ, +4.0% YoY) (URA via data.gov.sg).

URA retail rental index printed 80.6 in Q2 2026 (+1.5% YoY) (URA via data.gov.sg).

SingStat's Retail Sales Index printed 97.3 in Jun 2026 (+4.0% YoY).

Who actually lives here — this subzone, Census 2020.

6.4%Kids 0-9 idx 68
32%Parents 30-49 idx 107
25.2%Peak-earners 40-54 idx 112
28.2%60+ idx 127

~0% of Rochor households span 3 or more generations (indicative — OneMap Census 2020).

Does this age mix match the trade you're considering?

Where does this catchment shop?

City Square Mall is 671m away — on the street, not inside it.

Community read: a nearby mall is usually convenience, not competition — the trades that hold in its shadow are daily-needs and familiar staples, not novelty.

Which of these three positions is this unit actually in, and does the rent reflect it?

General market information on this page was last updated on 29 Aug 2026.

Straight talk

Objections, turned around

The real number, what it means here, and the question it leaves you with.

“A 99-year lease with about 72 years left — not freehold”
72 years is well above the point buyers online treat lease decay as a real issue (under about 40 years remaining), and above the CPF usage lease-coverage threshold.
Does 72 years change your hold plan, or does the zero-ABSD commercial route matter more?
"Why not just buy a residential property instead?"
A Singapore Citizen's 2nd residential property at this price pays S$1,260,000 in ABSD (IRAS rates as of 2026-07-31); this listing pays S$0.
Would you rather hand that to IRAS, or put it into the asset?
Straight answers

The questions buyers actually ask

Including the trade-offs — buy with eyes open.
How does this compare to buying a residential property instead?
Both storeys here are commercial-approved, so there is no ABSD at all — a Singapore Citizen buying a second HOME at S$6.3M would pay S$1.26M in ABSD alone; a foreigner, S$3.78M. The trade-off: this is a 99-year lease with about 72 years remaining, not freehold — a shorter, finite clock than a freehold home. See the residential-vs-commercial guide for the full comparison.
“A 99-year lease with about 72 years left — not freehold”
72 years is well above the point buyers online treat lease decay as a real issue (under about 40 years remaining), and above the CPF usage lease-coverage threshold. Does 72 years change your hold plan, or does the zero-ABSD commercial route matter more?
Why not just buy a residential property instead?
A Singapore Citizen's 2nd residential property at this price pays S$1,260,000 in ABSD (IRAS rates as of 2026-07-31); this listing pays S$0. Would you rather hand that to IRAS, or put it into the asset?

Indicative answers — confirm figures with your lawyer, URA and IRAS.

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How this listing was prepared

Priced and checked against official data

Transacted compsBenchmarked to real caveats.
Use verified per levelEvery storey checked on URA SPACE.
Stamp duty modelledBSD & GST as applicable, set out up front.
Official public dataURA Master Plan, LTA, OneMap & data.gov.sg.
The buying roadmap

What happens — and what you pay, when

For buyers who haven't transacted before: the resale journey, stage by stage.

1
Option to Purchase (OTP)
Day 0
1%option fee
2
Exercise the OTP
Within ~14–21 days
+4%deposit to 5%
3
Stamp duty
Within 14 days of exercising
BSD+ ABSD/GST if applicable — see estimator
4
Completion
~8–12 weeks
~90–95%loan + cash (CPF cannot be used for non-residential property)
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Indicative for a non-residential resale purchase — GST timing and any ABSD depend on the specific unit; see the numbers section above. Confirm with your lawyer.

AG
Andrea Goh · PropNex Realty Pte Ltd (Licence No. L3008022J) · CEA R000289H
Priced and checked against official URA data — transacted comparables, stamp duty, and (where applicable) per-level approved use. No lead auction.
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