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 Exterior of CentralWorld in 2023 | |
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| Location | Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand |
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| Coordinates | 13°44′49″N100°32′23″E / 13.74694°N 100.53972°E /13.74694; 100.53972 |
| Address | 999/9 Rama I Road |
| Opening date | 3 December 1989; 36 years ago (1989-12-03) (World Trade Center) 23 December 2002; 23 years ago (2002-12-23) (Central World Plaza) 8 November 2007; 18 years ago (2007-11-08) (CentralWorld) |
| Developer | Central Pattana |
| Owner | Crown Property Bureau TBF4 |
| Architect | Altoon + Porter Architects LLP |
| Stores and services | 495[1] |
| Anchor tenants | 7[1] |
| Floor area | 187,046 square metres (2,013,346.39 sq ft)[1] |
| Floors | 7[3] |
| Parking | 7,000[2] |
| Public transit | |
| Website | centralworld |
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CentralWorld (Thai:เซ็นทรัลเวิลด์, styled ascentralwOrld), is a shopping plaza and complex in theSiam area of Bangkok, in Thailand.[4] It is the ninth-largest shopping center in the world. The complex, which includes a hotel and office tower, is owned byCentral Pattana. In 2006, after three years of design and renovation, CentralWorld was expanded to 550,000 m2 (5,900,000 sq ft) of shopping mall and 830,000 m2 (8,900,000 sq ft) of remaining complex, topping nearby rivalSiam Paragon in terms of size.
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The mall opened in 1989 as theWorld Trade Center.Central Group acquired the property in 2002 from theWang Phetchabun group and changed the name to Central World Plaza. In 2007, it was renamed CentralWorld. It is on leasedCrown Property Bureau land. In its acquisition, the Central Group's property development arm,Central Pattana (SET: CPN), secured a new 30-year lease on the site.[5]
Anticipating the opening of the luxurySiam Paragon, CPN started massive renovations and expansion on the site in 2002. The original mall structure was 300,000 square metres (3,200,000 sq ft), and the expansion plans boosted that to 430,000 square metres (4,600,000 sq ft). Though work was not yet complete, CPN held an official opening of the renovated complex on 21 July 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 theZEN department store in the southeast corner.
The renovated complex aimed to attract 150,000 customers per day, spending more than 7 billionbaht annually. It marketed itself as a middle-class shopping center, as opposed to the upper-class Siam Paragon.[6][7]
Renovations included completing an unfinished office tower, work on which had been halted in 2003, with only 39 of the planned 63 floors completed. Construction resumed in 2003, expanding the tower to a 45-story, 204-metre (669 ft) design, with the completed tower opening in December 2004.[8]
CentralWorld was temporarily closed on 19 May 2010 due to severe arson damage, which occurred as troops dislodged protesters from the area during the2010 political protests. The adjoining Zen section suffered massive damage from rioters.[9][10]
The Isetan portion was reopened soon after. Following repairs, a large part of CentralWorld was reopened on 28 September that year, with the Zen section reopening on 6 January 2012.
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Renovations included enhanced circulation and simplified navigation, the addition of an escalator in zone A, enhanced linkage to theBTS Skytrain, and opening of the secondApple Store in Thailand.
During the evening rush hour on 10 April 2019, a fire that apparently started elsewhere spread to the eighth floor via air vent pipes, and the mall was ordered evacuated. At least two people, both employees, were reported to have died after jumping from the building.[11][12][13][14]
That December, after three decades, ZEN was renamed to Central after a major revamp costing 1 billion baht.[15]
On 14 March 2020,Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings and CPN jointly announced the closure ofIsetan Bangkok at CentralWorld as of 31 August 2020, due to the contract expiration.[16][17]
CentralWorld is located in thePathum Wan District, at theRatchaprasong intersection, in one of Bangkok's busiest shopping and tourism districts.
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Outdoor activity square covering an area of 8 square kilometres (3.1 sq mi). In 2020, the Apple Store opened here.
Six-lane road that circles the complex, linkingRama I Road andRatchadamri Road.
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