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Beyond Greenwashing: How Global Supply Chains Forced Thailand's Real Estate Pivot
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As Western FDI demands strict ESG compliance, Frasers Property Thailand's CEO explains why green building has shifted from a lobby badge to a balance-sheet necessity.
Key facts
- The estate has already attracted anchor tenants, including semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies, and, by late 2025, had sold roughly 40% of its total saleable land — an early signal, in Lim's view, that the certification is
- Research from JLL Thailand has found that roughly 80% of new office leasing activity in Bangkok's central business district over the past five years has gone to ESG-compliant buildings, with green-certified assets commanding rental
- The PARQ, the mixed-use development on Rama IV Road that TCC Assets built with Frasers Property Holdings (Thailand) as development manager, became in 2020 the first project in Thailand to hold both LEED Gold and WELL Gold Core
- In Samut Prakan, its 4,600-rai ARAYA industrial estate — a joint venture with Rojana Industrial Park and Asia Industrial Estate — has secured SMART I.E
Summary
SustaiNation
For years, green building certification in Thailand was treated as an optional flourish: a plaque in the lobby, a bullet point in a sales brochure. Lim Hua Tiong, chief executive of Frasers Property Thailand (FPT), argues that era is over — at least for the institutional grade of the market he competes in.