Setting up your business in Singapore? Find the right location here

Expanding your company in a new country can be challenging. We make it easy for businesses to find the perfect space with this interactive map, whether you are seeking a manufacturing site, innovation lab or office building.

18 Mar 2022 5 min read

As a small city-state, Singapore adopts a comprehensive and integrated planning approach to optimise its land for current and future generations. Part of this planning includes developing economic gateways island-wide to enable stronger synergies for key industries and keep residents closer to their homes.

Businesses in Singapore can find an expansive variety of commercial real estate available to meet their operational needs whether it is for a Grade A office, industrial space, or an innovation hub.

In the interactive map below, we have curated some of the key commercial developments for businesses keen to set up operations in Singapore to consider. Click to discover the different real estate types across the city-state, and read more about the various locations.

EDB Interactive Map Infographic

Woodlands
Central

Sungei Kadut
Eco-District

Woodlands
North Coast

Seletar
Aerospace Park

Paya Lebar
Central

Tampines and Pasir Ris
Water Fab Park

Punggol Digital
District

Changi
Business Park

Central Area

one-north

Jurong Lake District

Jurong Island

Tuas
Biomedical
Park

JTC Logistics
Hub @ Gul

Jurong Innovation
District

Grade A office buildings are good quality buildings in strategic locations that are well served by amenities and transport nodes. They are up to 25 years old or have recently undergone refurbishment, and are often accorded the Green Mark Gold, Gold Plus or Platinum status by the Building Construction Authority of Singapore.

Industrial developments comprise factories, warehouses, telecommunication and utility buildings. Depending on the nature of their activities, clean and light industries are allowed in Business 1 (B1) zone. General and special industries are to be located in Business 2 (B2) zone.

Business parks are for businesses engaged in high-technology, R&D, and high value-added and knowledge-intensive activities.

Marina Centre & Beach Road
With its access to a wide range of amenities, this location appeals to hedge funds, technological firms, and oil and gas companies. This area features office buildings, such as Centennial Tower, Millenia Tower, South Beach Tower, and Suntec City Office Towers, located next to the Suntec Singapore Convention Centre, which also has 42,000 sq. m. of MICE space and world-class meeting facilities.

Raffles Place
The commercial heart of Singapore, this is a popular choice for commerce and finance companies looking to be situated in the city’s financial hub. Some of the older office buildings have been redeveloped into premium grade buildings like CapitaSpring, which includes amenities such as a hawker centre, as well as 20,000 sq. ft. of co-working spaces and an affordable F&B space integrated within its development. With a new public park converted from a former road and the Raffles Place Park located in the area, these pockets of green oasis provide respite for office workers and visitors alike.

Marina Bay
An extension of the Central Business District (CBD) financial hub, Marina Bay has a large concentration of banks, law firms, technology firms and MNCs. The buildings here offer large floor areas for major occupiers. Landmark office buildings in this area include Asia Square, Marina Bay Financial Centre and Marina One, all of which have co-working spaces available. Residents and workers can look forward to live, work and play in Marina Bay with its good provision of public spaces, parks, proximity to waterfront promenade and cultural attractions around the Bay.

Shenton Way & Tanjong Pagar
The buildings here tend to be of a smaller footprint, but are popular with mid-size companies that still prefer to be in the CBD, and increasingly, technology companies and MNCs. Recent commercial and residential developments have helped to transform the location into a more vibrant part of town. Some of the newer buildings in this area include Frasers Tower, Guoco Tower and 79 Robinson Road, which come with a wide range of co-working spaces to meet business needs.

The largest of all business districts outside of the central area, and with more than 120 hectares of land available for development, the Jurong Lake District offers much flexibility in zoning, land tenure and phasing.

With its proximity to Singapore’s top two universities (National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University) and other high-value industries in the region, such as Jurong Innovation District and one-north, the district is connected to a synergistic ecosystem of innovation and collaboration.

Companies can choose from a variety of workspaces based on their business needs. These range from Grade A offices to business park spaces, which are conveniently located near housing and leisure areas.

This has made Jurong Lake District a popular destination of choice for companies in the engineering, ICT, wholesale trade, energy, transport, offshore marine and public administration sectors.

There are plans to develop Jurong Lake District into a model for urban sustainability, which can help support the growth of companies in green innovation. With a Built Environment Living Lab framework, businesses can conveniently co-locate R&D and commercial trials in one place to facilitate faster lab-to-market prototyping and scaling.