Causeway Point

In 1995, Centrepoint Properties Limited (CPL) bidded $309 million for a plot of land in Woodlands Town Centre and won the bid.{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Han Shih |date=7 November 1995 |title=Will CPL's Woodlands project make money? |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19951107-1.2.15.2 |access-date=1 February 2024 |work=The Business Times |pages=6 |via=NewspaperSG}} The site was zoned commercial and can be used for a mix of retail, entertainment, food and beverage and office space but CPL decided to build an entertainment and shopping centre, Causeway Point.

Causeway Point was estimated by CPL to cost the company $500 million to build{{Cite news |last=Low |first=Michelle |date=23 May 1996 |title=Causeway Point to cost $500m |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19960523-1.2.35.2 |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=The Business Times |pages=17 |via=NewspaperSG}} while The Business Times, a Singapore newspaper, estimated the cost to be at $550 million.{{Cite news |date=13 February 1996 |title=Centrepoint to extend shopping centre in early '97 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19961227-1.2.32.5 |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=37 |via=NewspaperSG}}

Causeway Point was completed in November 1998 as the first major shopping mall to open in Woodlands, therefore officially opened on 30 May 1999. Back then, it had a 10 screen cineplex operated by Studio Cinemas, which was taken over by Cathay as the former went bust, and was reduced to 7 screens in 2001, John Little and Metro department stores, a Cold Storage supermarket, a Courts store and more than 250 specialty shops.

In late 2010, Causeway Point underwent a $72 million facelift lasting 30 months.Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Causeway Point/Asset Enhancement Initiative - [https://web.archive.org/web/20110409032827/http://www.fraserscentrepointtrust.com/Library/pdf/newsroom/CWP%20AEI%20Press%20release%20-%20final.pdf Press Release], 23 July 2010 These renovation works were aimed to increase net property income by 22 per cent to $51.5 million.{{Cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1071139/1/.html|title=Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) to distribute 2.07 cents in Q3|date=23 July 2010|website=Channel NewsAsia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723154022/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1071139/1/.html|archive-date=23 July 2010|access-date=23 March 2020}} During these renovation works, it added a dry playground at Level 2 and a wet playground at Level 7. The dry playground was demolished in late 2019. The main food court was relocated from Level 5 to Level 4 as part of its tenant remixing works. John Little vacated the mall shortly before renovation works commenced and was replaced by newer stores. In September 2021, Cotton On merged the former Cotton On Kids stores and Rubi Shoes store, the latter was replaced by G2000. On 25 May 2024, Cotton On closed down after 14 years of operation at the mall.

Major tenants include Cathay Cineplexes, FairPrice Finest, Metro, Food Republic, Cantine by Kopitiam, Courts, G2000, Sephora, and Uniqlo.

• List of shopping malls in Singapore
• Northpoint City
• Sun Plaza

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