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The latest progress comes from Nanjing Huamao Center. Huamao Commercial Street is expected to open on September 28!
As one of Nanjing’s key new commercial landmark projects in 2024, the completion of Nanjing Huamao Center will become a powerful catalyst for the urban renewal and iterative upgrade of the Gulou District and Nanjing’s business district.
Today, let us take a look at the progress of Nanjing Huamao Center.
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Nanjing Huamao Center Huamao Commercial Street is expected to open on September 28 and some of its brands have been exposed
Nanjing Huamao Center is the third Huamao Center project laid out by Huamao Group after Beijing Huamao Center and Suzhou Huamao Center (under construction). It is planned to be an “upgraded version of Beijing Huamao Center”.
The project is located in the core area of Gulou District , on Central Road. It is a commercial building above the New Model Road Station of Metro Line 1.
It is across the street from Xuanwu Lake. And when you stand on the top floor of Nanjing Huamao Center, the Purple Mountain seems not that far away, and the Shence Gate is even closer.
The total construction area of the project is approximately 450,000 square meters, including 1 super Grade A office building, 2 service apartments, 1 large shopping mall, apartment supporting commercial blocks, brand homes, city squares, etc.
What is expected to be opened first on September 28 this year is the characteristic commercial district supporting the apartments .
The main body of Huamao Commercial Street has been completed, the facade curtain wall has been basically installed, and the interior space is being decorated.
It is understood that the investment promotion work of Huamao Commercial Street is also in progress. Brands that have been confirmed to have signed contracts include the first store of Black Pearl Restaurant Dayin Chengdu in Nanjing , popular coffee brand Pi Ye Coffee and other catering brands. In the future, they will bring high-quality life experience to apartment residents and surrounding residents.
On April 8, Nanjing Huamao Center and Ascott China completed a contract on the banks of Xuanwu Lake. This is also the first time Ascott, a well-known luxury apartment service brand, has entered Nanjing. This cooperation will be an upgrade to the high-end living experience in the main city of Nanjing.
As supporting businesses for apartments, Huamao Commercial Street will also introduce lifestyle supporting business brands such as gyms, Internet celebrity coffee and tea drinks, light meals, and convenience stores in the future.
Before the official opening, some stores in Huamao Commercial Street will also start trial operations in advance.
In other words, it is expected to see the debut of Huamao Commercial Street in May or June at the earliest.
As for the large shopping mall located in Area B, the construction and investment promotion work are currently underway simultaneously.
In terms of construction progress, all the shopping mall enclosures have been removed, the exterior facade walls are under construction, and the curtain wall will soon be constructed.
In terms of investment promotion, the shopping mall is positioned as a high-end fashion luxury mall, and plans to introduce personalized fashion brands, youthful luxury brands, and lifestyle brands, etc., targeting young elite customers with high spending power and pursuit of high-quality life.
It is expected that the shopping mall will be officially opened by the end of 2025, and the overall delivery of the office building will be completed at the same time.
SKP department store, the world’s “king of stores”
Annual sales of Beijing Huamao Center exceed 30 billion yuan
Before Nanjing Huamao Center, Huamao Group had already built a “giant” commercial complex in Beijing – Beijing Huamao Center.
When it comes to Beijing Huamao Center, you may be unfamiliar with it, but when it comes to the world’s “king of stores”, Beijing SKP Department Store, you should have heard of it or have checked in. Beijing SKP Department Store is one of the main commercial centers of Beijing Huamao Center.
Beijing Huamao Center has a total construction area of approximately 1 million square meters. In addition to the SKP department store, it also has different functional areas such as super Grade A office buildings, luxury hotels, Huamao Shopping Center, Huamao Commercial Street, international apartments and a central plaza, forming a Own Huamao business district.
More than 260 well-known international companies such as Deutsche Bank, Bank of Montreal, Total, and Tesla;
More than 2,000 fashion brands such as CHANEL, PRADA, HERMES, and GUCCI;
Two international luxury brand hotels, JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton…
The Huamao Business District is not only a fashion benchmark for the country and the world, but also an important support for Beijing to accelerate the construction of an international consumption center city and form a 100-billion-level international business district.
Data shows that sales in Huamao Business District have exceeded 30 billion yuan in 2021.
As the main commercial center of Beijing Huamao Center, Beijing SKP Department Store’s sales reached 26.5 billion yuan in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 10.8% from 2022. It has been the national “King of Stores” for 13 consecutive years since 2011.
Not only domestically, Beijing’s SKP Department Store also surpassed Harrods in London in 2020 and became the global “King of Stores”.
Now, Huamao Group has fully entered the Yangtze River Delta region and built three Huamao center projects in Suzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai.
Among them, Suzhou Huamao Center, with a construction area of approximately 790,000 square meters, will be fully completed this year and put into operation one after another;
Shanghai Huamao Center, with a construction area of approximately 200,000 square meters, officially started construction on June 30 last year and is expected to be completed in early 2027;
The Huamao Commercial Street in Nanjing Huamao Center has entered the countdown to its opening and is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2025.
With the outstanding performance of Beijing Huamao Center, everyone’s expectations for Nanjing Huamao Center are naturally high.
What new trendy brands will it bring to Nanjing? How will it improve consumers’ shopping experience?
Will it form a unique Huamao business district in Nanjing like the Huamao Center in Beijing, and will it be compared with the “China’s first business district” Xinjiekou Business District, Yuantong Business District, Baijiahu Business District, and Confucius Temple Business District? Wait, will they jointly drive Nanjing’s consumption to become more popular?
Let’s wait and see together!
