PattayaBoy Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Hi what is that unfinished construction next to SCB bank on Jomtien beach rd? Condo scam I guess.Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 if its the place im thinking of it was going to be a shopping mall, about 7-9 years ago never got started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony M Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 I think it was actually going to be twin tower 30 - 35 story condos. The rumours were that there was some kind of "investment" problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Whatever it was supposed to be, it looks likes shit and should be leveled. We must assume some bank owns the land now if the investors went bankrupt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpcoe Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 5 hours ago, onemorechang said: if its the place im thinking of it was going to be a shopping mall, about 7-9 years ago never got started. 1 hour ago, Tony M said: I think it was actually going to be twin tower 30 - 35 story condos. The rumours were that there was some kind of "investment" problem. I think you're both correct. ISTR that the construction that was started was to be some shopping/entertainment complex as part of a larger development with two high-rise condo towers behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Was going to be condos by Matrix once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 20 hours ago, guzzi850m2 said: Whatever it was supposed to be, it looks likes shit and should be leveled. We must assume some bank owns the land now if the investors went bankrupt? Don't hold your breath. Some of the ghost buildings from the crash last century only got replaced a few years ago. There was one in Pattaya on Beach Rd that was derelict for a very long time. Not far from that was an hotel that was closed for about 20 or so years. Even worse, the Hopewell pillars still blight parts of Bkk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 28 minutes ago, johng said: Was going to be condos by Matrix once Aren't they the ones who advertise, "We build our promises"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 7 hours ago, johng said: Was going to be condos by Matrix once Could it have been a problem with distance from the sea like VT7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpcoe Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 There was discussion of the complex here on ThaiVisa several years ago. I recall people commenting on how it might be distressing to the folks on the south side Jomtien Beach Condo having their unobstructed beach views infringed upon. On Google Earth there is an image on that construction site for: "The Beach:" Those are the proposed high-rise condo buildings which were to rise behind the shopping/entertainment complex whose skeleton currently exists. The name "The Beach" sounds familiar, but oddly enough googling for "The Beach" Jomtien turns up nothing relevant. Scrolling back through historical images on Google Earth shows that the construction began sometime in 2008 or 2009. I'm surprised it was a Matrix development. ISTR there was some foreigner prominently in the equation? Going on very sketchy memory here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpcoe Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Found it! And, an article about the project being changed from The Beach to The Grand Oriental: http://newpattaya.com/news/the-beach-and-hvidsten-group/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Actually that property was owned by a Norwegian con man , he tricked several buyers to pay deposits and never started the building process. He only owned the land. After that it's been empty for years. I wonder who owns it now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 unfortunately Google street view only has one image from 2012 satellite view shows nothing there in Jan 2008 by Dec 2009 they had started and finished still the same today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 @wpcoe is correct my apologies for mistaking the developer of this failed project..it was not Matrix read the whole saga here http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=456522 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anto Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 I used own a Condo in Jomtien Beach Condominium .For years they had a security guard (maybe still ?) guarding that ugly skeleton of steel . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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