90% of uncompleted residential flats in Guangzhou have been revitalized.

The unfinished building was once a special group with 82 scars in the city, and a case was vigorously rectified to help it regain its life.

A luxurious office building surrounded by 16 huge Roman columns among the overgrown weeds; The modern intelligent office building in a prime location has been established for more than 10 years, but it just stays on the drawings, and the site is still a muddy construction site …

Like many cities in China, many commercial development projects in Guangzhou came to a standstill in the 1990s due to the break of the capital chain and other reasons, and became "unfinished buildings" covered with moss, like a dazzling "scar" in the bustling downtown area.

Solving the problem of uncompleted residential flats and healing urban scars has become a key livelihood project that successive governments in Guangzhou have attached great importance to. City leaders personally took the lead and set up special work leading groups twice to vigorously promote the disposal of "uncompleted residential flats" and untie the deadlock one by one in batches on the basis of respecting history and complying with laws and regulations. At present, 90% of the 82 "uncompleted residential flats" in Guangzhou have been revitalized and become a beautiful landscape in the city.

Cause:

Capital chain fracture

It’s a rotten tail commonality

According to an urban construction person, at that time, a large number of overseas businessmen were optimistic about Guangzhou’s prospects and came to invest. Some local investors also aimed at development opportunities and bought land for real estate development. Guangzhou ushered in a real estate development boom. "Some developers have no financial strength and want to borrow project financing or even empty hands. The break of capital chain is a commonality of these properties."

The reporter learned that Conghua Hot Spring Villa was put on sale in the 1990s. In 1996, it was the first to "buy a villa and send it to a villa". At that time, the price of the villa was about 5,000 yuan/square meter. After the sale, it was not ideal, and the investor withdrew its capital and then it was unfinished. After the outbreak of the financial crisis in 1997, the developer’s capital chain was broken. After Zhongcheng Plaza, now known as Guangzhou Sinopec Building, completed 80% of the glass curtain wall on the external wall, the construction unit was in arrears with tens of millions of yuan, and the building stopped working. The building entered the "unfinished mode".

In the prosperous commercial area of Changgang Road in Haizhu District, the name of Darby International Business Center was "Hong Kong and Macao Jiangnan Center" before it was revitalized, which is also an unfinished building that has stood for many years. In 1993, the foundation was laid, and it was stopped when it was built on the 29th floor. Then it changed hands many times and changed its name many times. After it changed hands again in 2006, it ended badly because of problems in the capital chain.

Some people say that every unfinished building can be made into a movie: some investors have lost their lives for it. In 1995, a partner jumped down from the unfinished Jiangnan Center in Hong Kong and Macao and made a sensation. Zhongcheng Plaza, once known as "the first unfinished building in China", dismounted Huang Songyou, former vice president of the Supreme People’s Court, and Yang Xiancai, former director of the Executive Board of Guangdong Higher People’s Court. Hailian Building, which was unfinished shortly after the foundation of scenery, also sent Xu Yunian, former vice minister of Guangdong United Front Work Department, to prison. Every time I look at these unfinished buildings from afar, many people who have experienced them are crying.

Impact: Some relocated households did not move back until they died.

In 2003, Liu Liansheng, who just graduated from a university in Wuhan, was still very clear about the "wonders" of the city when he first came to Guangzhou. "As soon as I got out of Guangzhou Railway Station and turned to Huanshi Road, I saw a tall, magnificent and square building in a grassy field." "After working in Guangzhou for many years, I still see this mysterious house in its original place, surrounded by high walls, like a luxurious office building, and no one has entered."

These uncompleted residential flats once became "the scar of the city" and "the stain of the environment" in Guangzhou. The reporter inquired about the relevant information and learned that most of these unfinished buildings are concentrated in the central city, and they are located in downtown and prosperous places. Take Wanlinghui before the revitalization as an example, which is located in the core business district of Tianhe, next to Zhengjia Square, and can be described as a prime location; Zhongcheng Plaza, once known as "the largest uncompleted residential flats in China", is located at the junction of Tianhe North Road and Tiyu West Road. The surrounding CITIC Plaza, Mayor Building and Victoria Plaza are all important commercial places in Guangzhou, and the property prices are high.

