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Taking the last 12 months into account, owners, developers and investors now have to

look at ways to transform their destinations to cater for a post-pandemic world and
utilise outdoor spaces to provide innovative and iconic experiences in a Covid-19 safe

environment. Here, RLI takes a closer look at a global selection of these sites to show
how destinations are adapting and rethinking for the future.

Novotown, Zhuhai, China
Developer, Lai Sun Group

scheme is all about connecting its residents, tenants, and visitors to the urban fabric of Manhattan.
Debuting a successful national model for ballparks that create all-day and open-air visitor experiences and engage closely with their surrounding
communities, the reimagined Dodger Stadium was unveiled last month with landscape architecture by Studio-MLA. Working with a blue-ribbon
design team including architects Brenda Levin, FAIA and sports venue specialist DAIQ Architects, the internationally renowned firm Studio-MLA
envisaged new ways to make sports venues more widely appealing and parklike while also strengthening natural ecosystems and making their host
cities better places to live. The site is now part Dodgers baseball museum, part sports bar, part food court and part outdoor summer festival.
Novotown in Hengqin, which is situated in Zhuhai, China, is an international retail, leisure & entertainment mixed-use project comprising of
diverse and complementary components including themed retail, hotel, office, cultural studios and cultural pavilions. The design brief was for
a masterplan that can facilitate synergy between the different uses and encourage the development of a hybrid experience by extending the
public realm and the creation of pockets of spaces for recreational outdoor sports and leisure, F&B, commercial and social activities. Being
designed by Aedas and developed by Lai Sun Group, Novotown is an iconic development that will reflect on the Chinese culture. This mixed-
use development features a retail ring which seamlessly links different experiences together while embracing a massive courtyard garden – the
Heart of China Garden.
Sydney is to invest $43.5M converting the city’s downtown retail destination George Street into what it hopes will become a ‘world-class
pedestrian boulevard’. The project will include new green space and street furniture, wider footpaths, and outdoor dining areas. Already a

Hangloose Adventure, Bluewater, UK
Developer, LandSec
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