China Central Place

Format
Brief

City
Beijing

Country
China

Metro Area
Beijing

Project Type
District/Corridor/Community

Location Type
Central Business District

Land Uses
Entertainment
Hotel
Multifamily For-Sale Housing
Office
Open space
Parking
Restaurant
Retail

Keywords
Reclaimed industrial site
Transit-oriented development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2009 Finalist
Urban parks

Site Size
42 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
2003

Date Opened
2007

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Located in Beijing’s Chaoyang District, the 1 million-square-meter (10.8 million-sq. ft.) China Central Place integrates three high-rise office towers, two five-star hotels, a shopping center with more than 1,000 tenants and 60 restaurants, seven residential towers, and two new public parks on a 17-hectare (42-acre) site. Threaded by a series of canals and landscaped walkways that link public parks, plazas, and fountains, the mixed-use development devotes over a third of its area to open space. Developed by Beijing Guohua Real Estate Co., Ltd., the land development arm of the state electric power company, China Central Place is located on the reclaimed site of a former power station.

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Developer/Owner
Beijing Guohua Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Beijing, China

Design Architect/Master Planner
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
New York, NY

Consulting Architect
Benoy
London, UK

Landscape Architect
EDAW
San Francisco, CA

Website
www.huamao.cc/en

Principal Author(s)
Theodore Thoerig, Alexandra Notay, David Leipziger

ULI Awards for Excellence 2009 Finalist