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Cityplaza
Cityplaza () is an office and shopping development, developed by Swire Properties, at 18 Taikoo Shing Road, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong. It is adjacent to Taikoo Place, another office complex developed by Swire. The six-level shopping centre, connected to Tai Koo station, houses more than 170 shops, restaurants, a cinema and an indoor ice rink. In 2018, Swire Properties sold two of the office towers, previously Cityplaza 3 and 4, to Hengli Group and real estate investors Gaw Capital Partners. Two years later, Gaw Capital partnered with Schroder Pamfleet to buying the remaining office tower linked to the mall, Cityplaza 1. History and development Phase I Cityplaza was completed in 1982. As there was still no MTR connection at the time, double decker buses were used as a free shuttle service when the Island Eastern Corridor expressway was finished in 1984. There are six storeys in Phase I, with many locations having changed. The first phase also included an office t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cityplaza Phase 1 Atrium 201401
Cityplaza () is an office and shopping development, developed by Swire Properties, at 18 Taikoo Shing Road, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong. It is adjacent to Taikoo Place, another office complex developed by Swire. The six-level shopping centre, connected to Tai Koo station, houses more than 170 shops, restaurants, a cinema and an indoor ice rink. In 2018, Swire Properties sold two of the office towers, previously Cityplaza 3 and 4, to Hengli Group and real estate investors Gaw Capital Partners. Two years later, Gaw Capital partnered with Schroder Pamfleet to buying the remaining office tower linked to the mall, Cityplaza 1. History and development Phase I Cityplaza was completed in 1982. As there was still no MTR connection at the time, double decker buses were used as a free shuttle service when the Island Eastern Corridor expressway was finished in 1984. There are six storeys in Phase I, with many locations having changed. The first phase also included an office tower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cityplaza One 2009
Cityplaza () is an office and shopping development, developed by Swire Properties, at 18 Taikoo Shing Road, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong. It is adjacent to Taikoo Place, another office complex developed by Swire. The six-level shopping centre, connected to Tai Koo station, houses more than 170 shops, restaurants, a cinema and an indoor ice rink. In 2018, Swire Properties sold two of the office towers, previously Cityplaza 3 and 4, to Hengli Group and real estate investors Gaw Capital Partners. Two years later, Gaw Capital partnered with Schroder Pamfleet to buying the remaining office tower linked to the mall, Cityplaza 1. History and development Phase I Cityplaza was completed in 1982. As there was still no MTR connection at the time, double decker buses were used as a free shuttle service when the Island Eastern Corridor expressway was finished in 1984. There are six storeys in Phase I, with many locations having changed. The first phase also included an office tower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cityplaza Ice Palace
Cityplaza () is an office and shopping development, developed by Swire Properties, at 18 Taikoo Shing Road, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong. It is adjacent to Taikoo Place, another office complex developed by Swire. The six-level shopping centre, connected to Tai Koo station, houses more than 170 shops, restaurants, a cinema and an indoor ice rink. In 2018, Swire Properties sold two of the office towers, previously Cityplaza 3 and 4, to Hengli Group and real estate investors Gaw Capital Partners. Two years later, Gaw Capital partnered with Schroder Pamfleet to buying the remaining office tower linked to the mall, Cityplaza 1. History and development Phase I Cityplaza was completed in 1982. As there was still no MTR connection at the time, double decker buses were used as a free shuttle service when the Island Eastern Corridor expressway was finished in 1984. There are six storeys in Phase I, with many locations having changed. The first phase also included an office tower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Rinks In Hong Kong
Owing to the territory's subtropical climate, there are no natural winter sports venues in Hong Kong. Several artificial ice rinks have been constructed since the late 20th century, mainly inside shopping centres. List of ice rinks in Hong Kong History 1972 - The First Ice Rink In a subtropical city like Hong Kong, there is no ice and snow in winter. Ice skating was not available to the locals until the 1st artificial ice rink was built in Lai Chi Kwok Amusement Park or commonly called "Lai Yuen". ''Note'': A newspaper mentioned that there was an ice rink in a private club as early as 1940. As there is no other supporting that it was an artificial rink, it was included in this record. 1982 - The First Shopping Mall Ice Rink Swire Properties opened the first-ever shopping mall ice rink in Cityplaza or commonly known as "Taikoo Shing". Although it was small rink, the ice rink got so popular that the rink was moved from Cityplaza Phase 1 to Cityplaza Phase 2, a much lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taikoo Shing
Taikoo Shing or Tai Koo Shing (), is a private residential development in Quarry Bay, in the eastern part of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is a part of Swire's property business, along with Taikoo Place, the adjacent Cityplaza retail and office complex and EAST, a lifestyle business hotel. Etymology Taikoo is the Cantonese pronunciation of Swire's Chinese name, while Shing can be literally translated as City. Thus, Taikoo Shing can be loosely translated as Swire City. According to Swire, its Chinese name Taikoo was chosen by Thomas Taylor Meadow, the British Consul in Shanghai when Swire's Shanghai office opened in 1866. Area The entire Taikoo Shing estate covers 21.5 hectares (53 acres), and consists of 61 residential towers, with a total of 12,698 apartment flats that ranges anywhere between to . History The Taikoo Shing estate was once the site of Taikoo Dockyard, whose foundation stone now lies beside Cityplaza. The dockyard moved to United Dockyards at the west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swire Properties
