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Zeman plans second Lan Kwai Fong

Add CoCo to Allan Zeman's portfolio favourites, in addition to Ocean Park pandas Ying Ying and Le Le.

However CoCo is not a cute bear but a shopping and entertainment precinct in Shenzhen that will be transformed into the next Lan Kwai Fong next year.

An hour and a half from his home base, Mr Zeman has been expanding his famous drinking and restaurant precinct in CoCo park, which just entered its first year of operation.

We gather the new Lan Kwai Fong, which will have a 6,000 square foot rooftop, complete with Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese eateries, is scheduled to open in about three months.

His move signals how restaurant groups are hoping to tap the mainland's expanding middle class.