About Malacca Centre
Malacca Centre is a 16-storey strata-titled commercial building at 20 Malacca Street, Singapore 048979, in postal District 1. It sits in the heart of Raffles Place on a small site of about 294 sq m. The land is held on a 999-year lease that dates from 1826. Office floors occupy the upper levels, with shop units on the ground floor and in the basement.
The building is used mainly by small and mid-sized firms that want a Raffles Place address. Whole floors are compact, at roughly 1,800 to 2,100 sq ft, and come up for sale from time to time. Little has been published about the building's developer or completion date, so those details are left out here.
Interesting facts
About the street: Malacca Street is one of Singapore's older roads. It already appears on Coleman's 1836 map of the town, according to NLB Infopedia.
About the street: in the 19th century it was lined with shophouses used by merchants and brokers. Today it runs one-way between D'Almeida Street and Market Street.
The 999-year lease began in April 1826, only a few years after modern Singapore was founded. Such tenure is rare among Raffles Place office buildings.
In May 2021 CBRE offered two full office floors, levels 9 and 16, for sale by public tender.
Nearby
Raffles Place MRT (East-West and North-South lines) is about 1 to 2 minutes away, with an underpass link close by. Telok Ayer and Downtown stations on the Downtown Line are 5 to 7 minutes on foot. Neighbours include One Raffles Place, Republic Plaza and CapitaSpring, which houses the rebuilt Market Street Hawker Centre. Boat Quay and the Singapore River are all within a 5-minute walk. Lau Pa Sat is about 8 minutes away.
Key facts
Address: 20 Malacca Street, Singapore 048979
District: 1
Property type: Strata office with ground-floor and basement shops
Tenure: 999 years from 1826
Storeys: 16
Floor area: about 4,405 sq m gross (per EdgeProp)
Nearest MRT: Raffles Place (EW14/NS26)
MCST: 1974