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Bangkok's booming suburbs are fast becoming the new retail hot spots
Spectrum, Published on 09/12/2012
» The retail market in suburban Bangkok has grown in line with the outward expansion of residential development and major roads. Retail developments located along key roads _ Rama II, Srinakarin, Bang Na, Ratchaphruek, Phahon Yothin and the Rangsit-Nakhon Nayok Road in Pathum Thani _ have the potential to thrive. They can draw customers from their immediate surrounding areas as well as inner-city residents looking for something different, and also customers from provinces linked by these roads to the capital. The four most fashionable areas for retail development are as follows:
Appeal growing down by the river
Spectrum, Published on 25/11/2012
» The riverside area is considered a main attraction in Bangkok due to the appeal of waterfront living and river views. Many luxury hotels, high-rise condominiums and corporate towers have risen over the past decade on both sides of the Chao Phraya as it has become one of the most popular and scenic areas in the capital for property development.
The evolution of the capital's mushrooming commercial districts
News, Published on 11/11/2012
» Bangkok now has more than eight million square metres of office space, 84% of which has been developed in just the past two decades. Of the total, 41% or nearly 3.33 million square metres was completed during the economic boom years of 1991-95. The pace slowed in the next five years, understandably because of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, but developers still managed to add 2.3m sq m to the capital's office market, with another 1.1 million sq m completed since 2000.
Bangkok's booming condominium market sees a shift to the suburbs
Spectrum, Published on 14/10/2012
» With the completion and registration of 2,270 new condominium units with the Lands Department in the third quarter of this year, Bangkok is now home to 337,580 condo units, with no apparent let-up in demand and development. A shortage of construction labour is the main factor delaying the completion of some projects.
Condo development and bargains are spreading to the peripheries
Spectrum, Published on 02/09/2012
» Launches of new condominiums slowed in Bangkok last year due to the growing scarcity of land for development in areas where demand is strong, while flooding late in the year also curtailed most activity in the property market.
A tale of two cities _ bangkok and yangon face off as AEC 2015 nears
Spectrum, Published on 19/08/2012
» Southeast Asian countries will become a single economic community in 2015. As people in each of these countries will be able to move around freely and work or live in any other member nation, there will be a direct impact on the property market in the industrial, office, retail and especially residential sectors.
Condominium developers 'Lowering' their sights
Spectrum, Published on 29/04/2012
» Last year's floods directly affected the residential market in Bangkok and its suburbs, especially low-rise housing in Nonthaburi. In fact, buyers in all areas in and around Bangkok became very wary, which is why many developers postponed the launches of their new projects to the first quarter of 2012. Some condominiums had already started running their advertising campaigns and released all sales information prior to the flood, but froze all marketing until 2012, while others postponed their launch dates.
It's getting hot down by the river
Spectrum, Published on 22/04/2012
» Those of us in the property business are often asked what the hot locations for condominiums in Bangkok are. The answer has always been areas that are within walking distance of a mass transit station or prime locations popular commercial areas such as Phloenchit, Langsuan, Sukhumvit or Sathon roads.
Bangkok's booming retail markets
Spectrum, Published on 11/03/2012
» In the past a trip to the mall, even for basic shopping, often meant a serious time commitment. One would often be stuck in traffic and have to search for a parking space _ and then face a lack of choice in products and brands. Over the past five years, however, Bangkok has welcomed 1.25 million square metres of new modern retail space in centres across the city, an increase of nearly 25%, bringing the Thai capital much closer to becoming a shoppers' paradise. Here's a rundown of the various types of retail havens in the city.
All aboard! city condominium developers follow rail lines
Spectrum, Published on 04/03/2012
» The evolution of Bangkok's property market over the past two decades has closely tracked the development of rail mass transit, with a huge increase in condominium supply along BTS and MRT routes. As new rail lines and extensions slowly take shape, condominium developers are looking farther afield to the suburbs, where single houses and townhouses used to dominate the market.