MBK Center (previously known as Ma Boon Krong Shopping Center ) is an integrated shopping center in the city. It is a leading product and service provider managed by MBK Public Company Limited. It has been established in 1974 under the name, Maboonkrong Drying and Silo Co., Ltd. with the history as the following orders.

1974 The first registration of the company establishment on 25 July 1974 by a joint venture among Thai, Hong Kong, and Swiss companies to provide sheltering, storing, drying, and transporting services for agricultural products

1978 The company's ordinary shares registered as approved assets in Stock Exchange of Thailand

1983 Signing leasing contract and investing in land development of the land around Pathumwan intersection and Chulalongkorn University for constructing the building on the project area of 23 Rai 1 Ngan 49 square Wah with 30-year leasing period in order to doing a business of area renting for retailers

1985 Opening of Ma Boon Krong Shopping Center

1990 Registering of name changing from “Maboonkrong Drying and Silo Co., Ltd.” to “MBK Property and Development Co., Ltd.” to handle property development business.

1994 Registering of company transforming from a company limited to be a public company limited under the name, “MBK Property and Development Public Company Limited”

2000 Big renovating of building with the budget of THB 1,200 million and name changing from ”Ma Boon Krong Shopping Center” to “MBK Center” with the new logo in order to be consistent of new appearance of MBK CENTER tower with distinctive and modern architectural design and the leading trend of bronze-silver aluminium appearance.

2002 Registering of the name changing to be “MBK Public Company Limited”

2007 Extending advance leasing contract in order to gain the right for using the shopping center at Pathumwan intersection ( MBK Center tower ) and Chulalongkorn University for further 20 years from 22 April 2013 to 21 April 2033

General information of MBK Center

Now MBK CENTER tower is on approximately 267,951.54 square meters area consisting of;

1. MBK Tower as a 20-storey rental office tower

2. Pathumwan Princess Hotel with 462 rooms

3. 8-storey tower of shopping center on 140,000 square meters area with over 2,000 shops and a department store offering a wind range of modern services with reasonable price until getting popular from all groups of customers both Thais and foreigners with average visiting people of 100,000 persons / day (Primary target market of the shopping center aging 17 - 34 years, secondary target market on foreigners especially Asian tourists )


 

Products and Services at MBK CENTER

1 st ,2 nd ,3 rd Floor : Fashion , food & drink , supermarket ,promotion hall, health&beauty , jewelry

MBK CENTER is a center of multicolor products with all types of new fashion trend providing from leading brand shops and tailor shops that everyone can favorably choose. It is full of variety products and services following dynamic fashion trend such as clothes, shoes, leather products, etc. in Mini Plaza zone. And in Menu Mart zone you can enjoy FOOD &INTERNATIONAL RESTAURANT that is a new meeting point of trendy people with international restaurants like Sumo, Hongmin, Oishi Ramen, Hachibang, Bangkok rice noodle, Ta Siam noodle, Mc Donald's , Penquin Caf?, and Cocco Pazzo. And supermarket and bank zone consists of Top Supermarket , Kasikornthai Bank , Thai Military Bank , Bangkok Bank , Tanachart Bank, etc.

More, there are a jewelry center and jewelry shops that are designed and decorated their shops in luxury style with full of modern styles of nice jewelries in special price.

4 th Floor : IT CENTER and CITY LINK , Money Park ( Leading Financial Integrated Institutes )

It is the biggest and the most modern center of hi-tech products on 13, 000 square meters of area for fast and updating communication for new generation who are searching and selecting wireless devices, electric appliances and electronic devices in reasonable price at IT Center and City Link. Also, Money Park is the first center of leading financial institutes in Thailand with the convenience of integrated financial services.

5 th Floor : Furniture & Decoration & The Fifth food avenue ( International Food Center )

: Furniture & Decoration (Furinture and Dectoration Mega Kingdom )

It is the center of wide range of decorating product designs from over 100 leading domestic and international furniture shops. And it is amazing with Index Living Mall, the center of leading furniture that can complete the life style for new age of house decoration with standard products for prestige customers.

