AMK Hub is a suburban shopping mall

Shopping mall

A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...

 located in Ang Mo Kio

Ang Mo Kio

Ang Mo Kio（宏茂桥） is a heartland new town located in north central Singapore, and is generally within the North-East Region. It contains many of the common features of the island nation's neighbourhoods, e.g. hawker centres, wet markets and HDB housing blocks. Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien...

, within the North-East Region

North-East Region, Singapore

The North-East Region of Singapore is one of the five regions in the city-state. It includes seven urban planning areas. As its name implies, it is located in the north-eastern part of Singapore.The land area is about 13,810 hectares....

 of Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. It has the air-conditioned Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange

Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange

Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 Bus Interchange is located in Ang Mo Kio Town Centre, Singapore. The interchange is presently within AMK Hub, a newly-built shopping centre which is in turn linked to the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station via a pedestrian underpass below Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8.The interchange is the third to be...

, the third bus interchange in Singapore to be fully air-conditioned, which is conveniently linked to Ang Mo Kio MRT Station

Ang Mo Kio MRT Station

The Ang Mo Kio MRT Station ' is located on the North South Line in Singapore, and is adjacent to Ang Mo Kio Town Centre at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and 8.-Train service:-Other Train Services:...

 via an underpass.

AMK Hub is part of the redevelopment plan to rejuvenate the town centre of Ang Mo Kio, to make it more hip and vibrant. Seng Han Thong

Seng Han Thong

Seng Han Thong is a Singaporean politician. He is a member of the People's Action Party, and represents the Yio Chu Kang constituency in the Parliament of Singapore.-Early life:...

 is the Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for this constituency (Ang Mo Kio GRC).

The shopping mall has 48,250 square metres of gross floor area and 350000 square feet (32,516.1 m²) of retail space. Among the other neighbourhood malls around in Singapore, AMK Hub's size is bigger than Sun Plaza

Sun Plaza

Sun Plaza is a shopping mall in Bucharest, Romania, developed by EMCT Romania and Sparkassen Immobilien AG, under the design of the Spanish architect Chapman Taylor.The mall has:* 1 hypermarket Cora * 1 DIY Baumax...

 and Heartland Mall

Heartland Mall

Heartland Mall is a shopping mall in Singapore. A generally small shopping mall in area in comparison with other malls, it serves the neighbourhood of Kovan. It consists of four floors, with the fourth level serving only tuition centres...

. Malls like Causeway Point

Causeway Point

Causeway Point , is the seventh largest suburban shopping malls in Singapore, located in the town centre of Woodlands, a town in the north of Singapore...

 and Jurong Point Shopping Mall

Jurong Point Shopping Mall

Jurong Point is a suburban shopping mall located in Jurong West, Singapore. It is situated next to Boon Lay MRT Station and Boon Lay Bus Interchange...

 are still bigger compared to AMK Hub.

History

AMK Hub was built on the site of the old bus interchange and retail area of Ang Mo Kio that existed until 2002. A temporary bus interchange was later built 500 metres away from its original site to allow the construction of the shopping mall to be carried forth. On 28 April 2007, the bus interchange was moved back into AMK Hub.

Slow Construction Process

The work on the site at that time was draggy, right after the demolition of the retail area and bus interchange, the contractor went bust and the site was left empty. Only after two years of stagnation, work on the site was finally restored, and its newly-assigned contractor, Lum Chang Building, worked on a tight schedule to get it done by end 2006.

Underpass Cut-Off

During the closure of former Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange

Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange

Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 Bus Interchange is located in Ang Mo Kio Town Centre, Singapore. The interchange is presently within AMK Hub, a newly-built shopping centre which is in turn linked to the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station via a pedestrian underpass below Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8.The interchange is the third to be...

, at the site of present AMK Hub, the underpass gradually closed. It was closed for 4 years since 2003 and has opened following the opening of AMK Hub.

Name-the-Mall Competition

This competition was launched by the developers in March 2005 as its developers decided to involve the residents in suggesting a suitable name for the retail mall, since the mall will become an integral part of Ang Mo Kio residents' lives. In the end, the name "AMK Hub" which is the short-form of Ang Mo Kio Hub, was chosen.

External links

• AMK Hub Official Website
• AMK Open & Free Online Community Forums (AngMoKio.net)