Tampines 1 is a

shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually Anchor tenant, anchored by department stores. The term ''mall'' originally meant pedestrian zone, a pedestrian promenade with shops along it, but in the late 1960s, i ...

located in the east of Singapore next to the

Tampines MRT station Tampines MRT station ( or ) is a Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the East West MRT line, East West (EWL) and Downtown MRT line, Downtown (DTL) lines in Tampines, Singapore. Located in the heart ...

. The mall opened on 1 April 2009.

Overview

Tampines 1 was formerly the site of DBS Tampines Centre and Pavilion Cineplex. After DBS Tampines Centre was demolished, construction work on the mall began in March 2007. Spotlight had moving out sales and closed down the outlet on 1 January 2007. DBS/POSB Bank, it had relocated to Tampines Mall on 11 December 2006. 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 Planned community#Singapore, New Town, with feeder and trunk services operating at high f ...

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. His ...

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 L ...

. The total development cost of the project was estimated to be S$450 million and the building was upgraded between 17 March 2012 and 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, and 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 Esprit stores on 7 April 2020, Playdress took over the space. Uniqlo had its 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 underwent renovation works from August 2023 and was completed in May 2024. Tampines 1 tenants include

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Muji , or is a Japanese retailer 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-brand" policy. ...

Daiso is a franchise of 100-yen shops founded in Japan. Its headquarters are in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture. Daiso has locations in 25 countries and regions worldwide. History Daiso was originally opened as a street vending shop with ...

, Challenger,

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, Love Bonito, Playdress and Awfully Chocolate.

Controversy

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

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