CBD general renders
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CBD3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CBDRender.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CBDPano2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CBDPano1.jpg

CBD Old core
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CBDOldCore1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CBDOldCore2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CBDOldCore3.jpg

CBD New core
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CBD4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CBDFuture1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CBD2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CBD1.jpg

Another masterplan
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/s10946.jpg

World Trade Center phase III, 300m, 68f, recently started
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/WorldTradeCenterPhaseIII1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/WorldTradeCent.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/WTCOther.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/WorldTradeCenterPhaseIII.jpg

Silvertie Center, 1x250m, 63f; 2x186m, 42f, topped out
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/SilvertieCenter1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/SilvertieCenter3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/SilvertieCenter2.jpg

Fortune Plaza, 260m, 63f, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/FortunePlaza4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/FortunePlaza11.jpg

The Millenium Beijing, 260m, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/TheMilleniumBeijing260m.jpg

Beijing TV Center, 239m, 41f, topped out
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeijingTVCenter6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeijingTVCenter5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeijingTVCenter4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeijingTVCenter1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeijingTVCenter2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeijingTVCenter3.jpg

CBD International Mansion, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CBDInternationalMansion.jpg

World Science and Trade Center, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Science_and_Trade_Center_1_kopi.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/WorldScienceTradeCenter3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/WorldScienceTradeCenter2.jpg

Oriental Media Center, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/OrientalMedia2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/OrientalMedia.jpg

CCTV Headquarters, 239m, 49f, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CCTV88.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CCTV999.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CCTV2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CCTV5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CCTV8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CCTV7.jpg

Beijing Goldfield Plaza, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeijingGoldfieldPlaza.jpg

Beiyuan Beichen Green Estate
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Beiyuan2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeiyuanBeichenGreenEstate.jpg

New Poly Plaza, almost finished
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/NewPoly.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/NewPoly9.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/NewPoly99.jpg

Zhong Guan Cun West Tower
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ZhongGuanCunWestOffice.jpg

Blue Chinese International Building
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BlueChineseInternationalBuilding.jpg

Yao Hui International City, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/YaoHuiIntlCity.jpg

Jingdi International Garden
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/JinDiInternationalGarden-Gemdale-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/JinDiInternationalGarden-GemdaleInt.jpg

Jian Guo Hotel
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/JianGuoHotel.jpg

Huamao Center
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/HuamaoCenter2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/HuamaoCenter.jpg

Other projects
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Uknown932.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Unknown3424.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Unknown342.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Unknown26.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Unknown25.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Unknown24.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Unknown23.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Unknown22.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Unknown21.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Unknown01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Unknown33.jpg


Xing Rong Center
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/XingRongCenter2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/XingRongCenter.jpg

Chemsunny Plaza
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ChemsunnyPlaza.jpg

Beijing New Vision Exhibition Convention Center
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeijingNewVisionExhibitionandConven.jpg

Beijing National Theatre, almost finished
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeijingNationalTheatre1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeijingNationalTheatre2.jpg

China National Stadium, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Stadium2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/NationalStadium.jpg

New Railway Station
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ZNewRailwayStation.jpg

Beijing metro planned lines
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ZPlannedlines.gif

Enjoy!

I am simply blown away.

Hvae you got any pics of Beijing National Theatre?
I would love to see how it turned out.

wow........is sofuturistic........bloody hell, i would love 2 c beijing in 2008, and the projects beyond 2008 are something that i have never seen before, is so creative, omg, i have no words 4 these projects, they blow my mind away:eek2: .........can someone post the construction update of these projects please

I love the new railway station.

I love the chinese architecture, they are not afraid to try something different and it's so futuristic (for now). Because in most western cities they are too conservative on designs.

beijing surely the best quality skyscraper city in china. really high quality.

the cctv tower would be beijing's hugest and most impressive these years!

Bet you are not working in architecture industry...
anyway, good job in collecting pics

WOW, :eek2:

Beijing 2050, crazy vision by Ma Yansong

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/2906/20061010133216ya5.jpg

^^ thAts big mushrooms!!

There is a rendering of a building under the ''another huge proposal'' that seems to be placed in pudong. i can see the trade centre and the jin mao. I can also see the Tapei tower as well. what's up with that?

^^ It's only a render, mate. In some renders of Shanghai's Z3-2 plot project you can see a pano of Hong Kong in the background too.

More projects

191m
http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/2628/191mvj7.jpg

New master plan
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/9236/pkst7cyjmju5ngoirpi2vb1evwim4.jpg

http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/7465/pkst7cyjmju5ngxfupewauos7ikv6.jpg

these are sooo beautiful. i shall cry when i see these in real life. :cry:

I thought this one was cancelled? :?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CCTV5.jpg

beijing architecture (both modern:after 2000 and ancient:before 1900) are much better quality and better planned than other Chinese cities (except of some ugly buildings built in 90's) , generally

what a massive skyscrapers attack in beijing...
lot's of wonderful projects!!!

my favorites are the CCTV Headquarters and the Beijing National Theater. Does anyone have any new constitution photos of the the Theater. I hope the CCTV Headquarters are still on.

cant deny liking it...... :D but is it too fast.....everything poppin up at the same time.........

I thought this one was cancelled? :?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CCTV5.jpg

by whom???

my favorites are the CCTV Headquarters and the Beijing National Theater. Does anyone have any new constitution photos of the the Theater. I hope the CCTV Headquarters are still on.

see this thread
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=179084

All the projects are so beautiful! Loved them!

It's not the Beijing that I know, but it's nice to see the developments.

I know this may sound dumb but who agrees with me that the renders look somewhat un-dense and not very pedestrain friendly?
Not that i dont like the designs, all the buildings are looking fantastic.

Increible lavoro Zorg felicitaciones.

by whom???



see this thread
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=179084


Fortunetly, new CCTV is STILL being CONSTRUCTING...
It is designed by OMA :)

By the way, the process is quite slow, there's not much construction photos available...

这个规模就可以了，以后政府最好花心思在软件上。希望以后北京城市随便找个角落或者小建筑的照片也都是光鲜干净整齐的。这些可比一堆大楼的渲染图好看多了。:)

SOHO CBD, new project. 11f ring midrise with a 25f building in the middle.

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/CBD_b43EqW18x9c3.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/1_xvcxDEV13anr.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/3_Q03zvrrEq1Zx.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/5_JPSZDfpHVfIS.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/7_xkYIAocIHycB.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/8_AYZ46OymHfoR.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/9_UUyFCxf8Ev1j.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/13_Q8b0xIo7FGl1.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/4_dJ7cw81bzDHP.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/11_ROtf3QsynzPN.jpg

Beijing Century City, not started yet, probably on hold :(

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/pice8j62fu0%5B1%5D_on09cqmUHLzf.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/CBD-02_deVwZ580WLvN.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/pUAmIzMyNDI2Ow==_Bb7PmjHqdqT0.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/pUAmIzMyNDI2Ow==_ModnJ8sB6T1w.jpg

Some pics

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/3_zYmYZeQLyio8.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/4_n5p7GEGfP4RU.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/6_5dSsGxX6u6Gf.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/8_gX15QTIJk5Ye.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/9_dutfCNg5Cad8.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/Dsc07374_GjzKpQciZ2gH.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/Dsc07362_mBffbshSCFhY.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/Dsc07363_BadGU4I8cQ6c.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/Dsc07360_juw9x0Cnngoo.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/Dsc07167_YrCj5c8Rauar.jpg

Other projects
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/1_DyBaWwkyOu0N.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/2_Q7uY3dod5NuW.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/5_ZqgMbRwxwkd8.jpg

that is soho shangdu right? my golly i hadnt imagined its construction to be that fast! they r done with the facade already?

I know this may sound dumb but who agrees with me that the renders look somewhat un-dense and not very pedestrain friendly?
Not that i dont like the designs, all the buildings are looking fantastic.

This is a big problem with contemporary urban design in China. There seems to be much more attention paid to creating a sense of awe-inspiring scale than to creating actual, livable communities where people can get what they need without having to drive a car. Hopefully the extensive development of subways will remedy that somewhat, but if there is one thing I've noticed in virtually every Chinese city that I've been in, it's that these large, grandiose neo cities being created tend to be not all that pedestrian friendly, and Beijing is probably one of the biggest offenders in that regard. Don't get me wrong, Beijing has some great walking areas and is a fun place to go. However, those fun walking areas are rarely in the same place as these new developments.

Amazing! I wonder if most people are aware of what's really going on in China these days. Very futuristic. Looks almost alien.

Another piece at SOHO area
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/guanghualusoho_GaJvXyLxaYWK.jpg

see, capitalism does work after all

:)

I really dont like these new Euroish designs. They will look outdated and tacky in 10 years.

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/phpzJqD8Oaaa_tmZ2BeXsfTwW.jpg

so many great projects!!!

Posted by Info_Addict at ss.cn
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/0301-1_Z3sSUUiMcti5.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/0301-2_42OzfJssik5v.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/land_cbd_d_1_rL1A91JwoCHH.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/0301-5_Kmp2uStJBd95.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/05_st8fhFy42AiN.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/showimg2_B8tnWF79CIQa.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/showimg3_M01m3sjSWARP.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/0301-4_wtKOdVIswF0p.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/0301-3_ytJTaT9elPaA.jpg

very beautiful skyscrapers.i love you __beijing

哈哈

omg, these projects are the best u can get from the world, love the future skyline of beijing

WOW..... seriously, these are impressive. Interesting discussion on the practicality of these designs. I have never been to China, but when I do it will be something I will keep my eye on. It would be awesome to see photos of any new developments in China that are similar to these during the day with pedistrians etc.

Keep up the updates :)

Beijing in 2008
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/6190/s77auncray5tibzbs2fl8ep8.jpg

Very impressive.
Many of them already there.

Beijing in 2008
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/6190/s77auncray5tibzbs2fl8ep8.jpg

great photo^^

I am really impressived by that amazing beijing skycraper's. I hope the Beijing or Shanghai(thats my favorite) will be the next generation Metropol as New York was 10 years ago.

Good luck China and please go on for all the architectural lover like me around the world.

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/6190/s77auncray5tibzbs2fl8ep8.jpg

Another render of the biggie approved next to the Swimming Center .
http://www.zerocg.com/work/shiwai/images/07.jpg


Other projects
http://www.zerocg.com/work/shiwai/images/22.jpg

http://www.zerocg.com/work/shiwai/images/23.jpg

http://www.zerocg.com/work/shiwai/images/25.jpg

http://www.zerocg.com/work/shiwai/images/06.jpg

http://www.zerocg.com/work/shiwai/images/08.jpg

http://www.zerocg.com/work/shiwai/images/35.jpg

http://www.zerocg.com/work/shiwai/images/08.jpg

What is this? Can somebody translate the Chinese?

:eek:, wow beijing will have a very great skyline until 2008!!

[QUOTE=raymond_tung88;11718878]http://www.zerocg.com/work/shiwai/images/08.jpg

THis looks amazin.. It some how looks so chinese...no one think?

7 stars hotel proposed in Beijing. All proposals by HMJM. Client: Ruoychai group.

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/7s2_IPi3rynaQOh8.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/1151766681_d7NvXaRehPdG.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1296/7starsbeijingyj9.jpg

I only hope they wont choose a pink color :runaway:

New Railway Station
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/bjnz02_Ql5zuo3TB6Jn_pS2fH2rQAMdB.jpg

I only hope they wont choose a pink color :runaway:



i thought the pink one was hella sexy :drool:

Wow is right....very nice designs amongst the renders. I realy like the new huge stadium design.

