Tampines 1 is a

shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...

located in the east of Singapore next to the

Tampines MRT station Tampines MRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the East West (EWL) and Downtown (DTL) lines in Tampines, Singapore. Situated at the heart of the Tampines town centre next to Tampines Avenue 4, Tampines Central 4 an ...

. The mall opened on 1 April 2009.

Overview

Construction work on the mall began in March 2007 after the DBS Tampines Centre was demolished. It replaced the former DBS Tampines Centre and Pavilion Cineplex. The mall obtained TOP on 31 March 2009 and was opened to public on the following day. The mall, spread over five storeys and one basement, is the first suburban mall in

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with a dedicated swimming pool. The shopping mall is located at the Tampines Regional Centre, where

and

Tampines Bus Interchange Tampines Bus Interchange (abbreviated as TBI in this article) is a bus station in Tampines, Singapore. It serves as the primary bus interchange for Tampines New Town, with feeder and trunk services operating at high frequencies. It is owned by the ...

are situated very close to the mall. It is also located next to

Century Square Century Square (Chinese: 世纪广场) is a 6-storey shopping mall in Tampines, Singapore. It is located near Tampines MRT station and next to Tampines Mall. Opened in 1995, Century Square underwent expansion in 2005 and renovations in 2018. Histo ...

Shopping Centre as well as

Tampines Mall Tampines Mall () is a suburban shopping mall located at Tampines Central 5 in Tampines, Singapore, next to Century Square as well as Tampines 1. It was completed in 1995. History Completed in November 1995, Tampines Mall was developed by DBS Lan ...

. The total development cost of the project was estimated to be S$450 million and the building was upgraded from 17 March 2012 to 10 November that year. Times Bookstores was replaced by MUJI, Manpuku was replaced by Daiso and Sony Style was replaced by MOF My Izakaya. Tampines 1 had received such changes. In September 2014,

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was closed down, replaced by

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. In March 2015, New Look was closed down, replaced by Browhaus. In 2017, both Forever New and Topshop were replaced by The Editor's Market, UOB Bank and HSBC Bank due to high rental. With the closure of all

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stores on 7 April 2020, Playdress took over the space. Uniqlo had their first flagship store at Tampines 1 from April 2009 until 17 January 2021. Don Don Donki took over the Uniqlo and Browhaus shop space, and opened on 22 October 2021. Tampines 1 tenants include

Pepper Lunch is a Japanese "fast-steak" restaurant franchise popular in the Tokyo area. Pepper Lunch is a subsidiary of Pepper Food Service Co., Ltd. The restaurant's Southeast Asian operations are formerly managed by Suntory F&B International (in Asia) ...

Muji (), or is a Japanese retail company which sells a wide variety of household and consumer goods. Muji's design philosophy is minimalist, and it places an emphasis on recycling, reducing production and packaging waste, and a no-logo or "no-bran ...

Daiso is a large franchise of 100-yen shops founded in Japan. The headquarters are in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture. Daiso has a range of over 100,000 products, of which over 40 percent are imported goods, many of them from China, South Kor ...

, Challenger,

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, Sushi Express and Awfully Chocolate.

Controversy

Tampines 1 received criticism for sending a racially discriminatory email to a potential tenant.

References

External links

* {{Singapore malls Shopping malls in Singapore Tampines