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August 21, 2006

Construction Statistics Shanghai

Filed under: China Statistics — Shanghai @ 9:43 pm

We’re dipping our toes in the real estate market in Shanghai and as a first step called an agent who was referred to us by a friend.

After telling him the price range, the first question was: “How many bathrooms do you want?”

Are bathrooms the new status symbol?

bathroom

Data about construction in Shanghai
from the latest 8days magazine

  • Total are of Shanghai that has been reconstructed – 22.650.000 m2
  • Number of architecture firms – 44
  • Number of high-rise commercial buildings built every year – 400
  • Total area of all the public parks in Shanghai by 2010 – 20.000.000 m2 *
  • Total expansion of Shanghai’s downtown area since the 1980s – 480 km2
  • Total land area that has been used to build new residential areas over the last 5 years – 80.000.000 m2

* I doubt this will materialize with the said square meters. Real estate/city development plans always include parks and green areas. They somehow are just forgotten at the end stage of the building.

Source: 8days
Picture: My old bathroom in Kunming. Fill it up, heat it and don’t forget to pull out the plug before taking the shower machine

1 Comment »

  1. haha, that is actually true

    there should be the same number of bathrooms as bedrooms.

    http://www.chinabounderess.blogspot.com

    an ABC chick in shanghai

    Comment by Chinabounderess — August 23, 2006 @ 7:50 pm

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