It's really amazing that not only in China but all over the world that residence towers are popping up like mushrooms after a rain!

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1296/7starsbeijingyj9.jpg


this one looks amazing. however all the projects are great quality and should put on a great display for the Olympics.

Beijing WTC, taken today (19/2) by a friend of mine.
This tower is huge!

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3227/pict0077ja8.jpg

The first one looks too sexy for my taste. But I still like it. What...with the pink and all. :D

The second one is quite tacky.

The third one has the best aesthetics and has the perfect combination of architectural-class, radical design and iconic image.

Gee, thanks for the updates! If it weren't for you China-fans we would be missing a lot of China's mindboggling developments.

Anyway, are you familiar with the masterplan for Beijing's Olympic Green? If so, how many stadiums will be located within that area? :?

I think these projects are one of the most spectaculous I've seen. The skyscrapers are TOP CLASS! Really 'wow'. In a few weeks i'm going to visit Beijing, I hope I can see allready some of these projects

Gee, thanks for the updates! If it weren't for you China-fans would be missing a lot of China's mindboggling developments.

Anyway, are you familiar with the masterplan for Beijing's Olympic Green? If so, how many stadiums will be located within that area? :?

Hehe, thanks for your support :)

You better ask this here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=407521&page=6

^^ Many Beijing experts there. I'm not sure about the final concept of the olympic green.

Taiwan Center, 50f~

Posted by bluetrout in ss.cn
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/P1010001.1jpg_aP9Lt72xcs8T.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/P1010003.3jpg_J1zQlusq1kPo.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeijingTVCenter1.jpg

Plagiarism. it is Commerzbank

7 stars hotel proposed in Beijing. All proposals by HMJM. Client: Ruoychai group.

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/7s2_IPi3rynaQOh8.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/1151766681_d7NvXaRehPdG.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1296/7starsbeijingyj9.jpg

I only hope they wont choose a pink color :runaway:


I like the pink building its HOT! I hope they don't use the pink tacky reflective glass but use the see through minor pink glass to make it look classy. I usually hate pink but I must say this render make the building look awesome, I bet it looks even better under the fog. Wow. As for the last one I hope they dont pick that it looks just like those sensation condoms. Ack! I hate the middle one just cone so normal.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeijingTVCenter1.jpg

Plagiarism. it is Commerzbank


It does have some similarities but its not if you look closer. I guess 90% of the world's bldgs plagrize off of each other since they all look squarish, boxy and rectangularish.

actually it bears much more in common with the holonic tower, a 600m vision for tokyo.... (which incidentally was also accused of being a rip off of the commerzbank)

The Millenium Beijing, 260m, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/TheMilleniumBeijing260m.jpg

CBD International Mansion, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CBDInternationalMansion.jpg

World Science and Trade Center, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Science_and_Trade_Center_1_kopi.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/WorldScienceTradeCenter3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/WorldScienceTradeCenter2.jpg

Oriental Media Center, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/OrientalMedia2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/OrientalMedia.jpg

Beijing Goldfield Plaza, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeijingGoldfieldPlaza.jpg

Beiyuan Beichen Green Estate
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Beiyuan2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BeiyuanBeichenGreenEstate.jpg

New Poly Plaza, almost finished
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/NewPoly.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/NewPoly9.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/NewPoly99.jpg

Zhong Guan Cun West Tower
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ZhongGuanCunWestOffice.jpg

Blue Chinese International Building
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BlueChineseInternationalBuilding.jpg

Yao Hui International City, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/YaoHuiIntlCity.jpg

Jingdi International Garden
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/JinDiInternationalGarden-Gemdale-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/JinDiInternationalGarden-GemdaleInt.jpg

Jian Guo Hotel
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/JianGuoHotel.jpg

Huamao Center
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/HuamaoCenter2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/HuamaoCenter.jpg

[/QUOTE]

How come I have never heard of these peojects since 2007 started?

About the Millennium Beijing, It is not listed on Emporis or SkyscraperPage, so this may look like a fake project.

^^ Most Chinese projects are not listed on Emporis. SSP also ignores many of them. On the other hand, there are many fake projects in Emporis, such as several 80f+ approved buildings in Shenyang that doesn't exist. That website is just a big shit.

^^given the knowledge you've had about Chinese construction projects, supertalls and so on, you should really open up a Chinese Emporis yourself :D

Well, it's not danwei, but for the sake of a 7 star plaza info, just does the job

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCGT012fglQ

I really like the design of Oriental Media Centre! its kinda like a cross between IM Pei + Daniel Libeskind building.

OML.. Beijing has the best quality designed scrapers in the world!! Not only China! Soo. .the theme is cross and 'X' such as in the CCTV one right?? are the projects located in one CBD or scattered?

Beijing in 2008
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/6190/s77auncray5tibzbs2fl8ep8.jpg

mann.. World's Best Skyline..

Impressive,looks great :okay:

Wonderful update Jim856796, there's some amazing things going on there.

There is a big project in Beijing listed at News section in urbanus.com.cn However, they only show a little render and no info. Anybody knows anything about this project?

君悦豪庭/Junyue Haoting
http://urbanus.com.cn/en/pic/newpic/newshow_13.jpg

Incredible compilation of projects

does anybody know were the Beijing Airport UC thread is at

does anybody know were the Beijing Airport UC thread is at

Go to SkyscraperCity > World Forums > Infrastructure and Mobility > Airports and Aviation > The largest Terminal will be finished soon!!!!!!

guys do you know where i can find this China's masterplan...
i found out that they're replicating natures form like mountains by creating green cities.. that is an awesome megaproject i have the link before in this forum but i got lost of it..

guys do you know where i can find this China's masterplan...
i found out that they're replicating natures form like mountains by creating green cities.. that is an awesome megaproject i have the link before in this forum but i got lost of it..

Are you talking about the Magic Moutains project in Chongqing? Here's a link but most of the pics aren't there anymore.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=402373&highlight=Chongqing+Magic+Mountains

I like the World Science and Trade Center. It's somewhat very futuristic.

The Only projects in the Beijing CBD I heard of include:

China World Trade Centre Tower III
CCTV Headquarters
Fortune Plaza
TVCC
Yintai Centre

Can you think of any other projects and/or existing skyscrapers (like Wanda Plaza) in the Beijing CBD? Find any of these you want, create a full list, and separate the existing skyscrapers from the new projects.

Beijing National Grand Theatre finished
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070616_938b8df31b3baa16fcdeOG92XlJMyDB4.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070616_bc21dddcb2fe17f31240e4bcvGLO0d9v.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070616_9f7db1aa1d7996ca73b8XsKRrcReroI0.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070616_6d02a23a2599943cef35oOCsAsN3tKIG.jpg

Incredible building and pictures

Beijing National Grand Theatre finished
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070616_938b8df31b3baa16fcdeOG92XlJMyDB4.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070616_bc21dddcb2fe17f31240e4bcvGLO0d9v.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070616_9f7db1aa1d7996ca73b8XsKRrcReroI0.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070616_6d02a23a2599943cef35oOCsAsN3tKIG.jpg

Beautiful,but I somehow think the design of Chongqing Grand Theatre is better than Beijing's. :D

There is a big project in Beijing listed at News section in urbanus.com.cn However, they only show a little render and no info. Anybody knows anything about this project?

君悦豪庭/Junyue Haoting
http://urbanus.com.cn/en/pic/newpic/newshow_13.jpg

Wow,very nice.Is it Grand Hyatt hotel?

Beautiful,but I somehow think the design of Chongqing Grand Theatre is better than Beijing's. :D
Do you have renderings?

Do you have renderings?

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/GrandTheatre6.jpg

:) :banana: :banana: :)

Holy shit! Is this for real? Approved?

Holy shit! Is this for real? Approved?

^It's already under construction for nearly a year.:banana:

^^ Do we have an u/c thread on SSC for that? Thanks.

The BNG is looking awesome!

^^ Do we have an u/c thread on SSC for that? Thanks.

No,I will post it when it's completed.;)

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/GrandTheatre6.jpg

:) :banana: :banana: :)

What the fuck this is ??? O_o

Is this another grand theatre or what ??

Any construction photos please.

Thank you

wow....look well egg!! :lol: so beautiful :applause: :applause: :applause:

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070616_6d02a23a2599943cef35oOCsAsN3tKIG.jpg[/QUOTE]

That's the theater/opera house in Chongqing. :)

Unbelievable!! Same expression that I would have used when the Sydney Theater building was built.

Beijing CBD
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070625_9ed590dbc05e5062473byc4THfBm3wMa.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070625_69787c6ae12eaab9e712xF48BXZhyzhi.jpg

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http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070627_5386e5a9d531e6add117evns7saz3Tuj.jpg

seeing from 63f of Silvertie
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070627_099ddae713af3cd99ca8PqLBU0PlVPy2.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070627_bbd5441b95a8b974ab3dAu8Ol4IHrMdF.jpg

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http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070627_64647f06c22ba2cdc32aYe3DQZqIXIJE.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070627_093235dd8c021b6e403boe3RN6tpsxDw.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070627_655dd0ff8467bcd693c8RzRAWLmN4c5g.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070627_7ae84d5b9d3a4cdcfdd6cp61qI5lXuK0.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070627_999eadcd601e92830fd2NfQL7rmHCZq1.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070627_12729eaf5f93dd63f363mvTZlfkISDyM.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070627_bc3c3fa1bf0ffb276294zwpuKrbBZYsv.jpg

Really nice pics! But again with the multiposting...

awesome !!!

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When was the last time you were in Beijing? :?

^^I left Beijing in 2005 and these new changes simply blew me away.
Can't wait for August when I will be finally home...

Beijing Financial Street
from BeijingUpdates.com
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-5/200752717185632.jpg

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http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-5/2007527191038701.jpg

Zhongguancun area
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-6/200762202026510.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-6/20076220218157.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-6/200762202214825.jpg

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http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-6/200762203347296.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-6/20076220341846.jpg

wow!! much more picture by General Huo!! Good job!! :bow:

Beijing CBD's boosting skyline
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070722_ed64bf1cd332cf59645a3CxYGzZppx6V.jpg

Are there any more projects proposed in Beijing?

i believe no more new projects until the olympics ends.

Well, this is gay. I say leave the CBD half-complete until after 2008?

Rongke center
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-9/2007922145040812.jpg

Wangjing Moto
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-9/20079241272194310.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-9/200792412241074005.jpg

CBD area
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-9/20079513102845306.jpg

Education Dept Building
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-9/200792013123036619.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-9/200792013133881318.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-9/200792013143040257.jpg

Police Dept
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-5/2007528155016103.jpg

Supreme Procuratorate Building
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-5/200752801740517.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-5/200752801753490.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-5/20075280180649.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-5/20075280192941.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-5/200752801915535.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-5/200752801935504.jpg


Science Institure Library
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-5/200753104348297.jpg

South 4th Ring Corporate HQ base
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-9/200791717171844340.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-9/200791717401783068.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-9/200791717185040220.jpg

CBD area residentals
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-8/200781219444697562.jpg

Jinao International, Ma Dian, U/C, be finished 2008
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-9/200791520221815144.jpg

Near 2nd Ring
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-8/20078251815531715.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-8/20078251833659999.jpg

I like the fact, that Beijing does not allow super hightrises. And somehow I have the feeling, that the designs in Beijing are more sophisticated than in Shanghai. :)

One thing that lacking is that Beijing skyline is too scattered..but even with that condition and fact that there is no real superhigh skyscrapers, they can still make a very beautiful skyline landscape thanks to the modern architecture..

