http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/xin_130704100829287210416.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/xin_560604181534716230557.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/xin_560604181534105177536.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/xin_04070409154716005611.jpg


The black dot marks the location of Yantai, very close to Qingdao.
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/Yantai.gif

1x323m (278m without spire), 57 floors (mixed use)
1x190m, 59 floors (residential)
1x184m, 56 floors (residential)
1x175m, 54 floors (residential)


On the morning of 9 July 2007, a grand foundation laying ceremony for Yantai Shimao No.1 The Harbour was held. City mayor Mr. Zhang Jiangting, deputy mayor Mr. Liu Shuqi and Shimao Property chairman Mr. Hui Wing Mau together laid earth at the centre of the site to inaugurate the foundation of the project.
Located at the Seafront Plaza in Yantai's city centre, Yantai Shimao No.1 The Harbour faces the national tax bureau building to the east, and connects with No. 2 Road to its south. The west side of the project is Jie Fang Road while its north faces the Main Road. With a total gross floor area of 277,000 square metres, the project comprises three commercial towers over 54, 56 and 59 floors respectively, and an integrated 57-floor tower. The integrated tower is 323 metres in height.
The planned project will be a landmark seashore architectural compound in Yantai and the Gaozhou Peninsula, amalgamating a super five star hotel, full sea view apartments and commercial office buildings. Adjacent to the Seafront Cultural Square, which is of significant importance to Yantai City, the project realign the skyline of the Yantai coast to become an international, coastal central business district which will be unique and ahead of its time.
Mr. Liu Shuqi, Deputy Mayor of Yantai, commented: "As Yantai is a waterfront city, the government has been carefully considering options for the construction of the waterfront scenic area. Since the new waterfront area has experienced rapid and remarkable economic growth, the Shimao project, as a landmark of the Yantai waterfront scenic area, would help invigorate the development of the new area and enhance the quality of construction within the district."
Mr. Hui Wing Mau, Chairman of Shimao Property said, "Through its world class development standards and creative planning and design as Yantai's landmark architectural complex, Yantai Shimao No.1 The Harbour epitomizes the vision for a brand new waterfront area. The outstanding example of an urban residence is set to become a brand new sightseeing spot as it revamps the image of the city. The Group believes that the project would significantly improve the quality of living of the coastal area, providing a perfect combination of shopping, commercial and entertainment services to local residents."

http://www.shimaogroup.com/english/detail.asp?id=927

Nice tower..

Not bad. Looks much better in the second render !

Nice towers!

Wow a supertall in a relatively unknown Yantai, Congratulations to them :)

nice. ;)

Nice towers! :)

How many people live in this town??

How many people live in this town??

Around 1.5 million.

i guess this number will grow fast

nice cluster!

Unique design, like it alot.

amazing project, another one for China!!

Nice tower, too bad that it needs a spire to be a supertall.

323m and only 57 floors???
Do theyhave a ceiling height of 5 meters??

OIC, the spire... which height has it?

WOW! great tower...

More renders. No updates though :S

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3029/89sq7.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/9978/02e5cbd9jfifcx2.jpg

Shimao group has similiar aprtment project in nanjing,the last time I seen in website is near finish,any update?

nice, my paternal grandparents are from this place.

Shimao group apartment project in nanjing is 50 floor plus tall.

Wow! Very nice tower :D

It's sorta interesting, but i'm getting really bored of these simple-ish 1000ft towers.

it is now UC since July....i guess the foundation-work it nearly done

It's sorta interesting, but i'm getting really bored of these simple-ish 1000ft towers.

I thought the same thing, until i saw this:

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/9978/02e5cbd9jfifcx2.jpg

and now i think its superb :cheers:

its nice....but i kinda agree with AshMat on this one.

its all been done before.

Great render, thanks for updating. :)

I dont like the spire, too thin. Maybe it will grow on me though.

I thought the same thing, until i saw this:

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/9978/02e5cbd9jfifcx2.jpg

and now i think its superb :cheers:

Agreed. I saw the first few rendering ans I was thinking "Meh... that's ok." Then I saw this rendering... wow. I wonder if it's just the angle or if they actually improved the design, but it looks great.

