MBK Center

MBK Center (Formerly Mahboonkrong Center)
	; MBK Center
Facts and statistics
Location	Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand
Opening date	1985
Developer	Sirichai Bulakul
Management	MBK Plc.
Owner	Thanachart Bank & Dusit Thani Group
No. of stores and services	2,500
No. of anchor tenants	3
Total retail floor area	89,000 m²
No. of floors	8
Website	www.mbk-centre.co.th/en

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Inside MBK Center

MBK Center, also known as Mahboonkrong (Thai: มาบุญครอง), is an enormous marble shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. At eight stories high and 330 metres long, with 2,500 shops using a total selling area of 89,000 square metres, this shopping mall used to be one of the biggest malls in Asia when it was first founded in 1985. It is particularly well known for its many vendors of mobile phones and other electronics, as well as furniture stores.

[edit] History

MBK Center, a 8-storey mall opened in 1985, is one of the oldest shopping malls in Asia, and the biggest when it was inaugurated. It is located on land leased from the adjacent Chulalongkorn University. This lease was renewed in 2002. The center was named after the developer's (Sirichai Bulkul) parents, Mah & Boonkrong, whose statues are on the ground floor. The center provides over 2,000 stores and services, over 150 eating establishments and a large cinema city. Famous for a variety of negotiable products including clothes, cosmetics, leathered items, jewelry, electronics, information technology products, furniture, restaurants, supermarket, theaters, karaoke and 4-storey department store (Tokyu) Mahboonkrong also features a 5,000 seat "food court" at the 5th floor.

Cellular phones and supplies, printing and business cards, teen fashions, gold shops etc are some of the commonly popular merchandise and shopping MBK is known to feature. Due to its central location of that on the Sukhumvit Road, MBK has been traditionally one of the most recognizable buildings in Bangkok. On an average, MBK Center witnesses a footfall of over 105,000 customers including 30,000 tourists from all around the world. Connectivity to MBK Center is through the BTS Skytrain by its station at National Stadium on the Silom Line.

[edit] Location

Located in Pathum Wan district, the mall is situated on one end of a shopping thoroughfare that eventually becomes Sukhumvit Road. Other shopping centers are nearby:

Siam Square can be accessed from the second floor by a covered, air-conditioned pedestrian bridge over Phaya Thai Road to Bonansa Mall.
Via Siam Discovery Center and Siam Center, Siam Paragon, can be accessed by a pedestrian overpass linked to the Bangkok Skytrain National Stadium station. Access to the walkway is through the Tokyu department store on the second floor or from the third floor of the shopping center.

[edit] Transportation

Bangkok Skytrain (BTS) - National Stadium Station; also within walking distance of Siam station.
Khlong Saen Saeb - Hua Chang pier is within walking distance.

[edit] Shops

[edit] Anchor

The four-story Tokyu department store is located at the northern end of MBK Center.

[edit] Hotel

Pathumwan Princess Hotel is found at the southern end of the mall.

[edit] Other features

SF Group's SF Cinema City multiplex, karaoke rooms and bowling alley
Internet cafes and gaming parlors.
Food courts as well as numerous restaurants and fast-food outlets.
Shops selling clothes, cosmetics and leather items.
Jewellers and gold dealers.
Information technology accessories and electronics, particularly mobile phones, are a specialty.
Furniture stores. ^[1]