Recently, Foshan’s ceramic market has received keen attention from ceramic people. The reason is that the "Three Olds" renovation plan and land expropriation policy that Foshan has successively introduced involve multiple ceramic markets in Shiwan and Nanzhuang.
On June 28-29, "Ceramic Information" visited Shiwan Shagang, Yonglijian, Zhiye and other ceramic wholesale markets, as well as Nanzhuang Shangyuancun Industrial Park, Haisheng Oriental International Environmental Protection Building Materials City and other places. I learned that the real estate market has stopped new leasing business, and the original old merchants have implemented the "one rent per month" short-term rental model. Various signs indicate that comprehensive demolition is imminent...
The real estate market is closed for rent and some businesses have withdrawn
Since June 2020, the announcement information of "Housing Expropriation on State-owned Land on the North Bank of Dongping River (Western Section of Shiwan) Project" has appeared on the official website of Foshan Chancheng District Government until April 2021. An announcement was issued again in March showing that the scope of the levy extended northward to the Shinan Bridge.
The above expropriation announcement involves the real estate market, which is located in the fourth district between Dongping River and Jiangbin Road, and is within the scope of this expropriation.
On June 28-29, "Ceramic Information" went to the real estate market for an on-site visit and found that the expropriated land was under intense construction.
According to the general plan of the construction site, the construction area of the land acquired this time is 2.36 hectares or 23,600 square meters, which will be built into the Riverside Plaza, Buddhist and Pottery Exhibition Hall, Buddhist and Pottery Experience Hall, Buddhist and Pottery Children's Paradise, and Buddhist and Pottery Outdoor The construction cost of sports fields, Buddha Pottery Cool Play Park and other projects is approximately 153 million yuan.
The compensation and resettlement plan for this expropriation shows that the compensation for agricultural land and unused land (regardless of land type) in rural collective land is 152,800 yuan per mu; the monetary compensation standard for residential buildings is 14,600 yuan/㎡ for steel-concrete structures (including House purchase subsidy), mixed structure 14,200 yuan/㎡ (including house purchase subsidy), brick and wood structure 13,800 yuan/㎡ (including house purchase subsidy); the compensation standards for industrial plants, warehouses, etc. are 850 yuan/㎡ for frame structures and 650 yuan/㎡ for mixed structures. ㎡, brick and wood structures 450 yuan/㎡, simple structures 250 yuan/㎡, sheds 150 yuan/㎡, cement floors such as stadiums and drying fields 100 yuan/㎡, retaining walls 300 yuan/㎡, and fences 150 yuan/㎡.
For the parts of District 1, District 2, and District 3 that have not yet been expropriated by the real estate market, they are still operating normally. However, "Ceramic Information" learned from the property management party, the market has stopped new leasing business, and the other party refused to answer the specific reasons. The original old merchants in the market said that "although it is going to be demolished, the specific date has not been determined yet", so their current rent is "monthly rent, no long-term rent, the rent is the same." Same as before".
In addition, there are already old merchants in the real estate market who are withdrawing. The merchants who have withdrawn said: "This place will no longer be renovated. Some say it will be demolished this year, or it may be two years away. The demolition time is uncertain. ”
Regarding the question of where to move after the demolition, some old merchants bluntly said, "I don't know where to go in the future." Others said, "Go to Shangyuan or Huaxia."
During the visit, "Ceramic Information" saw that many shops in the real estate market are vacant or locked. From the narration of the loaders, we can also understand that their business is now much colder than before the epidemic: " Before the epidemic, we had more than 20 people who were still busy. Now there are only 4 or 5 people left and there is not much work to do. The business is more than double what it was before the epidemic. In the past, there were many containers here and the big trucks were rumbling. Now It’s so quiet here.”
After business slowed down, it was not only the stevedores but also the truck drivers who were affected. At the truck parking area in the real estate market, more than a dozen truck drivers were enjoying the cool weather in the back of the truck because they could not get any work. Some were lying on hammocks chatting, and others gathered to play poker to kill time.
Shagang's "second landlord" can sublet for up to 160 yuan/㎡
Rent doubled in Shangyuan Village Industrial Park
The Yonglijian Market is separated by a wall from the real estate market. According to the merchants in this market, Yonglijian has not heard that it is going to be demolished. “The real estate next door said it was going to be demolished, but we won’t do it here.”
