Скачать или смотреть 75-year old building to be knocked down in 2025

The 6-storey building with plinth area of about 590 square meters and the age of approximately 75 years it's the former Nokor Meanchey Hotel not Angkor Meanchey as it was previously called and reported in the media.

We do not know exactly when this hotel began construction, but based on a collection of old photographic evidence, we can conclude that by 1957-1958, this hotel had appeared in Phnom Penh, at the corner of Preah Monivong Boulevard and Kampuchea Krom Boulevard, at the same time as the Sokhalay Hotel, which was located on the other side of the street. After 1979, the upper part of the building was used as a residence. The lower part was used as a business and changed functions several times. Since 2020, the state has summoned residents to a meeting to discuss a solution to leave due to the dilapidated state of the historic hotel's architectural ensemble. To date, most residents have agreed to the final solution. Please note that this building has about 107 rooms comprise 65 families.

After nine months solution, 61 families have agreed to move out while 4 families living on ground floor are under negotiation. However, the wrecked building is now officially closed to avoid any unexpected danger that could happen every minute. 7 Makara District Mayor said they are finding a professional construction company to study on how to safely demolish the building as soon as possible.

The tenants are saying their sad farewells to the 1950s Hotel Nokor Meanchey building, another historical building to be remembered!