Thames Town Increases in Value
Completion of ThamesTown
After the unveiling of WindsorIsland, the last patch of Villas in September, ThamesTown, the core project of ShanghaiMunicipality¡¯s OneCityNineTown¡¯s program would see its completion in October, which contributed to the preliminary success of the establishment of Shanghai New City system.
According to some experts in real estate industry, the value of villas in ThamesTown may have been underestimated.
Value of Villas
Researches in real estate industry show that three elements are imperative for high end villas, namely, exclusiveness, territoriality and privacy. Generally speaking, a top rated villa possesses non-renewable resources such as land, natural scenery like rivers and man-made facilities such as golf court.
Like golf villas built around golf villas, villas in ThamesTown are established beside the river. Furthermore, the British style town covering one square kilometer is built at the cost of plentiful social resources which is very difficult to be duplicated and renewed due to its irreplaceable aesthetic values as well as multiple functions.
ThamesTown is a collection of various British towns of different ages, from Victoria¡¯s nobleness to the innovation in modern architectures. Together with exotic bars full of aromas of Whisky and looming lights at night, this place is characterized by the beautiful harmony of delightful ambience and tranquility. Therefore, it is impossible to duplicate this sophisticatedly built ThamesTown in the next 100 years.
The value of golf villas lies in the scarce resource of golf court while the value of villas in ThamesTown should depend on the British style theme area with an coverage of one square kilometer which can never be copied. Consequent to this, the value of villas in ThamesTown has been greatly underestimated.
ThamesTown of Authentic British Style
With Songjiang University City containing seven universities in the north east, the National Tourism Resort of Sheshan in the north, the Songjiang High Tech Park in the west and the Songjiang old city in the south boasting a history of over 1000 years, Thames Town is bestowed with historical, cultural, natural and industrial resources surrounding, which made itself a congenital high end villa garden.
Nestled in the core of Songjiang New City geographically and strategically, Thames Town designed by the British based Atkins carefully transplanted the architectural style and planning of some towns along the Thames in UK, to forge a picture of harmony between the human and the nature.
The whole town is featured by a spacious lake with an area of 300000 sqm, running into an urban natural river. A huge marina, an extensive greenbelt along the river, an artificial sightseeing island and zigzagging sidewalks add exotic flavor to ThamesTown. The architecture layout there is totally following the British style, with a business area as the center, surrounded by several independent building groups, where flourish plants, red walls, white windows , black roofs, the gothic church, Eton style high school and a Victorian city hall portrayed a picture of typical British town.
In addition to the architectures for residential use, the supporting facilities there are also reflecting the integral style while facilitating residents¡¯ daily life. Other than a church, a city hall, a high school, business streets, residents will have access to facilities like clubs, a kindergarten, a cinema, supermarkets and so on. The public facilities and commercial units account for 28.6% of the total construction area in ThamesTown.
The gothic church located as the portal in ThamesTown towers 66.66 meters, acknowledged as the highest one in Shanghai. Surrounded by green lawns and trees, this church is not only for religious use, but also functioning as a landmark and symbol of ThamesTown, a place to rest and communicate for residents and travelers.
ThamesTown features a gymnasium and a culture club boasting an area of over 6000 sqm, with coverage of an indoor swimming pool, a tennis court, a squash court. Other than a high school with an area of 15000 sqm, there is also medical center situated in the west of the south gate, serving for the whole ThamesTown.
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