Abstract:The economy of the buildings is a new kind of emerging economy in the development of our country s urban economy, and has become an important branch of the city s rapid economic growth, being a bright spot. This paper, taking the Nanjing Road shopping district in Shanxi road as the study object, through the development of research buildings, selecting three typical commercial office buildings, by analysis and comparison of the basic situation, tries to find the road district of Shanxi's economic development characteris tic s of build ings a nd making recommendations. Key words: economy of buildings;shopping district of Shanxi Road