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ECMall and Metropolis Tower to Debut in Zhongguancun West Zone

      For a few hundred years, Haidian Xiejie was part of the ‘imperial avenue’ to the Summer Palace. When the royal entourage went to the Summer Palace, the Street would be covered with clean water and ocher. Five hundred years later the street remains, including the Guandi Temple beside the street.  But the ocher has been replaced with pavement and the Temple has become a popular tea house.

      Attracted by the old culture in Haidian Xiejie and the commercial hub, ECM Group has successfully acquired Plot 23 in Zhongguancun West Zone to develop a world class shopping center in ECMall and a top grade office building in Metropolis Tower.

      The ECM Group was founded in 1991 and is presently one of the leading real estate developers in the Czech Republic. The company has already successfully completed several attractive projects in Central Europe, including commercial office buildings, shopping malls, hotels, residential buildings and technological parks.  The element of multi-functionality and synergy with the surroundings is featured and emphasised in the many projects developed by ECM. A wide range of complex solutions combined with high-quality services, and collaboration with world renowned architects has confirmed the ECM symbol of quality and position among its peers. ECMall and Metropolis Tower are but two of the examples.

      ECM has formed strategic partnerships with HSBC-NF and Metro Holding from Singapore to provide better and wider services to the mainland Chinese market. The highly acclaimed design firm, Benoy provided the design for ECMall, and BBG for Metropolis Tower.  And CB Richard Ellis undertakes the lead leasing agency role for both the buildings. In May 2009, the leasing rate has hit 55 percent which is remarkable considering the fact that the planned opening is in September the same year.  With international brands in the likes of C&A of Germany, Bestseller Group from Denmark, Golden Jaguar International Buffet Restaurant, Uniqlo of Japan and ZARA, ECMall is poised to become a world class shopping center later this year.

500年皇家圣地华丽转身  现代化国际项目落户中关村

      这里，曾经是充满皇家意蕴的圣地。如今，这里是北京乃至中国现代化气息最浓厚的地区之一，古老的文化和谐融汇于浓厚的现代商业气息中。而这正是打动ECM集团公司（以下简称ECM）签下被称为“中关村西区23#地”项目的因素之一。

      创建于1991年的ECM是捷克共和国及中欧地区领先的地产开发公司之一，投资范围涵盖商业写字楼、购物中心、酒店、住宅及技术园区。坐落于中关村核心区的欧美汇项目就是ECM最初选中的核心项目之一。为更好地服务中国客户，ECM携手香港汇丰·南丰投资管理有限公司及新加坡美罗集团等世界知名公司共同全情打造欧美汇项目。同时，在世界知名建筑设计公司BENOY和BBG的帮助下，一座现代化写字楼——欧美汇大厦和一座设计新颖的购物中心由此拔地而起。而与CBRE和香港新昌物业的全面合作，更使其成为中关村地区首屈一指的由国际化团队运作的国际高端项目。截至目前，已有多家国际知名品牌齐汇于此，意向签约面积达到54%以上。

      经过近3年时间的筹备，项目目前已经进入全面内装修阶段，将于2009年9月盛大揭幕，对提升中关村商业地产整体形象起到了无限的推动作用。