Hongkong Land
Hongkong Land (HKL) is a property investment, management and development group with commercial and residential property interests across Asia. It owns and manages some 850,000 sq. m. of office and retail property in Asia, principally in Hong Kong and Singapore. Its Hong Kong portfolio represents some 450,000 sq. m. of commercial property, making it the single largest landlord in Central, Hong Kong. In Singapore it has 165,000 sq. m. of office space mainly held through joint ventures. While its subsidiary MCL Land is a residential developer. Hongkong Land also has a 50 per cent interest in World Trade Center Jakarta, an office complex in Central Jakarta that it shares with the Murdaya family (owner of Pondok Indah)'s Central Cipta Murdaya Group and a number of residential and mixed-use projects under development in cities across Greater China and Southeast Asia - including WF CENTRAL, a luxury retail centre in Wangfujing, Beijing. Hongkong Land was founded in 1889. Hongkong La ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Public Company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (listed company), which facilitates the trade of shares, or not (unlisted public company). In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange. In most cases, public companies are ''private'' enterprises in the ''private'' sector, and "public" emphasizes their reporting and trading on the public markets. Public companies are formed within the legal systems of particular states, and therefore have associations and formal designations which are distinct and separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation (though a corporation need not be a public company), in the United Kingdom it is usually a public limited company (plc), i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chater House
Chater House () is an office tower in Central, Hong Kong. Opened in March 2003, it is a part of the Hongkong Land portfolio of properties. It has a three-level retail podium, known as Landmark Chater. The building was built on the site of the former Swire House, and was named after Sir Paul Chater. The building faces streets on three sides: Chater Road, Pedder Street and Connaught Road Central. Plot history There were three buildings on the site between 1905 and 1958, namely Mansions Building (Hotel Mansions, later renamed Union Building), King's Building and York Building. Union Building Following the Praya reclamation of 1890–1904, a building was constructed and opened in 1905, that served as offices of Canadian Pacific Ocean Services (G/F) and Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company (1/F). This building was acquired in 1921, and used as its headquarters by the Union Insurance Society of Canton Ltd., and then became known as Union Building (). It was bought by Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shun Tak Holdings
Shun Tak Holdings Limited () is a Hong Kong-Macau company founded in 1972. It has been one of the constituents of the Hang Seng Hong Kong MidCap Index since 11 September 2006. The company is active in shipping, property, hospitality and investments businesses. Its shipping division, operating under the name of TurboJET, operates ferry services between Hong Kong and Macau. The company's founder and executive chairman is Stanley Ho. His daughter Pansy Ho serves as managing director with two of his other daughters, Daisy Ho Chiu-fung and Maisy Ho Chiu-ha, as executive directors as well as David Shum. History Until late 2010, Stanley Ho controlled the company. An 11.55 per cent stake in Shun Tak was transferred by Ho to Hanika Realty, a company controlled by second wife Lucina Laam and his five children with her. The transfer made Hanika Shun Tak's biggest single shareholder. In April 2015, Shun Tak Holdings Ltd purchased hotel property in Shanghai for RMB700 million (MOP900 mil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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One Central Macau
One Central () in Sé, Macau is a waterfront mixed-used project developed by Hongkong Land and Shun Tak Holdings and completed in 2009. The development comprises seven apartment residential towers centred around a 42-storey tower, housing the Mandarin Oriental, Macau with 213 guestrooms, 111 serviced apartments, waterfront bar, restaurant, and spa. Location One Central is centrally located on the Avendia de Sagres at NAPE (i.e.Novos Aterros do Porto Exterior), next to MGM Macau at the waterfront and facing Taipa. With Nam Van Lake to the west and the South China Sea to the south, the site is dominated by the presence of water, which heavily influences the design. History In 2005, Hongkong Land and Shun Tak Holdings entered a joint venture to develop a site on the reclaimed land overlooking Nam Van Lake. The mixed use development was designed by international design firm Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) and completed in 2009. One Central's Mandarin Oriental hotel and serviced ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gaysorn Village
Gaysorn Village (previously Gaysorn Plaza) is a building complex in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok. It also includes the Gaysorn Tower, an office tower block, and the Amarin Plaza shopping centre. The shopping mall building has five levels with more than 100 shops over an area of 12,600 square metres. The basement has parking for 416 cars, doorman and valet parking service. Gaysorn is managed by Gaysorn Land Asset Management Co., Ltd., a partnership between by Gaysorn Group & Hongkong Land Limited. Gaysorn Shopping Centre is a part of Ratchaprasong Shopping district in Bangkok. File:Gaysorn Plaza, Bangkok, Thailand.jpg, Gaysorn Gaysorn Atrium Gallery 201801.jpg, Gaysorn Atrium Gallery Gaysorn Cocoon 201801.jpg, Gaysorn Cocoon Gaysorn Tower 201801.jpg, Gaysorn Tower completed in 2017 Gaysorn Tower office lobby 2018.jpg, Gaysorn Tower office lobby Gaysorn Walk 201801.jpg, Gaysorn Walk Transportation * BTS Skytrain Sukhumvit Line - Gaysorn has a direct skybridge link on its s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marina Bay Financial Centre
The Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) is a mixed-use development located along Marina Boulevard and Central Boulevard at the Downtown Core of Singapore. It consists of three office towers, two residential towers and retail space at Marina Bay Link Mall, occupying a site. The construction of the Marina Bay Financial Centre development consisted of two phases, with its first phase completed in 2010. The entire development was completed in 2012 and the grand opening of Marina Bay Financial Centre was officiated by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 15 May 2013. The first phase includes the construction of office Tower 1, which consists of 33 storeys, office Tower 2, which consists of 50 storeys, Marina Bay Residences with 428 units and a retail mall. The architect for phase 1 was local DCA Architects. The second phase comprises office Tower 3, which consists of 46 storeys, a retail mall and Marina Bay Suites with 221 units. Marina Bay Suites attained Temporary Occupation Permit ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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One Raffles Quay
One Raffles Quay () is an office building complex located at Raffles Place, the central business district of Singapore. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, One Raffles Quay (ORQ) consists of the 50-storey North Tower and the 29-storey South Tower, totalling about 1.3 million square feet of office space. The building was purpose-built for banking and financial corporations in August 2006. ORQ is home to international banks such as Barclays Capital Barclays () is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services. Barclays traces ..., UniCredit, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank AG, Societe Generale Private Banking and UBS, headquarters of cryptocurrency exchange crypto.com as well as professional services firms Thomson Reuters and Ernst & Young and QBE Insurance. It also has amenities and is directly linked to Raffles Place MRT ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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China Merchants Group
China Merchants Group Limited () is an international state-owned corporation (SOE) of the People's Republic of China. The company is operating under the auspices of the Chinese Ministry of Transport. Founded in 1872 China Merchants Steam Navigation Company in Shanghai, the firm has developed into one of China's leading SOEs since the 1980s and has expanded its global role as a result of China's Belt and Road Initiative in the early 2010s. In the Western media, China Merchants Group is mostly known for being criticized as a tool for China's "debt diplomacy" and its legal disputes with DP World, another port operator, regarding concession rights at the Port of Djibouti. Beginnings and growth (1872-1978) Early History China Merchants Steam Navigation Company was a shipping company founded on 16 December 1872 by the then Governor-General of Chihli (直隸 Zhili) Li Hung-chang (李鴻章 Li Hongzhang) who was also concurrently appointed as the Peiyang Commissioner "Peiyang ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Longfor Properties
Longfor Properties Co. Ltd (龙湖地产股份有限公司) is an investment holding company, and part of the Forbes Global 2000 companies, at number 345 in the 2019 list. Forbes list of 2000 biggest public companies in the world. It manages numerous subsidiaries which are involved in property investment, development and management in China as well as relative services. As of December 2011, the total land property of the company was 33.76 million square meters, with major subsidiaries being Beijing Huicheng Investment Limited and Beijing Longhu Properties Company Limited. Forbes profile page of Longfor properties. Wu Yajun is the co- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Keppel Corporation
Keppel Corporation (also known as Keppel Corp) is a Singaporean conglomerate headquartered in Keppel Bay Tower, HarbourFront. The company consists of several affiliated businesses that specialises in offshore & marine, property, infrastructure and asset management businesses. The company was founded in 1968 as Keppel Shipyard at the Keppel Harbour situated in Tanjong Pagar before moving its operations to Jurong, where the company focused on offshore and marine activities. Notable Keppel subsidiaries include Keppel Offshore & Marine (world's largest oil rig builder) and Keppel Land (world's 2nd most sustainable diversified real estate developer). History 1900 to 1980s: Keppel Harbour, establishment of Keppel Shipyard and expansion The name of the company ''Keppel'' was derived from a British ship captain, Captain Henry Keppel, who discovered a natural, deepwater harbour (the Keppel Harbour) in Tanjong Pagar in 1848. The harbour was previously known as New Harbour until 1900 whe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Central Elevated Walkway
The Central Elevated Walkway is an extensive footbridge network spanning Admiralty Admiralty most often refers to: *Admiralty, Hong Kong *Admiralty (United Kingdom), military department in command of the Royal Navy from 1707 to 1964 *The rank of admiral *Admiralty law Admiralty can also refer to: Buildings * Admiralty, Traf ..., Central, Hong Kong, Central and parts of Sheung Wan, near Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. The system was built in phases by the Government of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Government and various developers, such as Hongkong Land, Jardine Matheson, Jardine Matheson Holdings and Shun Tak Holdings. It has escalators and staircases for access. Parts of it are air-conditioning, air-conditioned. There is another system in Admiralty that is currently not connected to the Central system. History In the 1970s, Hongkong Land built a footbridge over Connaught Road to facilitate pedestrian access between Connaught Place (today's Jardine House), Swire House (today's Cha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexandra House
Alexandra House () is an office building in Central, Hong Kong near Central station. The building has 37 levels. It hosts a shopping arcade, Landmark Alexandra, and it is connected to the Central Elevated Walkway. The block formed by Alexandra house is surrounded by Ice House Street, Des Voeux Road Central and Chater Road. History The current building was completed in 1976. It is the third generation building bearing the "Alexandra" name on this site. The first generation building, "Alexandra Building", was named after Queen Alexandra, the wife of then reigning monarch Edward VII. It was designed by Palmer and TurnerKwok, Chi-hung, Chester"The balance of buyer-seller interactions along the marketing strategies continuum in the Hong Kong markets for electrical and mechanical industrial products" MBA Dissertation, University of Hong Kong, 30 August 1992 and completed in 1904. The building was five storeys high, with arched verandahs. It was equipped with an Otis electric lift ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |