On the morning of March 29, the Guangzhou Port Taikoo Warehouse Reconstruction Area project officially started. The project was invested 2 billion yuan by Guangzhou Port Group to upgrade the 23,000-square-meter reconstruction area behind Taikoo Cang, creating Guangzhou's first port culture-themed business that integrates Lingnan culture, modern art and international trends. A new benchmark for complexes.
Century-old Taikoo Cang has given birth to a new world-class art and leisure landmark
The Taikoo Cang project has a total land area of approximately 62,000 square meters. It was first constructed in 1904 by the British businessman Taikoo & Co., and has a history of more than 110 years. Among them, west of Huandao Road is the Taikoo Cang front dock and warehouse area, covering an area of 37,000 square meters. To the east of Huandao Road is the reconstruction area project, with an ownership land area of 23,000 square meters, and a planned building area of of 4.5 10,000 square meters, with a total construction area of 85,000 square meters, an estimated investment of 2 billion yuan, and an estimated construction period of 3 years. The project is included in the 2022 Guangzhou City key construction project and "conquering the city" project plan.
It is understood that the reconstruction area plans to build three office towers, podium buildings and several independent commercial buildings. Relying on the existing commercial foundation of Taikoo Cang’s frontier terminals and warehouses, the commercial volume will be significantly increased, and through the transformation and upgrading of business formats and operational services Embedding cultural power and architectural design landmarking and space activation to improve the overall quality of Taikoo Cang Positioning, integrating rare riverside interactive scenes and historical culture, promoting the transformation of a single consumption model into guided continuous consumption, creating Guangzhou's first world-class art and leisure landmark with the theme of port and terminal culture, forming a new Haizhu western experience economy engine to further promote Guangzhou to build an international consumption center city.
Shi Tingfeng, deputy general manager of Guangzhou Port Group, said that the Taikoo Cang project is a typical case of Guangzhou Port Group's renovation and upgrading of old terminals adhering to the renovation concept of "repairing the old as it was and integrating the old and the new". It is located in Guangzhou City and Haizhu District. and other departments at all levels Under the strong support and guidance of Guangzhou City, Taikoo Cang has been continuously upgraded and transformed for 15 years since 2007 to serve the city's economic development and meet the growing material and cultural life needs of citizens and tourists. It has become a famous trademark in Guangzhou and will also become the "eternal city" after Liwan. After "Qingfang", it is another benchmark micro-renovation project in Guangzhou.
Create a historical and cultural inheritance place and a quality business district experience place
Taikoo Cang Wharf As a historical and cultural inheritance place and a quality business district experience place integrating cultural creativity, exhibition and trade, sightseeing, leisure and entertainment and other functions, it is known as " "New City Living Room" is an eye-catching business card of Guangzhou to the outside world. Since Taikoo Cang was put into operation in 2010, it has received more than 10 million tourists every year, and the annual business revenue of merchants has exceeded 220 million yuan.
Currently, Haizhu District is making every effort to build the "Haizhu New Vibrant Culture, Business and Tourism Integration Circle" in the west, build more "Taikoo warehouse-style" cultural, business and tourism integrated consumption areas, and create a place for historical and cultural heritage and a quality business district experience.