I like Jingguang Center..even it is old building, but the impression is still quite elegant until now..

Beijing Moma center
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-11/20071191333231836.jpg

http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-11/200711913363846113.jpg

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http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2007-11/200711913561583543.jpg

moma center is amazing!

Beijing are changing so fast..!

Agree that these low rises look absolutely stunning!!
I love this taste of Beijing which brings in such a unique perspective with comparison to Shanghai. :)

Congratulations to Beijing! The CCTV Tower looks wonderful :cheers:
I'm looking forward to the see the city during the Olympic Games.

Great .... i love Beijing.

from beijingupdates.com
subway 6 and 8 will interchange here.
http://www.beijingupdates.com/forum/UploadFile/2008-1/20081218282033481.jpg

nice :)

good

Everythings BIG n BIGGER in BEIJING!!!!

is this all supposed to be done by the 2008 olympics?

Nope, the extension is just started, subway 6 and 8 will be finished by 2010-2012.

very impressiv...the only thing that I don't like is the form of the skyline which is sort of linear...they should allow some supertalls anyway to make it more characteristic...another thing is to highlight specific bldgs such the CCTV Headquarter as landmark (e.g. not to allow any bldgs around it for a certain distance)...one would completely lost in photos and the city itself...its good for orientation I think.

I love the new railway station.


Yes,I do too.

nice photos that depicts a very cosmopolitan and upward Beijing. will be as super dense and packed with people and traffic.

but shanghai will still owns in terms of river skyline and industrial prowess.

^^why did you even mention, might trigger a city vs city thread >:(

anyway awesome updates ppl! =D

The Millenium Beijing, 260m, u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/TheMilleniumBeijing260m.jpg

That is not the Millenium Beijing. That is actually the Intercontinental Hotel at Fortune Plaza and the taller Fortune Plaza office building. the number of hotel rooms is unknown.

Hi All, I have just recently found this thread and have just been to Beijing so thought I would add my 2 cents worth:

New Shopping centre on Wangfujing Road just near the pedestrain section:
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj50/grantlar/DSC04393.jpg


New building in Jinbao Street opposite The Regent Hotel:
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj50/grantlar/DSC03768.jpg


New Extension to the APM Mall in Wangfujing Road
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj50/grantlar/DSC03771.jpg

Hows the CCTV tower going? Is it complete yet, its a magnificent building.

^^
6.12 by Peter Frank.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2588288658_f255b602ca.jpg

The dedicated thread is here.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=179084

any updates on the moma? It should be cladded aldy, right?

Any update progress on Linked Hybrid apartment buildings by Steven Holl? Any new pictures?

Some of these renders of future buildings/skylines are freaking great

But is Beijing's enjoyability hampered by its sheer size? Or is it more walkable than it seems? I like aimlessly walking around cities just looking at buildings, finding nice spots to stop in the urban jungle, I'm off to Beijing soon and I hope I can do it there too.

Morgan Plaza, 7 star hotel in Bejing, I think it's still UC, mightve finished already.

http://blog.monty.de/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/morgan-plaza-beijing.jpg

It's supose to be like a dragon

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photos/67/67/676728_f51e18c8.jpg

The big part of the building is the head, then the smalled ones following are the bumps (waves) that chinese dragons always have. That's at least how I interpreted it.

^^ this project has been finished. It's supposed to look like a phoenix not a dragon :)

don't know if this has been posted in this thread. Very interesting building near Beijing Xuanwu Men, Bread Toaster! :)

环球财讯中心 Global Financial Center

renderings
http://news.yuanlin.com/UpLoadFile/200805/2008514112228148.jpg

http://i3.sinaimg.cn/hs/chat/2008-05-09/U2720P62T3D251595F263DT20080509154613.jpg

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/8117/1203933359848000fa7b79rw9.jpg

http://i0.sinaimg.cn/hs/chat/2008-05-09/U2720P62T3D251595F264DT20080509154613.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1298/1210138002123000f9a879hz7.jpg

http://i2.sinaimg.cn/hs/chat/2008-05-09/U2720P62T3D251596F263DT20080509154930.jpg

http://i2.sinaimg.cn/hs/chat/2008-05-09/U2720P62T3D251597F264DT20080509160450.jpg

http://i3.sinaimg.cn/hs/chat/2008-05-09/U2720P62T3D251596F264DT20080509154930.jpg

September Update
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/998/200893017361785691yt2.jpg
(beijingupdates.com)

I like it

I like it

same here even i like it

What da..? It's done already. That is fast. :nuts:
It like one of my birthday cake that cut into five parts. :lol:

It's almost donw. The bottom part is also interesting.

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/5145/img0214m.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0214m.jpg)

I don't know much about that "bread-toaster" building. I hope there is more information about that.

I love when I see renders and the finished building at the same time :) that's really fast for me... in a couple of seconds :D

Do you have some night pics! Or the light are not yet operational?

Developer eyes Beijing spree
Hong Kong Standard
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

SOHO China (0410) will buy distressed assets in Beijing and redevelop such buildings in the central business district as part of this year's top-priority growth plan - with replenishing the land bank taking a back seat.

Chairman Pan Shiyi said although increasing the size of the land bank and developing new projects may increase earnings, buying distressed assets generated profits more quickly.

Chief executive Zhang Xin said: "We see uncertainty in 2009 ... this year's top priority is to buy distressed assets such as office buildings and redevelop them - that's SOHO's strength as well."

Moody's analyst Kaven Tsang said China property prices remain under pressure and inventories of unsold properties are still high, so the recent improvement in sales volume may not be sustainable.

Moody's credit officer Peter Choy said relaxing mortgage lending for second-home buyers has spurred demand, even as offshore funding sources remain shut.

SOHO president Yan Yan said its five projects in the Beijing central business district recorded occupancy rates of 90 to 95 percent this year.

Zhang said SOHO China has 7,000 customers, half of whom have at least two transactions with the company. The firm holds a cash position of 10 billion yuan (HK$11.3 billion) and 10 billion yuan credit lines. SOHO China retreated 3.16 percent to HK$4.90 yesterday.

BEIJING PROPERTY SALES PRICES FALL IN APRIL

BEIJING, May 18 Asia Pulse - Beijing's property sales prices edged down one per cent year on year in April, but up 0.4 per cent month on month, according to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics.

New residential housing sales prices decreased by 0.6 per cent year on year in April, narrowing 0.2 percentage points from March, but increased by 0.4 per cent month on month, marking a two consecutive month growth.

Second-hand housing sales prices fell 2.9 per cent year on year in April, widening 0.2 percentage points over the figure in March.

In the first four months of 2009, Beijing completed a total investment in real estate development totalling 33.82 billion yuan, down 26.5 per cent year on year, compared to 30.2 per cent during the first quarter.

By the end of April, Beijing fostered 638 real estate construction projects, 90 of which were new, respectively decreasing 51 and 28 from the previous year.

The floor space of commercial residential buildings under construction amounted to 74.05 million square meters by April, down 2.1 per cent year on year.

Included were 4.64 million square meters composing new projects, down 41.3 per cent year on year.

However, new projects' floor space expanded 50.4 per cent beyond March to 1.52 million square meters in April.

2nd Apple Store Beijing, due to open this fall at Qianmen Jie:

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/06/apple_pic01.jpg

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/06/Apple_pic06.jpg

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/06/Apple_pic03.jpg

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great, the traditional design should fit in well with the Qianmen district

I also find it amazing Beijing has 638 real estate projects still, post Olympic makeover and mid global downturn, even if it is down from the previous quarter.

"By the end of April, Beijing fostered 638 real estate construction projects, 90 of which were new, respectively decreasing 51 and 28 from the previous year.

The floor space of commercial residential buildings under construction amounted to 74.05 million square meters by April, down 2.1 per cent year on year.

Included were 4.64 million square meters composing new projects, down 41.3 per cent year on year.

However, new projects' floor space expanded 50.4 per cent beyond March to 1.52 million square meters in April."

according to NBC news,the the number of office space for rent in beijing is bigger than manhattan.
possible converting some of the office tower into condo.?

^well they did build the equivalent to 3 Manhattans in the run up to the Olympics. Its a wonder that office to rent is not larger than Manhattan period.

Developers rush to buy land on inflation concerns

BEIJING, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Due to realtor's improved cash flow, loosened credit environment and lesser worries of inflation, China's land transaction hit a new high in May.

Beijing's land sales in May exceeded the total amount sold from January to April, China Daily reported Wednesday.

Data from Beijing land reserve center shows that 28 parcels of land, with a floor space of 1.68 million square meters were sold in May, up 91 per cent from April. Among the 28 parcels, 10 pieces, or 1.01 million square meters, are for residential purpose.

"The big round of property sales in March and April largely eased property developers' cash flow pressure, and the loosening credit environment also encouraged them to increase their land bank," the paper quoted Grant Ji, director of Savills (Beijing), as saying.

A real estate insider believes once the market recovers fully, it would be hard to secure good land in such cities as Beijing and Shanghai. Meanwhile, there are also concerns over inflation.

Prices have been soaring as a result of fast growing land transaction.

Statistics show that the deal price is 59.76 percent higher than the floor price on average. Moreover, the price premium is even above 100 percent for quality land parcels in Beijing.

Pan Shiyi, chairman of China SOHO, said the sharp increase in land transactions and prices indicates the developers' change in confidence and strategy. He also believes that this is the best time for developers to secure and expand land.

Beijing Capital Land Buys Land Plot In Beijing For CNY340 Mln
13 June 2009

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Hong Kong-listed mainland developer Beijing Capital Land Ltd. (2868.HK) said Friday it has bought a piece of land in Beijing for CNY340 million.

The land site, acquired via an open auction, spans an area of about 23,000 square meters, the developer said in a statement. The site, located in Beijing's Chaoyang district, is designated for commercial and residential properties development.

"Currently, market competition for land remains intense," Beijing Capital said in the statement. "In order to increase land resources, the group will acquire land through open auction as well as mergers and acquisitions."

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BEIJING HOME BUYERS WEIGH AFFORDABILITY, COMMUTE AS CITY SPRAWLS

BEIJING, June 29 Asia Pulse - Qiao Jian, a secretary at a university in downtown Beijing where her husband is also on the support staff, has to rise before 6 a.m. if she wants to get to work on time. Her daily commute adds up to at least three hours.

She is one of 400,000 residents of the Huilongguan apartment community, Beijing's largest affordable apartment complex. It's located in northern Changping District, outside the Fifth Ring Road.

Technically speaking, she lives outside the central city, since that ring road is considered to be the "outer limits" of the urban area.

Qiao and her husband, both Beijingers, bought a three-bedroom affordable apartment six years ago for 1,060 yuan (US$155) per square meter, less than half of the price of commercial housing at the time in that area.

"This type of apartment was affordable for us, and we can have extra rooms for my son and guests. But we have to commute a long way," she told Xinhua. After the long trip home from work, her first desire was to lie on the sofa, she said.

