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Shanghai Jiangwan Airport

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRegreenedRetrofit builtShanghai, China

Municipal redevelopment of closed airport (1939–1994) into housing/park neighborhood; strategy confirmed but implementation details unknown. · summary, model-written

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Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: New Jiangwan City (新江湾城) neighbourhood record · all sites with this
RegreenedThis site: New Jiangwan City (新江湾城) neighbourhood record · all sites with this
New use
Civic and governmentThis site: New Jiangwan City (新江湾城) neighbourhood Approved by Shanghai Municipal People's Government. newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
HousingThis site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
Park and open spaceThis site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

StatusRetrofit builtnewtypes-extraction
StrategyRedeveloped · RegreenedWikipedia
New useshousing, parkWikipedia
What is there nowNew Jiangwan City (新江湾城) neighbourhoodnewtypes-extraction
RedeveloperShanghai municipal governmentnewtypes-extraction

Planning

Planning notesApproved by Shanghai Municipal People's Government.Wikipedia

Summary, model-written

Shanghai Jiangwan Airport (1939–1994) was redeveloped into New Jiangwan City, a mixed-use neighborhood with housing and park spaces. The Shanghai municipal government, as developer, approved the redevelopment in 1997 after the site closed. Strategy explicitly includes 'redevelop' and 'regreen' with new uses listed as 'housing' and 'park'.

Why. The site aligns with peer cases like ROF Cardiff (closed 1997, same strategy) and Camarillo State Mental Hospital (closed 1996, same strategy), per context peers. No parcel details, deal terms, or environmental metrics provided.

Where it stands. Status is 'built' per record. No current occupancy, timeline, or financial data included. Unknown if 'regreen' strategy was implemented beyond planning notes.

For a planner

  • Closed 1994, land transferred to government 1997
  • Municipal developer, no private partner noted
  • Peer comparisons show similar post-closure redevelopments

For a developer

  • New uses confirmed: housing/park
  • No parcel boundaries or deal structure provided
  • Strategy 'regreen' noted but no implementation details

What we do not know yet

  • No current status metrics (e.g., occupancy, timeline)
  • No environmental or green infrastructure data
  • No cost, timeline, or market analysis provided.

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History and original facts

Opened1939newtypes-extraction
Closed1994newtypes-extraction
AnchorsUnited States Army Air Forces, People's Liberation Army
NotesDraft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: Shanghai Jiangwan Airport, a former military airfield, was redeveloped into the New Jiangwan City neighbourhood with housing and green spaces after its closure in 1994.

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Background

Shanghai Jiangwan Airport was a military airport located in Yangpu District of northeast Shanghai, China. It was closed in 1994 and the site has been redeveloped into the New Jiangwan City (新江湾城) neighbourhood. == History == In 1939, Jiangwan Airport was originally constructed as a military airfield by forcibly requisitioning civilian farmland and demolishing Yinhang Town. Formerly romanised as Kiangwan Airfield, the airport was at the end of World War II used by the United States Army Air Forces as the headquarters of the 1st Combat Cargo Group, its primary mission being the airlift of Chinese troops in and out of the Shanghai region.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

  1. 1939 Airport originally constructed
  2. 1939 Opened
  3. 1994 Airfield ceased operation
  4. 1994 Closed
  5. 1997 Land turned over to Shanghai municipal government

Sources

  • Shanghai Jiangwan Airport · CC BY-SA 4.0
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    Shanghai Jiangwan Airport
    In 1939, Jiangwan Airport was originally constructed as a military airfield
    The airfield ceased operation in June 1994.
    The land was turned over to Shanghai municipal government 30 April, 1997.

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