Grand Phnom Penh International City

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Community Information

  • Developers:
    • Ciputra Group (Indonesia)1
    • YLP Group (Cambodia)1
  • Anticipated completion date: 20181
  • Size: 260 hectares1,2
  • Total investment capital: $600 million USD1
  • Type of housing: Villas, apartments, and houses
    • Size range: 140 m-sq to 600 m-sq2
    • Price range: $88,000 to $600,000 USD1,2

Self-Narrative

“The first and the biggest international city is now developing. The 260 hectares new town development is just 7 kilometers North West of the city of Phnom Penh. This development will soon be the icon of Phnom Penh. It is situated between the National Road 5 and Russia Boulevard, heading to National Road 4. It has an easily accessed from or to the city center. The location is only 15 minutes from the Phnom Penh International Airport and 15 minutes from Wat Phnom, the city landmark the city center.

This integrated new town will consist of as many as 4,4000 households with villas, apartments, shophouses, office buildings, shopping centers, hotel, school, hospital, sport and leisure areas, and an 18–hole golf course with a driving range, and many more.

This new town development project is a joint development between the Ciputra Group – Indonesia and YLP Group – Cambodia. Furthermore, this project has fully obtained the Master Plan approval from the authority of Phnom Penh Municipality, dated August 9th, 2006, to develop the integrated new town project.”2

Themes

Balance, Community, and Harmony

  • ”The residential areas incorporate a gated cluster system of 200-300 units per cluster. This concept will provide privacy, safety and comfortable environment for the people.”2

  • ”Every cluster will be facilitated with a garden for community gathering, and a children’s playground. Convenient pedestrian paths along the green and flowery road network bring the neighborhood a convenient, healthy and safety activities.”2

International Quality

  • ”The first and the biggest international city is now developing.”2

  • ”This integrated Grand Phnom Penh International City is planned to be developed with important facilities for the family with international life style. An international standard school will provide quality education to the children. World-class hospital facilities ensure quality medical care for the whole family residents of the new town and the surroundings.”2

  • ”Entertainment facilities includes 18 holes of International Standard Golf Course designed by Nicklaus Design, a world famous golf designer company, complete with a Club House designed by Peddle Thorp International, Australia.”2

Location: Exclusive and Secure – Separate but Connected

  • ”Grand Phnom Penh International City (GPPIC) – nestled in the best connected part of Phnom Penh – is poised to reap the benefits of a transformed city; as the Capita City progresses exponentially to becoming one of the region’s most vibrant economic and cultural hubs. As connected as it is unique, GPPIC is merely 8km drive away from Phnom Penh International Airport and Wat Phnom City Centre, where a world of city conveniences unfolds.”2

Organic

  • ”Inside this new township development, Grand Phnom Penh Golf Course will be constructed. The golf course will create a green ambience for the residential & commercial area.”2

  • ”The environment will be enriched by vast gardens, friendly pedestrians, greeneries, children’s playgrounds and beautiful landscaping.”2

  • ”Each type of house is specifically designed to provide the ideal standard of living. Maximizing natural lights and ventilation which will make the house environmentally friendly and energy efficient. Skylight in smaller units bring the natural light inside the house and an internal garden blends the exterior and interior space, providing flexibility for room arrangement.”2

Media

Images 1-5 from www.grandphnompenh.com; Image 6 from www.ciputra.com

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Sources

1Souen Say, “Cambodian cities of the future – they’re just around the corner,” Phnom Penh Post, October 14, 2010, http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/cambodian-cities-future-%E2%80%93-theyre-just-around-corner

2Grand Phnom Penh International City Co., LTD, “Grand Phnom Penh International City,” Grand Phnom Penh, accessed November 28, 2013, http://www.grandphnompenh.com/index.php/en/

Relevant Works

Willem Paling, “Planning a Future for Phnom Penh: Mega Projects, Aid Dependence and Disjointed Governance,” Urban Studies 49, no. 13 (October 1, 2012): 2889–2912, doi:10.1177/0042098012452457.

This research sponsored by National Science Foundation Cultural Anthropology Program Award No. BCS-1026754.