"These unfinished buildings not only affect the surrounding environment and the image of the city, but also make valuable economic resources idle and wasted. More importantly, they lead to a large number of letters and visits, which can easily lead to social instability." An industry insider admits that the uncompleted real estate is most affected by the relocated households and buyers who used to live here, resulting in their long-term inability to move back and resettle. The short period is more than 10 years, and the long period is more than 20 years. "Some resettlement households have not even moved back to the new building until their death. Many unfinished buildings have pulled up banners with tens of meters of white cloth and black characters, which is heartbreaking."

Crack: as a key project, many departments work together.

In 2002, the Guangzhou Municipal Government put forward the goal of "eliminating uncompleted residential flats". In 2003, Guangzhou Municipal People’s Congress issued the resolution on the implementation plan of "Proposal on Improving Unfinished Buildings as soon as possible", which proposed that solving and preventing "Unfinished Buildings" would be an important task in urban planning, construction and management in the future. Chen Jianhua, the mayor, gave instructions on "uncompleted residential flats" twice. "The reasons for the formation of uncompleted residential flats are complicated. Please ask the Project Construction Committee to set up a task force to take the lead, analyze each project one by one, and speed up the progress of revitalization. Strive to clear the old accounts as soon as possible, and no new accounts will be owed. Standardize urban construction and project management. " "It is a major measure to take the hard bone of’ uncompleted residential flats’ to administer according to law and build a society ruled by law."

According to the person in charge of the Guangzhou Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Guangzhou has twice set up a special work leading group to deal with the "uncompleted residential flats" in Guangzhou. "Some unfinished buildings have convened more than 10 departments and held more than 10 coordination meetings. It is common to open from morning till night." A person in charge of urban construction who has participated in the revitalization project of uncompleted residential flats for many times told reporters that he has investigated almost every registered uncompleted residential flats in Guangzhou, decided on the revitalization plan, and is also responsible for follow-up implementation. "It is easy to build a new building, but it is difficult to revitalize an old building."

According to the person in charge of the Guangzhou Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the causes of the "uncompleted residential flats" are very complicated, including internal reasons, such as shutdown due to broken capital chain, unfinished residential flats due to enterprise bankruptcy, and external objective reasons, such as being sealed up by the court due to debt disputes and difficult to achieve economic balance due to planning adjustment. To untie the fast knot, we must clarify the causes of the rotten tail and put forward a targeted revitalization plan.

"Every unfinished building has commonalities and characteristics. It is necessary to jump out of the old thinking and not play cards according to the routine." The person in charge also introduced that Guangzhou’s experience in revitalizing unfinished buildings has attracted many cities such as Zhuhai to "learn from the experience". He concluded that it is not easy to revitalize these unfinished buildings in a short period of time. "It is necessary to deal with them in batches first, and it is necessary for multiple departments to work together.

The city once had

82 "uncompleted residential flats"

Revitalized 47 "uncompleted residential flats" projects

Zhengjia Oriental International, Lujingtai, Jinglong Pavilion, Fanying Pavilion, Qiaokang Building, etc.

Projects that are being revitalized

Ten projects have entered the construction or sales stage.

Hailian Building, Famous City Commercial Plaza, etc.

13 projects go through administrative approval procedures according to procedures.

Xinhao Building, Donghu Xuan, etc.

10 cases have entered the execution stage of judicial disposal.

Fudu Building has been auctioned off.

Fuxin Plaza is revitalized by new creditors.

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Revitalize oneself through enterprise restructuring

Zhongshui Plaza was reorganized and revitalized by the parent company of the major shareholder, the Three Gorges Group. The Three Gorges Group agreed to start the procedure as soon as possible, but the progress was slow.

"This means that it is not easy for more than 90% of uncompleted residential flats in Guangzhou to be properly handled or revitalized." An urban construction person told reporters.

"The projects that have not been revitalized at present are real’ hard bones’, and there are many historical problems such as legal relations and disputes over creditor’s rights and debts, incomplete project procedures, lack of information and planning adjustments, and so on." The person in charge of the Guangzhou Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said that the next step will be to coordinate the planning department to actively list the planning and approval problems of the projects concentrated in the planning and approval stage and propose solutions, and coordinate the courts at all levels to step up the judicial disposal of the projects so that the projects can enter the administrative approval and resume work as soon as possible.

Where did the uncompleted residential flats go?

