Cloud Nine (Shanghai)

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Cloud Nine

Zhongshan Park.jpg

View of Cloud Nine.
General information
Type Office, hotel, retail
Location Changning District,
Shanghai, China
Coordinates 31°13′16″N121°24′43″E / 31.221°N 121.412°E / 31.221; 121.412 Coordinates: 31°13′16″N121°24′43″E / 31.221°N 121.412°E / 31.221; 121.412
Construction started 2001
Completed 2006
Height
Roof 238 m (781 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 58
Floor area 300,000 m2 (3,200,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect Arquitectonica
An entrance to the Cloud Nine shopping mall. Cloud Nine entrance, Shanghai.JPG
An entrance to the Cloud Nine shopping mall.
An atrium in the Cloud Nine shopping mall. Atrium at Cloud Nina shopping mall, Shanghai.JPG
An atrium in the Cloud Nine shopping mall.
View inside the mall. Cloud Line Shopping Mall Vacant Store.jpg
View inside the mall.

Cloud Nine is a 58-floor, 238-metre (781 ft) tall skyscraper with a shopping mall at its base, completed in 2006 and located in western Shanghai, China.

Skyscraper tall building

A skyscraper is a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors and is taller than approximately 150 m (492 ft). Historically, the term first referred to buildings with 10 to 20 floors in the 1880s. The definition shifted with advancing construction technology during the 20th century. Skyscrapers may host commercial offices or residential space, or both. For buildings above a height of 300 m (984 ft), the term "supertall" can be used, while skyscrapers reaching beyond 600 m (1,969 ft) are classified as "megatall".

Shopping mall complex of shops

A shopping mall is a modern, chiefly North American, term for a form of shopping precinct or shopping center, in which one or more buildings form a complex of shops representing merchandisers with interconnecting walkways that enable customers to walk from unit to unit. A shopping arcade is a specific type of shopping precinct which is usually distinguished in English for mall shopping by the fact that connecting walkways are not owned by a single proprietor and are in open air. Shopping malls in 2017 accounted for 8% of retailing space in the United States.

Shanghai Municipality in Peoples Republic of China

Shanghai is one of the four municipalities under the direct administration of the central government of the People's Republic of China, the largest city in China by population, and the second most populous city proper in the world, with a population of 24.18 million as of 2017. It is a global financial centre and transport hub, with the world's busiest container port. Located in the Yangtze River Delta, it sits on the south edge of the estuary of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the East China coast. The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north, south and west, and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea.

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Overview

The building is primarily a shopping mall at the lower levels. It is also known as Shanghai Summit Shopping City [1] or Cloud Nine Shopping Mall. [2] The mall is home to many multinational retailers such as Uniqlo, C&A, and H&M, and is also connected to a Renaissance Hotel. At night the skyscraper is lit by floodlights attached to the outside walls.

Uniqlo Japanese casual wear designer, manufacturer and retailer

Uniqlo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese casual wear designer, manufacturer and retailer. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. The company operates in Japan and several other countries.

C&A international Dutch chain of fashion retail clothing stores

C&A is an international chain of fashion retail clothing stores, with European head offices in Vilvoorde, Belgium, and Düsseldorf, Germany. It has retail stores in many European countries. It serves only the largest markets of Asia, North America and South America. C&A's brands include Angelo Litrico, Canda, Clockhouse, Here+There, Palomino, Rodeo, Westbury, Yessica, Yessica Pure, and Your Sixth Sense.

H&M Swedish multinational clothing-retail company

Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish multinational clothing-retail company known for its fast-fashion clothing for men, women, teenagers and children. H&M and its associated companies operate in 62 countries with over 4,500 stores and as of 2015 employed around 132,000 people. It is the second-largest global clothing retailer, just behind Spain-based Inditex. The company has a significant online presence, with online shopping available in 33 countries:

Cloud Nine is located in western Shanghai, near Zhongshan Park. The park itself is just to the north and to the north of that is Suzhou Creek.

Zhongshan Park (Shanghai) urban park

Zhongshan Park, formerly called Jessfield Park and Zhaofeng Park, is a park in Shanghai, China. The park has a large collection of trees and flowers. People fly kites and play sport games on the large meadow areas.

Suzhou Creek river in the Peoples Republic of China

Suzhou Creek, also called Wusong River, is a river that passes through the Shanghai city center. It is named after the neighbouring city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, the predominant settlement in this area prior to the rise of Shanghai as a metropolis.

The shopping mall's English and Chinese names are unrelated: its Chinese name is 龙之梦购物中心 ("Dragon's Dream Shopping Center"). [3]

An accident with an escalator in August 2015 resulted in the amputation of a man's leg. [4]

Transport

The Cloud Nine shopping mall and skyscraper are immediately northeast of the Zhongshan Park Station on Shanghai Metro Line 2, Line 3, and Line 4. It can be seen from Lines 3 and 4, which are elevated at this point.

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References

  1. "Shanghai Summit Shopping City". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. "Cloud Nine Shopping Mall". Go Shop Shanghai. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  3. "Cloud Nine Shopping Mall 龙之梦购物中心". China: City Weekend. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  4. "Shanghai cleaner has leg amputated following yet another horrific escalator accident". shanghaiist.com. 2015-08-02.