Property News · August 29, 2017

American strip malls are coming to Beijing, as urban sprawl expands to outer suburbs


On Saturday afternoons the car park outside the shopping mall is packed with vehicles. Shoppers jostle with each other in outlet stores selling brands such as Hugo Boss, Gap and Nike. Nearby, parents supervise toddlers playing on slides among tropical plants in a children’s playground.
This typical suburban scene could be anywhere in middle America, but it is now an increasingly common sight in China’s biggest cities like Beijing and Shanghai. As these megacities get bigger and…

Source : South China Morning Post
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