The Bank of America Tower is a 38-floor
skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...
located at 13-15
Harcourt Road
Harcourt Road is a major highway in Admiralty, Hong Kong, connecting Central and Wan Chai. It starts at Murray Road and ends at Arsenal Street. The road is 780 metres in length and has four lanes of traffic on either side. The section of Harco ...
in the
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 ...
area of
Hong Kong Island
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. The first floor is rented for retail and catering businesses. The third and fourth floors are for car parking, while offices start from the fifth floor up. Each floor provides 13,880 square feet for rent, with the smallest unit starting from 800 square feet.
The Bank of America Tower participates in
A Symphony of Lights
A Symphony of Lights () is a daily light and sound show across the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. It is the world's largest permanent light and sound show according to Guinness World Records. As of 2017, there were 42 participating buildings ...
.
History
In the 1970s,
Gammon Construction
Gammon Construction Limited is a Hong Kong construction and engineering contractor headquartered in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. In addition to local construction projects, it also involved in construction and engineering various projects in China and ...
redeveloped the
Victoria Barracks. At the same year,
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 K ...
acquired
Gammon Construction
Gammon Construction Limited is a Hong Kong construction and engineering contractor headquartered in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. In addition to local construction projects, it also involved in construction and engineering various projects in China and ...
. It was completed at 1975.
In the 1980s,
HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational universal bank and financial services holding company. It is the largest bank in Europe by total assets ahead of BNP Paribas, with US$2.953 trillion as of December 2021. In 2021, HSBC had $10.8 tri ...
set up a vault on the ground floor of the building before the
HSBC Building was completed. In the same year, it was renamed as Carrian House after a HKD$998 million purchase by the
Carrian Group
The Carrian Group was a Hong Kong conglomerate that was known for rapid expansion in the 1980s, which ended in collapse amidst a major corruption and fraud scandal.
Founding
Carrian was founded in 1977 by George Tan Soon-gin, who fled Singapore ...
. Within two years, the property price plummeted due to
political uncertainty, and the purchase was seen as a "fraud," with
Carrian Group
The Carrian Group was a Hong Kong conglomerate that was known for rapid expansion in the 1980s, which ended in collapse amidst a major corruption and fraud scandal.
Founding
Carrian was founded in 1977 by George Tan Soon-gin, who fled Singapore ...
being liquidated by the court. The case was resolved in the
Supreme Court
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in 1997.
It was sold in layers, and purchased and renamed by
Bank of America
The Bank of America Corporation (often abbreviated BofA or BoA) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The bank w ...
. In the early 2000s, Bank of America's Hong Kong office moved its operations to
Hong Kong International Finance Centre Tower 2 and retaining only the naming rights and external advertising rights of Bank of America.
See also
*
List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has over 9,000 high-rise buildings, of which over 4,000 are skyscrapers standing taller than with 517 buildings above . The tallest building in Hong Kong is the 108-storey International Commerce Centre, which stands and is the 1 ...
References
External links
*
Bank of America Tower-Hong Kong''(
Emporis
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On 12 Sept ...
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Bank of America Tower-Hong Kong''(
SkyscraperPage.com
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Admiralty, Hong Kong
Bank of America buildings
Office buildings completed in 1975
Skyscraper office buildings in Hong Kong
1975 establishments in Hong Kong
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