Childcare — The Rutherford AVAILABLE

The Rutherford, 89 Science Park Drive, Singapore · listing capitaland-the-rutherford-level-1-7888sqft

Rent on applicationRent

7,888 sqftSize

ChildcareUse type

Level 1Floor

ImmediateAvailable

BareGround floor+ GSTAvailable now

What you can run here

Childcare — set use (Childcare).

Bare unit.

Key details

Cost

Rent: On application
GST / outgoings: + GST

Space

Size: 7,888 sqft
Floor: Level 1
Property type: Childcare

Lease

Available: Immediate

Getting there

~16min walk

🚇 KENT RIDGE MRT STATIONCircle Line

🚌 Bus is the practical link:

Opp Normanton Pk/R'ford53m
Science Pk Dr
9292A92B
Opp R'ford/Normanton Pk68m
Science Pk Dr
9292B
Blk 85164m
Science Pk Dr
9292A92B
Science Pk178m
AYE
14339716619796397e963e

NUS🚇 16 min · 🚗 3 min (1 km)

one-north🚇 16 min · 🚗 6 min (2 km)

Mapletree Business City🚇 21 min · 🚗 8 min (3 km)

Jurong East🚇 29 min · 🚗 12 min (8 km)

CBD (Raffles Place)🚇 37 min · 🚗 13 min (9 km)

Orchard🚇 45 min · 🚗 12 min (6 km)

+6 more destinations

Paya Lebar🚇 47 min · 🚗 23 min (18 km)

SMU🚇 53 min · 🚗 13 min (9 km)

Changi Business Park🚇 73 min · 🚗 33 min (26 km)

SUTD🚇 77 min · 🚗 34 min (27 km)

NTU🚇 81 min · 🚗 23 min (17 km)

Changi Airport🚇 110 min · 🚗 35 min (29 km)

Times are indicative — weekday 08:30 for public transport (OneMap routing); drive times are off-peak, no live traffic — both vary with actual conditions.

Childcare operator intelligence

The local ECDA-registered market

6 licensed centre(s) as of 2026-09-02 — ECDA Listing of Centres + Listing of Centre Services + Licence History (data.gov.sg, via tools/datagov.py). Licence tenure is ECDA's own signal — a run of 36-month renewals is a clean-record read; see How to Read a Preschool's Track Record.

Dist	Scheme	SC full-day fee	This month	Licence tenure	Centre
150m	Private	$1,830, $2,000, $2,500, $2,700	6/6 levels Full	36mo	Little Paddington Preschool and Infant Care Kent Ridge
429m	Private	$1,800, $1,900	0/6 levels Full	24mo	Little Paddington Preschool Winchester Pte Ltd
675m	Private	$2,180, $2,380	0/6 levels Full	36mo	MapleBear Mediapolis
921m	Private	$1,500, $2,050	6/6 levels Full	36mo	Little Kinder Montessori @ Kent Ridge
958m	Partner Operator (POP)	$650	3/6 levels Full	36mo	STAR LEARNERS @ ONE-NORTH PTE LTD
962m	Partner Operator (POP)	$650	5/6 levels Full	36mo	Learning Vision National University Health System

Fee benchmark (SC, full-day):

Partner Operator (POP): n=2, median $650/mo, range $650–$650
private: n=10, median $2,050/mo, range $1,500–$2,700

Location & footfall

Who's around

Resident catchment

~95,830 residents · ~37,052 households (Queenstown, SingStat 2020)

Arrivals · 400m (weekday)

~2,876/day

by meal period

breakfast 06:00-10:59 ~1.3k
lunch 11:00-14:59 ~379
dinner 17:00-21:59 ~919
supper 22:00-01:59 ~105
peak 08:00

Arrivals · 400m (weekend)

~1,541/day

by meal period

breakfast 06:00-10:59 ~259
lunch 11:00-14:59 ~370
dinner 17:00-21:59 ~589
supper 22:00-01:59 ~115
peak 18:00

Footfall basis

LTA bus-stop passenger volume 202606: arrivals = alightings (tap-out) within 400m — a directional commute proxy, NOT a headcount of diners or of people already on-site; near an MRT it includes transfers. Read the pattern, not the absolute.

Queenstown has an estimated ~40,100 resident households (~7,500 condo, ~1,000 landed) (SingStat GHS 2025).

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Why here — area outlook

📈 Why this area’s potential is rising

Greater Southern Waterfront · 2027 onwards (long-term)

URA's future ~2,000ha waterfront district — the ex-Keppel Club site (~9,000 homes), Pasir Panjang Power District and the Sentosa-Brani gateway.

Source: URA Master Plan

one-north · Ongoing; Kampong AI by 2028

JTC's 200ha R&D district — 2,400+ start-ups seeded since 2015 (Grab, Razer, Carousell grew up here). Being rebuilt into Kampong AI, Singapore's first live-and-work AI hub: 70 companies (a 14,500 sqm block) plus 200 on-site homes by 2028, linked by new covered walkways to one-north & Kent Ridge MRT (10-min covered walk). A pilot is already running across Blks 67-81 Ayer Rajah Cres.

Source: JTC; Straits Times 2 Mar 2026

Sourced from URA / LTA / HDB plans — not a price forecast. Ask Andrea what it means for this address.

🏗️ Development pipeline nearby

Government land released for future development near this address:

Media Circle · Residential (URA GLS · Reserve)

Site released for future development · Available for Application · ~0.57ha · plot ratio 4.2 · ~804m away

Media Circle (Parcel B) · Residential (URA GLS · Reserve)

Site released for future development · Available for Application · ~1.00ha · plot ratio 4.3 · ~804m away

Source: URA Government Land Sales & JTC Industrial GLS programmes. A new nearby site can lift the area and/or add future supply — factual pipeline, not a forecast.

🏗️ New developments nearby — the growth signal

New-launch projects near this address:

HUDSON PLACE RESIDENCES · 2029 · QingJian Realty, FORSEA HOLDINGS, HOOVASUN HOLDING

~788m away

BLOOMSBURY RESIDENCES · 2028 · China Communications Construction Company Limited, QingJian Realty

~788m away

TERRA HILL · Q1 2028 · Sunway Property, Hoi Hup Realty Pte Ltd

~1.2km away

Source: PropNex new-launch project feed, developer-declared TOP/units. A nearby launch is a growth signal, not a price forecast for this property.

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Andrea Goh · PropNex Realty Pte Ltd (Licence No. L3008022J) · CEA R000289H · 9693 7787. Approved use / change-of-use is indicative — verify with URA SPACE / JTC before committing. Rent may be subject to GST + service charge. No agent fee unless stated. Listing data as at 03 Sep 2026; prices/availability subject to change.

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