Manager Kim was surprised by the 3.8 billion dollar Dobutsujang's house, not Banpo. The stage for the famous scene in the drama “Shin Geomdan Royal Park City II”

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By Kim Dong-Ho
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Recently, the JTBC drama “The Story of Manager Kim Goes to a Large Company in Seoul” is a hot topic every day. It realistically captures stories about the love of office workers and real estate, which is a key issue in Korean society, and has received great attention not only from viewers but also from the real estate community. In particular, people continue to wonder where the actual filming location of “Banpo River Palace,” where General Manager Do-jin-woo, the rival of manager Kim Nak-soo lives in the drama, continues, and there is even a craze to find a filming location. “Banpo River Palace” in the drama is a place where manager Kim Nak-soo was surprised by the luxury and high price of the complex when he went to pick up his boss Baek Sangmu, and the drama's charter price alone reached 3.8 billion won. The actual drama was filmed not in Banpo, Seoul, but at Shingomdan Royal Park City II in Seo-gu, Incheon, but the price was reversed. Based on the exclusive 84 square meters, the current sales price is 600 million won, which is one-sixth of the rental price of Banpo River Palace in the drama. The price is reasonable, but since it was completed at the highest level in Korea, including 38 community facilities at the level of a 6-star hotel, 13 types of high-end residential services, and a world-recognized landscape, the luxurious image in the drama was naturally realized. In addition, DK Asia also strengthened medical services for Royal Park Citizens (Royal Park City residents) by signing a business agreement with International St. Mary's Hospital attached to Catholic Kwandong University Medical School, which is the representative university hospital in Incheon. Currently, complexes called luxury brand apartments offer hospital-linked telemedicine, but since actual medical use is centered on face-to-face medical care, telemedicine services are limited to show-style items for pre-sale marketing. The actual utilization rate of non-face-to-face telemedicine is very low due to the limitations of accurate diagnosis and treatment. Meanwhile, DK Asia's Shin Geomdan Royal Park City II is the first in Korea to enjoy various in-person medical benefits such as emergency services through direct face-to-face medical services for residents, quick medical guidance, reservations, and provision of customized health information. Together with Royal Park City I at Gumam Station, Shin Geomdan Royal Park City II completed a demonstration complex with a total of 6,305 households. Royal Park City is the largest private premium resort city in Korea with a total of 36,500 households, and in particular, the 1,500-generation Shin Geomdan Royal Park City II is also significant in that it is the first pre-construction post-sale brand in Incheon. The housing exhibition hall right next to Shin Geomdan Royal Park City II is currently receiving a lot of attention along with Manager Kim's drama. Rather than simply introducing a unit (a space that recreates a real house type), the housing exhibition hall is designed so that people can understand the future vision and high-end residential brand philosophy of the 36,500-generation “Royal Park City” being created by DK Asia. When entering the housing exhibition hall, visitors are first greeted by a large Banyan Tree (Banyan Tree) tree decorated in a Christmas atmosphere. The grand three-story staircase with marble on the front overwhelms visitors, and once again evokes admiration because the future vision of the 36,500 households of Royal Park City, Korea's first premium resort city, is embodied in three dimensions. On the model map, you can see not only the complex, subway stations, roads, and surrounding environment, but also the Eco Meta City (Eco Meta City) plan, which is undergoing full-scale projects as a blueprint for the future of northwestern Incheon. Eco Metacity is a large-scale project to turn the northwestern part of Incheon into an eco-friendly and cultural complex city. Incheon City announced a 590,000-square-meter (1.95 million square meter) master plan in May. The process is progressing smoothly for Phase 1, Handl District 3 (300,000 square meters, 1.1 million square meters), and residential, commercial, and cultural facilities, including high-rise apartments with 40 floors or more, will be built step by step. DK Asia completed a demonstration complex for a total of 6,305 households in this area by combining Gumam Station Royal Park City I (Handl Zone, 4,805 units, 560,000 square meters) and Shingomdan Royal Park City II (Geomdan District 3, 1,500 households, 520,000 square meters). Following this, Wanggil District 1 (4,619 households, 500,000 square meters) and Geomdan District 5 (3,851 households, 420,000 square meters) are also preparing additional supplies and are continuing the construction of Royal Park City, Korea's leading premium resort city at a rapid pace. The Housing Exhibition Hall is running Korea's first premium resort city tour program for weekend pre-booked visitors. There are a variety of programs, including a buffet-style three-meal service with seasonal ingredients operated by Shinsegae Food, a royal cinema lounge service where you can watch the latest movies in the complex, a multi-storey indoor golf course experience with a distance of 50 meters and a GDR system for all seats with a 15 minute free lesson, and a high-end hotel-level fitness experience equipped with Italian luxury Techno Gym exercise equipment. You can also experience 'Legend Heroes', a screen sport at the highest resort level in Korea, including a hotel-class royal music room service that can be used with family and friends, and at Incheon's first terraced royal sky lounge, you can also experience a special experience where you can enjoy the vision and future value of Royal Park City at a glance along with a warm tea. The landscape also leaves a strong impression on visitors. You can experience a “healthy rest and daily life healing” life while touring the world-recognized landscape and landscape facilities, and you can also use the Royal Train Service, which is a trolleybus that travels all over the complex. Additionally, you can experience living landscape in winter through green rye fields, and enjoy luxury landscape content that captures both sensibility and health through the actual airplanes (2) that appeared in the movie “Mission: Impossible: Final Reckoning,” a heart mulching zone, a framed photo zone, and a 5.6-kilometer extended Hwangtok Road. The landscape architecture of Shin Geomdan Royal Park City II was recognized for its competence by winning the 2025 World Association of Landscape Architects (IFLA) Award, which is the highest authority in the field of landscape architecture in the world. It was the first apartment in Korea to win the 2025 Good Design Award through Canal Walk, which connected two tea houses. The degree of perfection of the landscape has also received high praise from the industry. They visited major domestic construction companies, the Seoul Reconstruction and Redevelopment Association, the domestic resort industry, academia, and even major overseas developers. The background is a different level of investment scale. DK Asia modernly reinterpreted “Villa d'Este (Villa d'Este)”, a world cultural heritage site in Tivoli, Italy, and invested more than 3.8 million won per square meter (per 3.3㎡) for landscape construction in order to achieve world-class landscape architecture, and the Samsung C&T Resort Division (Everland) built it. The cost of landscape construction for an apartment in a new city is less than 1 million won per square meter (per 3.3 square meter), and One Bailey (Company S), Maple Zai (Company G), and Acro River Park (Company D), which are considered the finest reconstructed complexes in Gangnam, between 1.6 million and 1.9 million won per square meter (per 3.3㎡). The landscape of Shin Geomdan Royal Park City II was invested at a level of 200 to 250% compared to the highest reconstruction in Gangnam, and achieved a higher level than Korea's top resorts such as Salt Beach (Company D) and Ananti (Company A). Through the landscape and landscape facilities created through bold investment, Royal Park citizens (Royal Park City residents) can enjoy the premium benefits and special pride of the pilot complex. DK Asia will not only enjoy a healthy rest and a life where everyday life is healing through premium resort life, but will also further strengthen Royal Park City's status as Korea's leading high-end residential brand through continuous investment.

Original reporting by Kim Dong-Ho for Seoul Economic Daily.

AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.

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