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Featuring high-tech design and luxury amenities, One City Centre is a modern new office development that sees Raimon Land partnering with Japanese real estate developer Mitsubishi Estate.

In Bangkok’s Central Business District, there's few better locations than Ploen Chit Road, especially the area directly surrounding the BTS station. It’s ultra-prime real estate, and close to an array of luxury hotels and fine dining establishments. But those aren’t the only reasons why the new One City Centre office building is such a highly anticipated construction project.

Scheduled for completion in Q4 of 2022, One City Centre (OCC) is an ฿8.8 billion (US$294 million) development in which Raimon Land Public Co. Ltd, Thailand’s leading luxury real estate developer, has partnered Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd, one of the most prestigious real estate companies in Japan. The building itself will comprise 61 floors, with an estimated total rental area of 61,000 square meters, to which 92 percent will be offered as office space and the remaining 8 percent as retail area and amenities.

For those arriving via the city’s skytrain system, access is made extra easy as the building will be directly connected to Ploenchit BTS Station. OCC’s Sky Bridge connects to the public skywalk making the approach convenient, while an elegant spiral staircase with a green core is integrated to connect the ground floor walkway to the Sky Bridge – a refreshing feature of the project’s entrance.

OCC will also have a frontage quarter dedicated for public use that consists of a sloping great lawn surrounded by large, preserved trees and colorful seasonal plants. For those getting to OCC by car, the designated parking area includes a charger for drivers of hybrid or electric vehicles, while a special bike area with lockers and showers is provided for cyclist-commuters.

The flexible office space concept here means that tenants will be able to subdivide the floor plates into optimal sizes, starting from 140 square meters to 1,400 square meters, in order to best suit their needs. 

As for the building’s uniquely conceived structural architecture, it’s designed to provide occupants with column-free span, which, in turn, lends itself to limitless possibilities when it comes to floor plan customization. The demands of today’s new working culture most often include a free flow of collaborative space, the flexibility to design for specific functions that differ within each individual business, and the ability to accommodate for future growth. 

On the exterior, the façade will be lined by diagonal fins that spiral around the building’s rectangular form. This external shading system serves to minimize cooling loads, while the floor-to-ceiling glass windows still let in plenty of natural daylight. The overall architecture also maximizes the natural ventilation potential, in order to provide a comfortable outdoor experience for occupants in the plaza and sky garden areas.

For Korn Narongdej, recently appointed as the Chairman of the Executive Committee and COO of Raimon Land PCL, this Grade A smart building is something he, and the whole company, is very excited about. “We intend for it to be Bangkok’s new landmark,” he says with confidence.

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