April 16, by tsrgf
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20080416_64bb9864a129ec42a1b9RryjZm9rWmFl.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20080416_a28f8a933fb27198728fON1V3F59miOc.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20080416_1425e2153ce9a88e543eJLlXRj1wguzS.jpg

pilling completed :cheers:

well progress. I actually went to this city a couple of years back.

June 21 by tsrgf
http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/03519EEA.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/0352A7F9.002C

Wow! Lots of workers in the huge site. Its going to be fascinating when completed! :D

August 10
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/0370F1C2.jpg

is that the maintower which is rising there?

What is the population of the city ?

By 白衣飄飄的年代
http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038F6AB7.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038F6A9E.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038F6A92.002C

October 19th
http://bbs.q915.com/attachment/month_0810/20081020_c71ac70901d301ae7157UDdFrAIitnUH.jpeg

slow for a chinese building. I like is crown and the stuff leading up to the crown, when looking at post #24

nice to hear a supertall news from Yantai! I have a good memory from Yantai~

From Wong Tung Group Website:

Shimao Shandong Yantai Development, Shangdong, China

Scope:
3 54-59 storey residential building with 794 units
1 57-storey tower block comprising
28-storey hotel / service apartment upper portion with 400 /120 units
18-storey office building at lower portion, on a
4-storey commercial podium
Total GFA of 277,000 s.m.

Anticipated Completion / Completion Date:
Not available

Construction Cost:
Not available

http://www.wongtung.com/projects/977/img01.jpg

http://www.wongtung.com/projects/977/img02.jpg


http://www.wongtung.com/projects/977/index2_e.html

nice tower...

Hi, I'm new here. This is my first post.
I'm wondering about this city so bad.

I've heard that there's only 1.60 million people staying in the urban area.
The number, for me, seems so small comparing to the expanding of the city.
There're too many high-rise building developing and planning to develop soon.
Some projects plan to build more than 30 builidngs! That means 1,000s units/project.
And chineses, if you know them, they do only big thing. They seem not interested in any small scale.

Does the city have enough demand to absorb those massive supply????
If not, why the local government seems to try too hard to facilitate and support all developers to do such giant projects.

Sorry, that my question seems to long.
However, there's another question, what's the main business or industry of the city?
Thank you so much so anyone who can help me answer these questions.

^^The main industies of Yantai r machine making,food products,electronic products etc

we went to yantai last year for outdoor experiment and I found Yantai has a lot of high rises,its a nice city

I don‘t know much about the first question...:)

not digging it, proportions are all wrong in my eyes

By 白衣飄飄的年代
http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/03E27F24.002C

not a bad tower for a small city like Yantai, Shandong province is developing really fast.

Unknown date
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/1237882455659_000.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/1237882460812_000.jpg

in china, building a supertall isn't that expensive compare to developed country. cheap labour force, cheap meterial.

May 5th by tsrgf
http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/03F51469.002C

^^ The pic you posted on April 26th must be at least from december or january then.

By tsrgf. Main tower rising.
http://www.jtmcc.com.cn/upload_files/article/148/12_20090526060557_JUQxJUNDJUNDJUE4JUI5JUE0JUIzJUNDJUI1JUQ4JUNGJUMyJUJEJUUxJUI5JUI5JUNBJUE5JUI5JUE0JUNEJUVBJUIxJUNG.jpg

Unknown date, but probably late May. By 使劲冒.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/1242635265505_000.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/1242635263394_000.jpg

Late June by 最爱午后红茶.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/1245663283611_000.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/1245663286037_000.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/1245663289318_000.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/1245663292133_000.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/1245663297531_000.jpg

at least it should have a bigger spire....oh the art of cheating.

Amazing project.Congratulations on Yantai.

The renders look nice,are there any pic in details?