9 years of unfinished business in Zhongcheng Square

Located at the junction of Tianhe North Road and Tiyu West Road, it was the Guangzhou Big Mac office building under construction. After the construction started in 1992, many Hong Kong and Macao investors snapped it up, and the price soared to more than HK$ 30,000 per square meter at that time. When the Asian financial crisis broke out in 1997, the developer’s capital chain was broken, and the project became "the first unfinished building in China". According to reports, the debt dispute of the building is complicated. In the past 15 years, more than 300 lawsuits have been fought. After several changes of hands, in mid-2006, Sinopec Group Corporation bought a tower in Zhongcheng Plaza for about 10 billion yuan, and officially renamed Zhongcheng Plaza as "Sinopec Building".

Heyin Square has been unfinished for 7 years.

In 1998, Heyin Plaza, located next to Huanshi East Road Garden Hotel, was officially started. It was named "Dapeng International Plaza" and was the "Chief Office Building of Huanshi Road Business Circle in Guangzhou", which attracted a lot of Hong Kong capital. When the financial turmoil struck, the developer Dapeng Real Estate abandoned Heyin Plaza and took over Zhengjia. In 2002, the project eventually became "the second unfinished building in Guangzhou".

Hong Kong Ruian Group once announced that it planned to acquire Heyin Plaza for 1.388 billion yuan. In January 2009, Ruian Group suddenly announced that it would abandon the acquisition, and the revitalization of Heyin Plaza was frustrated. At the end of 2009, Dapeng Real Estate raised enough funds to let Heyin Plaza resume work and officially revitalize it. It officially opened in early 2011 and changed its name to Zhengjia Oriental International Plaza, which is currently one of the subsidiaries of Guangzhou Zhengjia Group.

Fanying Pavilion has been unfinished for more than 7 years.

Fanying Pavilion is located at No.130, Binjiang West Road, Haizhu District. It was originally developed by Guangzhou Hengjing Real Estate Investment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Hengjing Company). In 2003, it stopped working. In 2010, due to debt disputes, some houses were auctioned by Guangzhou Haizhu District People’s Court, and Guangzhou Yicheng Jiangzhao Real Estate Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Jiangzhao Company) won the bid to rebuild Fanying Pavilion.

Since then, due to the non-cooperation of the executed person Hengjing Company, the buyer Jiangzhao Company was unable to go through the relevant procedures of reconstruction, such as engineering, water and electricity, fire inspection and acceptance, filing of completion inspection and filing, which affected the reconstruction, and 102 small owners who bought houses were unable to take over the building and apply for real estate licenses, causing small owners to be dissatisfied with petitions.

In 2010, the Guangzhou Municipal Construction Committee held two coordination meetings, and reached an agreement with the participating functional departments: from the overall situation of protecting the rights and interests of 102 small business owners who have purchased houses and maintaining social stability, all relevant functional departments should support the bidders to complete the procedures as soon as possible and then return to work. As Haizhu District Court has explicitly agreed to go through the formalities of applying for reconstruction in the name of Jiangzhao Company, Haizhu District People’s Court will issue a notice of assistance in execution to the relevant departments. On June 12, 2010, Guangzhou Municipal Construction Committee and Guangzhou Mediation Office jointly held another meeting on "Speeding up the related work of rebuilding the unfinished building of Fanyingge", and determined the co-organizer departments and handling methods for all aspects of the procedures for rebuilding and reporting, so that the problem could be finally solved. The building has been built and accepted, and the owner has moved in and handled the real estate license.

Xichang Electronic City has been unfinished for 9 years.

The Xichang Electronic City Project is located at No.81 Dongfeng West Road and Zhongxing Cross Section, and was developed by Guangzhou Lihong Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. The project covers an area of about 3,200 square meters, with 13 floors and a total construction area of about 23,000 square meters.

In 1995, the construction unit began to apply for construction projects. The main structure construction was completed in 2000. In 2003, due to the financial problems of the construction unit, the work was stopped, and the main building structure and external wall were completed when the work was stopped, and the equipment installation and internal decoration were not completed. In 2011, Lihong Company began to straighten out the relationship and restart the project. In 2012, the architectural design of the project was reviewed from the perspective of respecting history, coordinated by the Guangzhou task force to deal with uncompleted residential flats. Subsequently, Guangzhou Planning Bureau and Liwan District Construction and Landscaping Bureau approved the architectural design and construction permit respectively. Now the construction unit has improved the declaration procedures, completed the construction and entered the pre-sale. (Reporter yangjin correspondent Yuan Guoke)