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Siam Paragon
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Siam Paragon, Parc Paragon, and Siam Station
Location 991 Rama I Road, Pathum Wan
Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Coordinates 13°44′47″N 100°32′6″E / 13.74639°N 100.53500°E / 13.74639; 100.53500
Opening date 9 December 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-09)
Management Siam Paragon Development by Siam Piwat and The Mall Group
Owner Crown Property Bureau (land)
Architect J+H Boiffils
Total retail floor area 400,000 m2 (4,300,000 sq ft) (retail area)
No. of floors 10 (including the underground)
Parking 4,000 cars
Public transit access Siam Station
Siam Paragon Main Void 201105
Main Atrium

Siam Paragon (Thai: สยามพารากอน) is a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of the largest malls in Thailand, along with Iconsiam, CentralWorld and Central WestGate.

Siam Paragon includes a range of specialty stores and restaurants as well as a multiplex (16 large screen cinemas), the Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World aquarium, an exhibition hall, the Thai Art Gallery, and an opera concert hall. It also has a bowling alley and karaoke centre. It is a joint venture by Siam Piwat, the company that owns the adjacent Siam Center/Siam Discovery shopping malls, and The Mall Group, which owns The Emporium. Siam Paragon's financial results are not reported by the privately held Siam Paragon Development.

History

The main hall of Siam Paragon Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Main entrance from above
Siam Paragon Entrance Void 2011
Main entrance void
Siam Paragon GF The Canal 2011
The Canal before renovation in 2016

Siam Paragon was built on the former site of the Siam Intercontinental Hotel, which was demolished in 2002 at the end of its lease. The site, leased for 30 years, is Crown Property Bureau land and at one time was the royal parkland of Sa Pathum Palace. The mall opened on 9 December 2005 at a cost of about 15 billion baht or US$450 million. It covers an area of 52 52 rai (8.3 ha; 21 acres).

Incidents

On 25 November 2016, a man fell from an escalator travelling from floors M to G, landing on the B floor in front of the Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World. The person died the following day due to his injuries. Investigators said it was likely an accidentall fall.

On 3 October 2023, at approximately 4:10 PM, a mass shooting occurred on the first floor of the shopping mall complex. Seven people were injured, two of whom died at the hospital a few minutes later. The deceased victims were a Burmese migrant worker, and a Chinese tourist. Later that day, around 5:10 PM, the police arrested a 14-year-old teenager on the third floor of the complex. The mall was temporarily closed, and the gates, including the connector entrance from the Siam BTS station, were shut down.

Location

Siam Paragon is on Rama I Road in Pathum Wan District, adjacent to other shopping areas. It is next door to Siam Center and Siam Discovery and opposite Siam Square. MBK Center is also nearby. An elevated walkway beneath the BTS Skytrain tracks links Siam Paragon to the Ratchaprasong intersection, where CentralWorld, Gaysorn Village and several other shopping malls and hotels are located.

Transportation

  • BTS Skytrain Sukhumvit and Silom Lines – Siam station has a skybridge linked to Siam Paragon's M floor.
  • Parking – 100,000 square metres, accommodating 4,000 cars.

Department store and retail shops

Siam Paragon Gourmet Garden 201801
Gourmet Garden in Ground floor completed in 2017
Siam Paragon Level 4 Exotique Thai 201801
Exotique Thai in Level 4
Siam Paragon Level 5 Paragon Cinema 2011
Paragon Cinema in Level 5

The Paragon Department Store occupies 50,000 square metres. Another 40,000 square metres are devoted to retail shops selling goods ranging from apparel to groceries to expensive automobiles.

Thai traditional art

There is a section of Thai traditional arts shops offering a range of decorative silk, ivory and antique items.

Royal Paragon Hall

The Royal Paragon Hall is a 12,000 square metre events facility, with a capacity of 5,000 persons suitable for concerts, conventions, and special exhibitions.

Hotel

The Siam Kempinski Hotel and serviced apartment complex is on a 13 acres (53,000 m2) at the rear of the Siam Paragon property.

Energy footprint

Siam Ocean World 2011
Siam Ocean World

Siam Paragon consumes roughly 123 GWh of electricity a year (2011). By comparison, over the same period, Mae Hong Son province's quarter-million inhabitants used 65 GWh.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Siam Paragon para niños

  • List of shopping malls in Thailand
  • List of largest shopping malls in Thailand
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