Tiong Bahru
Tiong Bahru — 45 developments within a kilometre of Tiong Bahru Market: walk-up apartments on Yong Siak Street, condominiums on Kim Tian Road and Jalan Membina, commercial buildings along Outram Road, and the riverside condominiums of Robertson Quay at the northern edge. Each is listed with its management office contact.
Singapore’s first public housing estate
The name means “new cemetery” — tiong is Hokkien for a cemetery, bahru Malay for new — after a burial ground set up beside the old Heng San Teng cemetery, on the site of today’s Singapore General Hospital. Funds to acquire the land for the Singapore Improvement Trust were approved in 1927, clearance began in 1928, and the first block was ready in December 1936: low-rise walk-up flats in a modified Streamline Moderne style, with rounded corners, long horizontal lines, spiral back staircases and flat roofs. Blocks 81 and 82 on Tiong Poh Road were nicknamed the “aeroplane flats” because from a distance they looked like an aeroplane’s wings. Four-storey post-war blocks followed between 1948 and 1954, and the streets were named after 19th-century Chinese merchants and philanthropists — Tan Chay Yan, Koh Eng Hoon, Tan Seng Poh, Tan Yong Siak.
Twenty pre-war blocks were gazetted for conservation on 1 December 2003, so the heart of the estate will not be redeveloped. That is why most of the private housing in this directory sits around the protected core rather than inside it: small walk-up apartment blocks on Yong Siak Street and Yong Siak View, and newer condominiums on Kim Tian Road, Jalan Membina and Jalan Bukit Ho Swee towards the MRT station.
Map
45 developments in the directory · Developments within 1 km of Tiong Bahru, by property type and nearest first in each.
Condominiums & Apartments 34
- Highline ResidencesMCST 4638Condominium1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 Kim Tian Road283 m awayCBRE Pte Ltd
- Eng Hoon MansionsMCST 3013Apartment · Retail17 ENG HOON STREET294 m away1 Property Asset Management Pte Ltd
- Yong Siak ViewMCST 1004Apartment19, 21, 23 Yong Siak View Singapore323 m awayStarciti Vision Property Management Pte Ltd
- 27 Yong Siak StreetMCST 1492Apartment27 YONG SIAK STREET324 m away
- 7 Yong Siak StreetMCST 3565Apartment · Retail7A YONG SIAK STREET325 m away
- Yong Siak CourtMCST 1547Apartment15 YONG SIAK STREET325 m awayNewman SRE Pte Ltd
- 9 Yong Siak StreetMCST 2470Apartment · Retail9B YONG SIAK STREET330 m away
- 3 Yong Siak StreetMCST 3972Apartment3 YONG SIAK STREET333 m awayImsv Pte Ltd
- Regency SuitesMCST 3380Apartment36 KIM TIAN ROAD342 m awayIland Property Consultants Pte Ltd
- Twin RegencyMCST 3228Condominium26 KIM TIAN ROAD366 m away
- The Regency At Tiong BahruMCST 3511Condominium38 CHAY YAN STREET372 m awayOhmyhome Property Management Pte Ltd
- 225 Outram RoadMCST 0311Apartment · Retail225C OUTRAM ROAD384 m awayAv Consultants Pte Ltd
- Central Green CondominiumMCST 1995Condominium1, 3, 5, 7, 9 Jalan Membina Singapore503 m awaySavills Property Management Pte Ltd
- MeraprimeMCST 3253Condominium301 Jalan Bukit Ho Swee Singapore550 m awaySG Managing Agent Pte.Ltd.
- Harvest MansionsMCST 2236Apartment550 HAVELOCK ROAD559 m awayRhodo Property & Estate Management Services Pte Ltd
- Emerald ParkMCST 1877Condominium2, 4, 6 Indus Road Singapore569 m awayAbsolut Properties Pte Ltd
- TribecaMCST 3591Condominium60 Kim Seng Road Singapore741 m awayJones Lang Lasalle Property Consultants Pte Ltd
- Robertson BlueMCST 3217Apartment · Retail86 ROBERTSON QUAY821 m awayNewman SRE Pte Ltd
- RiviereMCST 01-4907Condominium · Serviced Apartment · Retail1 & 3 Jiak Kim Street Singapore 169423821 m away
- Mirage TowerMCST 2277Condominium6835 4564 Singapore829 m awaySavills Property Management Pte Ltd
- The LandmarkCondominiumSingapore836 m away
- Landmark TowerMCST 1119Apartment · Retail173 Chin Swee Road Singapore836 m away
- 8 RodykMCST 3792Condominium8 Rodyk Street Singapore847 m awayWisely 98 Pte Ltd
- One Pearl BankMCST 4954Condominium1 & 1A Pearl Bank Singapore873 m away
- Up At Robertson QuayMCST 01-4515Apartment · Hotel · Retail92 Robertson Quay877 m away
- ZenithMCST 3735Apartment60 ZION ROAD886 m awayAbsolut Properties Pte Ltd
- Centennia SuitesMCST 4207Condominium914 m awayA & L Property Services
- Mill PointMCST 2926Apartment1, 3 Zion Close Singapore918 m away
- The RivergateMCST 3460Condominium93, 95, 97, 99 Robertson Quay935 m awaySavills (Singapore) Pte Ltd
- Robertson 100MCST 2879Condominium · Retail100 Robertson Quay Singapore940 m awayKnight Frank Property & Facilities Management Pte. Ltd.
