AFTER it opened Bailian Zhonghuan Commercial Plaza, the biggest shopping center in Shanghai, five years ago, Bailian Group is expected to start another location, Bailian Zhonghuan Life Plaza, in the same region by the end of next year with its sole investment.

 

Qian Jianqiang, deputy general manager of Friendship Holdings under Bailian Group, told reporters yesterday that the new location will be connected with the old one to form an urban complex with an estimated area of 410,000-420,000 square meters, making it the biggest shopping center in the Yangtze River Delta Region (YRDR).