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The Murray Road Multi-storey Car Park Building () was a building mostly occupied by a public
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The Murray Road Multi-storey Car Park Building () was a building mostly occupied by a public multi-storey car park
A multistorey car park (British and Singapore English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistory, parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck or indoor parking, is a build ...
in Central
Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object.
Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
. Built in 1973, the building was sold in 2017 and the land plot will be redeveloped. The building was located along Murray Road
Murray Road () is a road in Hong Kong. It is sometimes considered a boundary between Admiralty and Central. Along with a few other places in the area, it was named after Sir George Murray, a soldier and politician from Scotland.
Notable building ...
, after which it was named. Murray Road was named after Sir George Murray
Sir George Murray (6 February 1772 – 28 July 1846) was a British soldier and politician from Scotland.
Background and education
Murray was born in Perth, Scotland, the second son of Sir William Murray, of Ochtertyre, 5th Baronet (see Murra ...
, a soldier and politician from Scotland.
History
Construction on the building began in 1972. The car park opened for public use on 30 July 1973. The headquarters of theTransport Department
The Transport Department of the Government of Hong Kong is a department of the civil service responsible for transportation-related policy in Hong Kong. The department is under the Transport and Logistics Bureau.
The Transport Department was cre ...
relocated to the building in 1974.
The Operations Department of the Independent Commission Against Corruption was located in the top floors of the Murray Road Multi-storey Car Park Building from 1978 to 2007. A radio mast was erected on the rooftop in 1978 as part of a new HK$418,000 radio network facilitating communication with ICAC investigators.
In 1979–1980, an elevated walkway was built between the car park building and Queensway Plaza (the shopping centre above Admiralty station).
In the 1990s, the Hong Kong Government Archives were located on the mezzanine floor of the Murray Road Multi-storey Car Park Building. Later in the decade, they were transferred to the Sun Yik factory building in Tuen Mun
Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more re ...
.
The City Gallery, an exhibition centre about the planning and development of urban areas in Hong Kong, was temporarily located within Murray Road Multi-storey Car Park from 2009 to 2012.
In 2017, Henderson Land Development
Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. () is a listed property developer in Hong Kong and a constituent of the Hang Seng Index. The company's principal activities are property development and investment, project management, construction, hotel op ...
bid successfully to acquire the government-owned commercial plot on which the car park was built. Henderson Land would pay HK$23.28 billion (US$3 billion) for the plot.
The Murray Road Multi-storey Car Park ceased operation at midnight on 30 April 2017. By the time of its closure, the car park was providing 388 public parking spaces for private cars and 55 for motorcycles.
After official closure, the car park reopened for a few months in late 2017. In January 2018, it was closed again. Demolition started in March and was completed in May that year./ref>
See also
*Tsuen Wan Transport Complex
Tsuen Wan Transport Complex () was a large transport hub in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. There was a bus terminus and taxi stand on the ground floor; on top sat a multi-storey car park.
Location
Tsuen Wan Transport Complex was located at No. 98 Ta ...
* Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building
Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building () was a public multi-storey car park located at No. 250 Shanghai Street, Yau Ma Tei, Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong. Built in 1970, the building is scheduled for demolition in 2021.
History
The Yau Ma Tei Car P ...
References
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