Urban Surveyors

Urban Surveyors is a comprehensive professional service institution for integrated real estate consulting, composed of affiliated companies including Shanghai Urban Real Estate Appraisal Co., Ltd., Shanghai Chengcexing Architectural Planning and Design Consulting Co., Ltd., Shanghai Chengke Information Technology Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Chengce Engineering Cost Consulting Co., Ltd.

Urban Appraisal
Established in 2001, adhering to the philosophy of "Professionalism, Integrity, Innovation, and Cooperation," the company provides professional real estate services to government agencies, financial institutions such as banks, and Chinese and foreign enterprises, including real estate and land appraisal, comprehensive consulting, and research and market studies. The company has ranked among the top in the country for 17 consecutive years in the China Institute of Real Estate Appraisers rankings, with a comprehensive ranking in the top three nationwide, based in Shanghai.

The company holds the first-class qualification for national real estate appraisal institutions, a nationally licensed registered land appraisal institution, A-level credit rating for national land appraisal intermediary agencies, a Class A qualification for land planning, and ISO9001 quality system certification audited by BSI. Over the past two decades since its establishment, the company has provided high-quality professional services to numerous clients in areas such as land transfer, judicial taxation, housing expropriation, rent appraisal, mortgage financing, asset securitization, preliminary cost verification, investment control, urban renewal, comprehensive real estate consulting for enterprises, and research on topics and mechanisms, establishing a good reputation and credibility.

With strong professional capabilities and integrity in professional conduct, the company has undertaken various major appraisal and consulting projects, such as the land transfer project for SMIC, the land transfer project for Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory, the housing expropriation appraisal for the second phase of CSSC Changxing Shipbuilding Base, the ABN appraisal for the rental housing project in Minhang Pujiang under World Expo Land Control, the renewal study of the Bund's second facade area, the real estate resource evaluation and utilization planning for Shanghai Electric Group, the rent appraisal for public rental housing supporting the Shanghai Lingang Industrial Zone, the mortgage appraisal for land use rights in Xi'an for BOCOM International Trust, the preliminary cost calculation for Nantong New Airport land, cost estimation and fund review for the land reserve project in the South Hongqiao area, research on improving land use efficiency in Huangpu District, research on the renewal and renovation of "two old" areas in historical preservation zones, comprehensive consulting for the integrated primary and secondary land development of Zhaojialou Ancient Town in Minhang District, Shanghai, consulting services for the investigation and assessment of urban villages, and the Beicai Wedge Green Space urban village project.

Chengcexing
Established in 2018, formerly the Planning and Design Department of Urban Appraisal (founded in 2016), it is a comprehensive service institution dedicated to providing professional integrated consulting services to governments at all levels and various sectors of society in areas such as planning, design, and implementation. Its service scope includes spatial planning and planning research, industrial development transformation, rural revitalization and comprehensive improvement, and natural resource protection and utilization.

Composed of senior professionals from diverse backgrounds, international perspectives, and advanced degrees, the company consistently upholds the principles of high quality, professionalism, innovation, and pragmatism. It has participated in completing key municipal planning and research projects, including preliminary topics for Shanghai's 14th Five-Year Plan, municipal special plans for elderly care and sports, municipal featured industrial park albums and studies, and Shanghai's park city planning and construction guidelines. The company has been deeply involved in planning and land-related work in the Lingang New Area, Hongqiao Business District, and the Yangtze River Delta Ecological Green Integrated Development Demonstration Zone. It has also fully participated in Shanghai's urban renewal, urban village renovation, and comprehensive land improvement. The core team members have received numerous awards in recent years, including the Huaxia Construction Science and Technology Award from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the National Excellent Urban and Rural Design Award, Shanghai Excellent Engineering Consulting Achievements, and Shanghai Excellent Urban and Rural Planning Design awards. Additionally, several projects have received national and municipal excellent urban planning design awards.

Against the backdrop of national strategies, urban-rural development transformation, and changes in the planning system, the company actively explores solutions to new problems and needs under the new situation. It conducts in-depth innovative research in areas such as spatial planning and planning research, industrial development transformation, rural revitalization, and urban renewal, achieving fruitful results and contributing to the rational use of natural resources and orderly urban-rural economic development in Shanghai and various regions.

Chengke Information Technology
Established in 2016, the company focuses on the development and implementation of various systems in real estate-related fields. It utilizes emerging technologies such as automated real estate valuation, GIS, drone aerial photography, 3D modeling, and panoramic photography to provide comprehensive information services for real estate management.

Its business covers: Digital asset management, which empowers clients through asset digitization, helping them clarify existing assets, achieve a one-map vertical management model, and provide data support for asset management and decision-making; Digital industry, which forms three series of products (asset map, industry map, and investment attraction map) to improve space utilization efficiency, optimize industrial structure, and achieve rapid matching of industrial space with investment leads, full-process tracking management of investment projects, convenient navigation, and in-depth interpretation of industrial policies; Digital renewal, which utilizes GIS and 3D technology to form a dynamic digital system integrating current conditions, planning schemes, and progress, comprehensively displaying and realizing urban renewal work in the new era; Digital expropriation, which achieves electronic signing, resettlement housing management, and touchscreen information disclosure for full-process management, providing technical guarantees for promoting "sunshine expropriation"; and Digital street towns, which tailors an integrated smart platform for different line management application scenarios (e.g., construction, economy), allowing self-configuration of functional modules to meet the needs of digital transformation in street towns.

Chengce Engineering Cost
Established in 2004, it is a consulting institution serving the whole-process cost control and contract management of construction projects. The company holds AAA credit rating for national engineering cost consulting enterprises and ISO9001 quality system certification audited by BSI. Its main business includes whole-process cost consulting (quantity surveying) services, bidding agency, engineering consulting, and real estate investment consulting, among other comprehensive professional services.

The company has many senior professionals and strategic partners and maintains good academic cooperation with universities. It has introduced quantity surveying services from the Commonwealth, striving to create typical examples that combine national practices with international conventions, permeating its services, and aiming to provide high-quality services for urban construction.

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