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27 January 2012
FREE weekly issue 167
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new retail park to open near cha-am with greek theme
hua hin, THAILAND Hot on the heels of the announcement of a Venetian themed retail outlet just north of Hua Hin comes Santorini Park. which is scheduled to open on 24th March just north of the Cha-Am turn off on Phetkasem Road. Pena House Group is spending 500 million baht to develop the park, which is located on a 50 rai plot at Petchkasem Road Kilometre 198. The development is a combination of an amusement theme park and shopping mall, comprising five main zones: Park, Village, Rest, Event and Sunday Art Market. The park will feature 6,000 square metres of retail space, in the first phase which is on 15 rai of the land. The architecture is inspired by the Greek island of Santorini and decorations including sculptures in pop art and modern-art styles as well dancing fountains. The Park Zone will feature rides such as a 40-metre Ferris wheel and a double-deck carousel, imported from Italy, as well as a G-Max Reverse Bungee and G-Max Giant Swing from New Zealand and Wallholla from the Netherlands. The Village Zone will feature more than 140 retail shops with fashion and accessory stores, fast-food outlets, coffee shops, convenience stores, drug and personal-care stores, souvenir shops and a petrol station among the 60% of the space already allocated. The Event Zone with 3,000sqm of retail space will feature events and concerts. The Sunday Art Market will be a special zone for those who are fond of the arts. The Pena Group also operates the Premium Outlet Cha-Am, which is approximately two kilometres from the new development, and the strong sales growth there has encouraged the group to open this new outlet. It is also another indication of the business community’s faith in the future of this area as the unprecedented number of new retail, hotel and other projects continues unabated.
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