About Rex House
Rex House is a small office building at 73 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229832. Its postal code places it in District 9 (Orchard, River Valley, Cairnhill), although it stands at the far northern edge of the district, in the Rochor planning area beside Little India. Leasing agents describe a six-storey block with two basement car park levels, built in 1984, with floor plates of about 7,200 sq ft. Property records show a leasehold site of about 889 sq m and a gross floor area of about 3,732 sq m.
The building is let as offices, with some space also marketed for retail or showroom use. Agents highlight column-free floors, good natural light, two passenger lifts and a long frontage to Bukit Timah Road. On-site parking is limited. Little has been published about the building's own history, so the notes below also draw on the surrounding area.
Interesting facts
About the area: the building shares its name with the former Rex cinema around the corner on Mackenzie Road. The cinema opened in 1964 on the old Singapore Boxing Stadium site and was run by Shaw Organisation from 1967.
About the area: after films stopped in 1983, the Rex building served at different times as a performance venue, an ice rink and a church. It reopened as a cinema in 2009, showing mainly Tamil and Hindi films, and closed again in 2018.
Rex House dates from 1984, the year after the old cinema first closed.
Nearby
Little India MRT (North East and Downtown lines) is about five minutes away on foot, and Rochor MRT (Downtown Line) is about eight minutes. Tekka Centre, with its wet market and hawker centre, is a short walk away, along with Tekka Place and the shophouse streets of Little India. KK Women's and Children's Hospital is across Bukit Timah Road. Mount Emily Park sits on the hill behind the building.
Key facts
Address: 73 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229832
District: 9 (Orchard, River Valley, Cairnhill)
Property type: Office and retail
Completed: 1984 (according to leasing agents)
Tenure: leasehold (term not verified)
Storeys: 6, plus 2 basement car park levels
Floor area: about 3,732 sq m gross
Nearest MRT: Little India (NE7/DT12)
MCST: 1583