Magnificent 3rd floor post colonial Riverside apartment for rent

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This 3rd floor post-colonial renovated corner apartment is now available for rent in a great Riverside location at a great price.

It has all the trappings of the contemporary urbanite in a soaring space that feels special the moment you walk in.

Being a corner apartment, you will benefit from natural light as well as interesting street scenes all day long!

Post-colonial apartment features:

• Direct street access 3 blocks from the river, away from the bar district
• Surrounded by plenty of shops and restaurants from around the world
• Giant open plan kitchen / dining / living room for a perfect entertaining setting
• High ceilings with windows along the entire curved wall
• Air conditioning and ceiling fans for your comfort
• Hot water shower
• Fully kitted kitchen with heaps of storage and work surfaces
• Refrigerator and washing machine
• EDC / Water (State rates)
• No pets, please!

Original ID: DP1.F1

Riverside: the real downtown

Day and night Riverside is busy. It is probably the real downtown Phnom Penh where the oldest parts of the city are located.

I am referring to Wat Phnom, Phsar Chas, Phsar Kandal, Chey Chumneas and Chaktomuk and the Royal Palace and National Museum of course!

Preah Sisowath (honoring King Sisowath 1904 to 1927 reign) is the avenue / boulevard running along the riverfront.

It starts at the Buddhist Institute near Sothearos Boulevard.

Then continues north to the Japanese Bridge where it becomes National Road 6 leading north to Battambang.

Generations of days gone by have left their footprints from Angkor kings to French colonists to UN troops.

Riverside witnesses the confluence of the Mekong, Tonle Sap and Bassac rivers and where the Water Festival is best viewed each November.

It is always stunning, especially at sunup and sundown.

In Riverside, there is a wide selection of restaurants, wellbeing services, hotels, shops and bars aimed at tourists.

Among the restaurants, you will find good selections – German, Italian, French, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Malaysian.

A personal reflection on Riverside

Street 172 is punctuated with $3 massage joints and bars occupied by grey faces framed with light grey hair.

Yet, just around the corner, Street 178 is now arguably the rising art gallery district of Phnom Penh with the University of Fine Arts a stone’s throw away.

This is the dichotomy of Daun Penh and the attraction of opposites that makes it such an interesting place!

Friends Café has made a bold statement and the Mansion House seems to be waiting for reincarnation.

Now the Hyatt has opened its doors to the Jet set, it may well be a different designer-schmick precinct to what is currently now.

In fact, when you look up along 172, the standard of shophouses is somewhat ‘better’ than in other parts of the city: it could be the rising star of Daun Penh and Riverside.

In the streets around Riverside, there is a sense that there are too many hostess bars, each vying for a shifting slice of the tourist and expat pie.

Rents will rise with the inevitable escalation of land values and the ROI of each vendor’s patch will become more and more critical as the clock ticks.

Looking at Phsar Kandal and the open block where Prey Sar prison once sat, one can’t help but wonder what’s coming next.

Given its close proximity to the riverfront and the 172 and 178 ‘sweet spot’, there may be something special waiting in the sidelines, something for the inspired and aspiring new generation of architects and artists.

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