Central World

Overview
Location	999/9 Rama I Road, Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinates	13°44′49″N 100°32′23″E / 13.74694°N 100.53972°E / 13.74694; 100.53972
Opening date	1990 (World Trade Center) 18 June 2001 (Central World)
Developer	Central Pattana
Management	Patcharin Apirukworawut
Owner	Central Pattana
Architect	Altoon + Porter Architects LLP
No. of stores and services	495
No. of anchor tenants	7
Total retail floor area	187,046 square metres (2,013,346.39 sq ft)
No. of floors	7
Parking	7,000
Website	www.centralworld.co.th
Other facts and statistics of CentralWorld: Renovated opening date: July 21, 2006 GFA of shopping mall: 550,000 square metres (5,920,150.73 sq ft) include: GLA of stores rental: 429,500 square metres (4,623,099.52 sq ft) GFA of public spaces: 120,500 square metres (1,297,051.21 sq ft) GFA of 5-star hotel (exclude convention center): 90,000 square metres (968,751.94 sq ft) GFA of convention center: 17,000 square metres (182,986.48 sq ft) GFA of offices tower: 80,000 square metres (861,112.83 sq ft) GFA of indoor parking structure and parking underground of shopping mall and offices tower: 287,000 square metres (3,089,242.29 sq ft) No. of floors in CentralWorld complex: Shopping mall (zone A-C): 7 Shopping mall (zone D): 8 Shopping mall (zone E): 3 Shopping mall (zone F exclude cineplex and indoor parking structure): 3 Shopping mall (zone F only cineplex): 4 Shopping mall (zone F only indoor parking structure): ~20 ZEN tower (ZEN Megastore and ZEN World): 20 Isetan tower: 8 Offices tower: 45 Hotel tower (include convention center): 57 Convention center (a part of 5-star hotel tower): 4 Parking underground of shopping mall and offices tower: 2 CentralWorld is a part shopping mall of Ratchaprasong Shopping District in Bangkok CentralWorld is a member of Ratchaprasong Square Trade Association (RSTA) [3]

1990 (World Trade Center)

Other facts and statistics of CentralWorld:

CentralWorld (Thai: เซ็นทรัลเวิลด์) is a shopping plaza and complex in Bangkok, Thailand. It is the tenth largest shopping complex in the world. The complex, which includes a hotel and office tower, is owned by Central Pattana. In 2006, after three years of design and renovation, CentralWorld was expanded to 550,000 square metres of shopping mall and 1,024,000 square metres of complex, topping nearby rival Siam Paragon in terms of size.

On 19 May 2010, CentralWorld was one of the many properties set on fire when the Red Shirts anti-government protesters were forcibly removed after months of demonstrations which included complete blockage of the Rachaprasong shopping district. The parts of the complex most affected were the Zen department store and its adjacent annex.

A portion of the shopping complex reopened on 28 September 2010 after months of repair work.

Originally called the World Trade Center, the eight-story mall was opened in 1990. Central Group acquired the property in 2002 from the Wang Petchaboon group and changed the name to Central World Plaza. In 2005 it was renamed CentralWorld. It is on leased Crown Property Bureau land. In its acquisition, the Central Group's property development arm, Central Pattana (: CPN), secured a new 30-year lease on the site.

Anticipating the opening of the luxury Siam Paragon, CPN started massive renovations and expansion on the site in 2003. The original mall structure was 300,000 square meters. The expansion plans boosted that to 550,000 square meters. Though work was not yet complete, CPN held an official opening of the renovated complex on July 21, 2006; it was expected to be fully operational by October 2006. By May 2007 the mall was fully opened, but some parts of the upper floors remained vacant. Major exterior construction was ongoing on the hotel in the northwest corner of the mall and the extension floors to the ZEN department store in southeast corner.

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