Heartland mall levels up

Upgraded West Mall includes new basement wing, facade and covered “front yard”

- Yamini Chinnuswamy

Among West Mall's upgrades are a "front yard" providing covered access to Bukit Batok MRT station and a new facade on that side of the mall. The front yard has escalators leading to the new basement wing. EAT@W features more than 20 food and beverage and retail options.

(PHOTOS: WEST MALL)

A fresh communal hangout space, new food options, plus an upgraded public library. Visitors to West Mall in Bukit Batok can enjoy most of these experiences now, with more updates to come in the next 12 months.

The mall, which is owned and operated by Singapore Land Group (SingLand), is in the final stages of an asset enhancement initiative that began in 2023.

In June 2025, it unveiled the first and main stage of the enhancement, which includes an improved “front yard” with a fresh facade and a new basement wing, EAT@W.

Some 22,000 sq ft of the original basement one carpark space was converted into lettable area for EAT@W, which features more than 20 new F&B and retail options. The mall is now 205,000 sq ft, and still has two basement carpark levels.

The tenants include new-to-market dining concepts such as Gochiya, which offers single serves of teppanyaki, and the first outlet of halal-certified Japanese restaurant Hatsumi Donburi & Soba in Singapore’s west.

Also at EAT@W is the first heartland outlet of Jo Ju Bang, which began as a Korean kimbap kiosk at Tanjong Pagar Plaza.