Being one of main forms of making use of underground space to alleviate the city syndrome, the development of underground commercial streets has been given more and more attention. In this study, the two major underground commercial streets located in Changsha city are surveyed, and by the analysis of both the city's economy and market conditions, it is concluded that the timing of largescale development of underground commercial streets in the city is already mature. The paper then focuses on issues including the improvement of un...