THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Crown Property to develop its first-ever project

Crown Property to develop its first-ever project

The Crown Property Bureau yesterday announced a new investment policy involving the development of real-estate projects by its own subsidiary, beginning with the Bt10-billion Langsuan Village project in downtown Bangkok.

Director-general Chirayu Isarangkun na Ayuthaya said that the CPB’s wholly owned subsidiary, Siam Sindhorn, would develop a 52-rai (8.3 hectare) plot situated on Langsuan and Sarasin roads into a five-star hotel, a museum and residential and commercial units.
Chirayu said the bureau, which had usually held auctions allowing private companies to develop its properties, had decided to adopt the new policy to invest on its own because it wanted to ensure the project would be developed without profit-taking being the top priority.
“An auction winner will normally make income the utmost importance … If we let other [developers] do it, it would be difficult to achieve our objectives,” he said.
He said the new investment policy would help the CPB to ensure it could develop a plot in the heart of the city to a high quality, while yielding benefits to all stakeholders, including old tenants who will be given an opportunity to stay on.
Yos Euarchukiati, chairman of Siam Sindhorn, said the company had decided not to develop a large commercial complex or “super mall” on the land, even though those types of projects would offer the highest returns on investment.
Of the 52-rai plot, about 30 rai will be developed as a residential area, while 15 rai will be allocated for general usage such as roads, walkways and retail outlets, and the rest for a five-star hotel and a museum, he said.
Siam Sindhorn’s chief executive, Chalaluck Bunnag, said the Langsuan Village project would have a total green space twice the size required by the floor-ratio-area law. It is expected to become the first residential building in Thailand to be certified under Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, he said. More details of the Langsuan Village project, scheduled to be completed in 2019, will be unveiled at the launch on October 2.
CPB and Siam Sindhorn officials declined to say yesterday if they would stick to the new investment policy to develop land on their own for other new projects in the future. The bureau last month awarded the right to develop a 90-rai prime plot on Rama IV Road to Univentures and TCC Assets (Thailand) – both owned by beverage tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi – to develop a multibillion-baht mixed-use complex.
Meanwhile, Chirayu said the bureau supported the government’s plan to reform land and building taxes, as it does not have unused land.

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