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November 2026

Crystal Pavilion: The Complete Guide to a Boutique Tower on West Nanjing Road

Most compounds in central Shanghai are defined by their size. Crystal Pavilion goes the other way. It is a single 29-storey tower with around 140 apartments, sitting directly on top of West Nanjing Road metro station. Small, central, and managed by JLL. For a certain type of tenant — someone who wants to step out of the lift and into the middle of Shanghai's most commercial district — that...

L+SNOW Shanghai: The Indoor Ski Resort That Changes What’s Possible in the City

There's something slightly absurd about walking into a building in suburban Shanghai, changing into ski gear, and stepping onto real snow. Not the fake stuff. Not a dusting. Actual 50-centimetre-deep snow, maintained at minus six degrees, with a ski lift carrying you up to a slope that drops nearly sixty metres. But that's exactly what L+SNOW (耀雪冰雪世界) offers, and it's been doing it since...