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  • Central Park Draws 25 Million Visits in First Year

    Central Park Draws 25 Million Visits in First Year

    Thailand’s Central Pattana has unveiled the next phase of growth for Central Park in Bangkok as the shopping centre marks its first anniversary in September 2026.

    The centre welcomed more than 25 million visits in its first year, including over 10 million visits from international tourists, placing it among the top-tier performers in the developer’s portfolio.

    Three Pillars for International Footfall

    Work on the next stage centres on a campaign dubbed Bangkok’s World Stage. This framework splits tenant curation and event programming into three tracks: Global Firsts, Global Culture, and Global Audience.

    Global Firsts secures exclusive product launches, debut store formats, and international brand partnerships new to Thailand. Global Culture runs live music, design exhibitions, and art installations throughout the complex. Global Audience steers marketing spending toward overseas tourists, touring creators, and commercial partners beyond Southeast Asia.

    Mixed-Use Integration in Central Bangkok

    The mall anchors the wider Dusit Central Park mixed-use development alongside grade-A corporate offices, a luxury hotel, and private residential towers. It features more than 1.12 hectares of elevated public green space. That parkland channels foot traffic between the retail concourses and the surrounding Silom and Rama IV commercial districts.

    Across Southeast Asia, retail developers are pivoting away from standard leasing toward event-driven programming. Operators in Bangkok, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur compete for big-spending tourists through regional brand exclusives and large cultural draws. But the strategy carries higher execution costs. Continuous programming and rapid turnover of experiential concepts demand heavier capital commitments than traditional leases.

    Building Out the Dusit Joint Venture

    Central Pattana conceived the retail asset to replace the historic Dusit Thani hotel through a joint venture between Central Group’s property arm and Dusit International. Construction launched under a multi-billion-baht master plan to protect downtown market share against rival mega-projects along the Sukhumvit and Chao Phraya corridors.

    Tenant handovers and new flagship openings under Global Firsts will roll out over the coming quarters. Remaining office and residential towers across Dusit Central Park will hit completion in phases over that stretch.

  • Dusit Thani Shares More News about Bangkok Developments

    Dusit Thani Shares More News about Bangkok Developments

    More details have been revealed about the massive mixed-use development planned for downtown Bangkok on the high-profile site of the former Dusit Thani Hotel.

    Dusit Thani, the Thai hotel and property development company, is partnering with Central Pattana, which owns the Central retail and mall businesses, in the development, located a stone’s throw from the Sala Daeng skytrain station, adjacent to Rama 4 Road and Lumpini Park.

    Scheduled for completion in 2024, the US$1.15 billion development will comprise 440,000sqm of prime real estate, including a new Dusit Thani hotel, luxury residences, a modern office tower and a high-end shopping mall.

    The development will open in three stages, firstly the 39-story hotel building, followed by Central Park Offices, whose 90,000sqm will be fitted out as a technology hub.

    The 80,000sqm mall, to be called Central Park, is designed to interconnect with all elements of the development as well as the skytrain and adjacent underground railway stations. It will feature a rooftop park. Both the offices and mall are scheduled for completion in 2023.

    The final part of the project, a 69-storey residential tower which is divided into two sections – Dusit Residences and Dusit Parkside – will be completed subsequently.

    “We aim to deliver a one-of-a-kind mixed-use project that blends heritage and innovation, connects all important infrastructure and transportation, embraces a green concept reflecting our prime position opposite Lumpini Park, and delivers enduring value for all our stakeholders,” said Suphajee Suthumpun, group CEO of Dusit Thani Public Company.

    “By blending the best of Thai design and hospitality with international standards of service, we will create a new city landmark that reflects our past, embraces our present, and anticipates the future. By doing so, we will continue the legacy of Dusit Thani Bangkok following the same principles Thanpuying Chanut Piyaoui had when she founded the hotel — to be bold and do great things, to create things that never existed before, and to always have a positive impact.”

    Suthumpun said the development aimed to “revolutionise the way people shop, dine, work, live and stay” in the area.

    Wallaya Chirathivat, deputy CEO of Central Pattana said Dusit Central Park will connect four Bangkok neighbourhoods in four directions – Ratchaprasong (north), Charoenkrung (south), Sukhumvit (east), and Yaowarat (west), in doing so creating “a new junction where old meets new, and financial meets commercial”.