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

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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