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Featured – B1 Warehouse For Rent
Fitted Business Space For Rent @ BOSCH | Opp Marymount MRT
994/ 996 Bendeemer Rd (B Central) | 2600 sqft B1 Factory (Almost Fully Leased)
Renovated Hi-spec Office at Innovate @ Ubi (fka Starhub Green) | 2000 sqft Up | 4min walk to MRT
Office Warehouse Near Tai Seng MRT @ Print Media Hub | 2500 – 5500 sqft
B1 Toa Payoh Office Warehouse For Rent @ Toa Payoh North
19 – 25 Kallang Ave (Next to Aperia & Lavender MRT)
Grantral Mall / Grantral Complex @ Macpherson🍀Former Citimac 🍀 B1 Business Space – Almost Fully Leased
🍀 Flatted B1 Factory For Rent @ Kallang & Bendemeer | 1,300 – 3,300 sqft (Almost FULL)
Jackson Square 🍀 Lor 3 Toa Payoh B1 Industrial Office For Rent
3014A/3015A Ubi Road 1 Warehouse (2300 – 9000 sft) – Walk to Ubi MRT (Almost FULL)
Flatted factory at Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 & 10 – Techplace 1 / 2
B1 Flatted Factory @ Bukit Merah and Lower Delta Rd (Nearly FULL)
Platinum 28 @ Genting Lane | Fitted Office Near Mac Pherson Rd – 100% RENTED OUT!
3 Tai Seng Drive – Large warehouse for rent |26000 sft – 4.6m Ceiling – RENTED OUT
5 Tai Seng Drive – B2 warehouse for rent |20000 sft per floor – FULLY Rented Out!
⭐ Hi-Spec Industrial Office Warehouse For Rent at Techview @ Kaki Bukit
⭐ B1 Flatted Factory / Warehouse For Rent @ Chai Chee Lane – Almost Full
Ramp-up & Flatted Factory – Nordcom @ Gambas Crescent – RENTED OUT
B1 Factory For Rent @ Kaki Bukit Ave 1 – Almost FULL
B1 Ramp-up Industrial Building For Rent – Enterprise One @ Eunos – No Vacancy Now
What are the allowable activities in B1 and B2 Zones?
B1 industrial zoning are intended to be used mainly for clean and light industry, warehousing, public utilities, and telecommunication uses and other public installations for which the nuisance buffer is less than 50m. While B2 zones are for heavier general trade of which nuisance buffer can be more than 50m and within health and safety buffers.
Certain industrial activities that are able to meet the nuisance buffer requirements of not more than 50m may be allowed in B1 zones subject to evaluation by the relevant authorities.
Suitable activities in B1 industrial building (subject to URA 60/40 Rule) includes:
1. Computer software design and development
2. Product/prototype design, industrial and engineering design
3. Logistics and distribution services
4. Assembly and repair of computer hardware and electronic equipment
5. Information Technology (IT) technical support/ maintenance centers.
6. Packing of dried foodstuff (No fresh food exposure to the air)
7. Warehouse and storage of finished products except for storage of fresh food items, chemicals and dangerous goods (DG).
In short, B1 light industrial buildings are suitable for clean and light trade only.
Most of these industrial buildings have loading bays that come with dock leveller and allow for either 20-footer or 40-footer container access.
However, usage of industrial spaces is governed by URA and is more commonly known as URA 60/40 Rule. Please read below explanations what does the rule means.
Does URA 60/40 Rule applies to B1 Industrial Building?
Yes. URA 60/40 Rule applies to all industrial building and business parks in Singapore.
To ensure that limited industrial land is used mainly for industrial uses, the URA requires at least 60% of the total floor area of an industrial building to be used for core industrial activities. However, URA recognises that certain non-industrial activities, such as ancillary offices, staff canteens and showrooms are needed to support the predominant industrial uses. Hence, such supporting non-industrial uses, together with ancillary areas (e.g. lift lobbies and circulation spaces) are allowed to occupy up to 40% of the total floor area of an industrial development. – URA
In short, the unit in industrial building is not allowed to be used 100% as office, shop front eg. travel and maid agencies, accounting firms, law firms, advertising agencies, tuition center, supermarket, religious activities, child care, etc. There need to be a predominant use of minimum 60% to be set aside for core industrial activities (see table below). The ancillary component is limited to a maximum of 40% for non-core or supporting uses such as office function eg. HR, admin, finance, sales and marketing, pantry.
Please refer to the illustration below for a more comprehensive understanding of URA 60/40 Rule.
Does the authority enforce this Rule strictly?
You might be wondering whether this URA 60/40 Usage Rule is enforced by the authorities. Although this rule has been established for more than a decades, there are plenty of cases where there are many companies that do not follow this regulation closely due to operational requirements or other cost savings reasons. But do beware that the authorities conduct check from time-to-time and some companies that were caught in violation were either penalised or instructed to rectify the usage, which may lead to closure of some of these businesses.
In November 2023, a local digital lock company who have several branches islandwide, My Digital Lock operated a showroom at ground floor or A’Posh Biz Hub at Yishun Industrial St 1 (B1-zoned building) without the requisite planning permissions. As the land is primarily designated for use as factories and warehouses, URA issued enforcement notices and demanded Land Betterment Charges from change-of-use of nearly S$500,000 (for their HQ that comprises of 3 units) every 3 years. The owner, Mr Ronn Teo describe his ordeal and even posted a Facebook video about it.
Please call the leasing hotline for a detailed discussion about your office or B1 warehouse for rent requirements and timeline.