Many similar urban families in China have bought bigger and cheaper homes, as the country completed more than 60 million sq m of affordable apartments last year and helped 2.53 million low- and medium-income urban families solve their housing problems from 2005 to 2008, Qi Ji, vice minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, told reporters in March at the Second Session of the 11th National People's Congress.

Like many other Chinese cities, Beijing has seen commercial home price hikes in recent years. Second-hand home prices have exceeded 18,000 yuan per sq m, on average, in Qiao's university area. Buying just 3 sq m of apartment space near her job would take her entire current annual income, but an affordable home in Huilongguan, even now, would be only about half of the downtown price.

Qiao takes Subway Line 13, transfers to Line 2, and then changes to a bus to get to her university outside the western Second Ring Road.

TRANSPORT EXPANSION LAGS DEMAND

"We don't want to sit in our car in a traffic jam, as the traffic from our community headed downtown is usually heavy during peak hours, so we normally avoid driving. We need to get on the subway at about 6:30, before it becomes unbearably crowded, to get to our offices before 8 a.m.," she said.

Although the municipal government spent more than 19.8 billion yuan in the first five months of this year, up 28.7 per cent from a year earlier, on transportation, including roads and subways, the rush hour commute is still tough. There are more than 3.5 million cars in Beijing, and another 1,200 go on the road every day.

"My husband and I like to stay at work for an hour or so after quitting time before setting out for the subway, to avoid the crowds. You can get squeezed like a photo stuck in a photo album," she said.

"When we first moved to the area, there were no supermarkets nearby, so we had to get on the subway home in the evening with shopping bags full of food and daily necessities in both hands," Qiao said. But more retailers like Carrefour have appeared around the neighborhood in the past two years.

Residents in the neighborhood would also benefit from a branch of a big public hospital, the renowned Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital, which is set to open at the end of the year. The new hospital is to have 500 beds and receive 1,500 patients daily.

PART OF THE BIG PICTURE

Qiao and her community are just a small part of the big picture. Of the 100 billion yuan added to the central budget in the fourth quarter last year, 7.5 billion yuan was appropriated for low-rent and affordable apartments across the country.

The government said last month that 300 billion yuan had been allotted for the 4-trillion-yuan stimulus package announced last November, of which 37.5 billion yuan would go to low-rent and affordable homes, including the 7.5 billion yuan allocated in the fourth quarter.

"I know that we can not get everything at one stroke, but I believe my community will become better and more convenient to live in," Qiao said.

NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE

Any observant subway commuter in Beijing would notice that after 7 p.m., Line 5 headed north was still packed, while that line going south was much less crowded.

The 27.6-km Line 5 runs from the northern Tiantongyuan station, another major affordable apartment complex outside the northern Fifth Ring Road, to southern Songjiazhuang, a station outside the southern Third Ring Road.

Qin Rui, a senior analyst with Beijing-based 5i5j Real Estate Service Co., told Xinhua Thursday that Beijingers preferred apartments in the northern part of the city, partly because of a traditional belief that the air and water were better in the north.

This belief dates back centuries: the world-famous Summer Palace, used by imperial families, is in northern Beijing.

"However, in recent years, people's beliefs have begun to change as more housing projects appeared in the southern part of the city and prices were lower compared with other areas. There would be new home projects including some affordable home projects in the coming years in southern Beijing that would attract many potential home buyers," Qin added.

ATTITUDES CHANGE WITH COSTS

Figures from 5i5j showed that among the 10 parcels of land for building affordable homes sold to developers in Beijing last year, four were in the southern Fengtai and Daxing districts, showing the city's efforts to boost less developed areas.

No city-level average data for land prices in the south and north are available, but figures from 5i5j indicate that land in the north is more expensive.

Three parcels of land designated for building affordable homes in Daxing last year fell into the range of 2,119 yuan to 2,449 yuan per sq m, while four sites in northern Changping fell into the range of 2,794 yuan to 4,899 yuan per sq m.

Prices of second-hand homes are now about 9,000 yuan per sq m near Tiantongyuan. A similar residence would cost 11,000 yuan per sq m near Songjiazhuang, while the price in Daxing outside the southern Fifth Ring Road was about 7,500 yuan per sq m, on average, said Qin.

Average prices for second-hand homes in the more developed northern Third Ring Road area exceed 17,000 yuan per sq m.

It would take time for hospitals, schools, banks and other facilities to develop near the new home projects in the southern city and catch up with other districts of the city. But the development of the city's southern half was speeding up, he added.

Many Beijingers will have to compromise on facilities and convenience, like Qiao did, to afford a home of their own. A report released earlier this month by the People's Bank of China, the central bank, discussed a survey of 50 cities nationwide, including Beijing.

The survey found that more than 60 per cent of respondents considered current home prices "too high" and expressed the intention of getting affordable homes.

Qiao has been worried about how to help her 20-something son, Fanfan, set up a home in the coming years, given high urban prices.

However, Fanfan, born and bred in Beijing, did not rule out the possibility of buying a relatively cheap apartment in the southern part of the city. His main concern was easy access to subways for going to work and socializing.

Fanfan would likely take heart from the city's massive subway expansion plans that will improve service in the south. The 28.2-km Subway Line 4 is scheduled to go into operation in September, linking Fengtai, southwestern Xuanwu, western Xicheng and northern Haidian districts.

A 21.8-km subway line connecting Daxing with Subway Line 4 is set to go into service at the end of next year.

So Fanfan will be able to skip the bus and take subways to visit his parents, if he buys an apartment in Fengtai or Daxing in the future.

I'm guessing this will not be reported in any Western media. :lol:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/30/content_11629871.htm
Beijing records best air quality in nine years

www.chinaview.cn 2009-06-30 23:52:30

BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Beijing saw 146 "blue sky days" during the first half of the year, which means the city's residents breathed in the least amount of pollutant in nine years, an environment official said Tuesday.

The blue sky days so far this year was 23 days more than the corresponding period last year and 47 days than the average level in recent years, said Du Shaozhong, deputy chief of Beijing municipal environmental protection bureau.

In June, Beijing saw 25 days, or 83.3 percent of the total, with blue skies, which was the best among the corresponding months since 2000.

Air quality in January, March, April, May and June this year are all better than corresponding months in the last decade, Du said.

Beijing has a five-grade classification of air quality: a reading below 50 is "excellent;" from 51 to 100 "fairly good;" 101to 200 "slightly polluted;" 201 to 300 "poor;" and more than 301 "hazardous." Days with excellent or fairly good air quality are counted as blue sky days.

Environmental protection experts attributed the improvement of air quality to the reduced emission of pollutants and the after effect of measures taken during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

The amount of pollutants related to vehicle emissions has not grown so far this year although the city has registered 200,000 more vehicles, because 55,000 heavy polluting vehicles were phased out.

Sandstorms during spring decreased from last year's 11 to this year's 6, which also benefited Beijing's blue sky drive.

Actually in the last days they are publishing that the air quality is even worse now, lol. They have no limits.

New bubbles rising in China property market: state media
3 July 2009
Agence France Presse

China's recent moves to ease curbs on the real estate sector have sent prices soaring recently, stoking fears that new property bubbles are forming, state media reported Friday.

Residential property prices in Beijing's Central Business District rose 6.5 percent in the past week and demand for second-hand houses in some other areas is four times the supply, said the China Daily, citing brokerage Homelink.

It said a land parcel in Beijing, which was withdrawn from a public tender due to a lack of bidders only 15 months ago, was auctioned off Monday for a record 585 million dollars.

"The bidders have gone irrational. A bubble in Beijing's property market is definitely there," Pan Shiyi, one of the bidders that day and chairman of leading developer SOHO China, said after the auction, according to the report.

In Shanghai, developers of the luxury Tomson Rivers apartments, priced at over 14,600 dollars per square metre (about 1,360 dollars per square feet), sold at least 10 units in June, the report said.

That compared with sales of only four units since the project was marketed four years ago, it added.

In the southern city of Guangzhou, the downtown housing price reached 1,600 dollars per square metre in May, close to the record high of 1,700 dollars in October 2007, the report said.

"One thing we are concerned about is whether there is a new bubble being shaped," the report quoted Gu Yunchang, secretary general of the China Real Estate Association as saying. "The possibility of a bubble is pretty big."

China's house prices have been rising fast in recent years with the country's economic boom.

The trend accelerated in 2006 and 2007, partly spurred by a growing stock market that prompted investors to place their windfalls in property.

As a result, the average home price in Beijing was 23 times a local family's average income in 2007, compared with levels of four to six times average incomes internationally, state media reported.

Fears the property market would suddenly collapse, Beijing launched a number of measures from September 2007 to curb speculation, including raising downpayments on second homes and banning loans to developers for land purchases.

The policies affected the industry severely, causing sales to slump and house prices to drop in dozens of major cities.

However, the financial crisis has forced authorities to relax the curbs, with local governments relying on preferential policies to boost demand.

Stamp tax on property purchases and value-added tax of land on property sales was lifted from November 2008 and minimum deposits for first-time home buyers was also slashed.

Developers pay 5.4b yuan for three Beijing sites at auction
7 July 2009
South China Morning Post

Poly Real Estate, Sino-Ocean Land and Shanghai Greenland Group separately snapped up three residential sites in Beijing's suburbs for 5.4 billion yuan (HK$6.12 billion) in a government auction yesterday.

Unit prices of two sites in Daxing district acquired by Shanghai Greenland Group and Poly Real Estate hit a record high. An airport will be built in the district.

Poly Real Estate bought its 91,011 square metre site, south of the capital city, for 1.63 billion yuan. The site could provide a total gross floor area of 224,883 sq metres, translating into 7,248 yuan per sq metre, 15 per cent higher than a nearby site acquired by China Resources Land at the end of 2007.

Shanghai Greenland won a 162,263 sq metre residential and commercial site for 3.02 billion yuan, 116 per cent higher than the opening price of 1.4 billion yuan. The site could provide a total gross floor area of 457,961 sq metres.

Property prices in Daxing district range between 10,000 and 11,000 yuan per sq metre, according to Li Wenjie, general manager at Centaline (China).

"It showed how aggressive the developers are in land bidding. Developers cannot generate reasonable profit unless their projects fetch 12,000 yuan per sq metre," he said.

The sites were made attractive by the government's decision to build Beijing's second airport in the district, which was scheduled to open in 2015, Mr Li said.

Sino-Ocean Land bought a 40,985 sq metre residential site in Shijingshan district for 748.25 million yuan that could produce a gross floor area of 140,579 sq metres.

Wang Zhufeng, an analyst at Evolution Securities China, said land prices in Beijing were expensive.

He said the municipal government had sold many prime sites in the past few months, sparking concern supply would drop in the second half of this year.

Property prices in Beijing would be boosted by rising land prices, Mr Wang said.

Mr Li of Centaline said Beijing property prices rose about 20 per cent in the first half of the year and he was expecting a further increase of 10 per cent in the second half.

Reflections too close for comfort for some
8 July 2009
SCMP
How close is too close? Beijing Capital Land has an answer.

The developer will offer 10 units in two towers of its three-block luxury Beijing development, The Reflections, to Hong Kong buyers this weekend at an average price of 70,000 yuan (HK$79,488) per square metre.

You may ask why the developer is offering units to Hong Kong buyers in only two blocks of its development in Haidian district and not all three.

The answer, Ah Pak understands, is that the third tower is too close to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, a key venue for diplomatic activities.