By wodemaya
http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/b6/50/c0/473920f3fea840c0831f4a2c42bf4993.jpg

by tsrgf
http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/1f/68/fc/814278a7c8abf35df081290b57781a0a.jpg

http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/87/fb/c2/405a1eff7f12002057c191b01df286ca.jpg

September 8th by liquan
http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/bb/47/db/dd95b027d258f0c9f15b32b46ada218f.jpg

http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/09/ac/24/2ff9b23401264e0dcd889450b27321d5.jpg

http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/f9/91/20/b9289d0ed3b42f19ca50641e2fc62440.jpg

http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/7a/5b/ec/d4904853dba3f9224fe5770c22fb64c0.jpg

http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/dd/e9/d1/86be91c178f47a0a0996e478c6a756d1.jpg

September 30th by skyt. Main tower rising already.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/0436EC5D.jpg

November 19
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/others3/1258525509972_000.jpg

December 6 by tsrgf
http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/9e/d0/d6/9aee24492d136d8ec1a72ea2c120e1d8.jpg

January 9 by wodemaya
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/others3/0459CEED.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/others3/0459D365.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/others3/045A1FAA.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/others3/045A209D.jpg

nice update

This is the next supertall we are going to see rising fast :)

Posted by gf8318754
http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/91/98/d0/713ed8d8be6ec55ed823e135f4a36fbb.jpg

http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/e2/33/87/4c1f0d8ffaee8fd22ff2e00cdcc46b8f.jpg

http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/54/9d/e6/24049cd9f5495038ab426539292a1835.jpg

Either it is very slow, or on-hold. :ohno:

Posted by skyt, 5-5-10. gaoloumi.com.

http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/5/8/20100505.JPG

By skyt
http://www.ytnpic.cn/bbs/attachments/month_1005/1005041655f7475a0ba10e2f09.jpg

http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/5/9/20100509.JPG

By wodemaya
http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/048AE3A5.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/048AE3B6.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/048AE3CF.002C

By feipeng8865, 5-26-10.

http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/6/13/1274853144789_000.jpg

September 14 by skyt
http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04B163A8.002C

Not on-hold, just ultra slow progress. :(

sucks :ohno:

October 1 by skyt
http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/10/9/20101001.jpg

Baahhh! Moving almost as slow as usual. With design and progress it reminds me of the Whenzhou World Trade Center.

By skyt
http://www.ytnpic.cn/bbs/attachments/month_1005/1005041655f7475a0ba10e2f09.jpg


^^Today's Yantai looks really modern.:)

Yantai, never heard off. But the project looks damm good.

By skyt
http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/11/22/sm101121.jpg

By skyt
http://pic.gaoloumi.com/attachments/day_110120/1101202240f52f911585030b39.jpg

China, i love you

They have added another crane.... Things should move faster now.

By skyt
http://pic.gaoloumi.com/attachments/day_110501/11050117285321ed67c4b10d81.jpg

Been a long time since we got an update. Not a whole lot of progress though.

That is why it has been along time since the last update! :lol:

Best update ever for this one, by 飞人类.
http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2011/5/16/IMG_0176.jpg

http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2011/5/16/IMG_0188.jpg

this a nice tower it's classy!!

Interesting shaped core..... irregular octagon- you don't see that very often in skysccrapers.

Wow! Very nice tower :cheers:

May pics from the press posted by feipeng8865. It's rising.
http://v1.iimmgg.com/images/is8gr/eb2df857818a94935f8a4a5b21b90af0.jpg

http://v1.iimmgg.com/images/is8gr/8187095101a7f873f2f4ca6b20f70ccb.jpg

World's Slowest Under Construction Building! :ohno:

^^Last pics posted by zOrg are from May, same month of the previous images.

By meiyouni
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/another%20one/P8197445.jpg

^^ nice view

Late september, by skyt
http://pic.gaoloumi.com/attachments/day_110923/1109232256995625ce418a88af.jpg

http://pic.gaoloumi.com/attachments/day_110923/11092322597af3ea5e524b01fe.jpg

By skyt
http://pic.gaoloumi.com/attachments/day_111109/11110920588f803d2db3991d91.jpg

By meiyouni
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/another%20one/P8197445.jpg

There are many buildings.:laugh: