URA Development Charges Revised – Commercial and Industrial Upwards

URA has just revised the development charges for the following groups:-

The DC rates for Group A (Commercial) have increased by an average of 22%, with the largest increase of 32% in Sector 101 (Paya Lebar Central: Paya Lebar / Eunos / Macpherson Road area).

For Group B1 {Residential (landed)}, the DC rates have on average increased by 17%, with the largest increase of 20% in 22 out of 118 geographical sectors.

The DC rates for Group B2 {Residential (non-landed)} have also increased by an average of 12%. The largest increase is 39% in Sector 57 (Serangoon Road / Whampoa / Bendemeer Road area).

For Group C (Hotel/Hospital), the DC rates have an average increase of 7% with the largest increase of 9% in Sectors 1, 2 & 7(Cecil Street / Boon Tat Street / Robinson Road area), and Sectors 19, 20 & 21 (Havelock Road / Clemenceau Avenue / New Bridge / South Bridge Road / Upper Pickering Street area).

The DC rates for Group D (Industrial / Warehousing Use) has increased by 31% on average, with the largest increase of 55% in Sector 114 (Tuas / Pioneer Road / Jurong / Sungei Kadut / Mandai Estate / Woodlands area) and Sector 115 (Woodlands / Sembawang / Yishun area).

The rest remains unchange.

Official press release can be found here.

There’s a lot of activities going on in the commercial/light industrial real estate scene including both sales and rental market. Would we see another spike in their prices?

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