Balestier Road, 329762 District 12

* Balestier is synonymous with low-rise residential and commercial buildings and agglomerations of lighting and hardware shops. Lately, it has become associated with specialty foods such as 'bak kut teh' and 'tau sar piah'.

* Balestier Precinct is located within the largest Urban Transformation in the 17 ha HealthCity Novena, it is connected by Road + Expressway + MRT to everywhere in Singapore, 10 minutes to Orchard Road, 15 minutes to CBD.

* Since 1848, Balestier has steadily gave way to colonial homes, shophouses, and temples. Today, modern high-rise buildings stand by side with these relics of the past.

* The Southeast Asian HQ of the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance aka Tong Meng Hui, which overthrew the Chinese imperial government in 1911. History buffs can spend hours here in the galleries which tell the story leading to the 1911 revolution from the perspectives of Chinese communities in our region.

* Balestier is dotted with shophouses, designed in the Chinese Baroque aka Singapore Eclectic style by architects Westerhout and Oman. This style blends classic European elements with local symbols and motifs.

* The subject shop house for rent is opposite Balestier Point. Completed in 1986, architect Chan Fook Pong was inspired by the Habitat 67 housing complex in Montreal, Canada.

* Lim Kay Khee Optical & Contact Lens Centre is an old-school optical shop from the the 80s.

* Sited on the Balestier main road, this ground floor shop space is especially suitable for 1) Medical GP Clinic 2) Pharmacy 3) Specialty Retail outlet 4) Home Decoration and the like