Swire Properties Limited () is a property developer, owner and operator of mixed-use, principally commercial properties in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Founded and headquartered in Hong Kong in 1972, Swire Properties is a major property developer in Hong Kong, and is listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Including subsidiaries, it employs around 4,500 people. The company is, in turn, a subsidiary of the publicly-listed Swire Pacific Limited (part of Swire Group). Business scope Swire Properties operates in three main areas: # property investment – property investment, namely the development, leasing and management of commercial, retail and residential properties as a long-term investment #property trading – property trading, that is the development and construction of properties, principally luxury residential apartments, for sale #hotel investment and operations (Swire Hotels) Senior leadership * ''Chairman:'' Guy Bradley (since August 2021) * ''Chief Execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quarry Bay
Quarry Bay is an area beneath Mount Parker in the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. The western portion of the area was also formerly known as Lai Chi (). Traditionally an industrial and residential area, the number of commercial buildings in this district has increased since the 1990s. Quarry Bay is bordered by Sai Wan Ho to the east, Mount Parker to the south, North Point to the west, and Victoria Harbour to the north. Administratively, it is part of Eastern District. Quarry Bay is considered as an area surrounded by to the east, Hong Shing Street and to the south, junction of King's Road and Healthy Street West to the west, and History The 1819 edition of the '' Gazetteer of Sun On County'' () did not mention today's Quarry Bay. Historians such as Anthony Kwok Kin Siu suggested Quarry Bay was a remote area before British colonial time. During Colonial Hong Kong times, the Hakka stonemasons settled in the area after the British arrival. Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taikoo Place
Taikoo Place () is a commercial building complex located in Quarry Bay, east Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It comprises grade A office towers, car parking, clubs, office apartment, parks, and shops to meet the needs from business people worldwide. Island line (MTR) are available alongside Taikoo Place, Cityplaza and Taikoo Shing. These three complexes are all managed by Swire Properties since the beginning from Taikoo Sugar Refinery, the subsequent Taikoo Dockyard and the recent demolitions of the industrial buildings. Timeline Since the 1980s, Taikoo Place has been redeveloped to become a unique metropolitan environment for business and entertainment. Until now, notable amenities include the Butterfield's private members club. It is recognized as a popular choice for younger workers to seek employment. Taikoo Place hosts many advertisement and information technology firms. The PCCW Tower, the tower just next to Dorset House is where the headquarters of PCCW are located, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Koo Station
Tai Koo () is a station on the of the Hong Kong MTR system. The station is located in Kornhill, Quarry Bay on Hong Kong Island and serves the area including Kornhill, Kornhill Gardens and Taikoo Shing. Tai Koo has a unique crimson livery and is one of the busiest stations in the system. The station was named for Taikoo Shing, the large-scale residential development built on the former site of Taikoo Dockyard, a Swire company, "Taikoo" being the Romanisation of the latter's Chinese name. History Excavation of the station cavern was completed in October 1983. The Island line opening ceremony was held in this station in May 1985 and was officiated by then-MTR chairman Sir Wilfrid Newton and Governor of Hong Kong Edward Youde, who unveiled the commemorative plaques at the concourse level. The station is built in what was, at the time of its construction, the largest man-made cavern in Asia. Station layout Tai Koo adheres to the general layout of most MTR stations. At ground ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wing On
Wing On () is a department store company in Hong Kong. The company is owned by a Hong Kong listed company Wing On Company International Limited (), incorporated in Bermuda. The holding company of the listed company itself is Wing On International Holdings Limited, which is owned by Karl Kwok Chi Leung (郭志樑) and the Kwok family. The head office is in (永安中心) in Sheung Wan. Until it was nationalised in 1966, Wing On's Shanghai branch was one of the "four great companies" of Shanghai. History Brothers James Gock Lock (Kwok Lok) (郭樂) and Philip Gock Chin (Kwok Chuen) (郭泉) started the Wing On fruit store in Australia in 1897. Wing On imported nuts, tea, rice, fireworks and ginger from China. The original "Wing On Building", located at 37 Ultimo Road in Haymarket, New South Wales, in Sydney's Chinatown, is now a hotel. In 1907, James, Philip and their other brother William Gock Son (Kwok Sun) returned to Hong Kong with accumulated savings and founded the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaw Capital Partners
Gaw Capital () is a real estate private equity fund management firm headquartered in Hong Kong. In 2022, the firm was ranked by PERE (under Private Equity International) as the 11th largest Private Equity Real Estate firm based on total fundraising over the most recent five-year period. Background Gaw Capital was founded in 2005 by Goodwin Gaw and his brother Kenneth Gaw. Their father was Anthony Gaw, the founder of Pioneer Global Group, a listed Hong Kong real estate development company. The firm's investments span the entire spectrum of real estate sectors, including residential development, offices, retail malls, serviced apartments, hotels, logistics warehouses and IDC projects. In recent years the firm has also invested in Property technology companies such as Beike, SensorFlow and Ziroom. Gaw Capital is headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in London, Shanghai, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. Previous investments have included Ambass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shopping Malls Established In 1982
Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the potential intent to purchase a suitable selection of them. A typology of shopper types has been developed by scholars which identifies one group of shoppers as recreational shoppers, that is, those who enjoy shopping and view it as a leisure activity.Jones, C. and Spang, R., "Sans Culottes, Sans Café, Sans Tabac: Shifting Realms of Luxury and Necessity in Eighteenth-Century France," Chapter 2 in ''Consumers and Luxury: Consumer Culture in Europe, 1650-1850'' Berg, M. and Clifford, H., Manchester University Press, 1999; Berg, M., "New Commodities, Luxuries and Their Consumers in Nineteenth-Century England," Chapter 3 in ''Consumers and Luxury: Consumer Culture in Europe, 1650-1850'' Berg, M. and Clifford, H., Manchester University Press, 1999 Online shopping has become a major disruptor in the retail industry as consumers can now search for product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
