Inside expanded Future Park Rangsit

Bangkok’s Future Park Rangsit mall opened its much-anticipated extension Zpell on Friday.

But disappointingly, despite its opening a large number of tenancies are still incomplete.

Mall management told Inside Retail Asia a more formal opening is planned when the project is finished – most likely in January.

At 600,000 sqm the expanded Future Park Rangsit is a full 20 per cent larger than the Siam Paragon in downtown Bangkok, which checks in at 500,000 sqm, and 50,000 sqm larger than CentralWorld.

At this stage, only about 60 per cent of the new food and beverage tenancies are trading.

The expanded Future Park Rangsit mall is expected to host 200,000 shoppers daily – almost entirely locals as Rangsit is a long way from any area of Bangkok frequented by tourists and has only a limited number of expatriates in its catchment area. It currently attracts about 157,000 a day.

Future Park Rangsit Mall was built 20 years ago. Besides offering shopping, eating and entertaining, the expanded destination will now feature futsal courts, an ice-skating rink, indoor ski park and art installations.

We’ll publish a full review of the centre when it is complete. In the meantime, our photos show some of the tenancies complete and the common areas to give a taste of what shoppers can expect now – and in January.

When complete, the new building will feature 200 tenants including lifestyle fashion brands such as Cath Kidston, H&M, MNG and Top Shop along with food offers from Coffee Bean by Dao, Akiyoshi, After you and Muteki By Mugendai.