Bangkok’s CentralWorld, reopens today Bangkok’s CentralWorld, reopens today (28 September 2010) following a THB2,800 million (HK$560 million) reconstruction and renovation. The giant 550,000 sqm CentralWorld complex reopens with 80% of its retail space open for business, with the remainder expected to be completed in December and connecting Zen Department Store re-opening in August 2011.
Continue ReadingCB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has been named the top real estate advisor and consultancy firm at the global, regional and local level in the 2010 Euromoney Real Estate Awards. This is the fourth time that the company has won this title since Euromoney began the awards in 2005.
Continue ReadingWalkway construction joining Airport Link-BTS-MRT underway The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is expediting the construction plan to connect the Airport Rail Link to the BTS Skytrain and the MRT Subway system.
Continue ReadingHA NOI — Viet Nam will have a large market for domestic equipment manufacturing with the planned development of 70 coal-fired power plants within the next 15 years, according to mechanical engineering experts. Under the national electricity development plan for 2006-15, more than 40 coal-fired power plants with capacity of 600MW or more will be […]
Continue ReadingChedi Phuket Changing Names As of the end of October one of Phuket’s longstanding upscale hotels The Chedi will be renamed The Surin. Last year upon the conclusion of the management agreement with Singapore based GHM hotels there was much speculation about the future of the property.
Continue ReadingVietnam’s capital, Hanoi, starts work on its first rail line HANOI, Vietnam – State media are reporting that Vietnam‘s capital has begun work on its first rail line. The Vietnam News said Monday that the 7.8-mile (12.5-kilometre) line will connect the fast-growing western part of Hanoi with the central train station. It will cost $1 […]
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Local firm Concept i taps huge potential of Chinese malls The Thai architecture firm Concept i Co Ltd is eyeing prospective growth in the retail property sector of economic powerhouse China, where more than 1,700 new shopping malls are planned for the next decade. Managing director Geoff Morrison says there will be 1,766 new retail […]
Continue ReadingPRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN : Siam City Cement (SCCC), the country’s second largest cement maker, today will become the first local producer to raise its prices, as domestic consumption has been better than expected, thanks to growth in infrastructure and property development. Managing director Philippe Arto said the price increase by 200 baht per tonne mainly […]
Continue ReadingPTT’s sixth gas separation plant will be able to start operations within a month after receiving an operating permit next week, says Energy Minister Wannarat Channukul. Operating permits for projects in the Map Ta Phut industrial estate were due to be issued this week but were delayed after Minister Chaiwuti Bannawat said all permits should […]
Continue ReadingThe Phuket Immigration chief today denied there have been any formal changes in the way Thai Immigration Police deal with foreigners who overstay their permits-to-stay or who are otherwise discovered to be residing in the Kingdom illegally.
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