Positioned as Shanghai’s ‘2.5 CBD’, Qiantan is planned around wellness, lifestyle, and public space as much as commerce. Through a masterplan briefing and visits to Qiantan Taikoo Li and Crystal Plaza, delegates will see how offices, retail streets, housing, parks, and the riverfront are woven into a dense yet human-scaled district with a strong emphasis on everyday well-being.

Registration for this tour will open in April.

Walk through one of Shanghai’s fastest-rising CBDs where a new cluster of supertalls meets a fully opened-up waterfront. From Raffles City North Bund to the riverfront promenade, this tour showcases how vertical mixed-use towers, public open space, and transit links are being woven together into a next-generation financial district facing Lujiazui across the water.

Registration for this tour will open in April.

Once a historic water-town, Panlong has been transformed into a walkable lifestyle district while preserving its lanes, canals, and village fabric. This tour looks at how Shui On Land has integrated heritage buildings, boutique retail, food & beverage, and residential into a cohesive 15-minute community connected to the Hongqiao hub, balancing local memory with new urban life.

Registration for this tour will open in April.

West Bund has transformed from an industrial waterfront into one of Shanghai’s most high-profile culture-and-business districts. Through a visit to West Bund Central and the surrounding area, participants will see how office towers, cultural institutions, galleries, and a continuous riverside public realm come together to shape a flagship “work–live–play” destination along the Huangpu River—anchored by ambitious placemaking and strong public-space design.

Registration for this tour will open in April.

In the heart of Shanghai’s CBD, this tour links three landmark projects that are reshaping what city-centre mixed-use can be. From the iconic Louis Vuitton flagship to the transit-connected scale of HKRI Taikoo Hui, and from the finely restored shikumen lanes of Zhangyuan to the evolving Shanghai China Resources Centre, delegates will see how heritage architecture, premium retail, Grade A offices, and hospitality are being layered into one cohesive TOD urban ecosystem—delivering high-density, high-value experiences with a distinctly Shanghai character.

Registration for this tour will open in April.

The Future Leaders Forum convenes the next generation of built environment leaders for a fast-paced exchange on the forces shaping urban growth and value—how cities perform, and how people experience them—now and next, alongside high-impact peer networking.

2.30pm  Opening remarks

2.35pm  Keynote Address: From Online Buzz to Offline Footfall: How Social Media is Reshaping Physical Commerce
This keynote shows how social media is actively shaping commercial real estate performance—driving site selection, tenant mix, footfall, and long-term asset relevance in China’s social-first, experience-led market.

3.00pm  Panel Discussion: Clicks to Bricks: Social Media and the Future of Commercial Assets
How social media is converting online attention into real-world footfall and reshaping how retail and mixed-use assets are planned and activated.

3.45pm  Panel Discussion: Embedding Culture into Commercial Properties' DNA
This panel shows how culture drives commercial and hospitality value by shaping identity, experience, and long-term performance.

4.15pm  Fireside Chat: Creating Places People Love—And Keep Coming Back To
This fireside chat explores how community, culture, and human-first design create places people return to—building loyalty and long-term value beyond footfall.

4.50pm  Closing remarks

Crystal Bridge is a new mixed-use landmark in Shanghai’s Changning District, developed by Tishman Speyer with Xinchangning Group and Mitsubishi Estate. The 250,000-square-metre complex features five Grade-A office towers and a lifestyle retail podium, linked by skybridges, rooftop gardens, and an outdoor amphitheatre to form a three-dimensional “garden workplace.” Sitting directly atop the Line 2 and 15 metro interchange and connecting to the Hongqiao hub, it is emerging as a key business gateway and everyday destination in west Shanghai.

Registration for this tour will open in April.

A unique city tour in a century-old Shikument. At projects such as INLET, participants will see how courtyards, rooflines, materials, and public realms draw from traditional motifs while serving contemporary office, retail, and community functions, creating a quieter cultural counterpoint to the neighbouring skyline.

Registration for this tour will open in April.

Step into the newest extension of the Xintiandi neighbourhood, where Dongtai Li reinterprets the historic Dongtai Road through a contemporary mixed-use lens. Anchored by a 250-metre Grade A office tower, the 80,000-sqm development weaves together open “street + box” retail spaces along the original street axis, all sheltered beneath one of Shanghai’s largest panoramic canopy roofs—creating a vibrant urban destination that blends heritage, commerce, and everyday city life.

Registration for this tour will open in April.