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Magazines Archives - 2008 April
Tampines 1 set to change face of Singapore suburb
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RESIDENTS in the eastern suburb of Tampines in Singapore will welcome the additional retail space when AsiaMalls Managements Tampines 1 opens early next year.
Strategically located between the Tampines MRT Station and bus interchange, the S$450-million (US$326.16-million) mall, with a net lettable area of 260,000sqf, is expected to change the
architectural landscape while meeting the shortage of retail space in the suburban area.
According to the malls management, the six-storey Tampines 1 is targeted at the young, savvy and lover of all new things with its new architectural elements such as loft-style shops
and restaurants, European-inspired basement piazza, open-concept food hall and even a swimming pool the first in a suburban mall.
Among the malls tenants will be Cold Storage supermarket, which will take up 14,000sqf of the basement, Times The Bookshop and IT superstore Challenger, a former tenant at what
used to be DBS Tampines Centre, which has made way for the upcoming Tampines 1.
Other facilities at the new mall will include a gym and spa, fast-food joints, as well as new lifestyle retail outlets and concepts. All these will be brought together by multi-faceted interactive media to engage shoppers.
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