Jalan Besar, 208843 District 08

This 3-storey conservation shophouse @ Jln Besar is just a short walk to the Downtown Line 2 Rochore MRT Station from this rare heritage building with a land area of about 1237 sq ft and a gross floor areas of about 3200 square feet of fully commercial space (according to owners’ architectural plan’s estimation) for commercial uses for all three storeys standing on 999 years of leasehold land tenure that commenced in year 1926.

Year 2017 or earlier when announced, the Jalan Besar Downtown Line 3 MRT Station will be opened. Below five minutes’ walk across the traffic light junction at the front of this conservation 3-storey commercial shophouse is all it likely takes to reach the station.

Company owners just decided to put this Jalan Besar commercial shophouse up into the market place for sale with existing tenancy or without tenancy (at outgoing owner’s responsibility).
Subject to approval by URA authority, change of use by new applicant to other trades or approved uses like F&B from shop (1st storey #xxx), offices (2nd storey #xxxA and 3rd storey #xxxB) can be submitted, before the deal done “as is”. Conservation guidelines and prevailing incompatible uses not allowed in Historic Districts like the Little India still rule and apply.

Except one structural column on the spacious, almost squarish floor plate on the ground floor, all two other upper floors are unblocked and come with 3-phase separate ELCBs, separate water metres, high ceilings, bathrooms and fire spiral staircase exit on every floor, leading to a cul-de-sac backlane (good for easy loading and unloading). Second floor has a small removable partitioned administration room.

The two MRT Stations aside, modern eateries, traditional eating houses and after-office watering holes are aplenty around.

Don’t miss this rare tall CBD Grade A Commercial Conservation Space lying outside CBD and Bencoolen Street ERP gantry with easy URA parkings within and outside Little India Historic District under the exclusive agency arrangement branded Knight Frank.