Author: Peter Carlisle

A 77-STOREY skyscraper is set to become the latest, and tallest, addition to Bangkok’s ever-changing skyline, already transformed by a construction boom that has raised fears of a property bubble. Variously described on Internet forums as looking ‘like it has been eaten by giant termites’ and reflecting ‘the chaos of Bangkok”, the MahaNakorn – Great […]

It had faded away in travelers’ memories over the last five years. But from August 1, visitors will be able to remember how spacious and pretty rational was the design of the old international terminal at Bangkok Don Muang Airport. With the closure of Bangkok domestic terminal – to be reconverted into an aviation maintenance […]

A two billion baht condo property development on a secluded headland south of Patong is to be transformed into a condo and villa resort, Amari CEO and President Yuttachai Charanachitta revealed this week. Sales of the condos off the plan were not moving fast enough, he said, so a decision had been made to revise […]

It’s not glamorous, but it’s needed As is usual when a new government comes in, there has been a lot of talk of grand and expensive projects to move the country forward. An example of this is the Pheu Thai Party’s proposal to ”reclaim” land along the coast of Thailand by filling in mangrove forests […]

The executive board of Airports of Thailand (AoT) has approved a 163 billion baht budget for the expansion of Suvarnabhumi airport, the chairman, Teerapol Noprampa, said on Friday. The meeting agreed with the “single airport” concept favoured by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. It had approved a plan to expand Suvarnabhumi airport to enable it to handle […]

D-Land Group, a large property developer in southern Bangkok and Samut Sakhon, will focus on those areas it knows best, and also sees potential in Ratchaburi province due to strong demand. It plans to launch three housing projects in the next 18 months. Managing director Suthep Panyasakorn said the group would buy more land on […]

Zinc InVision Hospitality today said it is likely to invest up to USD 90 million (nearly Rs 400 crore) in India in the next three- five years to own and operate hotel properties. The company plans to operate up to 15 hotels in the next three years in the country through a mix of ownership and […]

Expressing strong confidence in Thailand’s economic growth and the booming Pattaya property market, two Israeli investors will commit 2 billion baht to develop a waterfront project after spending 300 million baht to buy out its owner, the Israeli company Erland Land Co. Kobi Elbaz, CEO and founder of Pattaya-based Tulip Group, said the group and […]

Construction will begin in August on a second bridge linking Mae Sot and Myawaddy, the major trading point between the two countries, according to sources close to Thai authorities in Tak Province. The bridge, to be financed by Thailand, will link Yaypu in Myawaddy Township and Mae Sot. “Trucks will use this bridge, and they […]