HSBC set to buy Shanghai IFC tower for 5b yuan
14 April 2007
South China Morning Post

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Source : skyscrapers.cn

Development Website : http://www.shanghaiifc.com.cn/

Sun Hung Kai Properties is to close selling an office tower at Shanghai IFC, Pudong, to HSBC Holdings for as much as five billion yuan next month, as foreign banks embark on an expansion spree in the mainland's larger cities, according to a mainland report.

The acquisition would probably set a record price for grade A office space in Shanghai provided various foreign banks are looking for world-class design development as their headquarters, analysts said.

Victor Lui Ting, an executive director at Sun Hung Kai Real Estate Agency, declined comment, saying he would explain details later. HSBC was unavailable for comment.

The office tower is part of a four million square foot, office-retail-hotel and serviced apartment project.

Shanghai IFC, in Lujiazui, the financial centre in Pudong, has three towers, including twin towers at 260 metres and 250 metres and an 85-metre tower. Tower One, comprising 900,000 sq ft of grade A office space, is expected to be completed in 2009. It includes a shopping mall and two luxury hotels managed by the Ritz-Carlton and W Hotels group.

The whole HK$8 billion project is slated for completion in phases from mid-2009 to 2010.

SHKP had agreed to sell an office block to HSBC for five billion yuan, the mainland Oriental Morning Post reported, without indicating its sources. The bank would be awarded the naming rights, the report said.

HSBC owns 4,800 square metres at HSBC Tower in Pudong after it paid US$33 million in 1999.

Property consultants said foreign banks had been looking for large bulk spaces for expansion in cities such as Shanghai and Beijing following the central government's move to open retail banking to overseas lenders last year.

William Cheuk, a director of office market at DTZ Debenham Tie Leung, said the prevailing record price for office space in Shanghai was US$6,000 per square metre in Puxi. "Foreign banks and insurance companies are rushing to expand their operations to capitalise on robust economic growth in Shanghai," he said.

Standard Chartered leased 11,420 square metres in UC Tower, UBS took up 5,200 square metres in Citigroup Tower, Rabobank leased 662 square metres in HSBC Tower and ABN AMRO leased 464 square metres in Azia Centre, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.

The sale of the office tower would be a departure from SHKP's original plan to keep Shanghai IFC for long-term investment.

HSBC plants Shanghai roots
Flagship building will anchor plans to expand in China
26 June 2007
The Wall Street Journal Europe

SHANGHAI -- HSBC Holdings PLC said it intends to put its name on a new skyscraper in Shanghai's financial district, the latest big international bank to underscore its expansion plans in China with a flagship building.

The London-based banking giant said it plans to buy the top 20 floors of a twin-tower complex planned for the Pudong section of Shanghai. The 250- and 260-meter-tall towers are being built by Hong Kong's Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

In 2009, HSBC intends to occupy space in the shorter structure of the 400,000-square-meter development that also will feature shopping and two hotels, by Ritz-Carlton Co. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.'s W.

The beveled tower, HSBC Building-Shanghai IFC, will be taller than the bank's Hong Kong landmark. The 53,000 square meters that HSBC will occupy in Shanghai is slightly more than half of the space it has in its former world headquarters in Hong Kong. Terms weren't disclosed.

HSBC's property announcement follows its decision in April to sell and lease back its current headquarters in London's Canary Wharf district for GBP 1.09 billion ($2.18 billion).

"Almost half our business comes from emerging markets," said Stephen Green, HSBC chairman, at a groundbreaking for the Shanghai building. "That's where you'll see us making a priority with investments."

As foreign banks look forward to growth and liberalization in China's financial system, cities from Beijing and Tianjin to Guangzhou hope to emerge as the nation's business center. Meanwhile, Hong Kong is eager to retain its traditional position as the country's international gateway. Yet bankers and property analysts say Shanghai has the momentum.

Much of the rush reflects how China this year began letting foreign banks take deposits in yuan from its citizens, a market dominated by local giants that together hold about $2 trillion in savings. China also required foreign banks to designate a headquarters city, and the biggest ones have all chosen Shanghai.

