Shimao Riviera Garden Apartments

We live in the Shimao Riviera Garden Apartments on the 31st floor. It is a 7 tower complex ranging  between 49 and 60 stories high. The first of the buildings were built about 10 years ago and the last tower was completed about 2 years ago. Back then it was consider one of the premier luxury apartment condos along the banks of the Huangpu River. It is still a highly recognized property. I say, back then, because the Chinese are very competitive and the building of luxury condos over the last 10 years have exploded with many fine places now available.

http://www.shimaousa.com/english/index.htm  a link to the apartment

Our apartment is just above the lamp post.

Our building is the second from the left.

 Shimao, as it is called, boasts 6 theme gardens/parks, two indoor pools, a real wave pool with beach, 2 workout gyms and club house facilities, tennis courts etc. I was told that there are 3129 apartments and over 17,000+ people living here. Management says that the average apartment has 5 people. A Chinese family consist of two parents and one child plus a set of grandparents.  It really does not feel like that many people.  ME & I like the fact that we have an oasis, a buffer,  in the gardens and grounds surrounding the towers, before we go out into the vibrant city of Shanghai.

Night view from the ferry.

 We have a 20 minute walk along the river to the new finance center in Pudong, the new part of Shanghai, that includes many riverside restaurants with great views of The Bund, outstanding shopping centers, and home to the tallest buildings in China. There is also a ferry station just outside our complex, a 5 minute ride across the river, that gives us access to Puxi, the old city of Shanghai, and a new restaurant and shopping area just down the street from the ferry station called The Cool Docks .It is very cool!

http://unearthingasia.com/uniquely-far-east/the-cool-docks-shanghai/