October 2, 200817 yr I know this complex well as it's been a short cut on my home for a long time and also the source of the odd pizza and formally KFC, but I guess there will not be too many others that know the area prefering to stay closer to Pattaya. So this thread will be of limited appeal, but I saw yeaterday that Tukcom is carrying posters (in the stairwell) advertising the place. I wondered if they really expect shoppers to venture that far from Pattaya for a little fast food and a visit to another Tesco store, my thought was that the building is owned by the same group? Pity that 2/3 market areas will be hit by the new Tesco store - but if the complex is filled (it is quite big) there might even be a movie theatre to go to Just before the KFC shut down (to allow construction work) I used the complex's rest rooms in the basement - they were at best post apocalyptic, the most bizarre thing was I passed an open shop selling clothes - in an otherwise totally empty and abandoned concourse. Ghost town.
October 2, 200817 yr Is it open already? I've seen ads posters everywhere about the new mall but cannot remember when it's going to open.
October 2, 200817 yr my guess is that it is hoped that it can service the cruise ships. There seems to be an increasing number of people who disembark at Laem Chabang but have nowhere to go...so it might end up trying to be a lot more up-market than the demographics of Laem Chabang itself would suggest.
October 2, 200817 yr Author Is it open already? I wrote a longer reply that appears to have been lost in transit - not open yet - estimate 9 months plus. Only shop still open during work is Pizza Company.
October 2, 200817 yr Author I guess all that plaster and cement in the air will only enhance the flavor! Indeed it adds so much fiber it almost get classed as health food.
October 3, 200817 yr i would imagine that a lot a japanese from sri racha will use it ,but cannot see many of us from Pattaya going there,i used to pop in before they built the flyover ,there was never many shops then ,grabbed the odd pizza (why dont they put tomato paste on them in the far east? )
October 4, 200817 yr It used to be a thriving shopping mall, similar to Mikes but half price, before the economic crash of the late 90's. I used to work in the area and go there for lunch and it would always be busy. I don't know what happened to hasten its demise as it was a very Thai oriented place.
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