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) is a regional

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in Serangoon, within the North-East Region of

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. The largest mall in North-East Singapore and one of the largest suburban malls in the country, it is integrated with the air-conditioned Serangoon Bus Interchange and the Serangoon MRT station. Nex shopping center

History

Built on an empty plot of land right above the Circle line portion of Serangoon MRT station, NEX was developed by its owner, Gold Ridge Pte Ltd and was completed in November 2010. As a regional mall, it had two food courts, Food Junction and Food Republic, a NTUC FairPrice Xtra hypermarket, a Cold Storage supermarket, a Shaw Theatres cinema, an Isetan department store and more than 380 shops back then. The mall pioneered several firsts in Singapore, such as a rooftop dog park integrated with a dry and wet playground and Serangoon Public Library, the first public library to be built on a rooftop. The mall's second basement (lowest floor of the mall) houses the Serangoon Bus Interchange. In 2014, the mall underwent minor renovations, such as renovating a part of Level 1 to incorporate fashion giants

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and H&M, and relocating Kiddy Palace to level 4. The mall's tenant mix was also slightly refreshed as well, such as Anytime Fitness opening on the roof level of the mall, and various beauty tenants occupying a part of the ground floor (Basement 1) and Level 1, such as Innisfree,

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and jewelry shops such as

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Incident

On 30 August 2020 at about 4.45pm, a piece of ventilation duct was dislodged from a Shaw cinema hall 3 ceiling while screening '' Tenet'', resulting in two injuries. A spokesperson informed that the outlet would be temporarily closed until further notice. The theatre later resumed operations on 18 March 2021.

Awards

* 2018 - BCA Green Mark

References

External links

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