Since occupants of the third tower, facing the Beijing Yu Yuan Tan Park, will be able to see the guesthouse, the government is not recommending the sale of the units to non-mainlanders, including Chinese from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Diaoyutai was originally a holiday home for emperors during the Qing dynasty and was converted into a guesthouse in 1959.

Since then it has served as a venue for leaders to receive visiting foreign guests and officials.

It has housed many dignitaries from the mainland and abroad.

During the Cultural Revolution, Jiang Qing, wife of chairman Mao Zedong, chose the guesthouse as a residence.

Poly, Greenland Buy Land in Beijing with Record High Offers

BEIJING, July 7, SinoCast -- Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd. (SHSE: 600048) and Greenland Group, two leading real estate developers in China, won bidding for land plots in Beijing with record high offers on July 6.

Greenland Group offered CNY 3.025 billion or CNY 6,605 per square meter for a commercial financial and integrated project-designed land coupled with a residential project in the suburban Daxing District. The offer renewed the record CNY 6,353 per square meter land price in the district, said people familiar with the matter.

The project will enable Greenland Group to expand its reach to Beijing, said market observers. The Shanghai-based real estate developer, which has developed projects in Hebei and Tianjin, has not made a presence in Beijing yet.

Later on the day, Poly Real Estate won bidding for land designed for residential and infrastructure projects in the district with an offer of CNY 1.63 billion or CNY 7,248 per square meter, breaking the just-set record.

Hoteliers in China's interior gain more from stimulus

BEIJING, July 17 (Reuters) - Hoteliers in secondary cities are benefitting more from China's stimulus measures, with larger markets in Beijing and Shanghai weighed down by past construction booms, said Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels on Friday.

Tier-two and tier-three cities are benefiting from massive infrastructure spending, while the massive hotel expansion ahead of the 2008 Olympics saturated the Beijing market, said Andreas Flaig, Beijing-based managing director at the consultancy, a unit of Jones Lang LaSalle .

"Certainly for Beijing and Shanghai, one ought to be very cautious," he told Reuters, referring to investors and developers looking at the hotel market.

From 2006 to 2008, the number of hotel rooms doubled in Beijing and will grow another 23 percent through 2011, said Flaig. That buildout has pushed occupancy rates in Beijing to 47 percent for five-star hotels, and 50 percent in the four-star market.

"Once you drop below 50 percent occupancy, then you start to seriously impact the profitability of a hotel," said Flaig. "We are way off the 75-ish occupancy the city has enjoyed before."

But the economies in secondary cities such as Sanya, Dalian and Hangzhou are still growing around 15 percent, bouyed by domestic demand, central government stimulus measures and a lower reliance on export industries, he said.

"It is a reflection of the government stimulus and banks pumping in trillions of renminbi (yuan)," said Flaig. "Therefore, buying land to start new projects is easier now than six or nine months ago."

Global hoteliers are betting on Asian growth markets such as India and China to offset falling revenue as vacationers and business travellers cut back during the global downturn.

China represents approximately 5 percent of the total business of Intercontinental Hotels , the world's largest hotelier, a figure that could grow to 15 percent in two years. ($=6.83 yuan)

Kerry resumes marketing of Beijing project
22 July 2009
SCMP

Banking on improved sentiment among property buyers in Beijing, Hong Kong-listed Kerry Properties last week began a second round of marketing to sell units in Gemini Grove - its majority-owned luxury residential project in the city.

The units will be marketed to both mainland and Hong Kong buyers.

Kerry Properties and joint venture partner Beijing-based Huayuan Real Estate launched six units in the new West Tower of Gemini Grove on Thursday.

The units ranged from 71.56 square metres to 84.67 sqmetres and their average selling price was about 41,379 yuan (HK$46,944) per square metre, the developers said.

That is about 11.84 per cent higher than the average of 37,000 yuan per square metre achieved for units sold since the first launch in the middle of last year.

Gemini Grove is in the Yansha commercial area in Chaoyang district, an upmarket residential section neighbouring the second embassy district.

The project is 71 per cent owned by Kerry Properties and consists of two towers offering 317 units ranging from 71 sqmetres to 182 sqmetres. Completion is due next year.

About 150 flats in the East Tower had been sold so far, allowing the developers to reap about 500 million yuan in sales, said Kerry Real Estate Agency executive director Chu Ip-pui. During the weekend, the developers offered more units for sale and secured buyers for 12 flats.

Kerry Properties is part of the Kerry Group, the largest shareholder in the SCMP Group, publisher of the South China Morning Post.

I'd like to see some renders of new projects. Way too much text on this page for lazy erbse.

I'd like to see some renders of new projects. Way too much text on this page for lazy erbse.
Here is the website : http://www.gemini-grove.com/

Rendering from the website :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/asiaglobe/gemini.jpg

I think you'll find much more on here:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=65748&page=18

CBD enlargement project:

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Demand for CBD space is still healthy: official

By Lan Tian and Wang Sujuan

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-07-27

PrintMailThe global economic crisis has had little impact on Beijing's central business district (CBD), but limited space in the financial hub is hampering development, said officials.

Currently, 80 percent of office space in the CBD's 77 buildings is rented out and more than 90 percent of space in high-end buildings - including China World Trade Center and Fortune Plaza - is occupied, said Liu Chuncheng, executive deputy director of Beijing CBD Administration Committee.

Liu added that rents had not fallen in the CBD, which occupies 3.99 sq km near the city's East 3rd Ring Road.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20090727/002170197a7d0bd741550c.jpg

The area is home to much of the city's finance, media and business services sector and was established by the government eight years ago.


Some reports pointed out that multinational companies, including Kodak and Motorola, had moved out in apparent cost-cutting measures with experts predicting the area's vacancy rate would rise to 40 percent this year.

However, Liu said the reports were inaccurate.

"Yes, some companies like Kodak and Motorola moved their offices out of a CBD building, but then they moved into another CBD buildings where the rent was cheaper," Liu said.

Wu Guiying, vice governor of Chaoyang district, where the CBD is located, said the financial crisis was having little impact. A shortage of land was more of a problem.

"It directly leads to congested traffic and a short supply of office space," she said.

The Beijing CBD Administration Committee said that in the first half of the year, more than 1,000 companies were registered in the area. Seven Fortune 500 companies, including Luxembourg-based steel giant ArcelorMittal, had set up offices there.

According to real estate management and consulting firm Savills, the A-grade office vacancy rate in Beijing was 19.4 percent in the first quarter, up 3.9 percent on last year.

Savills predicted that the vacancy rate would remain around 20 percent.

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I thought they're working on the Finance Street area west of Tiananmen Square? So they're expanding the east side as well?

I didn't know the Beijing CBD had more than doubled in size fro its original boundaries. And one note is that the Beijing CBD may hold a maximum of 500 buildings. The report said there are 77.

我覺得他們需要在吸屄地建更高的樓，北京是中國第二最大的城市可是北京的天際線不如 上海，重慶，廣州，深圳或香港。

Soho China Buys Beijing Property For CNY4 Bln - Chairman
3 September 2009

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Beijing-based commercial property developer Soho China Ltd. (0410.HK) has acquired a land site in Beijing for CNY4 billion, which it plans to develop into a commercial property, Chairman Pan Shiyi said.

In a telephone conference, Pan said the land, located in Beijing's Chaoyang district, has a gross floor area of 500,000 square meters, and the launch is scheduled for 2011.

The deal comes less than one month after the firm announced its acquisition of a commercial property project from Morgan Stanley (MS) for at least CNY2.45 billion.

Beijing rocks!!!!

Has this been posted? The new 人民日报 / People's Daily building in Beijing.. claimed by some netizens to be a copy of Burj al Arab in Dubai. I don't see it though.

http://img1.bbs.163.com/new/20090910/wsyz/fo/foku82/89c19ec4fd881aeca655b2ebb53ef13e.jpg

http://img2.bbs.163.com/new/20090910/wsyz/fo/foku82/c30c4bae5c3cc9e9f6f83a399a7799c1.jpg

http://www.chinasmack.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Peoples-daily-building-look-like-dubai-hotel-02.jpg

I walked around the Sanlitun area yesterday and saw at least four major developments in above ground construction humming along. I dont expect them to be very tall but they will complete the area now that the Sunlitun Village has expanded.

Would anyone know more about these two projects in that area?

1. Gong San Plaza
2. Tun San Li

SOM's winning proposal for the new CBD

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/12561_1_beijing%20cbd1big.JPG

Conrad Hotel (U/C)

106m,
construction: 4.22.2009 ~ 2011

renderings

http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx216/davidwei01/20091023562974382.jpg

http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx216/davidwei01/2009102357118758.jpg

(beijingupdates.com)

Southern plan brings in top retailers
Top retailers have said they will open new outlets in southern Beijing, just 10 days after the city government unveiled its ambitious development plan for the area.

Zhang Yucheng, deputy director-general of Daxing district bureau of commerce, said a 44,000 sq m FT shopping mall will be constructed in Daxing district in October next year, according to the Mirror Evening News.

"With the prestigious Wangfujing department store and Quanjude Peking roast duck restaurant, the FT shopping mall will become the biggest and most famous of its kind in southern Beijing," Zhang said.

It is reported that Tesco, one of the biggest supermarket chains in the UK, will open two branches in Daxing and Fengtai districts next year. The Daxing branch will be located in FT shopping mall and open in the first half of next year. The Fengtai district branch will occupy a total of 20,000 sq m and is slated to open in the second half of next year.

"With these world renowned chains, southern Beijing will go through a revolutionary change," Zhang said.

Southern Beijing is regarded as undeveloped because of its poor water quality and inefficient infrastructure. It includes the districts of Chongwen, Xuanwu, Daxing, Fengtai and Fangshan.

The gross domestic product (GDP) of residents in northern Beijing accounts for approximately 40 percent of Beijing's total GDP growth. The southern section of the city accounts for much less, according to a report in the Economic Observer.

On Nov 5, the Beijing municipal commission of development and reform released the plan to develop southern Beijing.

It said it would invest about 50 billion yuan over the next three years, which is estimated to bring in about 290 billion yuan investment.

"With the new plan, people will no longer regard southern Beijing as an undeveloped region. The consumption pattern will change, which people will no longer buy properties here and then consume in the north," Zhang said.

Wang Haiping, deputy director from the Beijing development and reform commission, said the government would build seven subway lines as well as new roads and parks by 2014.

Furthermore, in regions that have a large population such as Xuanwu district, the government will encourage residents to relocate to more southern areas, according to Wang.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-11/17/content_8983764.htm

Conrad Hotel (U/C)
106m,
construction: 4.22.2009 ~ 2011

http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx216/davidwei01/20091023562974382.jpg

This looks cool! :okay:

seems very walking unfriendly though. Beijing's roads are too wide and nearly all new upcale areas are not walking friendly. That's why its traffic is the worst in China.

This looks cool! :okay:

^^

Beijing is walking friendly. The sidewalks are everywhere nicely tiled and are plenty wide. The pictures you see distort the view. The one issue is that the city is so big, nothing like I have seen outside of China. You have some blocks that are 500 meters. So basically everywhere you walk is a hike. Its however bicycle friendly so you can get around that way as well. Once they expand the subway system in couple years the trafic will get better.

seems very walking unfriendly though. Beijing's roads are too wide and nearly all new upcale areas are not walking friendly. That's why its traffic is the worst in China.

if the traffic is bad in china, its because its so much busier on the roads.

