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fall 2012 JAZZ hits the main stage at Shanghai Centre Reading All About Life at Your Doorstep in this a message from issue management Greetings Residents and Tenants! At Shanghai Centre the green spirit is alive and strong! One of the greatest reminders that the creators of Shanghai Centre were 3 a message from management green visionaries are the numerous planters around the complex which foster beautiful plants, trees, grass, and balcony planters. My favorite the green spirit still going is by far the huge Japanese maple tree that towers above the Simply Life strong at Shanghai Centre shop on the west side of the retail plaza. You will be happy to learn that there are many ways Shanghai Centre conserves resources during its daily operation. From the use of electronic timers to control lighting programs and the use of CFL & LED light bulbs, 4 Shanghai Centre news to the replacement of water efficient washing machines & toilets. Battery recycling bins are also provided so tenants can safely dispose of old Cognac anyone? And if you like batteries. Many residents may not realize that all their household trash is climbing up a wall. Shanghai Centre sorted to separate plastics, metals, and papers… now that is green living Management Office: right at your doorstep! Suite 710, 1376 Nanjing Rd. West, Perhaps the most significant commitment to the environment that we have Shanghai 200040, P.R. China t: (86 21) 6279 8600 f: (86 21) 6279 8610 made at Shanghai Centre is the replacement of major equipment like the 6 COVER STORY chillers and cooling towers (provides the air conditioning), electrical transformers and the conversion from diesel fuel to natural gas for the the eighth annual JZ Music building heating. These projects are nearing completion and have taken Festival hits the main stage Kurt Sigouin almost three years to complete. Annually Shanghai Centre will reduce almost Property Services Director 20,000 tons of greenhouse gases by using more efficient equipment. at Shanghai Centre tel: (86 21) 6279 8600 x 6579 At Shanghai Centre you can be assured that we strive to offer the highest standards in service and comfort while at the same time doing our utmost to minimize the impact on the environment. Shanghai Centre events recap Jenny Jiang 8 Customer Service Manager Kurt Sigouin tel: (86 21) 6279 8600 x 6627 Olympic fever, our summer Property Services Director BBQ was packed, and the next Miss Universe could be Tomoko Ueno Shanghainese Japanese Customer Relations Manager tel: (86 21) 6279 8600 x 6678 Shanghai Centre events schedule Alex De Ceuster 暑い夏が過ぎ去り、気持ちのいい季節を迎えようとしています。 Marketing Director 10 Shanghai Centre retail news tel: (86 21) 6279 8600 x 6615 来月には国慶節を控え連休になります。少し遠出をするのに一番いい季節ではないでし ょうか。 Zhang's makes a move, Simply Life offers chic, Production さて、7,8月とお休みをしていましたファーマーズマーケットが9月より再開されます。 Design / Layout / Printing: 毎月第三日曜日にモーターコートエキシビジョンプラザにて開催しております。輸入食 and Baileys gets really, 品や生鮮類、ペイストリーなど様々な物が揃っていますので、是非ご利用ください。そ really cool! Green Light Visual Identities の他、ドラゴンボートやハロウィンパーティーなどを企画していますので、皆様のご参 [email protected] 加をお待ちしております。 また私事ではございますが、これより産休に入ります。しばらくお客様にはご不便をお 11 front line profile Copy Editor 掛けする事もあるかと思いますが、今後、日本語でのお問い合わせについては、ビビア Richard Baimbridge ン(内線: )へご連絡くださいますよう、よろしくお願い申し上げます。 for Maggie Ma... 6711 the show must go on 日本人顧客マネージャー 上野 友子 just about kids Please direct all enquiries to: [email protected] bye bye and hello, and Shanghai Centre dads www.shanghaicentre.com play Duck Duck Goose! 3 Shanghai Centre news NEW Camus Urban Retreat will expand into Look for the MiFan Mama donation box next to the cashier's Shanghai Centre is pleased to announce Camus Coffee and The Portman Ritz-Carlton in desk in the Shanghai Centre Management Office. Camus Cognac have partnered with CVRVE Lounge to bring late Fall. you a fantastic new café-bar experience! 100% of your donation goes towards the Boxes of Love program For more information please call: of MiFan Mama. A Box of Love is a gift-box filled with goodies, This new concept will bring together the three main floors in tel: 6289 7007 distributed to children in need around Chinese New Year. front of the Shanghai Centre complex, incorporating a ground- Suite 808 / East Apartment Tower For more information about MiFan Mama visit level seating area, serving all the delicious flavours of Camus www.mifanmama.com Coffee, along with a sumptuous bistro-style menu. There will also be outdoor seating located on the footpath near the fountain for customers to enjoy both the atmosphere and the magnificent views of Nanjing Xi Lu. The second level, currently occupied by CVRVE, will be transformed into a luxury five star lounge environment where you can enjoy a glass of Camus Cognac, Champagne, or a cocktail in a relaxed and sophisticated