The Vanke Pavilion, for China's largest property developer, is a spiralling structure with staircases wrapping around its perimeter and a "forest of bamboo" contained inside.
On Monday Hangzhou-based property developer Greentown China Holdings Ltd. said it is considering disposing of some of its property projects to boost its cash flow rather than cut prices.
That winter was a hard time for most property developers.
These days, "it's a terribly unremarkable place on the way to Disneyland, " says Tom Irish, a property developer.
Shui On Land, a large property developer particularly active in Shanghai, has begun promoting a listing; already it is fully subscribed.
Hong Kong property developer has sold a duplex apartment for a world record price, less than three months after the territory technically emerged from recession.
Thus, a "zero property management fees" as a selling point for advocacy, property developers only a marketing tool, the essence of which remains huge.
On the other hand, Chinese property developer Wuhan Double fell off the list this year, as its sales shrank 65% in 2010.
This black-and-white drama, set in Naples and employing documentary techniques, stars Rod Steiger as an unscrupulous property developer who gains control of the city's planning department.
Sir Run Run has been trying to sell his 75 per cent stake in Shaw Brothers for years, and was in talks with Yeung Kwok-Keung, chairman of Country Garden, the Chinese property developer, this summer.