Fusionopolis is the tech and media cluster at the heart of one-north in Buona Vista, built and run by JTC Corporation across five phases since 2008. It is where A*STAR's research institutes, Lucasfilm-turned-Disney, and roughly 400 companies share lab space, offices and a food court. For founders and finance teams the real question is money: business-park units here lease from about S$77 per sqm a month including GST as of June 2026, which works out to roughly S$5 to S$7.50 per square foot. That undercuts Grade A CBD office rent, which hit a 17-year high near S$12 psf in early 2026. This guide covers the buildings, who can lease, and the numbers that decide whether one-north beats town for your business.
Fusionopolis sits inside one-north, a 200-hectare research and business district masterplanned by Zaha Hadid Architects and developed by JTC. The name marks its purpose: fusing infocomm, media, physical sciences and engineering work in one place so people bump into each other. It spreads over roughly 30 hectares and was built in stages over two decades rather than in one go.
It is not a single tower. Fusionopolis is a family of buildings, each with its own architect and tenant mix. The first phase opened on 17 October 2008 with the Connexis and Symbiosis towers (about 120,000 sqm of floor area), designed by Kisho Kurokawa. Later phases added lab buildings, a green tower, a film studio and a mixed-use block.
If you are weighing one-north against renting elsewhere, it helps to first understand how annual value and commercial rents are framed in Singapore, since business-park space is priced and taxed differently from a shophouse or a CBD floor.
Each building targets a slightly different occupier. Knowing which is which matters because rents and fit-out specs vary between a clean-room lab block and a serviced-office floor.
| Building | Opened | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Connexis and Symbiosis (Fusionopolis One) | 2008 | Twin infocomm and media towers, JTC's anchor business-park block |
| Solaris | 2010 | Ken Yeang green tower, ~50,000 sqm, sky gardens |
| Nexus@one-north | 2013 | Two six-storey towers linked by a skybridge |
| Sandcrawler | 2014 | Seven-storey studio, Disney/Lucasfilm SEA HQ, 100-seat theatre |
| Innovis, Kinesis, Synthesis (Fusionopolis Two) | 2014 | Lab buildings with one of Singapore's largest R&D clean rooms |
| Galaxis | 2014 | 17-storey mixed-use block with offices, retail and work-loft units |
The gravity of Fusionopolis is A*STAR. Its research institutes sit across the lab buildings, including the Institute of High Performance Computing, the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, and SIMTech. That public-sector core is what attracts private deep-tech, semiconductor and media firms to cluster nearby.
On the media side, Sandcrawler houses the Southeast Asia headquarters of The Walt Disney Company, which absorbed the former Lucasfilm Singapore animation studio. Across one-north as a whole, JTC counts more than 400 companies and several hundred startups, plus public research institutes and corporate universities.
For workers, the draw is partly the salary ceiling in these sectors. If you are benchmarking a tech or research offer here, our Singapore salary guide gives the current ranges, and a salary calculator shows what lands in your bank after CPF.
JTC lists Fusionopolis One business-park units from about S$77 per sqm a month, with rates inclusive of GST as of June 2026. On the open market, agents quote one-north business-park space at roughly S$4 to S$7.50 psf a month, with Fusionopolis, Biopolis and Mediapolis typically landing in the S$5 to S$7 psf band.
Grade A buildings inside one-north sit higher: Rochester Commons has been quoted near S$9.50 psf, Solaris around S$6.60 to S$7.30 psf and Nexus near S$6.70 psf in 2026 listings. Compare that to the CBD, where Grade A rents hit a 17-year high of about S$12.04 psf a month in the first quarter of 2026. Locating a head office in one-north can save up to roughly 30% versus a comparable CBD building.
Rents move every six months. JTC publishes its posted rents for the second half of 2026 on 29 June 2026, taking effect 1 July 2026, so treat the figures below as a June-2026 snapshot and verify the current sheet before you sign. Market listing prices, in turn, sit above JTC's posted rents because they include landlord margin, fit-out and service charge.
| Location / building | Indicative rent (per sqft/month) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fusionopolis business-park units | S$5.00 - S$7.00 | JTC posted rent from ~S$77 per sqm incl GST |
| Solaris @ one-north | S$6.60 - S$7.30 | Grade A green tower, CapitaLand |
| Nexus @ one-north | ~S$6.70 | Grade A, 2026 listings |
| Rochester Commons (one-north) | ~S$9.50 | Premium Grade A within the estate |
| CBD Grade A (Raffles Place / Marina Bay) | ~S$12.04 - S$12.40 | 17-year high, Q1 2026 |
Fusionopolis is not open to any trade. JTC business-park space is reserved for qualifying activities, mostly knowledge-based work in infocomm, media, science and engineering, R&D, or compatible corporate functions. A retail-only or pure-logistics business will usually be assessed differently.
To apply directly with JTC you need a registered Corppass account and have to pass an initial eligibility assessment of your business activity and headcount intent. Subletting through an existing master tenant or a serviced-office operator like Regus in Galaxis is the faster route for a small team that does not want to deal with JTC's assessment.
Before committing, model the full monthly outlay, not just headline rent. Add the service charge, GST, fit-out amortisation and any security deposit. A simple budget calculator helps you stress-test the full monthly outlay, and reading our HDB commercial rental guide is worth it if a cheaper neighbourhood shopfront would do the same job.
Fusionopolis is a five-minute walk from one-north MRT (Circle Line, CC23) and within reach of Buona Vista, where the Circle and East-West lines interchange. By car it is about two minutes off the Ayer Rajah Expressway, and Fusionopolis One alone has 579 car lots and 111 motorcycle lots.
On the ground there is a food court and supermarket (Koufu and Cold Storage at Fusionopolis One), a Fitness First gym, childcare via MindChamps, and the wider one-north amenities including the Star Vista mall next to Buona Vista. That mix is the point of the one-north masterplan: keep researchers, founders and families in walking distance of work, food and a flat.
Generally yes. Fusionopolis business-park units lease at roughly S$5 to S$7 per square foot a month in 2026, while Grade A CBD office rent hit about S$12 psf in early 2026. Locating a head office in one-north can save up to around 30% versus a comparable CBD building, though you trade the prime address for distance from town.
A*STAR research institutes anchor the cluster, including the Institute of High Performance Computing, IMRE and SIMTech. The Walt Disney Company's Southeast Asia headquarters, which took over the former Lucasfilm Singapore studio, sits in the Sandcrawler building. Across one-north, JTC counts more than 400 companies plus hundreds of startups and corporate universities.
No. JTC reserves business-park space for qualifying knowledge-based activities in infocomm, media, science, engineering and R&D, plus compatible corporate functions. To apply you need a Corppass account and must pass an initial eligibility assessment, or you can sublet through a master tenant or serviced-office operator for a faster start.
Check JTC's posted-rent sheet for the relevant half-year. JTC publishes rents for the second half of 2026 on 29 June 2026, effective 1 July 2026. Market listing prices on agent sites sit above JTC's posted rents because they include landlord margin, fit-out and service charge, so always compare both before signing.
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