Guo Degui, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Longfeng Street, Haizhu District, said that Taikoucang Wharf is an important terminal on the Maritime Silk Road. It has witnessed the vicissitudes of modern foreign trade and port transportation for a century, and is the key to Longfeng Street building a "waterfront new area" important carrier. Longfeng Street will seize the opportunity of Haizhu to build Guangzhou's historical and cultural heritage and high-quality business district experience, focus on cultivating night economy , food economy, brand economy and other consumer hotspots, and support characteristic parks including Taikoo Cang to create waterfront characteristic consumption clusters In view of the "nighttime" economic status of Taikoo Cang, we will promote the expansion of Taikoo Cang's functions based on the public service supporting positioning of surrounding industrial spaces, extend the development of leisure, health, education, shopping and other supporting services in the area, and empower the Taikoo Cang area to improve quality and efficiency. Attract broader consumption power.In order to promote "high standards and high quality" in the project positioning, business planning, design and construction of the Taikoo Cang Redevelopment Area,
strives to awaken the cultural memory of the waterfront port, activate the resource endowment of the cutting-edge terminal, and rejuvenate the old city's new commercial style. Guangzhou Port Group launched an open bidding process for the whole society. Entrusted Guangzhou Xie'an Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. and Guangdong Architectural Design Institute Co., Ltd. to join hands with the world-renowned design team of Aedas Global to carry out the entire process of project survey, design and construction, and jointly create a modern commercial complex sample project, making Taikoo Cang Pier a A landmark tourist attraction in Guangzhou.
What role will the Taikoocang Redevelopment Area project play in such an urban strategy? Li Jinlin, general manager of Guangzhou Harbor Taikoo Cang Investment and Operation Co., Ltd., said that by completing the development and construction of Taikoo Cang Reconstruction Area, the company has integrated and integrated the redevelopment area project with Taikoo Cang Wharf, enhanced the commercial volume of Taikoo Cang, and empowered The historical heritage of the Taikoo Cang Redevelopment Area project will be integrated into the existing waterfront of Taikoo Cang Wharf. The water elements, port elements and foreign trade elements are further deepened and widened, so that the Taikoo Cang Wharf can better reflect the characteristics of all-weather economic development. The Taikoo Cang Redevelopment Area project continues to create the old wharf in Haizhu District and even Guangzhou through the integration of architecture and culture. Cultural display, leisure experience and high-end business meeting room.
Inseparable from Taikooqing
In recent years, Internet celebrity check-in places have continued to emerge. Many Internet celebrity check-in places that were put into operation at the same time as Taikoo Cang have disappeared. However, Taikoo Cang has been "popular" for more than ten years since it was put into operation in 2010. Year.
At Taikoo Cang Wharf, I met Ms. Zhang who was taking photos and said that Taikoo Cang is almost a must-visit place for her every week, including the British-style red brick wall warehouse, the tall gray water tower , and the T-shaped pier lying on the river. , she has seen its quiet and leisurely mornings, and also seen its golden evenings. Whether she was walking and taking photos, or gathering with close friends at the bar, she was deeply impressed by the rich and unique industrial charm it revealed. attract. Nowadays, Taikoo Cang has become one of the first choice places for nightlife consumption and embankment experience in Guangzhou. New cultural and entertainment formats such as niche culture craft restaurants, dance bars, electronic music jazz bars, day coffee and night wine complex cafes have entered. It makes the place more lively and lively, making Ms. Zhang never want to leave. However, in addition to eating, drinking and having fun, she also hopes that Taikoo Cang can have more activities and experiences, such as exhibitions, theme life festivals, carnivals, cultural experiences, etc. Ms. Zhang was very excited when she heard about the development and construction of the Taikoo Cang Redevelopment Area. She felt that this could just meet her expectations for the future development of Taikoo Cang.
Liu Xiaozhen is the chief brand officer of Taikoo Cang's "Space Space MALL". She is particularly touched when talking about the development and changes of Taikoo Cang over the years. Space Mall was formerly known as the Business Port and was one of the first batch of merchants to be renovated in the Taikoo Cang Wharf. The Business Port was officially put into operation in 2009 and was the only waterfront creative office space in Guangzhou at the time. The overall space is mainly based on creative design. It has cooperated with Guangdong Fashion Designers Association and Guangzhou Fashion Designers Association to hold Guangzhou Fashion Week and various design creative activities in Taikoo Cang for many times. As the commercial atmosphere of Taikoo Cang Wharf becomes increasingly strong, the business port has also responded positively and actively integrated into the overall transformation and upgrading strategy of Taikoo Cang Wharf. Taking advantage of the "Haizhu New Vibrant Culture, Business and Tourism Integration Circle", it has been upgraded from the original business port to an Ethernet Livehouse. As the core, gather creative catering , bar light food, fashionable retail and other business formats, we strive to create a new lifestyle and cultural landmark that radiates 20 million people in the Guangfo area. Following the innovation and upgrading of Taikoo Cang Wharf’s consumer format, Space MALL now holds more than 200 events in Taikoo Cang every year High-quality concerts are welcomed by all music circles. "The development and construction of the Taikoo Cang Reconstruction Area has further enhanced the scale and influence of the Taikoo Cang business district, and provided a more open spatial pattern for the development of our Taikoo Cang merchants," said Liu Xiaozhen.
