CHINA TOPIX

Shanghai's Pentagon-Style Shopping Mall is China's Largest Empty Building.

Girish Shetti   |

Jan 26, 2016 09:04 AM EST

The Chinese real estate industry has earned an uncanny reputation for building enormously huge structures and settlements that sooner or later end up becoming 'ghost towns'. The sad part is that these enormously huge buildings and towns are supposed to be an economic boon, but they end up becoming a huge bane. Not to mention a stark embarrassment for investors.