There was a development in the CBD that was completed some time ago that included a Fairmont Hotel, an office building, and a skybridge connecting them. There is not much info about this project and I have never heard about this during the 2008 Olympics. Here is a photo of this development:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Fairmont_Beijing_Exterior.jpg

seems very walking unfriendly though. Beijing's roads are too wide and nearly all new upcale areas are not walking friendly. That's why its traffic is the worst in China.

Chang'an Street - yes. It's way too wide. Crossings are usually underground.

Just some larger renderings of MAD's crazy Beijing 2050 vision i happened to find. Always worth to see again!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Beijing20502small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Beijing20501small.jpg

Top prices at project idle for decade
16 December 2009
SCMP

Apartments in a luxury Beijing project that had lain semi-finished and abandoned for almost a decade before construction resumed under new ownership two years ago have been sold to Hong Kong buyers at near-record prices.

Despite its clouded history, the project's relaunch at a sales function in Hong Kong's Four Seasons Hotel in Central lured savvy Hong Kong property investors such as Sun Hung Kai Properties vice-chairmen Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong and Raymond Kwok Ping-luen, Sino Land chairman Robert Ng Chee Siong and Great Eagle Holdings chairman Lo Ka-shui.

While it is not known if any of these property magnates are buyers, sole marketing agent Centaline (China) Property Consultants says about 30 Hong Kong investors have reserved apartments in Beijing Four Seasons Private Apartments on Xiaoliangmaqiao Avenue in the city's upmarket "Lufthansa district" for as much as 94,000 yuan (HK$106,708) per square metre.

The prices are almost four times higher than the last transaction values in the development recorded by the Beijing Housing Authority. But official data does not include transaction dates and the developer Evergreen says these deals were made in early 2000 with the first developer.

Now, the project is almost complete and set for occupation in November next year.

The chief reason for the striking success with which the development was marketed to Hong Kong buyers from December 5 to 7 was that the developer which took over the unfinished project invited international hotel chain Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Group to step in as the manager, making it the prestigious brand's first foray into the mainland market.

The location of the development, previously known as Ruicheng Centre, was another winning factor, said David Hui, a deputy manager of Centaline (China), the developer's marketing agent in Hong Kong.

The location is within Beijing's East 4th Ring Road, which provides easy access to the city's core office area.

The convenient location helped the apartments sell at prices ranging from 60,000 to 94,000 yuan per square metre, with the top-priced units fetching more than similar units sold at equally prestigious Park Hyatt Residences nearby.

But after Centaline released the news about the high prices last Sunday, questions were raised over whether the buyers were properly informed about the project's troubled history, and whether they would have paid as much had they known about the long-interrupted construction work and its possible negative impact on the quality and finish of the development.

Hui declined to offer answers, instead referring these questions to the developer and emphasising the project was attractive and commanded premium prices as it was the first residential development in China managed by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Group.

"We told buyers that it is a completed building," said another Centaline executive. But he abruptly ended the telephone conversation when asked if buyers were also told the project had been discontinued for a long period.

The South China Morning Post tried to contact some of the buyers but the agency refused to release any details.

The two-tower project comprising 206 units was a redevelopment of a club for veteran cadres that formerly occupied the site.

Mainland media said a company that had Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings chairman Liu Changle as one if its shareholders was awarded the contract, and the Ruicheng Centre that it envisaged aimed to provide a hotel, grade A office spaces, a shopping centre and two residential blocks.

The property was later sold to a state-owned company and a number of mainland parties, local media said.

The residential component was first scheduled for completion in mid-2002. However, building work was abandoned a year before this, when the developer ran into difficulties over financing.

In August 2007, Evergreen, a firm controlled by Liu and Palm Springs Holdings chairman Zeng Wei, acquired the project and construction resumed.

"We fully informed sole agent Centaline [China] about the property, including the fact that it had once been an aborted project," said a spokeswoman for Evergreen.

She denied that the quality of the property might have been affected by its troubled history. "The quality of the property is good. From the very beginning, we invited Four Seasons to monitor its design and the choice of construction materials," she said.

A similar number of units were sold to Beijing buyers familiar with the project and its history at a marketing launch there this month.

"The property drew a good response because of the Four Seasons brand and its location. Does it really matter if it was once an aborted projected?" an Evergreen executive said.

In its official website, the Beijing Housing Authority recorded (before the Hong Kong launch), that 22 units in the development had been sold at an average price of about 21,000 yuan per square metre.

No transaction dates were provided but the spokeswoman said these units were sold by the previous developer in early 2000.

Property consultants said the selling prices achieved in the Hong Kong launch of the Beijing Four Seasons apartments were high compared with other projects in the market.

They compared the project with Park Hyatt Residences, also run by a hotel operator and next to a hotel and grade A office project.

Beijing Housing Authority data shows the average price at Park Hyatt Residences in Beijing's Yintai Centre development was 83,506 yuan per square metre in the third quarter of this year. At the time, it was the city's most expensive finished apartment.

Asking prices at Park Hyatt Residences range from 83,000 yuan to 85,000 yuan per square metre, according to a local property agency that added its location was more desirable than Beijing Four Seasons, as it is closer to the capital's central business district.

Also, management fees at the Beijing Four Seasons are more than 20 yuan per square metre, among the most expensive in the city.

Just some larger renderings of MAD's crazy Beijing 2050 vision i happened to find. Always worth to see again!

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haha it is based in this sqare under construction in seville.
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Five more subways set to roll this year
7 January 2010
Copyright 2010 China Daily Information Company. All Rights Reserved.

Beijing will complete its construction of five new subway lines and start work on another four this year, authorities said Wednesday.

Liu Yinchun, deputy director of the Beijing municipal commission of development and reform, said the five new lines ready this year are Yizhuang line, Daxing line, Changping line, Fangshan line and the first phase of line 15, making a total track length of more than 300 km.

The city will also kick off the construction of another four subway lines.

They are line 7, line 14, Xijiao line and S1 line - the first railway in China to handle medium and low-speed maglev trains.

The S1 line will run from the west fourth ring road to the center of Mentougou district.

It will be able to handle maglev trains capable of speeds of 160 km per hour, twice as fast as standard underground trains, and is scheduled to open in 2015.

Liu said Beijing now has nine subway lines under construction, totaling another 209 km.

"I don't think any other city in the world can surpass Beijing in terms of subway line construction speed," Liu said at a news conference on Wednesday at the commission.

The average number of daily subway passengers in Beijing was 4.8 million in 2009, accounting for 34 percent of the total number of passengers that use public transport.

"We aim to lift the percentage to over 50 by the end of 2015," Liu added, "At that point, the total length will exceed 561 km."

Beijing has long faced a serious traffic problem from its enormous population and a flawed public transport system.

The government invested 10.3 billion yuan in various transport programs in 2009, equaling 75 percent of the whole infrastructure investment.

Liu admitted that Beijing's transport system continues to drag behind the ever-increasing demand, but the government has decided to maintain the high investment rate.

Most Beijing residents are looking forward to seeing more subway lines open this year.

Zhao Yan, a 25-year-old girl who lives in Shunyi district, said she usually takes the bus to office, but will start using line 15 when it opens.

Gregor Lippe, a German who has lived in Beijing's Gulou Street for over six years, said the subway lines are good news.

"I prefer to take the subway because I don't drive. It's faster and safer," he said.

But not everyone is happy about the current plan.

"Nine lines are far from enough for a city of this size," said Li Xiaobin, a 27-year-old subway guard in Yonghegong subway station.

"And I don't think the new lines will help much because more people will just decide to take them."

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/26/content_9511839.htm
Beijing's population exceeds 22 million

By Qi Xiao (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-02-26 17:22

Beijing's total population has exceeded 22 million, a mark that is supposed to be surpassed a decade later, the China National Radio reported today.

According to Beijing's latest "overall plan", the city should control the number of population at 18 million by the end of 2020. However, the combined population of permanent and non-permanent residents currently already exceeds 22 million, with the latter standing at eight to nine million, the report said.

The non-permanent residents will keep increasing rapidly, the report added.


I wonder what the total combined population of Shanghai is.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-12/beijing-seen-vacant-for-50-as-chanos-predicts-crash-update1-.html

Beijing Seen Vacant for 50% as Chanos Predicts Crash (Update1)
February 12, 2010, 4:24 PM EST

(Adds today’s reserve-ratio increase in 15th paragraph.)


Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Jack Rodman, who has made a career of selling soured property loans from Los Angeles to Tokyo, sees a crash looming in China. He keeps a slide show on his computer of empty office buildings in Beijing, his home since 2002. The tally: 55, with another dozen candidates.

“I took these pictures to try to impress upon these people the massive amount of oversupply,” said Rodman, 63, president of Global Distressed Solutions LLC, which advises private equity and hedge funds on Chinese property and banking. Rodman figures about half of the city’s commercial space is vacant, more than was leased in Germany’s five biggest office markets in 2009.

Beijing’s office vacancy rate of 22.4 percent in the third quarter of last year was the ninth-highest of 103 markets tracked by CB Richard Ellis Group Inc., a real estate broker. Those figures don’t include many buildings about to open, such as the city’s tallest, the 6.6-billion yuan ($966 million) 74- story China World Tower 3.

^^ We have been reading the same fake stories for many years. Imagine if developers had paid attention to these doomsayers in 2005 for example, when the vacancy rate peaked? Beijing would have suffered a dramatic shortate just 2 years later. I can find you articles claiming that back then Beijing had more office space than it would absorb in decades.

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Fact 1: Vacany rate is actually lower than 1 year ago.

Fact 2: Even in 2009 Beijing enjoyed a positive net absortion of office space.

Fact 3: Despite of the countless office complexes opened in Beijing in the last years, vacancy rate has remained mostly stable because of the huge demand.

Fact 4: Today, Beijing's occupied office space exceeds the total stock available just 2 years ago, even despite of the crisis. This isn't a long lag at all for the market to absorb new projects.

Fact 5: Beijing's occupied area of A grade offices topped around 9 million sqm in late 2009, increasing more than 50% from 6 million sqm just 3 years earlier. Bottom forecasts claim that Beijing's office needs will double (at least) in this decade.

Fact 6: Shanghai's vacancy rate collapsed from 12% to less than 1% between 2005 and 2007 because they slowed a lot of projects on bubble concerns, creating a huge bottleneck. Soon after they completed the SWFC and others, and vacancy recovered healthy levels.

Li Envoys to Probe Beijing Land Block
By Jonathan Cheng
13 March 2010
The Wall Street Journal

HONG KONG – Executives who work with tycoon Richard Li have been sent to Beijing to find out more about why municipal authorities there declared that Mr. Li's companies would be banned from dealing in the city's land market.

Mr. Li's Hong Kong-listed Pacific Century Premium Developments Ltd., or PCPD, was among several companies singled out for apparent land-hoarding in a statement last week by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Land and Resources. However, it was the only company barred from making further transactions in Beijing.

At the center of the issue is a parcel of land not far from Beijing Workers' Stadium in the capital city's Chaoyang district. According to the land bureau's statement, a subsidiary of PCPD started construction work on the site last August , but missed a contractual deadline and failed to apply for an extension. As a consequence, the bureau said it would fine the company and temporarily block PCPD and its affiliated companies from any transactions in Beijing's land market.

A spokesman for Mr. Li's companies said that they had dispatched officials to meet with Beijing officials in hopes of getting more information from the bureau, and declined to comment further.