Talking about future development, Liu Xiaozhen hopes to continue to empower culture and art in the Taikoo Cang area, where her career started, and integrate a variety of new commercial formats to provide people with more dynamic and enthusiastic life proposals and contribute to the city. Bringing a new cultural and social experience.She is very much looking forward to the transformation of the Taikoo Cang redevelopment area and hopes that Taikoo Cang will lead every merchant to go nationwide and to the world.
News link: The century-old transformation of Taikoo Cang
Looking back on history, Taikoo Cang Wharf was built in 1904 by the former British merchant Taikoo & Co., and it has a history of more than 110 years. In 1953, Taikoo Cang Wharf was nationalized and later operated by Guangzhou Port Group Co., Ltd. In 1965, Guangzhou Port became a port open to the outside world, and Taikoocang Wharf became a national first-class port. It mainly functions as loading, unloading, and storage of import and export goods, and has made important contributions to the internal and external trade of Guangzhou.
With the general trend of economic development, urban construction and the enlargement of maritime transport ships, the busy loading and unloading operations have gradually declined. Finally, as the cargo ship "Shuangning 5" left the bridge and moved to the fourth dock in Fangcun on June 6, 2007, Taikoo Ware officially bid farewell to the history of dock loading and unloading.
Starting in 2007, Guangzhou Port Group implemented the transformation and reconstruction of Taikoocang Terminal, making it one of the earliest old terminals and old warehouses to undergo transformation and development in Guangzhou. At that time, the Guangzhou Port Group invited a specialized cultural relic restoration unit and design team to renovate the Taikoo Cang Wharf, retaining and reinforcing the steel and cement of the warehouse, restoring the red brick exterior wall of the warehouse, and every damaged brick and tile was removed and marked. It was later repaired and put back in its original position. The entire project cost tens of millions and lasted four years. For the three T-shaped docks, seven English-style warehouses and the external environment that are historically preserved industrial buildings, the exterior renovation, structural reinforcement and internal functional replacement were carried out in a "repair the old as before" approach. The film library, international wine purchasing center, creative design office, exhibition library, Chinese restaurant, yacht marina, etc. have successively opened to the public, becoming a "Pearl Riverside" integrating cultural creativity, exhibition and trade, sightseeing, leisure and entertainment and other functions. city living room ”. Due to the unique architectural style of the old dock warehouse in Taikoo Cang, as well as the rare port history and culture, it has attracted the film and television industry to shoot here many times, including the TV series "The Legend of Shrimp Balls ", " Stormy Xiguan ", and the movie " Chinese Heroes ", " Young Bruce Lee ", "Autumn Joy", etc. It was rated as a famous trademark in Guangzhou in 2014 and a national AAA tourist attraction in 2015. Through continuous innovation and efforts, it has become a popular spot on the Internet, attracting a large number of tourists every year.
Text/Guangzhou Daily·New Flower City Reporter: Li Yan Correspondents: Zhang Minmin, Zou Jingqi, Wang Dandan
Pictures/Guangzhou Daily·New Flower City Reporter: Li Yan Correspondent: Zhu Junkun
Guangzhou Daily·New Flower City Editor: Long Chengliu
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