Thailand’s retail chain Lotus’s has opened a Smart Community Center concept dubbed Lotus’s North Ratchapruek in the northwest of Bangkok.
The new project is operated by Ek-Chai Distribution System and cost in the region of $42M. Spanning over 47,000sq m, the site is home to 130 shops and a hypermarket which features more than 28,000 products. A majority of tenants are new partners, who have opened a branch in conjunction with Lotus’s for the first time.
“The new Lotus North Ratchaphruek Smart Community Center will be a model for renovating existing Lotus branches and opening new branches in the future,” said Sompong Rungnirattisai, CEO at Ek-Chai Distribution System.
Rungnirattisai said the company plans to roll out several hypermarkets next year by adopting concepts from the North Ratchapruek branch.