According to a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange last August, PCPD agreed to sell the parcel of land to Shui On Construction and Materials Ltd., controlled by property developer Vincent Lo, for US$118 million. The transaction was completed in October, PCPD said. Shui On "immediately commenced construction works after the handover" of the property, the company said in a statement, adding that work on the basement was in progress, with completion slated for 2011.

Mr. Li's Pacific Century group of companies currently owns just one property in mainland China, Beijing's Pacific Century Place. It doesn't have any other parcels of land in mainland China.

Shares in PCPD fell five Hong Kong cents, or about 1.7%, to close at HK$2.84 in trading Friday.

The move by Beijing authorities, which also named a subsidiary of state-owned heavyweight China Resources Land Ltd., is part of a broader nationwide crackdown on land-hoarding and land left idle by property developers. Mainland policymakers are increasingly concerned about the possibility of a housing bubble that could arrest the country's otherwise strong economic recovery.

China's Ministry of Land and Resources passed a law last year that punished developers who purchased land and sat on it, apparently waiting for market conditions to improve before developing and marketing its land. Policymakers are concerned about the practice because it depresses supply when prices are low, creating upward pressure on prices.

Last week's statement by Beijing municipal authorities included a vow to crack down on idle land, in a bid to strengthen monitoring of the city's land supply and usage.

According to Standard Chartered Bank, land prices doubled on average across the country last year. Developers and state-owned enterprises, flush with cash amid a boom in lending, piled into the land auction market, setting new record highs. In the case of China Resources Land and two other smaller companies named in the statement, Beijing municipal authorities gave them until the end of this month to start construction work or face fines and a restriction on further dealings in the city's land market.

The Beijing authorities' move follows past frictions between mainland Chinese officials and Mr. Li, the son of Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-shing. In 2005, the younger Mr. Li sold a 20% stake in Hong Kong fixed-line operator PCCW Ltd. to state-run China Network Communications Group Corp., or China Netcom. The next year, he attempted to sell PCCW's core assets to U.S. buyout firm TPG and Australia's Macquarie Group Ltd. China Netcom, now owned by China Unicom Ltd., objected to the plan to sell strategic Hong Kong assets to foreigners, and the deal was scotched.

- Sue Feng in Beijing contributed to this article.

Financial Street westward extension 金融街西拓

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Some renders for the (modified?) Fanhai International Towers

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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-12/beijing-seen-vacant-for-50-as-chanos-predicts-crash-update1-.html

Beijing Seen Vacant for 50% as Chanos Predicts Crash (Update1)
February 12, 2010, 4:24 PM EST

(Adds today’s reserve-ratio increase in 15th paragraph.)


Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Jack Rodman, who has made a career of selling soured property loans from Los Angeles to Tokyo, sees a crash looming in China. He keeps a slide show on his computer of empty office buildings in Beijing, his home since 2002. The tally: 55, with another dozen candidates.

“I took these pictures to try to impress upon these people the massive amount of oversupply,” said Rodman, 63, president of Global Distressed Solutions LLC, which advises private equity and hedge funds on Chinese property and banking. Rodman figures about half of the city’s commercial space is vacant, more than was leased in Germany’s five biggest office markets in 2009.

Beijing’s office vacancy rate of 22.4 percent in the third quarter of last year was the ninth-highest of 103 markets tracked by CB Richard Ellis Group Inc., a real estate broker. Those figures don’t include many buildings about to open, such as the city’s tallest, the 6.6-billion yuan ($966 million) 74- story China World Tower 3.

remember after wall street crash of 2008, Dubai government spokeman declare that what happen in US real estate market will never happen in Dubai. (repeat:Will never Happen)the brutal reality is, it did happen.
China has to be very careful not to ignore him.

Ooo ... there is also a Financial Street development thread :

BEIJING | Financial Street Development News (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=863686)

I have never been, but are there many American tourists turning up in Beijing and they appreciate its cultures?

Nice anyway on its own style . . . :)

Just some larger renderings of MAD's crazy Beijing 2050 vision i happened to find. Always worth to see again!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Beijing20502small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/Beijing20501small.jpg

holy SH*T..... it's awsome ....

Lol. Even in 2050 I won't see this going to be reality. Not like this just randomly above existing buildings. Maybe somewhere with factory's and industry beneath it.

Beating the drum for a city's preservation
26 May 2010
China Daily - Hong Kong Edition

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The proposed redevelopment of Gulou has spawned a heated response from scholars

"It is like an antique chair made in the Ming Dynasty, it may look old but it's valuable," He Shuzhong, founder of Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP), a Beijing-based NGO, said of the rapidly vanishing old Beijing at a recent forum on May 23.

The venue for the forum was a restaurant near the New Qianmen Street, which in He's eyes, resembles a poor copy of a precious "Ming Dynasty chair." The street, once home to many teahouses and theaters, symbolized the city's thriving and vibrant neighborhoods. However, the government transformed it into a soulless pseudo-Ming Dynasty commercial street.

The preservation of old Beijing has always been a hot topic amid the city's wide-scale demolition and new construction, but the trigger for the latest wave of debate is the controversial plan to redevelop Gulou, the Drum Tower, one of the few prominent historic landmarks representing the ancient capital that remains.

Gulou, located at the northern end of central axis of the city center in Dongcheng district, was built in 1272. Together with Zhonglou, or the Bell Tower, it is a major tourist attraction as the surrounding hutongs, courtyards, and the residents show a relatively unchanged atmosphere of old Beijing.

In January, however, Yang Yiwen, head of the Dongcheng district government, announced that it planned to restore the area around Gulou and build a "Beijing Time Cultural City."

The proposed 12-hectare "facelift", scheduled to be completed before the end of 2012, proposes a square where public art will be installed to celebrate the time-keeping role of the two towers and an underground complex comprising parking lots, shops and a museum.

The plan immediately provoked a heated response from scholars and netizens.

He Shuzhong is afraid that Gulou will follow the model of Qianmen's redevelopment plan, which he believes is not a successful template for the protection and redevelopment of historic sites.

"We think Qianmen redevelopment is a very bad idea and a bad start. If it is repeated in Gulou, it will only encourage this approach," He was reported as saying by Caing.com.

Hua Xinmin, a long-time activist dedicated to preservation of old Beijing, said Gulou redevelopment, especially the new square, will inevitably result in the demolition of hutongs in the area and the relocation of residents.

"The atmosphere will be gone if the residents and hutongs are no longer there," she told METRO.

There are indeed residents who may want to move, but they should make the decision on their own, rather than being forced to relocate because the hutongs are scheduled to be demolished, He said.

While the public discussion of the issue has intensified, the government and the developer have remained silent.

After the announcement, the Dongcheng government, and the developer, Beijing Oriental Culture Assets Operation Corporation, refused to comment on the issue and the public's concerns. It was not until May 20 that an official of Dongcheng district's office of protection of the historic view, who was not named, defended the government's decision on People.com. cn.

The official said the purpose of the redevelopment plan is to improve the living standards of residents while ensuring the protection of the cultural relics. He said the Beijing Time Cultural City is only a preliminary idea, and it will only be implemented after comprehensive discussion with experts.

But Hua said Gulou is a protected area, and the proposed redevelopment plan will irrevocably destroy the layout of the area, which is not permitted.

"Actually the solution is very simple," she said. "Since the government wants to revive Gulou's time-keeping function, why not just beat the drum and ring the bell on the towers. Why bother to build a new square to remind people of that?" she said.

Yao Yuan, a young scholar of cultural relic preservation, told METRO that European cities such as Venice or Lyon "have been carefully protected and well kept no matter how the city changed, the atmosphere or the texture."

He said they were like museums where you could see the passage of time. "Why can't we do that? " he asked.

Beijing to Invest 8 Billion Yuan in Park Construction
The Beijing government will launch a park construction project with an investment of nearly 8 billion yuan (1.2 billion U.S. dollars), which will cover 28 locations in the city, the "Beijing News" reports.

The largest of its kind, the project will be finished by the end of next year and be free of charge, according to the Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Forestry.

The 28 parks will cover a total area of 120,000 mu (8,004 hectare) throughout the city's center and suburbs to constitute an urban forest system.
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2010/06/04/1781s574583.htm

Conrad Hotel (U/C)

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(beijingupdates.com)


I love the organic shape in buildings. Here is another example of a hotel in Beijing, near Dengshikou subway station:

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Masterplan project by KCAP Architects & Planners (in collaboration with Beijing Institute for Architectural Design). Construction starts in 2010.

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Masterplan site plan.
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Large renderings of the CBD Eastward expansion.
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Copyright@ SOM (http://www.som.com/) and Crystal SG (http://www.crystalcg.com/)

Macalline Red Star, by ADR Engineering and Partners. Building is 200 000m2 large and is not planned to be completed before 2020.

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Mainland draws up list of land hoarders
4 August 2010
The Standard

China's Ministry of Land and Resources has drawn up a list of up to 1,457 vacant plots of land pending an investigation into hoarding, a mainland newspaper reported.

The list was given to the China Banking Regulatory Commission for risk assessment and Hong Kong-listed developers including New World Development (0017) and China Resources Land (1109) were reported among those alleged to be hoarding, according to the China Securities Journal.

About 80 percent of those plots might be resumed by the government after the investigation, an unnamed person was cited by the Beijing-based paper as saying.

An NWD spokesman admitted three plots of land on the list belong to its subsidiary, New World China Land, but stressed all of them are in the process of development.

``Development is slower than expected, due to difficulties we met during the processes of removal as well as gaining approvals. But all of them will start construction in the short term,'' the spokesman said.

CR Land said it is ``verifying the situations of related projects'' and declined to confirm whether they were involved.

Among the plots listed, a quarter are in Beijing and Guangzhou, as well as in Jiangsu and Hainan, and more than 70 percent are for residential use.

Beijing was the city having the most unused land _ as many as 160 plots with total area of up to 7.03 million square meters.

Thirty-five plots were left vacant for corporate reasons, with an area of 1.48 million sq m and contracted amount of 850 million yuan (HK$974.18 million), the paper said.

Though as much as 80 percent of the hoarded land might be given back to the government, the National Development and Reform Commission's economic research director Wang Xiaoguang said it is hard to ``repossess'' it as local governments do have vested interests.

On the back of the news, shares of mainland developers continued to rise yesterday as sales transactions in more than half of major cities rebounded during the last week of July.

Mainland companies also sped up land purchases.

China Life Insurance's (2628) Zhejiang branch yesterday spent 2.6 billion yuan for a 35,894 sqm commercial site in Hangzhou, according to website Soufun.com.

COFCO Property also spent 978.9 million yuan to buy a residential and commercial site in the city.

Ping An Insurance (2318) spent 613 million yuan to get a 128,000 sq m plot of commercial land in Shenzhen recently.

Sky-high prices push foreigners to suburbs
10 August 2010
Copyright 2010 China Daily Information Company. All Rights Reserved.

A small community of expatriates has emerged in Beijing's growing northern suburbs attracted by low rents and spacious apartments.

Among them is Peter Marvian, a 32-year-old English teacher from Canada, who rents an apartment in Huilongguan.

Marvian, who lived in Shangdi, Haidian district, from 2001 to 2004, found that rents were unaffordable when he returned to Beijing after two years in Canada.

"You tell Chinese people you live in Huilongguan and they give you that stare, because, a few years ago, it was considered undeveloped," said Marvian.