: The Fifth food avenue ( International Food Center )

You will be excited with colorful and challenging tastes in The Fifth Food Avenue, the international food center on over 2 , 500 square meters area in luxury atmosphere with trendy image combining with enjoyable entertainment for tasteful persons who looking for various alternatives for full enjoying food tastes.

6 th Floor : Food Center & Thai Shop

The paradise for tasters where you can enjoy the taste of international food at MBK Food Center , the center of delicious menus from leading restaurants. Adding with Paco Village Shopping, The center of Thai handmade products and souvenirs with Thai heritage conservation.

7 th and 8 th : ENTERTAINMENT

You can touch the world of integrated entertainment in international standard that gathers all life styles in one place. The world class enjoyable theaters, new style of exciting bowling games, the first modern style of Karaoke service, various leading shops and restaurants, embellishment of entertainment “SF Cinema City” on the 7 th floor with over 25,000 square meters area are provided for you. This ONE FLOOR ENTERTAINMENT consists of;

- SPACE GRAND THEATRE : 8 world class superior theaters with STADIUM SEATS for obvious view in all perspectives and new audio system, SURROUND EX with 3 WAYS SPEAKER.

- SF Music City : The first modern Karaoke service in Thailand in CLEAN & CLEAR KARAOKE environment that you can have fun and relax with singing for everyone like students, adults, and families. It consists of KARAOKE ROOM , KARAOKE HALL , SF KARAOKE BOX , and SF STUDIO.

- SF STRIKE BOWL : Bowling games entertaining on over 3,000 square meters area with LIGHT & ROCK WORX system and personal Karaoke rooms.

- INTER-BRAND LEADER : Over 30 leading shops for foods, sports, entertainment, and etc. such as Mc.Donald”s , KFC, FUJI RESTAURANT,MK SUKI , BLACK CANYON , SE-ED BOOK CENTER , MANGPONG , and DAIRY QUEEN.

- SHOPPING STREET : The center of variety styles of unique products in over 100 small outlets.

Furthermore, MBK CENTER also emphasizes on the security and good life quality of all customers by developing and improving all inside and outside systems to be effective all the time for security system within the shopping center, consistent training of security guards, installation of CCTV over 190 positions both inside and outside the tower, extra security requirements by setting the strict checking points at the car entrances and exits of the tower, and suspicious object checking points at the entrances for more security. Also, there were effective fire prevention and extinguishing systems with 24-hour fire security guards and uninterruptible power supplies, emergency fire escapes, and Central Gas system controlling gas supply to shops and stopping gas supply straightaway when there is fire.

To mostly satisfy the customers, MBK CENTER also continually improves and develops in order to meet various customer needs and conveniences such as;

•  Expanding of the parking area around Chula 12 road for additional parking area for over 100 cars

•  Providing Taxi waiting points for customers

•  Developing MBK-Center website to be modern and easy to use for supporting global visitors

- Adding more information service stations on each floor

- Offering MBK Member Card and MBK Tourist Discount Card for special right and discount for customers

- Offering MBK Smart Purse for making payment for services and products with reward points for getting discounts and special offers from over 100 shops in the project.

- Providing vans in 3 routes as following

1) MBK - Sukhumvit at the fare of THB 80 / trip

2) MBK - Silom at the fare of THB 80 / trip

3) MBK - Kaosan Road at the fare of THB 50 / trip

- Providing free-of-charge parking area for vans and coach buses to facilitate for shuttle transport of foreign customers

Throughout the past years of services, MBK CENTER concentrates on continuous development and creative of new services in all styles with uniqueness of services and facility system in order to gain the highest potential and benefit and to meet all customer needs. MBK Center is the first shopping center that gets standard certification of ISO 9001 version 2000 for the whole system of Shopping Center Service that is the international acceptance of managing system. All of this for the completeness of modern lives with the most impressive experience in the best shopping services at MBK CENTER .




 

 ©2005 MBK Public Company Limited.