- Avenue South ResidenceMCST 4892Condominium1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 Silat Avenue Singapore952 m awayLandsfield Property Consultants Pte Ltd
- Watermark at Robertson QuayMCST 3414Condominium · Retail3 RODYK STREET966 m awaySavills Property Management Pte Ltd
- The QuaysideMCST 2295Apartment · Retail60 ROBERTSON QUAY976 m awaySavills Property Management Pte Ltd
- The TrilliumMCST 3692Condominium112, 114, 116, 118 Kim Seng Road Singapore991 m awayA & L Property Services
Retail 2
- Tiong Bahru PlazaMCST 2634Retail302 TIONG BAHRU ROAD485 m awayFrasers Property Retail Management Pte. Ltd.
- Concorde Shopping CentreMCST 1143Retail · Hotel317 Outram Road Singapore513 m awaySavills Property Management Pte Ltd
Office 3
- Central PlazaMCST 2634Office298 TIONG BAHRU ROAD485 m awayFrasers Property Retail Management Pte. Ltd.
- Dimensions BuildingMCST 2365Office23 KAMPONG BAHRU ROAD982 m awayStarciti Vision Property Management Pte Ltd
- Manhattan HouseMCST 0746Office · Retail151 Chin Swee Road Singapore992 m awaySmart Property Management (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Shophouse 1
- 285 Outram RoadMCST 1023Shophouse · Apartment285A, 285B, 285C Outram Road Singapore275 m away
Industrial B1 1
Other 4
Schools nearby
Within 1 km 1
1 – 2 km 6
New launches nearby
- Zyon Grand — CDL and Mitsui Fudosan, 706 homes on a 99-year lease on Kim Seng Road above Havelock MRT, launched in October 2025, about 660 m from the market.
- Promenade Peak — Allgreen, 596 units on a 99-year lease at 1 Zion Promenade, launched in August 2025, about 760 m away.
River Modern and the River Valley Green land sale sites sit just beyond the ring, about 1–1.1 km away.
Getting around
Tiong Bahru MRT on the East–West Line, about 550 m west of the market, sits beside Tiong Bahru Plaza and Central Plaza. Havelock on the Thomson–East Coast Line serves the northern edge along Havelock Road, and Outram Park, an interchange of three lines, lies to the south-east at the edge of the ring.
Everyday amenities
- Tiong Bahru Market and Food Centre on Seng Poh Road, which reopened in 2006 on the site of the Seng Poh Road Market of 1951.
- Cafés, bakeries and bookshops in the shophouses and ground-floor units of the old estate, mostly around Yong Siak Street and Eng Hoon Street.
- Tiong Bahru Plaza and Central Plaza at the MRT station, for supermarkets, banks and clinics.
- The air-raid shelter beneath Block 78 on Guan Chuan Street, built in 1939 — the last surviving pre-war civilian air-raid shelter, in the only Trust block designed with one.
For families, Zhangde Primary School is on Jalan Membina, inside the neighbourhood; its page lists every development within a kilometre of the school.
Who manages the buildings here
The larger condominiums near the station are run by established firms — Central Green by Savills Property Management, which manages the most developments in the ring, and Highline Residences by CBRE. Many of the small walk-up blocks around Yong Siak Street have no managing agent on record; there the management council itself is usually the point of contact.
What to have ready
The management office will ask for the MCST number and your unit. Inside the conservation area, any addition or alteration needs URA’s Conservation Permission, and works to the conserved pre-war flats also need an HDB renovation permit — check both before booking a contractor. Parking in the old estate is tight; public carparks with live lot counts are on the carparks page, and the wider area is on the District 3 page.
Sources: NLB Infopedia (Tiong Bahru); NHB, Tiong Bahru Heritage Trail (2018); Roots.sg (Tiong Bahru air-raid shelter); URA Conservation Portal; LTA (Thomson–East Coast Line Stage 3); EdgeProp (Zyon Grand); EdgeProp (Promenade Peak). Distances are straight-line; prices are left out because they change.