In Huilongguan, he was able to rent a three-bedroom, 130-square-meter apartment near the light rail station for his family of three. The ground-floor apartment has a private garden, which he uses for barbecues.

Marvian said he often meets European expats in the area, especially Germans and Norwegians.

Areas like Huilongguan and Tiantongyuan on Beijing's far north side were mostly rural a decade ago. Since the construction of the fifth and sixth ring roads and light rail lines 5 and 13, they have grown into major commuter suburbs that offer an affordable alternative to apartments in the city center.

Standing at the Huilongguan station during the evening rush hour, it's easy to find expats returning home. Three Americans said they moved to the area to find cheaper apartments in modern buildings.

The manager of the Huilongguan branch of the housing agency Woaiwojia, surnamed Hu, said he sees about five foreign customers every week during the summer, and that more than half are foreign students studying in Wudaokou where some universities are situated.

"The price for an apartment with two bedrooms is only half that in Wudaokou," he said.

Hu said the average rent for an 80- to 90-square-meter two-bedroom apartment is 3,000 yuan per month in Huilongguan.

Rents in the Huilongguan area have escalated rapidly in the past two years, especially after the introduction of the new housing policy in March that blocks people from buying more than one home in Beijing. The policy is part of a tough set of restrictions designed to curb speculation and soaring property prices.

The monthly rent for a two-bedroom house in the district jumped to 2,000 yuan in March this year from 1,600 yuan in 2008, said Yang Fan, manager of the Xinzun real estate agency in Huilongguan.

Li Shuying, a worker from the Longyue residential committee, one of 40 such committees in Huilongguan, said six foreign families moved into the area this year. Li said most are professionals aged between 30 and 40.

Phillip Robinson, 43, from England, moved to Beijing in 2003 after marrying a Chinese woman in England. She found an apartment in one of the first buildings to go up in Tiantongyuan that was built in 2001.

"In order to get a sizable apartment at a reasonable price, Tiantongyuan looked good," he said.

"When we first moved here, it was quite a rural area in many respects," Robinson said. "There was a lot of construction going on, so we had to put up with a lot of dust."

Today, Robinson calls Tiantongyuan a thoroughly modern area.

Within a few minutes' walk from his house, he said he can get to a major shopping mall with a Carrefour supermarket, a 10-screen cinema and an ice-skating rink, as well as several large marketplaces and parks.

Robinson said that he knows five American families close to his house. "We go out for walks together. We draw quite a crowd occasionally, with all the little ones running around."

Beijing SOHO III project U/C

renderings

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project construction status

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march 2010

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(from beijingupdates.com)

China World at the heart of global business district
9 August 2010
China Daily - Hong Kong Edition

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The essence for life, work and entertainment are now combined in a single location - the CBD, where buildings such as the China World Tower take excellence and innovation to new heights

By Jia Bian

Thirty years have passed since China took its first steps back onto the world stage, reforming at home and opening to the international community. Business remained elusive for the pioneers who explored the Chinese market in the early 1980s.

Hindsight sees the tide begin to turn in 1984, when the Chinese government approved the construction of the China World Trade Center in Beijing. The first major commercial project of reform and opening up in the Chinese capital city, China World became the hub of a new phenomenon: the Beijing Central Business District (CBD).

A landmark

As reform and opening progressed, the CBD evolved as the core of China's engagement with international business. The CBD's development has been led by the China World Trade Center, whose stunning 330-meter, 81-storey third phase now commands the Beijing skyline.

With China set to be the focal point of global economic development in the 21st century, the China World Tower is more than an iconic landmark; standing at the very heart of the world's most dynamic economy, it is a destination for global corporations.

At a time when even the most basic business operations were a major challenge, China World offered services and facilities that were unprecedented in the Chinese capital.

When it opened in 1990, the first phase of the China World Trade Center caused a sensation. More than 100 Fortune 500 companies set up shops in the office tower, instantly establishing this area as a center for international business in Beijing.

Combining offices, apartments, an exhibition center, and high-class shopping and dining, this was a city-within-a-city, the first mixed-use commercial complex in Beijing. It was also the first business-oriented development to provide English-language services and train staff in international service standards.

China World not only opened a door for foreign enterprises to enter China; it also gave many locals their first glimpse of the wider world.

When the Wellcome Supermarket opened there in the early 1990s, it was the first time Beijing residents were able to purchase imported foods with local currency. Prior to this, locals had to purchase imported foods with passport in hand and pay with Foreign Exchange Certificates.

China World's shopping mall revolutionized fashion and lifestyle attitudes in Beijing. The very first Sino-foreign joint-venture clothing firm, Ideal Fashion, immediately opened a boutique there, while Kerry Fashion Centre offered a variety of imported brand name clothing and accessories. At a stroke, the China World Mall became the trendiest place to shop in Beijing.

Where is the SOHO 3 projects gonna stand, close to sanlitun? Opposite of workers stadium?

^^ Galaxy Soho is being built next to the 2 ring road, near the Chaoyangmen bridge. (South West side of the bridge)

^^ Galaxy Soho is being built next to the 2 ring road, near the Chaoyangmen bridge. (South West side of the bridge)

Got it! Thanks

Tradition of innovation continues in latest phase
9 August 2010
China Daily - Hong Kong Edition

The latest phase of the China World project takes the tradition of excellence, innovation and service to new heights. The China World Tower blends a range of premium facilities into an experience that will redefine the art of business life in Beijing.

Office tenants enjoy more than the prestige of Beijing's tallest building. The Tower is also the hub of a superior transportation network that delivers rapid access to the city's key quarters, train stations and airports. Subway lines 1 and 10 smooth the commute from home to office and connect directly to Financial Street, the Embassy District and the high-tech hotspot of Zhongguancun.

Facilities

The offices themselves are much more than aesthetically pleasing: every inch of space is engineered to drive business productivity. Column-free floor plans maximize the efficient use of space, while a state-of-the-art VAV air-conditioning system employs ultraviolet air purification technology to ensure a healthy environment.

The Tower is hard-wired with intelligent technology and supported by back-up power and telecommunications systems to ensure business never stops.

The essentials for life, work and leisure are combined in a single, superbly accessible location. Besides the Tower's 46 floors of offices, levels 64 to 81 house the China World Summit Wing, a super deluxe hotel with 278 of Beijing's most spacious guestrooms commanding unrivalled views over the city.

Lovers of fine dining will appreciate the inspired menu: from the high-class Cantonese creations of Fook Lam Moon to the authentic Japanese traditions of Nadaman. Exclusive private dining is available in the Chairman's Room and The Peak on Level 79 and 81, with interiors conceptualized by renowned hospitality designer Adam D. Tihany and bespoke menus individually prepared by the Chef de Cuisine.

Beijing's highest bar

With a classic cocktail from one of the world's premier mixologists in hand, guests can take in the breathtaking views from Beijing's highest bar on level 80, and then step down to level 79 for dinner at the premium grill and steakhouse.

One floor lower on level 78 is the city's highest lifestyle sanctuary, featuring a Life Fitness-equipped gymnasium and a 25-metre indoor infinity pool. If working out isn't on the agenda, then total relaxation awaits on level 77 in Chi The Spa, the highest spa retreat in Beijing.

Two floors below ground and four above, the expanded China World Mall is designed by Benoy London and brings a fresh feel to this luxurious shopping haven. From the airy spaces of the stunning, six-storey atrium to the intimate embrace of brand boutiques, shoppers will discover an unrivaled experience of creativity, convenience and diversity.

Twenty years ago, the China World Trade Center set the standard for office buildings and mixed-use developments in Beijing, even in China as a whole. It was the core of Beijing's CBD and has remained the leader in CBD development. China World Tower takes Beijing into a new era.

The Tower is more than a peerless global destination for the world's leading corporations; it is Beijing's gift to the 21st century, inspiring China to inspire the world.

anybody heared of a new town north east of Beijing north of the capital airport that is called

"Luneng New Town"?

I found an advertisement and it all seems to be in Chinese so not readable for me, but it seems to have quite high skyscrapers.

I put a link though:

http://www.soufun.com/house/2010-08-16/3672759_1.htm

Any recent photoes for Zaha Hadid's Beijing SOHO III project?
Marvelous! For whoever chose this great deign for this great city!:cheers:

Beijing City Government Limits Developers' Use Of Presale Proceeds
26 October 2010

SHANGHAI (Dow Jones)--The Beijing municipal government on Tuesday restricted property developers' use of proceeds from the sale of uncompleted homes, adding to measures already taken to cool the city's surging real-estate market.

Developers must put such proceeds into a supervised bank account that will be used for the project's construction to ensure the funds aren't misused, which could delay the project's completion, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said in a statement on its website. The move takes effect Dec. 1.

When a developer obtains a presale approval from the government, it must set up an account with a bank that will oversee the use of the presale proceeds, the statement said.

Beijing and some other cities have implemented their own measures to stabilize their housing markets, on top of nationwide moves taken by the central government. In April, the Beijing city government restricted households in the capital to the purchase of only one additional home.

Central government measures have included higher down-payment and mortgage interest rate requirements, a ban on lending for third homes and penalties for developers that hoard land.

Beijing's vacancy rate of a grade offices falling drastically. They better speed up the new projects or Beijing will suffer a bottleneck in 2-3 years.
http://www.colliersinternational.com/Content/Repositories/Base/Markets/China/English/Market_Report/PDFs/The-Knowledge-Report-Office-BJ3Q2010.pdf

北京的SOHO很漂亮！！！喜欢北京的大气！！！北京的建筑很大气。。:cheers:

more pictures of the Conrad hotel

on archello.com :
http://www.archello.com/en/project/conrad-hotel

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Nov 20

Beijing CBD Z-15 plot planning height: 510m

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Detailed info in Chinese here (http://www.bjtd.com/tabid/3064/Default.aspx?projectid=1553)

by 京城瑞龙, beijingupdates.com

^^ Where did they get the 510m height? I can't find it :(

wow, why 510? i thought they had a height restriction over there? A 510 meter boxish tower is not a good idea :(

^^ Renders from the developer website. There're several proposals anyway, so the final design could be different.
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^^ Where did they get the 510m height? I can't find it :(

it's released by the local interpreter in Chaoyang district city planning museum. Beijing forumer posted it to Beijingupdates.com but there's no height data from developers yet.

^^ Renders from the developer website. There're several proposals anyway, so the final design could be different.
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It seems this project is quite close to the CCTV tower, and looks so tall.
I wonder if people would able to see it from the forbidden city when it gets built, if so, that would be a visual disaster for tourists visiting the well known world heritage site.:nuts:
But anyway, the building itself is a really good one.

^^ Why a disaster? It's several miles away, if they don't like it just don't look at it.

A 510m tower for Beijing? Wow, that's quite some going! :cheers:

It seems this project is quite close to the CCTV tower, and looks so tall.
I wonder if people would able to see it from the forbidden city when it gets built, if so, that would be a visual disaster for tourists visiting the well known world heritage site.:nuts:
But anyway, the building itself is a really good one.
You can already see the China World Tower from the Forbidden City, as well as the CCTV HQ, Yintai Center etc (only from certain areas though, you don't see them from down in the courtyards). Here's a photo I took back in August:
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So you'll definitely see this one, although based on how much of the WTC Tower you can see in that last shot, you won't see an awful lot of it from the courtyards and most other places in the Forbidden City. And if you can, as z0rg just said, try not to look in that direction (unless you want to) and it'll be fine. ;)