atmos- phere. Leading up from the lounge area will be a staircase flowing to the third level where you can enjoy the outdoor lounge _ perfect for those cool summer nights in Shanghai. Camus is scheduled to open in late fall 2012. NEW COMING SOON rock climbing wall Updated Shanghai Centre Website Fans of adventure sports don’t need to New design with fresher colors and bigger pictures. A Delicious Slice of Shanghai look any further… It's easier to navigate and to get all the History in Shikumen Inspired Moon You can now practice your rock-climbing information you need about life at your doorstep. Cake Gifts skills at Shanghai Centre! Equipment is available for rent/sale. A special climbing Visit: www.shanghaicentre.com Inspired by Shanghai's unique architectural practice wall for children will be available heritage, “Shikumen”, The Portman Ritz-Carlton, soon. Shanghai releases the new Shikumen Moon Cake And office tenants don't need to leave the gifts for guests to welcome one of the most complex anymore to get a great workout! CELEBRATING ten years! celebrated festivals in China, the Mid-Autumn FITBODY Wellness Expert Studio, located Festival. Element fresh's very first restaurant opened in Shanghai Centre at suite 666 in the East Office Tower, is over ten years ago and is still going strong today. The Shikumen Moon Cake gifts vouchers can be offering various pre-work and lunchtime purchased from Summer Pavilion and Tables, and classes, power-workouts and personal Read all about element fresh's incredible success story the delicious Moon Cakes are ready to be collected trainers. Now there's really no excuse not in the next issue of the Shanghai Centre newsletter. at the hotel from September 1st until September to get fit! th element fresh: suite 112/207 East Retail Plaza / t: 6279 8682 30 , 2012 from 10am to 7pm Priced at RMB238 net For more information, please email per box, guests can enjoy special savings for bulk FITBODY at: orders. [email protected] For further information or any enquiry, please call 6279 8888, extension 4770 or 6279 7977. 5 Swinging to the Sound of JAZZ 2012 JZ Music Festival Hits the Main Stage at Sha nghai Centre he eighth annual JZ Music Festival is set to descend on Shanghai October 20 - 27, bringing with it some of the top By Richard Baimbridge names in Jazz and other sounds to a city that has a long an unrepentant love affair with music. Shanghai is, of course, the home of Jazz in China - a position solidified back in the heyday of the 1930's when the music was the backdrop to a colorful world of gangsters, dance halls, exotic ladies, and an international cast of characters that inspired Hollywood movies, as well as a whole new style of music known as "Shanghai Jazz." The key players at that time came from the United States, Europe, Philippines and of course China, itself. And just as the music always has done everywhere it reached, Jazz picked up distinctly new sounds and influences once it hit Shanghai, including Jazzed-up versions of Chinese pop tunes and sultry vocals sung in the Shanghainese dialect. All of that came to a rather abrupt end with the onset of World War II and the ensuing Cultural Revolution, as once opulent dance halls were shuttered and the music was music festival of any kind in Shanghai. Each year, it "I'm really happy to be hosting this event at Shanghai officially banned. But in the 1990's, the sounds of Jazz continues to grow and expand, drawing bigger names and Centre," Ren adds. "It's the perfect venue for this once again began stirring in Shanghai at legendary spots audiences. This year, the festival includes Grammy Award performance in so many ways, and they also have a long like the Peace Hotel and House of Blues and Jazz. By winning names like Yellowjackets, The Manhattan history of Jazz, dating back to the 1990s. When the 2004, Ren Yuqing (former bass player for China’s Transfer, Ron Carter, and Roy Hargrove, among many Beijing Jazz Festival made a stop in Shanghai back in Godfather of Rock, Cui Jian, and later for Jazz Godfather, others. Ren says that while in recent years, the festival 1996, it was Shanghai Centre that hosted it." Liu Yuan) opened up JZ’s, marking the official renaissance tried to be more inclusive of other styles of music, Some of the top names for the outdoor shows include: of the music in the city. "At that time, I was working at including electronic, rock and pop, this year he has Roy Hargrove's RH Factor, Incognito, Roberta House of Blues and Jazz," Ren says, recalling his stint shifted the focus back more towards its Jazz roots. Gambarini, Brendan Power, Ochun, Khalil Fong and gigging in bars and hotels in Shanghai after his move to "There will still be lots of other styles of music," he says, Karen Mok, while the indoor shows at Shanghai Centre the city from Beijing.