The city government says about 135 financial institutions -- including the Shanghai Stock Exchange -- are in the Pudong financial district, and it hopes to have 600 that employ 200,000 people there by 2010.

HSBC, with profit in China of about $130 million last year, plans to open in at least 30 more locations and add 1,000 employees this year.

Groundbreaking ceremony 25th june
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More renders
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Just noticed its using the same ifc logo as the one in hong kong? And this will be the 2nd building in pudong to grace the HSBC logo right?

Anyways this does deserve its own thread :) Can't wait to see it off the ground!

Can't wait to see it off the ground!

Dream come true!

May 20th~, it's the huge plot in the left
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It seems two guys jumped the gun in the groundbreaking ceremony photo.

Welcome to SIFC!!Good job!! :applause: :cheers1:

wow amazing towers.

It seems two guys jumped the gun in the groundbreaking ceremony photo.

They were probably pretty thirsty. :cheers2:

wow very nice

Nice towers!

They are indeed beautiful towers. Thanks hkskyline & z0rg.

The architects are Cesar Pelli & Associates & Sun Hung Kai...

BTW Emporis has both being 70 floors each, with both their heights being @ 260m:

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=110589

They are indeed beautiful towers. Thanks hkskyline & z0rg.

The architects are Cesar Pelli & Associates & Sun Hung Kai...

BTW Emporis has both being 70 floors each, with both their heights being @ 260m:

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=110589

The plan has changed several times.

They were planning three towers at first! 2x250m~, 1x180m~.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/WPudong.jpg

Then they changed to 320m, 70 fl twin towers (best plan IMO).
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And then they recovered the three tower plan, making the short one even shorter to 90m. Twin towers are 260m, 60fl and 250m, 58fl. This is the version they are constructing at last.
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They were supposed to reject the 320mx2 plan because Jin Mao and SWFC couldn't be seen from Waitan/Bund area :ohno:

May 21th from flickr
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:applause::applause: finally, a thread for these towers ... very nice project. and nice to see thats rising up now. ... :cheer:

keep on updating

man... shanghai has so many beautiful projects going on right now!!!

Groundbreaking ceremony 25th june

Finally, some real renders of these towers. NICE!!!

any new pics?????

Great Great, i love this proyect.... :drool:

It's finally under construction :applause:
I liked the second version more,not just because of the height,but because the "cuts" seemed better.

At last some twin-towers. Those look quite impressive. Alone they wouldn't be so cool, but together they are. Go Shanghai!

^^ There are several twin projects in Shanghai already anyway.

May be more...

From hankliu520 @ Flickr.com:
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They will look pretty tall when seen from 外滩.

^^ I think that render is based on the old 320 model though.

Yeah, I think you're right actually. My bad.

towers have been under construction for a while now. Just that nobody bothered to pay any attention towards them.

Foundations are done, cores are raising already.

are they gonna be taller than jin mao?

No, these are more than 100 meters shorter than Jin Mao (421m)

are they gonna be taller than jin mao?

Probably help if you read the thread title and first page.:)

I remember seeing these towers in pictures a while ago, it's good to see them with their own thread. Good design for twin towers, -very futuristic!

this is one of my favourite buidings in China
:banana:

UPDATES!!:gaah:

I hope Liverpool's new 200m Shanghai tower is similar to either of these:)

All Shanghai needs is a `Liverpool` tower hehe;)

Big-Dog posted these in the SWFC thread a couple days ago.
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beautiful towers, really stunning.

I notice there's large construction of the right side,can anyone ID the building under construction?

The hole hasn't much to do with the renders I think. Look at the last pic, it seems as if they were going to build a twin tower on the left of the growing one, just in front of Shangri-La Hotel

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seems the first tower of the twins is UC, hopefully the 2nd will come soon

Shanghai property prices buck the trend with 5.3pc increase
13 July 2007
South China Morning Post

Shanghai's luxury flat prices rose 5.3 per cent in the second quarter from the first quarter, thanks to a stock market fund outflow and continued purchases, a report by Jones Lang LaSalle showed.

The average price of flats of more than 180 square metres in the city's prime locations jumped to 31,425 yuan per square metre compared with a 0.6 per cent decline in the first quarter, Jones Lang said.

