GIA Tower

GIA Tower is marketed and transacted as stratified office property. APS describes the title basis as Hard Title / Stratified Office Ownership and says foreign ownership is available; Realestate.com.kh also identifies hard title in its project data. Those statements are useful starting points, not substitutes for unit-level legal due diligence. A buyer should verify the title certificate, registered boundaries and area, current owner, transfer restrictions and whether the ownership structure works for the intended purchaser. Office comparisons also require care with measurement conventions. A current CAM Realty listing, for example, presents the same office as 60.69 sqm gross but 42.48 sqm net, so headline area alone can produce a misleading comparison between resale offers.

The building’s common infrastructure is more extensive than a simple lobby-and-lift package. Official project information confirms three sky gardens, the large indoor lobby waterfall, three conference halls, five VIP meeting rooms, eight shower rooms and a ground-floor food-and-beverage area. Access-card and mobile access systems, controlled entry, emergency generators, fire detection and automatic sprinklers are also listed. Some lifestyle facilities are connected through seven mezzanine levels to neighbouring Diamond Twin Tower; project and agency materials refer to access to fitness facilities, restaurants, a wave pool and a swimming pool. Because shared-facility arrangements can be revised, a purchaser or tenant should confirm current access rules and any extra charges with building management.

Daily operating arrangements matter in an office investment as much as headline amenities. The official GIA site states 24/7 building operation together with round-the-clock security and maintenance, while the tower uses a central Daikin chiller system. APS lists a service charge of US$1.20 per sqm per month, a figure repeated by CAM Realty. Project information also refers to a choice of multiple internet service providers and cellular signal boosters. For an owner-occupier or landlord, these items belong in the operating budget alongside acquisition price or rent. Before committing, it is sensible to obtain the current management fee schedule, chiller operating hours, after-hours air-conditioning policy and a clear list of services covered by the regular charge.

The address sits within the established Koh Pich commercial cluster. Multiple independent sources support the full location as Sopheak Mongkul Street, Koh Pich, Village/Phum 14, Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Khan Chamkar Mon, Phnom Penh. The exact building is mapped in OpenStreetMap as way 639709673; the coordinates 11.55262, 104.94017 refer to GIA Tower itself. Within Diamond Island, the tower forms part of the same business environment as Diamond Twin Tower and other large Koh Pich developments. For a commercial buyer this provides a clear, recognised business address, although practical access, traffic patterns and parking availability should still be tested against the needs of the intended company or tenant.

Live market evidence shows GIA Tower behaving as a collection of individually priced office assets rather than a single developer price list. A CAM Realty sale listing checked on 12 August 2026 offers a Floor 23 office with 42.48 sqm net / 60.69 sqm gross area for US$180,000. Realestate.com.kh also shows a 164.91 sqm office at US$412,500 and a much larger 472 sqm office at US$1,888,000. These examples should not be converted into one universal price per square metre: floor level, fit-out, view, measurement basis and seller terms differ. NovAsia therefore uses US$180,000 only as the lowest current sale anchor found in this research, with exact availability and terms to be confirmed for any selected office.

The development identity needs a careful separation between the project brand and the companies appearing in historical sources. Open Development Cambodia preserves a company-registry capture for GARDEN IN THE AIR TOWER CO., LTD., company number 00031166. Supplier Son Ha describes the tower as developed by GIA International Real Estate, while academic research on Diamond Island also associates Garden in the Air Tower with GIA International Real Estate in a joint-venture context with OCIC. Chao Ting International Real Estate does appear in the same Koh Pich project cluster, but the clearest independent references connect Chao Ting to Diamond Twin Tower and its construction management. The registry-linked Garden In The Air Tower Co., Ltd. is therefore used as the principal developer/legal entity in this dossier rather than substituting Chao Ting without a specific to the project primary document.

Completion gives a buyer one important practical advantage: the exact office, common areas, lifts, lobby condition, actual view, building systems and management can be inspected before a transaction. Completion does not make every commercial term permanent. Sale stock changes, units may be combined or subdivided, fit-out belongs to individual owners, and service or parking rules can be revised. GIA Tower is therefore best approached as an operating strata-office asset: identify the actual unit first, reconcile its registered and usable area, price, fit-out, title and recurring costs, and only then compare it with alternative office assets in Phnom Penh.