Siam Paragon

Siam Paragon

Siam Paragon with Parc Paragon and Siam Station
Location	Rama I Road, Pathum Wan Bangkok, Thailand
Opening date	9 December 2005
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(total retailed area))
No. of floors	10 (including the underground)
Parking	4,000 cars
Public transit access	Siam Station
Website	www.siamparagon.co.th

Siam Paragon (Thai: สยามพารากอน) is a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. It is the current 3rd largest mall in Thailand, following CentralWorld and CentralPlaza WestGate, and one of the biggest shopping centres in Asia. The mall opened on 9 December 2005, operated by Siam Piwat and The Mall Group. 26 February 2014

Siam Paragon includes a wide range of specialty stores and restaurants as well as a multiplex movie theatre (consisted of 15 large size theaters with one of them having the biggest screen and seating capacity in Asia) and the Sea Life Ocean World (Underwater world) aquarium (the largest aquarium in South East Asia) and an exhibition hall and the Thai Art Gallery and also an opera concert hall. It also has a large 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 also owns The Emporium. Siam Paragon has attracted large crowds since it opened, but financial results aren't reported by the privately held Siam Paragon Development.

Siam Paragon was built on the former location of the Siam Intercontinental Hotel, which was demolished in 2002 at the end of its lease. The site, leased for 30 years, is Bureau of the Crown Property land and at one time was the royal parkland of the Srapatum Palace. During the mall's construction, waiting passengers on the Bangkok Skytrain's Siam station platform could watch the building take shape.

When the mall opened on December 9, 2005, workers were still putting on finishing touches. During the first few months of its opening, there were signs of a hurried finish throughout the building, with unpainted ceilings and cracked floor tiles.