11. Mixc One Linyi City Crossing

Client: China Resources
Location: Linyi, China
Types of Built Projects: Retail, office, entertainment, residential
Site area: 7,373,279 square feet
Building area: 30,138,900 square feet

The Linyi City Crossing is envisioned as a planned mixed-use community with an identity that reflects the character of the city, Linyi.  Looped spaces and interlocking pathways will create a unifying spatial pattern that will connect the towers, terraces and the inner mall of the project. Above a five-storey indoor mall, two towers provide space for work units and offices. The entire project is surrounded by a lush greenbelt that will extend to 14 shorter residential towers, smaller retail outlets and a large civic center in the adjacent block.

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12. Sanya Bay Mangrove Tree Resort

Client:Antaeus Group Co.
Location: Hainan Island, China
Types of Built Projects: Hotel, office, retail, restaurants, conference center, entertainment
Site area: 2,830,908 square feet
Building area: 5,289,386 square feet

The Sanya Bay Mangrove Tree Resort is the largest hospitality project in southern China and combines two luxury hotels, a convention hotel, three family resort condo towers with 350 rooms each, a business tower with 32,000 square meters of office space and a conference centre. Pavilions with large canopies and shaded arcades open onto the palm trees and the tropical setting of the island. The complex includes restaurants, bars and entertainment venues that line the promenade, while a water park, multi-screen cinema and amphitheatre make up Sanya’s entertainment facilities.

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13. Riviera Shopping Mall

Client: Essence Development
Location: Moscow, Russia
Types of Built Projects: Retail, Restaurants, Hypermarket, Entertainment
Site area: 914,932 square feet
Building area: 2,778,757 square feet

It is a new commercial and leisure project strategically located 42 km south of the Kremlin, in one of the most populated areas of Moscow. The site has excellent visibility from the Simferopolskoe highway and is easily accessible by public transport. The center combines the world of fashion and beauty, leisure, restaurants and scheduled services on one floor with a children’s shop and entertainment on the second level. This commercial development will become a destination point for the surrounding region.

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14. Optimum Adana

Client:Renaissance Development
Location:Adana, Turkey
Types of Built Projects:Hotel, office, retail, restaurants, conference facilities, entertainment
Site area: 355,209 square feet
Building area: 877,259 square feet

Optimum Adana is a mixed-use family project located near SabanciMerkezCamii. It functions primarily as a shopping mall, with recreational elements that include retail, entertainment, and food and beverage.  A cinema, indoor skating rink, bowling alley, children’s entertainment area and the first laser marking facility in the area make up the rest of the project’s programming.

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15. Optimum Izmir

Client : Renaissance Development
Location : Izmir, Turkey
Types of Built Projects:Retail, Restaurants, Entertainment
Building area: 88,000 square meters

Optimum Izmir is the fourth Optimum brand shopping center in Turkey. It opened in November 2008 in the country’s third largest city. It includes large-formathypermarkets, DIY stores and an electronic marketplace. These are accompanied by more than 20 fast food and restaurant units and various leisure facilities, including a 10-screen cinema, ice rink, bowling alley, 5D cinema and a children’s entertainment center. Convenient parking is provided underneath the center, offering direct access to the project’s main commercial passages and courthouses.

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