Mekong City

The project history supports a phased reading. Mekong City was launched in 2018. One international project profile labels the scheme completed in January 2022, but Knight Frank recorded the launch of Borey Mekong City Phase II in the first half of 2023, while current agency listings show homes built in 2025 and offered for sale in 2026. The parent township consequently contains completed and occupied streets alongside sections that were released or constructed later. Applying one completion date to the whole site would conceal the difference between an existing resale house and a newer developer or near-new unit.

National Road 6A defines the practical character of the location. It is a car-oriented corridor running north from central Phnom Penh through Chroy Changvar and the areas around Morodok Techo National Stadium, Win-Win Memorial and Garden City. The setting can provide more land and a lower-rise environment than central districts, but it is not a substitute for a walkable BKK or Daun Penh address. Trips to Riverside, BKK and southern business areas depend on bridge choice, route and traffic. A buyer should test real weekday journeys in both directions instead of relying on a straight-line map estimate.

The differences between house categories are material. A published corner Link Villa example has four bedrooms, five bathrooms, three floors, 175.5 sqm of house area and a 98.8 sqm plot. A current resale Twin Villa shows five bedrooms, five bathrooms, approximately 252 sqm of built area and a 189 sqm plot. A Queen Villa is substantially larger: one listing describes seven bedrooms plus staff accommodation, eight bathrooms, three floors and 546 sqm of floor area. These figures are not universal specifications for the whole township. They are verified examples that illustrate the hierarchy of formats and the need to inspect the exact property.

The Shophouse category adds a commercial use case. One published example has four bedrooms, five bathrooms, 3.5 levels, around 283.5 sqm of internal area and a 4.5 by 22 metre plot. The ground floor can support a shop, office or service activity, with living or support space above. That flexibility can suit an owner-operator, but the shophouse label does not guarantee customer traffic. Street position, visibility, occupied neighbouring blocks, permitted activity, parking and any estate-management restrictions matter more than the marketing name.

There is no meaningful single price for Mekong City. The public project profile currently displays listings from $100,000; a recent corner Link Villa was marketed at $127,888, while a current Twin Villa was listed at $200,000. Larger, renovated or corner properties can be materially more expensive. The spread reflects house type, phase, land area, orientation, furnishing, physical condition, title position and the seller’s motivation. The starting figure on this page is a market entry point for further checking, not a promise that an equivalent home remains available or belongs to a current developer payment programme.

The documents of the selected property are central to the transaction. Listings use terms such as Borey Title and sometimes claim hard title, but neither description can safely be applied to the entire township. Buyers should obtain the title or contractual chain for the exact plot, verify the registered owner and encumbrances, confirm land boundaries and permitted use, review taxes and fees, and establish which estate rules continue after handover. A foreign buyer also needs a lawful structure suited to landed property; the foreign strata-ownership framework used for condominium units does not transfer to a house and its land.

Mekong City is best assessed as a large evolving neighbourhood rather than a standardised product. Its appeal lies in the choice between relatively compact row houses, larger family villas and live-work formats. The same scale creates the main diligence issue: build stage, street quality, traffic and commercial activity may vary considerably across the site. A sound process starts with budget and intended use, compares several completed houses within the same phase, and finishes with title review, physical measurement, an engineering inspection and a complete schedule of costs before any reservation payment.