"It's a significant growth because in the past two years the market was pretty much flat," said Kenny Ho, head of research for Jones Lang LaSalleShanghai. "Local investors cashed in on the stock market and turned to properties. There is also a push from overseas buyers who are bullish on the economy."

The luxury property sector reeled from a government policy last year which restricted foreign ownership of mainland flats.

However, luxury houses gained ground in the second quarter as investors cashed out from the stock market on fears of increased volatility.

Overseas investors including those from Hong Kong and Taiwan also flocked to the mainland's most developed city to snap up flats, betting on further growth.

"With limited new units on the way, luxury prices on the secondary market will experience more upward pressure," Jones Lang said.

"The Shanghai luxury residential market remains active with a high level of end-user demand for luxury residential properties," it said. "Investments in luxury residential properties shot up as many investors cashed out of the Shanghai stock market, and turned to luxury properties as long-term investments."

In the first half, Shanghai also saw 13 whole-building purchase deals which were valued at 15.3 billion yuan on aggregate, representing 63 per cent of last year's total, Jones Lang said.

In late June, HSBC Holdings announced it would acquire 20 floors of Shanghai IFC in Lujiazui financial area from Hong Kong developer Sun Hung Kai Properties, the British bank's biggest property acquisition on the mainland.

Average rental for retail space in Shanghai has hit US$39.17 per day per square metre, a year-on-year increase of 11.2 per cent, Jones Lang said.

when will the property boom burst?
its bursting in US already.

when will the property boom burst?
its bursting in US already.

China has been trying to cool the hot property market for quite a long time already, but so far it hasn't worked so well especially since the stock market has been booming amidst investor frenzy this year.

lol they will never cool it down in shanghai i guess :/

any new pic on the building?

Tourists keep the focus on pearl Tower, Jin Mao and SWFC, so a very few interesting pics on flickr :(

I took these ones last week.
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looks promising

Finally rising.

There's a difference between a real boom and an inflation fueled boom. The first is based on real market forces (supply and demand) whereas the second is based on inflated money supply - meaning each dollar is of less value than it was before because there are effectively more of them. It skews a businessman's measure of demand because he's getting more money, but in actual fact it doesn't mean more customers.

China is different from the US. The US is a 200 year old economy - it's established in the world and very well developed. China hasn't had a functional economy since 1948 when the Communists took over. It's quite literally just waking up to the world. It's not a developed market like the US so it can boom for much, much longer. Besides, it's not really a boom so much as it is growth.

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4259/cimg1551df9.jpg

What's the u/c building to the left?

residential

wow..i like the shape of this buildings :D
btw, it has a similar height with KL's four seasons :okay:

cool pics,

i really dont see the two towers in the plot..how high is the actual tower for the one that is rising already?

Thank you Denys'

BTW Emporis has both being 70 floors each, with both their heights being @ 260m:

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=110589

is it? looks not.

Emporis figures are outdated. Anyway, checking Emporis to know about on going projects in China is an absolute waste of time.

Looks good. I'm glad they're planning to use all the land instead of leaving a huge useless field of grass next to the building.

Looks good. I'm glad they're planning to use all the land instead of leaving a huge useless field of grass next to the building.
I think that was the plan all along -- they just needed a developer to come up with an idea.

holy crap! this building is building!

^^ :D

I knew Cesar Pelli was involved when i saw the first pic. Isnt he starting to repeat himself?

the tower looks pretty short in diameter from the picture?

I think that was the plan all along -- they just needed a developer to come up with an idea.

Are you saying the plan was to develop the whole plot and not leave a grassy area?

In the U.S. I'm used to seeing skyscrapers surrounded by nothing but a sidewalk. Seeing grass, bushes and trees next to skyscrapers in the middle of nowhere seems weird to me.

lol..that grass was a plot..just waiting for a developer..now sifc is on the plot.

there is also a golf practive court near in pudong..waiting for shanghai center to be built...

lol they will never cool it down in shanghai i guess :/

any new pic on the building?

