 It has recently been upgraded and the renovations have made the mall better.Developed by UOL Limited, Tiong Bahru Plaza and the adjacent office tower, Central Plaza was completed in late 1994 as the first shopping mall in Tiong Bahru and Bukit Merah.Like a typical suburban mall at that time, it had a cinema, a department store, a supermarket, a food court, and more than 100 specialty shops.