Raffles City Shanghai, Commercial skyscraper in Huangpu District, China
Raffles City Shanghai is a 49-story skyscraper rising 222 meters in the Huangpu District. The building combines office spaces with a shopping center at ground level and features two basement levels with additional services and connections.
The building was completed in 2003 under development by Singapore-based CapitaLand. It represents an early example of modern commercial architecture that transformed Shanghai's business district.
The name comes from Stamford Raffles, founder of modern Singapore; CapitaLand's Raffles City brand began with Raffles Place in Singapore in 1986. The Shanghai complex opened in 2003 and was then the largest Singaporean investment project in the city, backed by CapitaLand, Temasek Holdings, Sino Land, GIC and Shanghai Daguangming Group. Its basement food stalls, brand shops on floors 1 to 5, the Da Shidai food court on 6 and a gym on 7 draw crowds from the adjacent People's Square and Nanjing Road.
The geometric glass facade allows natural light to flow through the interior spaces generously. Visitors can easily navigate the shopping center and move between different levels.
The name comes from Stamford Raffles, founder of modern Singapore; CapitaLand's first Raffles City opened there in 1986. Shanghai's version, opened in 2003, was then the largest Singaporean investment project in the city, backed by Temasek Holdings, Sino Land, GIC and Shanghai Daguangming Group. In 2021 a Ping An unit agreed to acquire stakes in six Raffles City properties, this one among them.
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