That's not a good thing, if the bubble bursts in China, a lot of people will lose everything. Same with the stocks, so many people in China are learning the art of investment for the first time in their lives, and buy into all the hype... :/

thats why the government is trying to calm down the market..if these investing people keep on doing that..the price will just eventually get higher and higher..

so many lower class people will not afford to buy any new houses

I'm reposting my old post because it seems what I said was overlooked...

"There's a difference between a real boom and an inflation fueled boom. The first is based on real market forces (supply and demand) whereas the second is based on inflated money supply - meaning each dollar is of less value than it was before because there are effectively more of them. It skews a businessman's measure of demand because he's getting more money, but in actual fact it doesn't mean more customers.

China is different from the US. The US is a 200 year old economy - it's established in the world and very well developed. China hasn't had a functional economy since 1948 when the Communists took over. It's quite literally just waking up to the world. It's not a developed market like the US so it can boom for much, much longer. Besides, it's not really a boom so much as it is growth."

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photo taken yesterday by april snow

flickr, september 24th by nicole clausing

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Lots of empty land to fill.

The whole concept of building large building complexes in Pudong sort of makes it pedestrian unfriendly and really impersonal... not to mention not convenient to move around in.

Why did the planners for Pudong design it to be similar to CBD's with buildings closer together and smaller (width-wise) roads.

Anyways, can't wait for the Shanghai IFC to be completed.

hehe , this is a wonderful building in pudong! futuristic.

i love the amount of buildings and quality that are going into shanghai! they are really doing it right!

Just look at those spaces! They should build all those Shanghai Center proposals (500+meters) on those empty lots and give them a naming convention like Shanghai Center I, Shanghai Center II, Shanghai Center III, etc. :lol:

^^more like swfc 1, swfc 2, swfc 3, swfc 4

where is the other sifc tower??

If I like Shanghai :
Jin Mao 421m (Build)
SWFC 492m (Construction)
North Bund Tower Mongnolia Plaza 500m (2010) sample
SIFC 555m (2011) sample
Shanghai Twin 588m (2012) sample
Shanghai Center 600m (2010) vision
SWACT 688m (2013) sample
Shanghai M Tower 900m (2014) vision
Shangai Bionic Tower 1228m (2015) vision
:lol: just joke!! :D

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5206/render1so9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

:p by me with kaiser's photo

I'm reposting my old post because it seems what I said was overlooked...

"There's a difference between a real boom and an inflation fueled boom. The first is based on real market forces (supply and demand) whereas the second is based on inflated money supply - meaning each dollar is of less value than it was before because there are effectively more of them. It skews a businessman's measure of demand because he's getting more money, but in actual fact it doesn't mean more customers.

China is different from the US. The US is a 200 year old economy - it's established in the world and very well developed. China hasn't had a functional economy since 1948 when the Communists took over. It's quite literally just waking up to the world. It's not a developed market like the US so it can boom for much, much longer. Besides, it's not really a boom so much as it is growth."I take it you're saying the "real boom" is China's and the "inflation fueled boom" is the USA's, right? I mean, we all know the dollar has no relation whatsoever with the production capacity of the USA. It is only still accepted 'cause it's the money of choice to buy oil. China's boom is based on hard work, US economy is based on speculation. You meant this, right? Excuse the OT but I'd like to have it made clear.

even in long holiday of national day, construction workers still continue to work without a stop.
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thanks for the update..the holiday is almost finished..

new update again lol

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beautiful update!!!!!!!

Shanghai's skyline will be tie to HongKong
when these two are completed together with SWFC
China will have two cities that are really worthy of 10 in skyline

^.^ dont forget shanghai center and the expansion of lujiazui

i finally realised how big the building is after seeing those photos

new update again lol

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nice update! is this one of the twin towers?

yeah, ifc is a twin tower..look how fat it is!! almost as big as swfc!

how far is the progress on the 2nd tower?

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look at the one on the right of the 1st tower..it looks as if its going to rise anytime

Great design

damn, why this project rise so slowly? short of money?

I think it's a pity it's not higher... This way it would get lost in the skyline... With 360m or so it would greatly add to the supertall cluster with Jin Mao/SWFC/Shanghai Center...

taken bei S.Hoffmann, 26th december ...

