In 1978, the $70 million Bukit Timah Plaza was opened. The complex is a seven-storey block consisting of four floors of shopping sandwiched between three floors of parking. It was then touted as 'Singapore's finest one-stop shopping centre'.
After the fire of Beauty World Market, a $45 million mall along Upper Bukit Timah Road replaced the old open-air market in 1983. With some 200 shops, this four-storey mall now stands across the road from the original market. In 1998, 194 individual shop owners formed the Beauty World Centre Merchants Association and bought the entire building for close to $80 million.