Sun Plaza () is a mixed-use residential and commercial development located along Sembawang Drive in the heart of

Sembawang Sembawang ( ) is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential town located in the North Region, Singapore, North Region of Singapore. Sembawang planning area is bordered by Simpang to the east, Mandai to t ...

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, between

Sembawang MRT station Sembawang MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South MRT line, North–South line (NSL). Located in Sembawang, Singapore along Sembawang Road, the station is close to the Sun P ...

and

Sembawang Bus Interchange Sembawang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in Sembawang, Singapore. Opened on 20 November 2005, it provides hassle-free transfer to the nearby Sembawang MRT station. This is one of the interchanges in a residential estate to not h ...

. It is one of the two shopping malls in Sembawang, serving the needs of the local residents.

History

Sun Plaza was developed as a joint venture between Koh Brothers and Heeton Holdings and was completed in November 1999. Like other suburban malls at that time, it had an Eng Wah cinema, an

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supermarket, the Sembawang Public Library, the local post office, a

Kopitiam A ''kopitiam'' or ''kopi tiam'' () is a type of coffee shop mostly found in parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Southern Thailand patronised for meals and beverages, and traditionally operated by the Chinese communities o ...

food court and 93 specialty shops. Above Sun Plaza are two seven-storey tower blocks composed of 76 residential apartments, which were completed in 2001. In January 2009, the cinema was closed due to expiry of lease and was left vacant. The mall also suffered declining patronage too, due to competitions from

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, Northpoint, the then newly reopened

Sembawang Shopping Centre Sembawang Shopping Centre is a four-storey commercial development located along Sembawang Road in Sembawang Spring Estate of Sembawang, Singapore. It was first opened in 1986 and underwent a refurbishment in 2007 and reopened in December 2008. I ...

, and a lack of well known anchor tenants. As a result, some tenants started moving out, such as Popular bookstore being replaced by Gain City. The mall underwent major refurbishment works in 2014, when it was reclad with a new yellow exterior facade and a change in interior layout, as well as installation of an outdoor escalator. The vacant cinema premises was converted to educational use, with Level 4 housing a bunch of tuition and enrichment centres and the entirety of Level 5 housing the new Sembawang Public Library, having relocated from its original premises at Level 3. Basement 1 was reconfigured to include more food and beverage options. The post office was relocated to the nearby Sembawang HDB branch office. Kopitiam was relocated to the other end of its original premises at Level 3 and the atrium was relocated to Level 2. The mall reopened in August 2015 with a net increased lettable area of 5772 sq ft and 103 speciality shops. In 2018, Hai Di Lao Hotpot opened in the mall, taking over the space vacated by children's department store Tom & Stefanie. In May 2021, Koufu opened in the mall, taking over the food court space formerly occupied by Kopitiam, which ceased operations in November 2020.

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* {{Singapore malls Shopping malls in Singapore Sembawang