Impact’s The Portal offers restaurants and retail space

The managers of the Impact Exhibition and Convention Center have opened a four-story commercial building to house retail stores and other facilities for locals, exhibitors and visitors alike.

Dubbed The Portal Lifestyle Complex, the futuristic-looking building connects to the Impact Arena, Impact Challenger and Impact Exhibition Center via link bridges. It houses retail stores, a foodcourt, restaurants and brand-name outlets as well as providing a lifestyle venue for the general public visiting Muang Thong Thani, an outlying suburb of Bangkok.

Paul Kanjanapas, Impact Exhibition Management MD says the building, which cost about THB600 million to construct, is a response to a growing demand for exhibition space and services.

The curved design of the exterior was inspired by “the movement of undercurrents” according to a statement.

A number of retail, food and beverage and service companies have leased space, including Burger King, The Pizza Company, After You, Watsons, Thai Ticket Major, Isan@Arena, Tsubohachi Express and Hong Kong Suki. The retail areas are open from 10am to 8pm.

The third floor of The Portal Lifestyle Complex features a large food arena and the top floor the 1500 sqm Portal Ballroom, offering an elegant function area.