A well designed two bedroom New apartment within the Edifice building on the edge Changning district near Zhongshan park, one minuets walk away from Jiangsu road metro station. It includes a lovely and bright set of high class decorations and furniture that add a great sense of life to the apartment. All in a lovely out of the way location for those who don't want to rent an apartment in Shanghai's inner city area.
The Edifice also includes a Clubhouse area, with a swimming pool, Gym, Sauna and even its owe poker room.
The surrounding area is generally filled more with locally orientated shops and restaurants but there are a few western orientated places within walking distance to the south, in the direction of the French concession area. Also the Jing'an temple shopping area is fairly close by if you feel like visiting some of the busier parts of the city. But since its slightly out of the way from the busy inner city area is much quieter than most expat compounds that you can find in Shanghai.
You can easily get to Nanjing road, Peoples Square and the Pudong financial district incredibly quickly due to the presence of a line two metro staion (Jiangsu road) being literally 1 minutes walk away.