maybe you guys already know?? that hilton are going to open on top of the new shopping mall...should be great!

what kind of customers it should attract?? high class sleezes?? or holiday families??

none the less can`t wait! i worked for this company for 3 years in sydney and stayed in the millenium bangkok which was a great exprience hope for the same in pattaya!

anybody seen the progress done around there?? hows it coming along??

Name : Central Festival Pattaya Beach

Location : Pattaya Beach, next to View Talay Condominium Project 6

Architects : MAA Architectens, Benoy Architects

M&E : Meinhardt Thailand Limited

Developer : Central Pattana Rama II Limited

Project Description : Two 29 Storey, One Hotel Tower and One Serviced Apartment Tower on a 12 Storey Retail Shopping Complex Podium.

Construction Starts : July 2006

Construction Finishes : November 2009

maybe you guys already know?? that hilton are going to open on top of the new shopping mall...should be great!

what kind of customers it should attract?? high class sleezes?? or holiday families??

none the less can`t wait! i worked for this company for 3 years in sydney and stayed in the millenium bangkok which was a great exprience hope for the same in pattaya!

anybody seen the progress done around there?? hows it coming along??

Wonder what the "Joiners" fee will be?

Will there be a discount for quantity?

BB

I'm looking forward to having a peek around the central store when it opens for sure, however I'm not too fussed about the Hilton. Will leave that one to the Russians.

The serviced apartment tower sounds perfect for the mia noi. She can shop till her hearts content between my visits and they should have decent, secure parking for her Merc as well.

Name : Central Festival Pattaya Beach

Location : Pattaya Beach, next to View Talay Condominium Project 6

Architects : MAA Architectens, Benoy Architects

M&E : Meinhardt Thailand Limited

Developer : Central Pattana Rama II Limited

Project Description : Two 29 Storey, One Hotel Tower and One Serviced Apartment Tower on a 12 Storey Retail Shopping Complex Podium.

Construction Starts : July 2006

Construction Finishes : November 2009

A little confused with the above info,

Construction started July 2006 (Thats over 2 years ago? and on what?

Construction finishes November 2009 ( That's in 14 months from now? so are they going to build two 29 storey towers in that time?)

^ Two years ago they cleared the land and set the piles. In 14 months time they will erect the 2 towers.

Do you seriously doubt the skills and abilities of the Isaan construction labour after all this time here? They already have the foundation for the 2 towers completed when they open the mall this Fall so adding a couple of towers will be the easy part.

^ Two years ago they cleared the land and set the piles. In 14 months time they will erect the 2 towers.

Do you seriously doubt the skills and abilities of the Isaan construction labour after all this time here? They already have the foundation for the 2 towers completed when they open the mall this Fall so adding a couple of towers will be the easy part.

Offcoarse, it's just like building with lego! silly me.

Now that you mention it, don't the View Talay creations look like the Lego buildings we marveled at as kids?

Now that you mention it, don't the View Talay creations look like the Lego buildings we marveled at as kids?

....and where do you think they got the plans from.

Now that you mention it, don't the View Talay creations look like the Lego buildings we marveled at as kids?

No way!! Lego is much more attractive and adaptable!

Another empty shopping mall?

Another empty shopping mall?

i highly doubt that.....not in pattaya specially on beach rd.....no offence to mike but mikes shopping mall is pretty <deleted>....and i still see swarms of tourist there....i think it`ll be sucess....

i highly doubt that.....not in pattaya specially on beach rd.....no offence to mike but mikes shopping mall is pretty <deleted>....and i still see swarms of tourist there....i think it`ll be sucess....

I agree with your description of Mike Shopping Mall but "swarms of tourists"......never in all my time in Thailand. However, I do see "swarms" of Chinese/Korean/Taiwanese 'tourists', each person weilding a red coloured hotel towel and sporting a red coloured baseball cap, taking a short cut to the beach through the place. The floors above the ground floor are empty of shoppers.

cinema, restaurants - hardly any shopping done at the stores, most have more clerks than customers.

