This planned completion of the Maqiao satellite community on the outskirts of Shaghai will make it the best-known sports and leisure-living destination in the metropolitan area. The Shanghai Tennis Center’s international events draw seasonal crowds. The focus on sport will be expanded to include an International Racket Center, sports and health academies and hospitals, and a major retail center that will be a regional attraction featuring name brand retail, and showrooms that will headquarter every major sporting goods manufacturer represented in China. Four hotels, and a regional sports park, will serve the leisure needs of visitors.
Adjacent to the retail core is an island Town Center that will serve the everyday needs of area residents. The 823 hectares of new and sustainable residential development includes villas, townhomes, apartments, and live/work lofts. Community gardens will support the new residential areas planned along a riverfront where new schools and an International School are located.