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I remember the 320 plan well, but these will still be awesome towers, and there placement from each other is perfect.

it sure has gotten a lot taller now

Pics by giallo, 2nd of Jan;

Jan 2


Some new renderings around the site:


I hope this is how they will be lit at night

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This one's great

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Yet another HSBC-building in Lujiazui, and a new Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Not bad.

awesome updates =)

Just found this, I think its great. Just wish us in Birmingham had more highrise buildings like this :(, anyway nice update and I look foward to seeing more.

amazing, it's growing up very quickly!!

rise quickly these days! my favo shanghai building under construction!

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great update zorg! progress seems to be right on track when are they starting the second tower or they waiting till the first is finish?

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What is the building occupying the top left corner of the plot of land?

which floor has this beauty reached? 30th?

One of the Shanghai IFC towers will house the HSBC and the shortest highrise houses a Ritz Carlton Hotel. The other office tower has yet to be leased out.

This is one of the most impressive projects I've seen in Pudong which is not a supertall. It would really be cool to see this one finish

One of the Shanghai IFC towers will house the HSBC and the shortest highrise houses a Ritz Carlton Hotel. The other office tower has yet to be leased out.

There will be 3 buildings....From the tallest, HSBC-Ritz Carlton and the shortest 20 Storey tower will house Shanghai newest W Hotel.

You mean, there are not one, but two hotels in the Shanghai IFC?

impressive progress and for the size of the land would've been nice if they built three supertalls instead but guess the jin mao, SWFC takes precedence and must be visible

Looks like the core is around 29th floor, steel flooring on 23rd? Growing nicely...

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really nice:banana:

wow its going up quickly one of the best design towers to be in pudong

awesome shot! many thx :)

There will be 3 buildings....From the tallest, HSBC-Ritz Carlton and the shortest 20 Storey tower will house Shanghai newest W Hotel.

SO, in Lujiazui only we have now:

- Grand Hyatt in Jin mao
- 2 Towers for Shangri-la
- 2 Towers for Marriot

comming:

-Park Hyatt in SWFC
-Ritz Carlton in SIFC1
-W in SIFC2

That only 8 hotels???

keep them coming!!

^^ those are only the luxury hotels, there are many others available. Last time I stayed in Novotel hotel it's pretty good. you can go to ctrip.com to find out how many of them are in Pudong area.

SO, in Lujiazui only we have now:

- Grand Hyatt in Jin mao
- 2 Towers for Shangri-la
- 2 Towers for Marriot

comming:

-Park Hyatt in SWFC
-Ritz Carlton in SIFC1
-W in SIFC2

That only 8 hotels???

keep them coming!!

Don't forget Gran Meliá Pudong.

By Kaiser
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great update first pic i've seen of IFC from the ground its rising very fast when are they expecting to start on tower 2

Don't forget Gran Meliá Pudong.

I was ironic!!

there is 10 hotel towers in Lujiazui, for me its a bit too much, you don't agree?

^^
Too much? This is Shanghai.

there's no thing called its enuf :)

when is the second tower sifc2 going to start risng ?

my favorite pudong highrise after jinmao!!!!

haha~~~great updates~~~lol
when this project is compleated the lujiazui skyline would look more balanced~~~
were the twin towers supposed to be over 300 in the original disign??

yeah the original plan was for the project to be over 300m but that would block the view of jin mao or SWFC from the bund as they say so they lowered the height which is still very tall but its very classy and this IFC is one of my faves in shanghai

^^
Well, it totally depends from where on the Bund you observe the Lujiazui skyline. ;)

true although i love having towers as tall as possible i would have to say IFC is one of the exceptions in my opinion the whole design is perfect in every way up there with the best

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im so happy to see these projects going up so quickly! yea for china!

Watch daily progress on German School live webcam:

http://www.ds-shanghai.org.cn/webcam/webcam.html

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First cladding!

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The construction of these towers will definitely improve Shanghai's skyline. Now we can go for density and size once they remove those residential buildings behind the Jin Mao and SWFC.

when will the second tower start?

Originally posted by Skymyhusband. IFC in front of Jin Mao.

