wordchild Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 does anyone know what is going to happen to the old washington sq area? i walked in from soi 22 the other day to have a look around. looks like the demolition is in full swing. what struck me is the size of the demolished area whatever is going up is going to be huge it cant surely be yet another central or paragon type shopping centre but then again this is Bangkok . there is also another site further down soi 22 on the left also very large looks like that is also earmarked for something. big changes coming to soi 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon01 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I wondered about the same thing in Dec on my last BKK trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachroadlover2 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Papaya salad restaurant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon01 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 As if the traffic is not bad enough at times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howzat Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Heard it was another department store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_brownstone Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 It's not just the old Washington Square area either I think. All the Shophouses on that side of Sukhumvit from the old Dubliner Bar all the way to Soi 22 are now vacant - I guess they are all going to be part of the same development. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Heard it was another department store. Rumored to be a Central to counter Emporium and upcoming Emporium 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordchild Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) It's not just the old Washington Square area either I think. All the Shophouses on that side of Sukhumvit from the old Dubliner Bar all the way to Soi 22 are now vacant - I guess they are all going to be part of the same development. Patrick yes thats what i noticed its a huge area , with a frontage on sukhumvit of say 150 mtrs + from the end of the park all the way to holiday inn and then a frontage on soi 22 from the holiday inn down to the old entrance to washington square. a bigger site than the new emporium for example. Edited January 20, 2013 by wordchild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantilley Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Rumored to be a Central to counter Emporium and upcoming Emporium 2. 3 huge shopping malls all within 100 yards of each other... still at least it keeps them concentrated in one area and easy to avoid. The rumour I heard is that it's condos BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmarlin Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Big C Extra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 An area that size could fit a couple of condos, a hotel, a shopping centre ... and a Big C. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 An area that size could fit a couple of condos, a hotel, a shopping centre ... and a Big C. What, no 7-11? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangTalk Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 That area is owned by the Nanapong family. Sent from my GT-I9100T using Thaivisa Connect App Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantilley Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 That area is owned by the Nanapong family. Sent from my GT-I9100T using Thaivisa Connect App Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) An area that size could fit a couple of condos, a hotel, a shopping centre ... and a Big C. What, no 7-11? Like this, except with 7-11s. Edited January 21, 2013 by whybother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordchild Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 noticed some comment on another forum suggesting that the WS area is to be developed by the Mall Group (the owner of the Emporium). So (if true) with the original Emporium, and the new one opposite ,and now this one ,they would have 3 shopping centres all within a few hundred meters of each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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