Mike Shopping Mall

Mike Shopping Mall is a shopping-mall brand associated with Pattaya, a major tourist city on Thailand’s eastern Gulf coast. The brand comprises two multi-story commercial centers located along Pattaya Beach Road. Both properties are owned by The Mike Group of Thailand, a local business group whose activities also include resorts and housing developments in Pattaya. The larger and newer center is positioned on Pattaya Beach Road, south of the intersection with Pattaya Klang, also known as Central Road. It combines several retail and leisure functions rather than operating solely as a conventional department store. The ground floor includes a small supermarket, pharmacy, ice-cream outlet, money changers, and shops and kiosks selling clothing and locally manufactured goods. The upper levels contain the Mike Department Store, while a food court provides casual dining. The top of the building includes a public swimming pool, adding a recreational element to the retail offer. At the Beach Road entrance, an open-air beer garden and bandstand have provided space for occasional live music. A distinctive feature of the larger mall was the cluster of small creative and artisan stalls known as Artist’s Row, or Art Street. These vendors included local artists offering original works as well as reproductions of famous artworks. The row was removed in September 2017, after which many of the artists and tattooists relocated to Tipp Plaza, a nearby commercial area between Pattaya Second Road and Beach Road. This change illustrates the mall’s relationship with Pattaya’s informal retail, tourism, art, and entertainment economy. The smaller and older Mike Shopping Mall is situated farther south along Pattaya Beach Road. It does not contain a full department store. Instead, its floors are occupied by independent vendors selling clothing, decorative products, and other merchandise. The branch is particularly associated with inexpensive apparel, including imitation versions of branded clothing. This gives the two properties differentiated roles: the newer mall combines department-store retail, services, food, and recreation, while the older property functions more as a vendor-oriented marketplace. Mike Shopping Mall’s positioning is therefore based on accessible shopping and mixed-use visitor activity in a prominent beachfront location. Its tenant mix serves tourists seeking clothing, souvenirs, local products, food, entertainment, and practical services, while its independent-vendor model also reflects Pattaya’s highly competitive and informal retail environment. Publicly available reference material does not establish a founding year, founding individual, detailed corporate structure, financial results, or a complete current operating portfolio. The brand is best understood as a local Pattaya shopping-mall chain rather than a nationwide Thai retail operator.

Mike Shopping Mall developed as a local Pattaya shopping-mall brand with two properties on Pattaya Beach Road. The available reference material does not provide an opening date, founder, or detailed chronology for the company. It does establish that both centers are owned by The Mike Group of Thailand, a Pattaya-based group with additional interests in resorts and residential developments. The larger, newer mall occupies a prominent position south of Pattaya Klang on Beach Road. Its design and tenant mix combine several functions associated with Pattaya’s visitor economy. The ground floor contains practical retail and service businesses, including a small supermarket, pharmacy, ice-cream outlet, money changers, and general shops and kiosks. Apparel and locally manufactured products are among the merchandise categories available to visitors. Above these areas is the Mike Department Store, while a food court provides an inexpensive dining option. A public swimming pool on the roof gives the building a leisure component beyond ordinary shopping. The entrance facing the beach has also included an open-air beer garden and bandstand for occasional live performances. The larger property historically included Artist’s Row, also called Art Street, along its northern end. The area consisted of small stalls operated by local artists and tattooists. Vendors sold original artworks and reproductions of well-known works, making the row part of Pattaya’s informal cultural and tourist-retail scene. In September 2017, the row was demolished. The reference material states that many of the artists and tattooists moved to Tipp Plaza, a nearby commercial location between Second Road and Beach Road. This is the clearest dated development in the publicly available account of the brand. The second Mike Shopping Mall is older and smaller and lies farther south on Pattaya Beach Road. Unlike the newer center, it does not contain a conventional department store. Its floors are occupied primarily by private vendors selling clothing, decorative goods, and related merchandise. The property’s apparel offer has been described as including knock-off versions of branded clothing, reflecting the low-cost, vendor-led retail segment for which parts of Pattaya are known. Taken together, the two properties represent complementary formats under one local brand. The larger mall provides a more integrated mix of department-store retail, services, food, recreation, and entertainment, while the smaller mall operates as a multi-vendor marketplace. Both benefit from their location within Pattaya’s beachfront commercial corridor, where shopping is closely connected to tourism, hospitality, nightlife, and local services. Beyond the ownership relationship with The Mike Group of Thailand and the 2017 relocation of Artist’s Row, the available sources do not document corporate leadership, acquisitions, financial performance, formal rebranding, or a nationwide expansion strategy.

• 2017

  Artist’s Row was demolished

  [1]Mike Shopping Mallen.wikipedia.org

  The Artist’s Row or Art Street area at the north end of the larger mall was removed. Many artists and tattooists reportedly relocated to Tipp Plaza nearby.

A centrally located Pattaya beachfront retail and leisure destination combining department-store merchandise, independent vendors, tourist-oriented shopping, dining, services, and selected entertainment facilities.

• Shopping mall

  Larger Mike Shopping Mall

  The newer and larger property on Pattaya Beach Road combines a small supermarket, pharmacy, ice-cream outlet, money changers, clothing retailers, kiosks, and shops selling locally manufactured goods. Its upper floors house the Mike Department Store. A food court, public rooftop swimming pool, open-air beer garden, and bandstand broaden the property into a mixed retail, dining, and leisure destination.

• Department store

  Mike Department Store

  The department-store component occupies the upper floors of the larger Mike Shopping Mall. Public reference material identifies it as a central retail element of the newer property, but does not provide a detailed department structure, private-label portfolio, or current trading information.

• Vendor marketplace

  Smaller Mike Shopping Mall

  The older, smaller center farther south on Pattaya Beach Road is organized around independent vendors rather than a formal department store. Merchants sell clothing, decorative items, and other goods. The location is particularly associated with inexpensive apparel, including imitation branded clothing.

• Art and craft retail area

  Artist’s Row / Art Street

  Artist’s Row was a former cluster of small stalls at the north end of the larger mall. Local artists and tattooists sold original artworks, reproductions, and related creative work. The area was demolished in 2017 and is no longer presented as an operating Mike Shopping Mall feature.

• 2017

  Removal of Artist’s RowStrategy

  Background

  Artist’s Row, also known as Art Street, operated along the northern end of the larger Pattaya mall and hosted artists and tattooists.

  Action taken

  The area was demolished in September 2017. Many former vendors moved to Tipp Plaza between Pattaya Second Road and Beach Road.

  Aftermath

  The relocation dispersed the former artist and tattooist cluster from the mall to another nearby commercial venue.

  Source

1. 1Mike Shopping Mallen.wikipedia.org