Entrepreneur Phillip
Lim, owner of two popular, local restaurants, Asia Cafe North on North Central
Pike and Asia Cafe West on Gleason Road, recently formed a partnership with
world-renowned artist Dr. Brad Coriell. The new company is known as
International Concepts and Design or iCAD. Their goal is themed environment
applications and productions.
For one of their first
projects, the businessmen are meeting with a group of Malaysian developers who
are seeking to secure a deal for a 140 acre, multi-plex, mixed development
theme park to be built in Melaka, Malaysia. The Chinese government is providing
financing for the venture.
The Malaysians, who are
also planning to visit New York City and to meet with other investors from
Atlanta, Georgia while in the USA, arrived on Monday after a 20 hour flight to
Knoxville.
Lim Boon (Arthur) Chuan,
brother to Phillip Lim and Marivic Leoncito (Chris) Jopio are set to hear a
presentation from iCAD on conceptual layouts and specs, animation, 2-D and 3-D
designs and sculptures given by Coriell. Pinnacle Bank is not involved in the
project but graciously offered their roomy conference room as space for the
presentations. Senior Vice president, Jeremy R. Cook, provided assistance.
Chris Jopio Tay
Dr. Brad Coriell is one
of the team of five who worked with Lake City to successfully change the name
to Rocky Top. Coriell's art work can be found in the Kennedy, Lincoln, Taft and
Reagan Presidential Libraries, in the Supreme Court as well as museums and
buildings around the world. Coriell, who has worked for Universal Studios and Warner
Brothers was a long-time employee of Disney. He is one of sixty Disney
Imagineers in the world.
Arthur Lim (center)
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