Emporium is a luxury shopping mall in
Khlong Toei District,
Bangkok,
Thailand. It opened in 1997. It is owned and operated by
The Mall Group, who also operate the
EmQuartier
The EmQuartier is a large shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand opened in May 2015. It is one of three malls planned for the "EM District", along with the existing Emporium, and the EmSphere. All three buildings will total an area of 2,500,000 squa ...
and
Siam Paragon malls in Bangkok.
It is on
Sukhumvit Road at Sukhumvit
Soi 24 beside
Benchasiri Park
Benchasiri Park ( th, สวนเบญจสิริ, , ; "Park Commemorating the Fifth Cycle Birthday Anniversary") is a garden located on Sukhumvit Road, Khlong Toei District, Bangkok, Thailand.
Built on next door to the Emporium and Emsphe ...
. It is connected directly to the
Phrom Phong Station
Phrom Phong station ( th, สถานีพร้อมพงษ์, ) is a BTS Skytrain station, on the Sukhumvit Line between Khlong Toei and Watthana Districts, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is on Sukhumvit Road at Soi Phrom Phong (Soi S ...
on the
Sukhumvit Line
The Sukhumvit line ( th, รถไฟฟ้า สายสุขุมวิท) or Light Green line, is an elevated metro rail line of the BTS Skytrain in Bangkok, Thailand. From the central Siam Station, where it connects with the Silom Lin ...
of the
BTS Skytrain
The Bangkok Mass Transit System, commonly known as the BTS Skytrain ( th, รถไฟฟ้าบีทีเอส '' TS'), is an elevated rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand. It is operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System PCL (BTSC), a ...
by a footbridge.
Emporium is a major component of the "EM District" and contains a shopping mall, department store, a luxury cinema "Emprivé Cineclub by SF Corporation", a high-end supermarket, food court, office building, exhibition hall, children's play centres and a hotel. Emporium is a popular hub for entertainment, food, and education for local residents and visitors.
Design
Emporium was designed by J+H Boiffils. Emporium was their first shopping mall design project in Thailand. They later designed
Siam Paragon, another Bangkok shopping mall, for the same developer. Emporium was Bangkok's first luxury lifestyle mall offering venues for
upscale shopping
In economics, a luxury good (or upmarket good) is a good for which demand increases more than what is proportional as income rises, so that expenditures on the good become a greater proportion of overall spending. Luxury goods are in contrast ...
, dining, entertainment, and supermarket in one complex. With the launch of the Bangkok Skytrain system several years later, Emporium was the first mall to allow direct access from the Skytrain station.
Space allocation
Currently, the building has two functional parts.
* Shopping complex – This part of the mall is decorated in the form of a gallery with white and gold. It consists of:
** The Emporium department store
*** Sport mall global
*** Power mall ultra
*** Be-trend
** Gourmet Market (supermarket)
** Emporium food hall
** Warp Zone by Fun Fiesta
** EM playground
*** IMAGINIA
*** Foxscape
*** EM Farm
** Emprivé Cineclub by SF Corporation
** AIS D.C. by TCDC and AIS
The shopping complex is linked to the EmQuartier and BTS Skytrain, Phrom Phong Station.
* Emporium Tower – A multi-purpose building 41 floors high. It consists of two parts:
** Emporium office building
** Emporium Suites By Chatrium
EM District expansion
In 2013, The Mall Group announced six new projects, including the re-announcing of the Emporium Quartier and the Emporium Sphere, and called them as The EM District. The EM District is a group of three Emporium's shopping malls including two current shopping mall and the one future project:
* Emporium - The first shopping mall, opened in 1997
*
EmQuartier
The EmQuartier is a large shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand opened in May 2015. It is one of three malls planned for the "EM District", along with the existing Emporium, and the EmSphere. All three buildings will total an area of 2,500,000 squa ...
- The second shopping mall, opposite Emporium. Opened in May 2015.
*
EmSphere - The third branch of the District EM shopping mall group next to
Benchasiri Park
Benchasiri Park ( th, สวนเบญจสิริ, , ; "Park Commemorating the Fifth Cycle Birthday Anniversary") is a garden located on Sukhumvit Road, Khlong Toei District, Bangkok, Thailand.
Built on next door to the Emporium and Emsphe ...
. The project was expected to be constructed from in 2015-7 but construction was delayed. Between 2016 and 2018, the land earmarked for Emsphere was occupied by a temporary dinosaur theme park called Dinosaur Planet.
References
External links
* https://www.emporium.co.th/
* https://www.emquartier.co.th/
* https://www.instagram.com/emporium_emquartier/
{{Shopping malls in Thailand
Shopping malls in Bangkok
The Mall Group
Khlong Toei district
Shopping malls established in 1997
1997 establishments in Thailand