^ If you have been in one of the Central stores in Bangkok? this is one store that will be a success in Pattaya, look forward to it opening.

is there any shops open there yet?? i havent been to pattaya since december....i saw a new italian restaurant/cafe at the front (food was horrible)

but looked like progression was rapid...

Its going up very fast and has 100s of construction personnel working 24/7 .The 2nd road end is starting to look half finished ,but the beach road end still looks like a raw construction site .It will be many months yet before anything is likely to be open there though .

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Its going up very fast and has 100s of construction personnel working 24/7 .The 2nd road end is starting to look half finished ,but the beach road end still looks like a raw construction site .It will be many months yet before anything is likely to be open there though .

I thought completion was November 2009 (incl the 29 storey twin tower Hilton?)

Its going up very fast and has 100s of construction personnel working 24/7 .The 2nd road end is starting to look half finished ,but the beach road end still looks like a raw construction site .It will be many months yet before anything is likely to be open there though .

I thought completion was November 2009 (incl the 29 storey twin tower Hilton?)

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Their banner advert on Beach road said early 2009 .

Its going up very fast and has 100s of construction personnel working 24/7 .The 2nd road end is starting to look half finished ,but the beach road end still looks like a raw construction site .It will be many months yet before anything is likely to be open there though .

I thought completion was November 2009 (incl the 29 storey twin tower Hilton?)

There

Their banner advert on Beach road said early 2009 .

I think it says end of 2009.

Its going up very fast and has 100s of construction personnel working 24/7 .The 2nd road end is starting to look half finished ,but the beach road end still looks like a raw construction site .It will be many months yet before anything is likely to be open there though .

I thought completion was November 2009 (incl the 29 storey twin tower Hilton?)

There

Their banner advert on Beach road said early 2009 .

I think it says end of 2009.

Well i think it said >>beginning of 2009 <<

and i have the photo to prove it ,

Its going up very fast and has 100s of construction personnel working 24/7 .The 2nd road end is starting to look half finished ,but the beach road end still looks like a raw construction site .It will be many months yet before anything is likely to be open there though .

I thought completion was November 2009 (incl the 29 storey twin tower Hilton?)

There

Their banner advert on Beach road said early 2009 .

I think it says end of 2009.

Well i think it said >>beginning of 2009 <<

and i have the photo to prove it ,

In that case I'm wrong.Unless you that good with photoshop

Definitely billed as completion beginning 2009.

The grand opening of the shopping mall is scheduled for January 2009 according to CPN Next Magazine. No mention of when the hotel will be opening though.

This Link has lots of pictures and info:-

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=365601&page=80

Look how close it is to VT6, feel sorry for the poor bas**rds that bought condos on the north side....not much of a view!!

^ If you have been in one of the Central stores in Bangkok? this is one store that will be a success in Pattaya, look forward to it opening.

+1

Be nice if it has a food court like the one at Central Chidlom, too. But anyway a REAL dept. store has long been overdue to arrive in PTY.

I look forward to the glut of cinemas it will create. Does anyone know how many screens there will be?

Definitely billed as completion beginning 2009.

The grand opening of the shopping mall is scheduled for January 2009 according to CPN Next Magazine. No mention of when the hotel will be opening though.

This Link has lots of pictures and info:-

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=365601&page=80

Can't imagine it being ready untill at least the end of 2009, irrelavant of what the billboard says.

What baffles me is how are they going to construct these 29 storey Hilton Twin Towers on top of the mall while the mall is open to the public?

Will they be issuing hard hats to all shoppers on arrival!

^ I never needed a hard hat with all my Lego kit, did you?

Noticed yesterday that True Fitness will occupy some of this new mall, as they were doing their sales pitch to passers by in Big C North Pattaya.

฿15,000 Baht per year's membership.

Hi,

From what I heard, the 2-towers project has been cancelled.

There will be only one tower : The Hilton hotel.

You can find pictures on this previous thread :

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/-t176724.htm...t&p=1892958

Pattaya46