Metroplaza () is a

shopping centre A shopping center (American English) or shopping centre (Commonwealth English), also called a shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof. The first known collec ...

and office building developed by

Sun Hung Kai Properties Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP; ) is a listed corporation and the largest property developer in Hong Kong as of 2019. The company is controlled by the Kwok family trust, largely the Kwok brothers. The Kwok family trust was set up by Kw ...

, officially opened in January 1993. It is located in

Kwai Fong Kwai Fong is an area of Kwai Chung Town, Kwai Tsing District, Hong Kong. Location The mainly residential area extends to Kwai Hing () in the north, Lai King in the south, Tsing Yi South Bridge, Tsing Yi Bridge to the west, and Tai Lin Pai ...

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 ...

and is opposite to

Kwai Fong station Kwai Fong () is an elevated railway station on of Hong Kong's MTR system. Opened on 10 May 1982, it is located between and stations. Named after Kwai Fong Estate, a large public housing estate to its northeast, Kwai Fong, the neighbourhoo ...

of MTR. The mall is a shopping hub of adjacent areas of

Lai King Lai King, or Lai King Hill, is the colloquial name for a residential area including a number of private housing and public housing estates, located on Mo Shek Shan (), east of Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is centred on Lai King Estat ...

Tsing Yi Tsing Yi, sometimes referred to as Tsing Yi Island, is an island in the urban area of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan. With an area of , the island has extended drastically by reclamation along almost all ...

and

Kwai Chung Kwai Chung is an urban area within Tsuen Wan New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District District of Hong Kong. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town. In 2000, it had a populat ...

. While Metroplaza provides spacious shopping environment, another shopping centre

Kwai Chung Plaza Kwai Chung Plaza (葵涌廣場) is a private housing estate and shopping centre located in the Kwai Tsing District at 7 – 11 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is adjacent to Kwai Fong Estate, Metroplaza and Kwai Fong ...

adjoining offers varieties of small shops. The mall had undergone major renovation from 2014 to November 2017. The mall is adjacent to

Kwai Tsing Theatre Kwai Tsing Theatre () is a major performance venue in Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located in Kwai Fong, near Kwai Fong MTR station. It was built by the Regional Council and opened on 18 November 1999 to provide a medium-size venu ...

Metroplaza outdoor podium after renovation pano 201712

Metroplaza Office Towers

The two Metroplaza Towers, are the tallest in the area of Kwai Fong and are therefore the landmarks of the area. The towers are situated above the shopping centre. MetroPlaza Tower 2 is the taller of the two towers, rising 47

floors A floor is the bottom surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many layered surfaces made with modern technology. Floors may be stone, wood, bamboo, metal or any other material that can support the expected load ...

and to the top of its decorative spire and logo. The building was completed in 1992. It was designed by architectural firm

Wong Tung & Partners Wong Tung & Partners is an international architecture, planning and design firm established in Hong Kong in 1963. It has offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chongqing. Wong Tung & Partners provides multi-disciplinary service ...

, and was developed by

. MetroPlaza Tower 2, which stands as the 41st-tallest building in Hong Kong, is composed entirely of commercial office space. The building is an example of

postmodern architecture Postmodern architecture is a style or movement which emerged in the 1960s as a reaction against the austerity, formality, and lack of variety of modern architecture, particularly in the international style advocated by Philip Johnson and Henry- ...

. MetroPlaza Tower 1 has the same roof height and floor count as MetroPlaza Tower 2, but is significantly shorter due to the absence of a spire; the building does not even rank among the 100 tallest structures in the city. The tower rises 47 floors and in height. Tenants include: 16th Floor: Texwinca Holdings (), the parent company of BalenoLocations
" Texwinca Holdings. Retrieved on April 8, 2017. "16th Floor, Metroplaza, Tower II, 223 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong"
Chinese address
"香港新界葵涌興芳路223號新都會廣場第二座十六樓"

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File:MetroPlaza Void 201408.jpg, Metroplaza shopping centre Atrium File:MetroPlaza Office Lobby 2016.jpg, Metroplaza Office Lobby File:Metroplaza L3 after renovation 201712.jpg, Shops in Level 3 File:Metroplaza L5 Urban Farm 201809.jpg, Urban Farm on MetroPlaza Level 5 File:Metroplaza L5 Children Play Area 201809.jpg, Children Play Area on MetroPlaza Level 5

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Metroplaza Home page
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Metroplaza Office Towers

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