LARGE-SCALE high-rise living is coming to Phuket for the first time with the formal commencement today of a project that includes 1372 apartments in eight buildings, each of eight storeys.
The project dwarfs the upscale The Point, also of eight storeys, which is now selling on the Bypass Road, close to Central Festival, but which only includes 78 units.
At the time of its launch in 2007, The Point was hailed as the first example of true urban living on Phuket.
The Green Place, with a much greater number of apartments, is more like Phuket's first taste of Hong Kong-style living, although to a smaller scale.
Eight buildings of eight storeys each would be towered over by Hong Kong projects that sometimes stretch to 50 buildings and can approach impressive heights.
But The Green Place is clearly a major innovation for Phuket.
The development is beginning to take shape on the quiet ''country village'' side of Koh Rang, one of two hills that dominate the Phuket City skyline.
The soon-to-be-opened show office can be accessed off the road that leads alongside Surakul Stadium on Mae Luan Road.
Winding through to the suburb of Sam Kong, the road eventually emerges at Bangkok Phuket Hospital, on Yaowarat Road.
With a minimum size of 36 square metres and a starting price of 1.4 million baht, the apartments are seemingly aimed at working Thais, probably in many cases people who have come to the island from other provinces and found good jobs here.
The package for buyers of apartments includes a community clubhouse, swimming pool, badminton court, tennis court and fitness centre.
It's a development by the Panason Group, who have been involved in projects elsewhere on the island.
Panason is also selling The Residence, near Makro on Wichit Songkhram Road, which includes townhouses and condos.
For years, locals have been using the narrow, winding track as a quick route across that part of town, esssentially avoiding the traffic of Yaowarat Road.
Construction work may mean the shortcut is no longer such a great idea.
Before the 1372 apartments are fully occupied, major widening of the road will be necessary.
Neighboring schools will also have to begin preparing for the rapid creation of a mini-suburb, too. New retail outlets are expected to appear.
Forest and farms were cleared and fenced a few weeks ago. Land that was once designated for a villa project has now been turned over to The Green Place.
Bookings for apartments are being taken now. Telephone: 076 203355-7.
The project dwarfs the upscale The Point, also of eight storeys, which is now selling on the Bypass Road, close to Central Festival, but which only includes 78 units.
At the time of its launch in 2007, The Point was hailed as the first example of true urban living on Phuket.
The Green Place, with a much greater number of apartments, is more like Phuket's first taste of Hong Kong-style living, although to a smaller scale.
Eight buildings of eight storeys each would be towered over by Hong Kong projects that sometimes stretch to 50 buildings and can approach impressive heights.
But The Green Place is clearly a major innovation for Phuket.
The development is beginning to take shape on the quiet ''country village'' side of Koh Rang, one of two hills that dominate the Phuket City skyline.
The soon-to-be-opened show office can be accessed off the road that leads alongside Surakul Stadium on Mae Luan Road.
Winding through to the suburb of Sam Kong, the road eventually emerges at Bangkok Phuket Hospital, on Yaowarat Road.
With a minimum size of 36 square metres and a starting price of 1.4 million baht, the apartments are seemingly aimed at working Thais, probably in many cases people who have come to the island from other provinces and found good jobs here.
The package for buyers of apartments includes a community clubhouse, swimming pool, badminton court, tennis court and fitness centre.
It's a development by the Panason Group, who have been involved in projects elsewhere on the island.
Panason is also selling The Residence, near Makro on Wichit Songkhram Road, which includes townhouses and condos.
For years, locals have been using the narrow, winding track as a quick route across that part of town, esssentially avoiding the traffic of Yaowarat Road.
Construction work may mean the shortcut is no longer such a great idea.
Before the 1372 apartments are fully occupied, major widening of the road will be necessary.
Neighboring schools will also have to begin preparing for the rapid creation of a mini-suburb, too. New retail outlets are expected to appear.
Forest and farms were cleared and fenced a few weeks ago. Land that was once designated for a villa project has now been turned over to The Green Place.
Bookings for apartments are being taken now. Telephone: 076 203355-7.
