MANICA has just been awarded the lead design position for the Guangzhou International Entertainment District. Located within the Luogang New City in Guangzhou, China, the 255,000 sm (2.75 million gross sf) development will include a 2,000 seat private music club, a 400 room boutique hotel and banquet facility, a shopping mall and 8 screen cineplex, structured parking, and approximately 30,000sm (325,000 sf) of commercial bars, clubs, and restaurants. The Entertainment District will be one of the largest of its kind in China, and compliment the new NBA/AEG Arena in Guangzhou (also designed by MANICA).
Currently slated to be completed in late 2010, MANICA is leading the early design phases for the entire project, and will coordinate the execution of the design with the CITIC Design Institute in Guangzhou, China.