Chinese investors have already scouted locations and hold tentative interest in Ratchadaphisek Road, the riverside area and Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok as well as in Pattaya, Phuket and Chiang Mai. One Chinese contractor has already announced plans to invest THB1.7 billion on an upscale condo development in central Bangkok worth THB5 billion. The deal will be finalized sometime in the next few months.