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Despite earlier assurances from the landlord, the building where Guess Bar is situated has been sold and will be redeveloped at some point.
What this means is that the bar must close by the end of November 2007. Jay is currently looking at other alternatives before deciding where to move to.
Lots of things to consider - however shortage of available suitable units around Nana means its unlikely that the bar will be able to stay around the Soi 3/4 area. Jay is checking out availabality of units around lower Sukhumvit , Suk. Soi 33 and Patpong to scope out what is available and at what price. After spending a fair chunk of change on the new unit, she is somewhat miffed but not totally surprised by the actions of the owners of the building.
The plan is to switch into another unit as soon as possible and probably before the end of November - however its all up in air until she finds a suitable location and gets a lease agreed.
Luckily, she has been saving a bit of money every month and is not exactly cash strapped but equally after only one year of current business, is not able to throw millions of baht into acquiring an existing business which for the most part has no value to her as its customer base would be GG based.
So, the liklihood is that the Guess Bar 1st birthday party of 23rd November is STILL 99% likely to go ahead at the current location and then within days after that the move will take place to the new premises, wherever they are going to be.
Feel free to make any suggestions of locations that you know about that are available. Key for her is access to Skytrain, tourist area, ST hotel availability nearby and reasonable rent. I have to say, at this moment in time, its looking like Patpong is a serious contender for the simple reason its already in a government approved nightlife zone - and so can open legally until 2am - the concern with Sukhumvit is the continuing pressure to knock everything down and build shopping malls or condo buildings which seems relentless. Another factor is that rents in Patpong appear to be roughly half of what they are in Sukhumvit, even with the invaluable benefit of being in a nightlife approved area.
Will keep you guys posted as things develop - however for the time being everything is business as normal- the girls have all been briefed and assured Jay will be moving the bar and that their jobs are not at risk. If you want to do something positive - NOW is a good time to be going into the bar and buying drinks to help her build up a fund to finance the move to new location.
Cheers
Mardhi
What this means is that the bar must close by the end of November 2007. Jay is currently looking at other alternatives before deciding where to move to.
Lots of things to consider - however shortage of available suitable units around Nana means its unlikely that the bar will be able to stay around the Soi 3/4 area. Jay is checking out availabality of units around lower Sukhumvit , Suk. Soi 33 and Patpong to scope out what is available and at what price. After spending a fair chunk of change on the new unit, she is somewhat miffed but not totally surprised by the actions of the owners of the building.
The plan is to switch into another unit as soon as possible and probably before the end of November - however its all up in air until she finds a suitable location and gets a lease agreed.
Luckily, she has been saving a bit of money every month and is not exactly cash strapped but equally after only one year of current business, is not able to throw millions of baht into acquiring an existing business which for the most part has no value to her as its customer base would be GG based.
So, the liklihood is that the Guess Bar 1st birthday party of 23rd November is STILL 99% likely to go ahead at the current location and then within days after that the move will take place to the new premises, wherever they are going to be.
Feel free to make any suggestions of locations that you know about that are available. Key for her is access to Skytrain, tourist area, ST hotel availability nearby and reasonable rent. I have to say, at this moment in time, its looking like Patpong is a serious contender for the simple reason its already in a government approved nightlife zone - and so can open legally until 2am - the concern with Sukhumvit is the continuing pressure to knock everything down and build shopping malls or condo buildings which seems relentless. Another factor is that rents in Patpong appear to be roughly half of what they are in Sukhumvit, even with the invaluable benefit of being in a nightlife approved area.
Will keep you guys posted as things develop - however for the time being everything is business as normal- the girls have all been briefed and assured Jay will be moving the bar and that their jobs are not at risk. If you want to do something positive - NOW is a good time to be going into the bar and buying drinks to help her build up a fund to finance the move to new location.
Cheers
Mardhi
). I was there last week, but missed you and Jay. 
Doubt it 
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