It is part of the first building complex built on the reclaimed land at Marina Centre, and was the largest shopping mall in the country at the time.

It was the largest shopping mall in Singapore and the South East Asia at the time[2] with 59,000 square metres of retail space when it opened in 1986; to improve accessibility, more bus services were introduced to Marina Centre.

In September 1996, an entertainment complex, Marina Leisureplex, opened at the eastern end of the mall, comprising a six-screen Golden Village cineplex, a Superbowl arcade and bowling alley.

In August 2016, a cluster of IT stores displaced by the closure of Funan Digitalife Mall opened, taking up the entirety of level 3 of the East Wing.

They include exclusive stores of major computer and laptop brands such as HP, Dell, Acer, Asus and Lenovo, all provided by homegrown retailer Newstead, which closed down in 2019 when after the company had filed for bankruptcy.