Saigon Paragon

The Saigon Paragon Building or simply known as Paragon Building is a commercial complex building for offices (major) and shopping centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is located at No. 3 Nguyễn Lương Bằng Street, Tân Phú Ward, District 7, in the International Commercial & Financial District (Khu Thương mại và Tài chính Quốc tế) of Phú Mỹ Hưng urban area. It was the first office building in Phú Mỹ Hưng to be inarguated through Paragon Coroporation, a joint-venture between two corporations of Khaisilk and Thủy Lộc.^[1]

Saigon Paragon
Tòa nhà Saigon Paragon, Tòa nhà Paragon
Saigon Paragon in 2012, as it still was Parkson Paragon
Former names	Parkson Paragon (2011-2016)
Alternative names	Paragon Building
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office, retail
Architectural style	New Classiccal
Location	Block C5, International Commercial & Financial District, Phú Mỹ Hưng urban area
Address	3 Nguyễn Lương Bằng Street, Tân Phú Ward
Town or city	District 7, Ho Chi Minh City
Country	Vietnam
Coordinates	10°43′46″N 106°43′19″E
Construction started	July 21, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-07-21)
Completed	Q1/2009
Inaugurated	June 27, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-06-27)
Cost	US$35 million
Landlord	Khaisilk, Thủy Lộc
Height
Top floor	10
Technical details
Floor count	11
Floor area	41,000 m2 (441,320 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	6 by Schindler
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Katsuki Katsunori
Developer	Paragon Corporation
Other information
Parking	2 basements
Public transit access	11 Unknown station (proposed) Bus: D3, 34, 68, 102, 139

The tower has 10 floors (the 3rd floor is divided into Level 3 and 3A) with 2 basements for parking. In its pre-COVID-19 period, the lower floors (1 to 4) are home to various luxury retail stores, while the upper floors (6 to 9) are used for office space, and the 10th floor is for convention center. A food court and supermarket are located in the basement, and a Cineplex theatre is located on the 5th floor.^[2] In the period between 2011 and 2016, the building was named Parkson Paragon, as Parkson hired and operated the shopping centre of the building and change the building name for 19 years but it was shuttered just after 5 years.^[3] Currently, the building is major used for office leasing, retail area is now only around the 1st floor and B1.