Beijing Finance Street

Format
Project Profile

City
Beijing

Country
China

Metro Area
Beijing

Project Type
Mixed Use

Location Type
Central Business District

Land Uses
Civic Uses
Hotel
Office
Open space
Restaurant
Retail
Single-Family For-Sale Housing

Keywords
Atrium
Fountain
Geothermal heating
Neighborhood revitalization
Pedestrian-oriented development
Public space preservation
Sustainable development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2008 Winner
Urban park

Site Size
77 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
2002

Date Opened
2007

Since Beijing was awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics, the capital city has undergone a physical transformation on a massive scale. At the center of the enormous, citywide development effort lies Beijing Finance Street—a 3.36 million-square-meter (36.2 million-sf) mixed-use development that features offices, luxury hotels, retail space, and apartments arranged around a meandering central park. The CNY31.6 billion (US$4.6 billion) project is situated on the former site of a dilapidated hutong neighborhood—a cluster of narrow alleys lined by traditional courtyard residences—five blocks west of the Forbidden City, Beijing’s historic center.

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Developers/Owners
Beijing Financial Street Holding Co., Ltd.
Beijing, China

Design Architect/Master Planner
Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill, LLP
San Francisco, CA

Landscape Architect
SWA Group
San Francisco, CA

Website
www.jrjkg.com.cn

Principal Author(s)
Theodore Thoerig

ULI Awards for Excellence 2008 Winner