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The construction of these towers will definitely improve Shanghai's skyline. Now we can go for density and size once they remove those residential buildings behind the Jin Mao and SWFC.

Pudong is not planned for density. Pudong is actually planed for the exact opposite of density, every skyscraper must be designed to incorporate park space into their lots.

this project will contribute a lot to skyline. wonderful...

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Great shot. The core is around 39th floor now, 19 floors left.

Can't wait to see the second tower starting ^^

It's a huge plot.

Great shot. The core is around 39th floor now, 19 floors left.

crazy, only 19F to go...i give it 2-3 months

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great updates and the skyline is looking great can't wait till second tower starts up

^^i think the second tower is already finished ground breaking =)

Shanghai sure has some nice towers. I hope these don't get lost among the crowd, as they are not that tall by Shanghai standards,

flickr, may 7th (? possibly more recent) by Kok Kuen

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/2480908062_626d26bac2_b.jpg

Full size: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/2480908062_cb6c071852_o.jpg

^^What is that thing on the golden Aurora building? Is that a big screen or what?

^^
Yes the Aurora Building features the second largest (?) TV display in the world. The largest one is on the Citibank Building, just right of the Aurora. ;)

9th of May, from flickr by Ian Blouw
The tower is in the middle of the pic.

Original size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2480057590_bcfc5a0d4d_o.jpg

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IFC is rising fast!! since last month

rise so fast, hope the second building also rise up.

Spectacular skyline. What will they do next?!?

- Andy

they will build the next shanghai IFC, its a twin tower =)

flickr, may 10th by nic&chris

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2482831520_2de7bff4be_o.jpg

more than 40 storey?^^

yes, it is over 40F already

flickr, may 11th (? more recent imo) by Mickey Blue-eyes

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2493082799_3d344da84d_o.jpg

May 11th by Qiping

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Full size: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2019/2493520817_8459a93539_o.jpg

does anyone know the construction start date for the second building?

flickr, may 14th by Mickey Blue-Eyes

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Full size: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2240/2495778013_e3c4cba054_o.jpg

man shanghai ifc looks soo fat right now, hope it would be taller when it finishes to balanced it out

^^~20 floors left to be topped out. It will be fat i think.

flickr, may 16th by the objectivist

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Full size (4000x3000!): http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2236/2499566100_347908fb39_o.jpg

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Full size: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2069/2498730829_d1aae9238c_o.jpg

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Full size: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2338/2499557368_e507ccd821_o.jpg

^^~20 floors left to be topped out. It will be fat i think.

:S it would look even fatter with two towers :nuts:

flickr, may 15th by OSHO THE BIG!!!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2002/2504446319_cf9c6633c8_o.jpg

Wow, great shot! Around 40 floors now, still 18 left!

Yep, and the shot gives a good map of the entire plot :)



flickr, may 15th by OSHO THE BIG!!!

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Full size: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2153/2505283870_1ddcd06824_o.jpg

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/2504451581_b0f55a5e9b_o.jpg

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Full size: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2291/2505284696_77d0979f3b_o.jpg

flickr, may 19th by Suzanne Tietema

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flickr, may 21st by Steve Photo

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Full size: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2332/2520031805_14fe43ac69_o.jpg

Core about ~45th floor and floorplates at ~39 floor, am I right?

flickr, may 31st by christian.costabel

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2001/2537924769_be9e37548a_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2139/2538742494_298746bb1e_o.jpg

yea... shanghai's got a lot of great towers, but when they all come together, does anyone ever notice that the fact that they don't really match each others? ugh...

flickr, may 31st by Peiyi

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/2542503456_07e462f226_b.jpg

Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/2542503456_55c38ca8fd_o.jpg

thanks a lot for your solo update skymyhusband lol,

about last 40m to go?

Solo? :D

flickr, june 4th by atpurrin


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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2557148541_34afd54b21_o.jpg

great work Sky for keeping us updated with pictures :)

June 7 By xiaomiaomiao
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20080607_03a377ffb067828a0666RiU38ahK8bVl.jpg

flickr, june 11th by Hank888

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flickr, june 13th by thomas bauer 66

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/2574054649_a3325fc4bd_o.jpg

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/2574876104_6485a1c116_o.jpg


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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/2574062601_67aee46886_o.jpg

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3151/2574060903_33bf167355_o.jpg

Nice progress

flickr, june 11th by borderlys

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/2576313953_5bfc449139_o.jpg

flickr, june 14th by Benjamin Shobert

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2576638471_aee929524d_o.jpg

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/2576635869_a3f27109e6_o.jpg

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/2577467862_1737ac4bd3_o.jpg

It looks taller from the Bund than I expected already. Makes up a little for the reduced height from the original plans....
From the angle of the picture above will the second tower be left, right or behind this one?

Slightly left and slightly behind.

slowly i've the feeling they cancelled the 2nd tower, it should rise already and i can't even see foundations for it :(

from Flickr by anton.kapliy
june 12th

Full size:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2584374669_6b071e6ca1_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2584374669_87d34cdb11_b.jpg

^^^Or maybe office space is needed so badly that they focus everything on completing one tower then will complete the next one.

By Brough Turner
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3066/2587858765_d47844715b_b.jpg

Who said that Lujiazui lacks density?

It seems to me that Shanghai is a dusty city.Air pollution is a big problem to chinese cities

Dont forget this photo z0rg ;)

By Brough Turner
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/2586635619_327c17158a_b.jpg

June 19th (sorry for the crap quality of these):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/2591788725_a1c2f64902_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/2591788729_81aab01273_o.jpg

Another one from flickr, june 19th by Kristal & Erik

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/2592573890_d8ba7aa8ec_o.jpg

wow loving the cladding...

hope it will be like the citibank building ^_^

I like the cladding too though its simple. :okay:

By napalm
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June 30 - By Kaiser - From skyscrapers.cn

http://item.slide.com/r/1/216/i/KuiPTYxn0z8Llo_BXUP0yukZyMvfO1Yh/

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/7/1/foglio/f_pm_0b61b0c.jpg

http://i29.tinypic.com/2h2fdrr.jpg

http://i28.tinypic.com/9u7rde.jpg

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/7/1/foglio/f_pm_0b61b0c.jpg

Sad to see the monster is growing.

I don't like the cladding... :ohno:

this monster is a shame! it looks like a cream cake! please bomb these eyeshore! Its wasting the skyline on its own!!

July 3,

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2633810027_1df2eb36a7_o.jpg


I apologize for the quality.

http://www.cladding.com/Shanghai%20Lujiazui%20Plot%20X2.jpg

July 7 - By Kaiser - From skyscrapers.cn
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/1488/93712868ne3.jpg

Posted by z0rg in the SWFC thread, you can see IFC progress in the background...

July 18 by jamyan
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http://i.namipan.com/files/933746af4d2c5f3c9ff2abc5cf6371ff57ed4d7468670500ada5/0/tmp6.jpg

flickr, july 19th by lydorz

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/2693183620_307cd60c6f_b.jpg

Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/2693183620_1b1c543832_o.jpg

^^
Love the mood in that photo.

By lydorz
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flickr, july 27th by rayn sybold

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2706477756_6300105fa4_b.jpg

July 29th;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2713939724_84571e74cb_o.jpg

Nice update!!!:banana::cheers:^^

from jamyan

http://i.namipan.com/files/46baafcf7f0e4ade363f4eb33d6deb73d32237220b33050042ec/0/tmp1.jpg

the cladding is going up so fast, ifc looks really tall in the background

rise pudong! rise!

flickr, july 30th by ab k

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2719523794_269c55ef07_o.jpg

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3027/2718702843_dc1e0b46f7_o.jpg

July 31st,

The second part of the project - the smaller tower that will house the W Hotel - has started rising as well (to the right). It is expected to be completed at the same time as the HSBC's tower (left).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3106/2719896604_eb518a7c36_o.jpg

HSBC Tower (OneSIFC), Mirae Asset and Shangri-La facades.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2719412013_a92ed88a5c_o.jpg

HSBC Tower (OneSIFC), Mirae Asset and Shangri-La facades.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2719412013_a92ed88a5c_o.jpg

flickr, july 29th by s weiden

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2720989291_c2d2cfaae9_o.jpg

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3199/2721814644_6db0924840_o.jpg

Gee. Doesn't Pudong ever stop? Nup!

I love this fractal architectural style in skyscrapers ie. those that have planes disecting other surfaces @ (seemingly) random angles, like BoA (1 Bryant Park) in NYC and Eureka Tower in Melbourne.

Thanks for the updates.

August 1;

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flickr, august 1st by snoopy022

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/2722155475_3b5a1c13c0_o.jpg

site for tower 2?

http://i38.tinypic.com/dwujkp.jpg

Not the second tower, but the 3rd, lower building:

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/images/asia/cn/sh/sh_ifc.jpg

It has started rising above ground, check out the previous page for my update. ;)
That building will host the W Hotel.

wow how did i never hear about this project? Its amazing :cheers:

the first tower (u/c right now) is facing towards super brand mall, and the second tower is facing century ave, so would it look like this when they are built?

it would be nice like that because it covers the empty space of the park in lujiazui =)

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1107/2722166225bfae828a25olf2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1107/2722166225bfae828a25olf2.4baecbab92.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=225&i=2722166225bfae828a25olf2.jpg)

From that angle I guess it would be located a little bit to the right, partly behind the west tower - although seen from further north of the Bund, it would definitely fill the "gap" completely.

Aug 2,

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3266/2725232798_6229b6d7e8_o.jpg

^^

Yhanks this pic is stunning

WOW, awesome picture!!!!!:drool::drool::okay:^^

August 5, IFC to the right of the Pearl Tower;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/2734408947_4a568da07d_o.jpg

Nice update, tnx!!!:okay:^^

Fantastic pictures, Staff.

Super stuff, Staff. Where are you finding all of these "lofty" places to take pictures from these days?

^^hahaha super staff^2

By 841120tss:
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http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/9d/59/ea/7290f61d40eedced30a9c300e1b5e98c.jpg

http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/54/51/41/5891c9655520a6dc9fb4d3c4aa41a4b6.jpg

More
http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/65/5f/bd/b894b7351686f8cdcacfc5b96479386d.jpg

http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/ff/c2/f5/c31a3f234432669c590ca546236c894e.jpg

on the 3rd pic it seems the foundation of tower 2 is ready :)

Gorgeous!!

By dtsiabai
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What is in the space immediately to the north? The one with some blue and white roof short buildings.

If you mean the big green spot with a small building in the top left part of the picture, that is the future Shanghai Center plot.

The plot behind and to the right with blue and white sheds used to be a police station. Probably still is. That's south though. North is at the bottom of the pic.

http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/9d/59/ea/7290f61d40eedced30a9c300e1b5e98c.jpg

what are those floors preparation for on the left side of the tower?

Taken from jin mao is it?

Which "floors preparation" do you mean?

The photo is taken from the Oriental Pearl Tower.



jacks,
Yes, that's still a police station - for now.

Core is topped out now:

http://www.box.net/shared/static/k5e2m8y32i.jpg

Formworks removed.

Okay, time for the next one to start rising.

they may not be so tall, but they make an amazing impact on pudong skyline :)

flickr, augsut 28th by mr.moxtra

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Full size: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/2804810257_ba8e7cff4e_o.jpg

core has topped out already, very soon the world will have a new 260m tower :cheers:

Can anyone tell me what it the height of those commieblocks in Pudong, which are nearby SWFC?
This tower, Shanghai IFC, looks pretty much like Eurasia tower in Moscow, in my opinion.

By normanyen@flickr
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/2809396867_7008ce374e_b.jpg

From SWFC level 100 skybridge, flickr august 30th by 2 dogs

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/2811155086_0a56cc25bb_o.jpg

Can anyone tell me what it the height of those commieblocks in Pudong, which are nearby SWFC?
This tower, Shanghai IFC, looks pretty much like Eurasia tower in Moscow, in my opinion.

Obviously you haven't seen the real commieblocks in Pudong...anyway, they're probably around 100m.

i would say its about 130m~ to 150m

and has the cladding of IFC changed again?

flickr, august 30th by vanhuynh

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