Dolphin Roundabout New Development

[sucher]

At the end of Pattaya Second Road left side before the Circle opposite Terminal 21 had a new Construction Fence gone up. Prime Location. Good Size Area. Anyone in the Know what's going there ?

Just a little bit up the Soi Naklua are 2 new 5 Star Hotels being built . 

[sungod]

No idea mate, but when I read your title i had hope that the new development about the Dolphin Roundabout is that you saw someone knowing how to use it properly.

[Phoenix Rising]

Two new 5 star hotels......in Pattaya?? If that's true then let me suggest naming the hotels "Optimist 1" and "Optimist 2".

[sucher]

One is the ,, Akara ,,

Other one Centre Point 2

Scheduled to open next High Season. 2022 

[sucher]

There. 

Optimist 1 & 2

[sucher]

And; It's actually not a Roundabout anymore anyway

????

[champers]

4 hours ago, sucher said:

One is the ,, Akara ,,

Other one Centre Point 2

Scheduled to open next High Season. 2022 

Akara was originally due to open about now but until the Chinese and others return there really isn't any need. All the properties closed on the LHS of Soi 33 and those round the corner on the main road are due to be demolished to apparently make way for required landscaping and parking for Akara.

Edited September 30, 2021 by champers

[jacko45k]

Another opportunity to create traffic issues at a very busy junction.... I guess having finished restricting the 3rd Rd/Klang junction by building a high-rise it is time to move onto another!

[newnative]

     My partner and I noticed this construction fence has gone up, as well.  Seems to be a quite large piece of property with an old low-rise hotel and some shops on it.  Definitely a prime location and it will be interesting to see what is built on it. 

    This part of Pattaya, already one of the most desirable areas of the city with Dusit, Holiday Inn, Amari, Northshore and others, really jumped up a few notches more when T21 and Grand Centre Point 1 arrived.  Grand Centre Point 2 and Akara will only add to that, as did Mytt Hotel and the new Amari Suites.  As I've said before, it's interesting to note that all this new, nice development is about as far from Walking Street as you can get and still be on or near Pattaya Beach.  

[Sydebolle]

11 hours ago, sucher said:

One is the ,, Akara ,,

Other one Centre Point 2

Scheduled to open next High Season. 2022 

I'd like to share your optimism with "next high season in 2022" - I sincerely hope that you're right though! 

[Iforbach]

Here's big one will they put pedestrian crossing with lights near New hotels ..not that locals stop plus they don't work for long 

[Phoenix Rising]

15 hours ago, sucher said:

There. 

Optimist 1 & 2

Optimist 1 is clearly the one on the left as that one seems to be the biggest investment.

[sucher]

It will look like that. Respect.

[sucher]

And the Akara

[johng]

49 minutes ago, sucher said:

It will look like that. Respect.

Reminds me of The Great Sphinx of Giza.

[connda]

Dolphin Roundabout New Development

So they are going to build a circular pool and stock it with dolphins?  Flipper should be happy as a clam!  "Ek ek ek ek ek! Chit chit chit chit chit."  <flips in the air>

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, sucher said:

It will look like that. Respect.

I find that horrid, looks like effluent pipes.

[sucher]

I wait with my Judgement until it's finished. But for me it looks promising . Certainly out of the Ordinary . Not a boring Cookie Cutter Structure. I wait 

[Kaoboi Bebobp]

And we thought Pattaya was overrun with traffic before the pandemic. Returning to live there is fading more and more into the distance.

 

It's looking like general costs are going to go up as the fancy residences draw more people with money and flood the area with maybe even fancier restaurants and the often rumoured casinos. I mean, something big must be coming with building corporations betting billions of baht on such hotel and condo monstrosities. I am aware of a Thai hotel resort company that has plans and the land there. 

 

It's getting harder to think that these companies are building a future ghost town.

[champers]

On 10/2/2021 at 11:22 AM, Kaoboi Bebobp said:

And we thought Pattaya was overrun with traffic before the pandemic. Returning to live there is fading more and more into the distance.

 

It's looking like general costs are going to go up as the fancy residences draw more people with money and flood the area with maybe even fancier restaurants and the often rumoured casinos. I mean, something big must be coming with building corporations betting billions of baht on such hotel and condo monstrosities. I am aware of a Thai hotel resort company that has plans and the land there. 

 

It's getting harder to think that these companies are building a future ghost town.

Both those developments started pre-covid and work on them has been continuous throughout the pandemic. Blind faith or astute business acumen?

[thaibeachlovers]

On 10/2/2021 at 5:22 PM, Kaoboi Bebobp said:

It's getting harder to think that these companies are building a future ghost town.

LOL. That's basically what happened when they built Promenada shopping mall in Chiang Mai. Must have cost a very large pile of money to erect, and virtually empty of shoppers apart from the supermarket.

Having the immigration there probably doubled the visitor numbers, IMO.

[LongTimeLurker]

On 10/1/2021 at 7:33 AM, newnative said:

it's interesting to note that all this new, nice development is about as far from Walking Street as you can get and still be on or near Pattaya Beach. 

It's top appease the Baht Bus Mafia, all new developments have to be farthest away from Walking Street so everyone has to use a Baht Bus to get there and back.

[johng]

On 10/7/2021 at 7:28 PM, LongTimeLurker said:

everyone has to use a Baht Bus to get there and back.

But what about the much discussed super duper monorail ?

[Doctor Tom]

On 9/30/2021 at 7:58 PM, sucher said:

One is the ,, Akara ,,

Other one Centre Point 2

Scheduled to open next High Season. 2022 

Next 'high season'?  When was the last HS?  If memory serves me right it was about 8 years ago. There is so much BS spoken about travelling seasons in tourism. They disappeared from view years ago, when long haul holidays become more affordable for Westerners. 

[Doctor Tom]

On 10/5/2021 at 1:59 PM, champers said:

Both those developments started pre-covid and work on them has been continuous throughout the pandemic. Blind faith or astute business acumen?

Blind stupidly or money laundering, take your pick.