Swire Properties' Taikoo Li mixed-use retail complex in Chengdu combines heritage buildings and contemporary art. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Swire Properties' Taikoo Li mixed-use retail complex in Chengdu combines heritage buildings and contemporary art. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Shanghai's upscale Xintiandi shopping district uses antique walls, tiles and facades. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Shanghai's upscale Xintiandi shopping district uses antique walls, tiles and facades. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Heritage buildings in Taikoo Li, in Chengdu, have gained a new lease of life as a shopping district with a difference. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Heritage buildings in Taikoo Li, in Chengdu, have gained a new lease of life as a shopping district with a difference. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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China's shopping malls undergo creative shift

Retailers are creating social spaces that attract shoppers who want public areas where they can hang out with friends and family

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Catherine Shaw
Catherine Shaw

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Swire Properties' Taikoo Li mixed-use retail complex in Chengdu combines heritage buildings and contemporary art. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Swire Properties' Taikoo Li mixed-use retail complex in Chengdu combines heritage buildings and contemporary art. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Shanghai's upscale Xintiandi shopping district uses antique walls, tiles and facades. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Shanghai's upscale Xintiandi shopping district uses antique walls, tiles and facades. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Heritage buildings in Taikoo Li, in Chengdu, have gained a new lease of life as a shopping district with a difference. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Heritage buildings in Taikoo Li, in Chengdu, have gained a new lease of life as a shopping district with a difference. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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