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Industrial

Factories, warehouses, business park and industrial land, and the four specifications that decide whether a unit actually works for you.

Four building types, four different conversations.

Square footage and rent are the easy part. What separates a unit that works from one you regret is the access, the height, the slab and the supply.

Multi-storey flatted factory block in Singapore with cargo-lift loading bays and lorries at the service road
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Flatted factory

Multi-storey blocks served by cargo lifts, split into units from a few hundred to several thousand square feet. The default home for SME production and light assembly, and where most first industrial tenancies start.

AccessCargo lift
Typical clear height3.5 – 4.5 m
Typical floor loading5 – 12.5 kN/m²
Watch forLift dimensions vs your largest machine
Interior of a high-clear-height warehouse in Singapore with steel roof trusses and empty racking bays
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Ramp-up warehouse

Vehicular ramps take a lorry to your unit door on an upper floor, so loading is no longer a lift queue. The specification that changes a distribution operation the most, and the one people underestimate the value of.

AccessDirect vehicular ramp
Typical clear height8 – 12 m
Typical floor loading15 – 25 kN/m²
Watch forRamp gradient and turning radius for your fleet
Contemporary Singapore business park block with a glass curtain wall and a reflecting pool at dusk
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Business park & hi-tech

Higher-finish blocks for R&D, technology and knowledge work, with office-grade lobbies and services. Restrictions on straight manufacturing and pure warehousing are real and enforced.

AccessPassenger + service lift
Typical clear height3 – 4 m
Typical floor loading5 – 7.5 kN/m²
Watch forPermitted-use conditions before fit-out spend
Singapore heavy-industry estate with low-rise factory blocks, pipework and chimney stacks
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Detached & land-based

Standalone factories and industrial land, generally on JTC or private tenure with a defined balance of lease. Where heavy process, tall plant and serious power supply become possible.

AccessOwn yard and gate
Typical clear heightPurpose-built
Typical tenureJTC 30 or 60 years, balance varies
Watch forLease balance against financing and payback

The eight terms that decide the deal

You do not need to be fluent in these. You do need someone checking them on your behalf before an offer goes in.

Floor loading
How much weight the slab carries per square metre, in kN/m². A 5 kN/m² flatted unit will not take a press or a loaded racking bay. This is the number that most often kills a shortlisted unit.
Clear height
Floor to the lowest obstruction, not to the ceiling slab. Sprinklers, ducting and beams eat the difference, and racking is designed against clear height, not headline height.
Cargo lift
Capacity in kg and the internal car dimensions. Both matter: a lift that takes the weight but not the length of your longest item is still a no.
Dock leveller
The adjustable platform bridging a loading bay to a lorry bed. Its presence, and the bay height, decides whether you unload in minutes or in an hour.
Power supply
Single phase, or three-phase and at what amperage. Upgrading incoming supply is a landlord-and-utility exercise with its own timeline and cost. Check it before you sign, not after.
GFA vs NLA
Gross floor area includes common structure; net lettable is what you occupy. Rent is usually quoted on one and your operation runs on the other.
Anchor vs ancillary
On JTC tenure, the anchor tenant must carry out the approved primary activity, with ancillary uses capped as a proportion. It governs how much office and showroom you may run inside an industrial unit.
Balance of lease
Years remaining on the head lease. It drives financing, resale and how you should amortise a fit-out. A good unit on a short balance is a different deal entirely.

Tell me what has to fit inside.

Machine footprints, pallet counts, a vehicle that has to reverse in. Give me the operation and I will work back to the unit.

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