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Compass Point
Mall facts and statistics
Location	Sengkang, Singapore
Address	1 Sengkang Square, Singapore 545078
Opening date	2002
Developer	Frasers Centrepoint
Management	Frasers Centrepoint
Owner	Frasers Centrepoint
No. of stores and services	129
No. of anchor tenants	8
Total retail floor area	25,000 square metres (266,000 square feet)
No. of floors	4 floors and 2 basement floors
Website	Link

Compass Point Shopping Centre (Chinese: 勘宝坊) is a suburban shopping mall located in the town centre of Sengkang New Town, Singapore. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 282 KB) Summary Compass Point Shopping Centre, Sengkang New Town, Singapore. ... Sengkang New Town Sengkang is a sub-urban area in the north-eastern part of Singapore. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Gross leasable area (GLA) in the retail development industry is a term applied to shopping malls, lifestyle centers, outlet malls and other retail centers to indicate the amount of floor space available to be rented. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Sengkang New Town (盛港新镇) is one of the newest satellite housing estates in Singapore. ... Sengkang New Town (盛港新镇) is one of the newest satellite housing estates in Singapore. ...

History

Compass Point Shopping Centre was built as an integrated development together with the adjacent Sengkang MRT Station and Compass Heights condominium.^[1][2] Constructed at a cost of S$230 million^[3][4], the shopping mall started operations in August 2002.^[5] The shopping centre was the first major mall to open on the North East MRT Line.^[3] Interchange station of the North East MRT Line and the Sengkang LRT Line in Singapore. ... This article refers to a form of housing. ... The Singapore dollar, divided into 100 cents, is the monetary unit of Singapore (currency code SGD). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Doors of the NEL Train, showing the system map above them. ...

Facilities

Compass Point Shopping Centre is Singapore's first thematic suburban shopping centre based on the theme of learning. Educational panels and informative posters are mounted on railings and walls, which feature interesting trivia based on particular themes updated periodically. After getting feedback from the public and commissioning a survey of residents in the area, conducted by international property adviser DTZ Debenham Tie Leung Limited, the mall's developer, Centrepoint Properties, proposed the learning theme for the shopping mall to cater to the predominantly young families of Sengkang New Town.^[3][6][7] The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... For other uses, see Trivia (disambiguation). ... Market research is the process of systematic gathering, recording and analyzing of data about customers, competitors and the market. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The shopping mall has an approximate retail area of 25,000 square metres (266,000 square feet). Retail space is spread out over four storeys and a basement. Each storey of the shopping centre is named after the five major continents, with motifs showing different aspects of that continent, such as flora and sea-transport vessels:^[3] Oceania (basement storey); Asia (ground floor); Europe (2nd storey); The Americas (3rd); and Africa (4th). A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square foot is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 foot (unit of length) long. ... Animated, colour-coded map showing the various continents. ... Simplified schematic of an islands flora - all its plant species, highlighted in boxes. ... World map exhibiting a common interpretation of Oceania; other interpretations may vary. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere historically considered to consist of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...

The mall is currently managed by Frasers Centrepoint (formerly Centrepoint Properties). Its major tenants include Cold Storage, Metro, National Library Board, Courts, Popular Bookstore and Kopitiam food court. Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited (SGX: D01) is a retail company in Asia, with her base in Bermuda. ... National Library Building is the headquarters of the National Library. ... Kopitiams are the traditional breakfast and coffee shops of Singapore and Malaysia. ...

Sengkang Community Library, located on the shopping centre's fourth floor, is the first DIY public library in Singapore.^[8] See also: DIY Network, a cable TV network. ... Librarians and patrons in a typical larger urban public library. ...

Accessibility

Compass Point Shopping Centre is well-served by public transport, being located just next to the Sengkang MRT Station, the Sengkang Bus Interchange and the Sengkang LRT Station. Being easily accessible, the shopping centre serves as the main suburban shopping mall for residents of Sengkang New Town. Bukit Batok MRT Station on the North South Line, Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) Transportation in Singapore is mainly road-based. ... Interchange station of the North East MRT Line and the Sengkang LRT Line in Singapore. ... Sengkang Bus Interchange Sengkang Bus Interchange (Chinese: 盛港巴士转换站) is a bus interchange located on the ground storey of Compass Heights condominium in the town centre of Sengkang New Town. ... The Sengkang MRT/LRT Station (NE16/STC) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station in Singapore that serves the urban planning area and new town of Sengkang. ...

See also

• Sengkang Community Hub

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Notes

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References

• Krist Boo. "Mall brings cheer to Sengkang", The Straits Times, 8 August 2002. 
• Cheong Suk-Wai. "It's a MALL world after all", The Sunday Times, 2 April 2006, p. L1. 
• Hazel Yong. "Shop and learn", The Sunday Times, 2 April 2006, p. L8. 

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External links

• Mall Directory for Compass Point Shopping Centre