Shagang Market, which is across the street from Yonglikin Market, has been rumored to be demolished in 2009 and 2014. After the demolition of the real estate market became serious, the merchants in Shagang Market "We haven't heard of demolition, at least not in two or three years." However, the sublease amount of the "second landlord" shop in Shagang Market varies greatly, and a shop located in the back can only cost 30 to 40 yuan per square meter. rent, while shops close to Zhenzhong Road cost hundreds of yuan per square meter. Some merchants said that their expected sublease price is 130 yuan per square meter, and said, "130 yuan per square meter is not expensive, and there are also 160 yuan per square meter."
Like the real estate, Yonglijian, Shagang and other markets in Shiwan, Nanzhuang Shangyuancun Industrial Park is also involved in the demolition crisis. However, "Ceramic Information" learned that Shangyuancun Industrial Park temporarily falls within the scope of the "three olds" transformation. In January this year, the Chancheng District Government of Foshan released the "2021 Annual Implementation Plan Project List for the "Three Olds" Transformation", which involves markets related to the ceramic industry such as Shangyuan Village Industrial Park and Haisheng Oriental International Environmental Protection Building Materials City.
Businesses in Shangyuan Village Industrial Park told Ceramic Information that the market “had not heard that it was going to be demolished, but was being upgraded and renovated.” This was consistent with the “three old” transformation. In addition, some merchants complained: "The rent here has increased from more than 20 yuan per square meter to more than 50 yuan per square meter, which has more than doubled." Unable to withstand the pressure of a sharp increase in rent, many merchants are planning to move out.
Compared with the Shangyuancun Industrial Park of more than 300,000 square meters, Haisheng Oriental International Environmental Protection Building Materials City appears very small. Moreover, there is a notice on the door of the property management office of the building materials city, "(2017) Haisheng Dongfang Broken Guanzi No. 18", indicating that its original investment company has gone bankrupt. "Eight years ago, it was said that this place would be demolished, and it is still happening now, because the demolition involves many things, which cannot be solved in a short time." According to the manager of the building materials city: "The rent here is 18-20 yuan. Qian Yiping currently only has over 100 square meters of shop space.”
Is Shiwan Ceramics Wholesale Market a thing of the past?
The 14.9 billion yuan project “eyes on”
Since the mid-to-late 1980s, with the reform of dividends and the rise of Foshan's ceramic industry, today's ceramic wholesale markets such as Shagang, Yonglijian, and Real Estate have gradually formed in the area along Shiwan Town Middle Road. Many people have I made my first pot of gold here.
Today, more than 30 years later, the ever-changing pace of urban construction has made these ceramic wholesale markets that once created countless glories become synonymous with dilapidation, oldness and backwardness, and are in urgent need of a makeover.
On October 20, 2020, Foshan’s major project start-up event in the second half of the year (Chancheng branch venue) was held in Dongping Yungu. Someone pointed out: “Chancheng District located the venue in the most dilapidated area, which is a gesture of transformation. Determination: to free up more development space through renovation, introduce more technology-based service companies, and create a livable community. ”
So, what is Dongping Yungu? Where is it? The Dongping Yungu project is one of the "five major development platforms of Chancheng" proposed by Foshan Chancheng District in 2020. It focuses on digital technology and cross-border e-commerce, with the purpose of promoting pan-home commerce, digital media, information The informatization of technology and other core industries will empower and upgrade traditional industries, and promote the clustered development of digital industries.
The Dongping Yungu Project stretches from Foshan Avenue to the east, Kuiqi Road to the north, and Dongping Waterway to the west, with a total area of approximately 3.5 square kilometers, including a core area of 1.87 square kilometers. The total investment in the construction of the core area is approximately 14.9 billion yuan. It is not difficult to find that the Dongping Yungu project covers Shiwan Shagang, Yonglijian, Zhiye and other ceramic wholesale markets. In the future, it will be occupied by Ruijiang Cloud Industrial Park, 5G Digital Industrial Park, Dongping Urban Digital Innovation Center, Foshan International Trade Port and other major projects.
On March 22, 2021, an old warehouse factory building of about 20 acres in the Dongping Yungu project area was leveled in just over 2 hours. The village reform task in 2021 is to complete 350 acres within 2 years. Then 800 acres will be completed.
No matter how regretful ceramic people are, in the face of the fierce urban modernization, Shiwan’s decades-old ceramic wholesale market may become history. Some ceramic people can't help but lament that they have spent their youth or even half their lives here, and in the future they may only be able to look at the high-rise buildings and admire them; some ceramic people are actively looking forward, pointing out that new markets are on the way.
(This article is reproduced from Ceramic Information)
