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Chater Road Chater Road (Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 遮打道) is a three-lane road in Central, Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong named after Paul Chater, Sir Paul Chater. It begins at its intersection with Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road Centr ...

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. Opened in March 2003, it is a part of the

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:

Pedder Street Pedder Street is a major thoroughfare in the core of Hong Kong's Central District. It runs south–north from Queen's Road Central, continues through Des Voeux Road Central, and ends at its intersection with Connaught Road Central. History ...

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Plot history

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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 The Union Insurance Society of Canton (commonly known as the Union) was a major Hong Kong–based insurance company regarded in the early 20th century as one of the four leading British businesses, or " hongs", of colonial Hong Kong alongside Hong ...

Ltd., and then became known as Union Building ( zh, t=於仁行, labels=no). It was bought by The Hongkong Land Company in 1946, and was demolished in 1950. Hongkong Land later acquired the adjacent King's Building and demolished it in 1958 to complete the Union House complex.

King's Building

King's Building was built in 1905 and was for some time home to Marconi Wireless. The building was located along Connaught Road, next to the Union Building. It was demolished in 1958.

York Building

York Building was built in 1905 and demolished in 1958.

Swire House

The 23-storey building, initially called Union House ( zh, t=於仁大廈, s=於仁大厦, p=Yūrén Dàshà, j=jyu1 jan4 daai6 haa6, labels=no), was completed in 1962, and had a total floor space of 34,000 square metres (370,000 sq ft). in the 1970s, the

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, gained naming rights for the building, which was renamed Swire House ( zh, t=太古大廈, s=太古大厦, p=Tàigǔ Dàshà, j=taai3 gu2 daai6 haa6, labels=no) in 1976. In 1997, the main tenant of the building was

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, which occupied about 30% of the floor space. Other tenants included other Swire group companies, including

Swire Pacific Swire Group ( zh, t=太古集團) is a highly diversified global conglomerate with its parent company being John Swire & Sons Limited that holds controlling stakes in a range of businesses trading in the UK, USA, Australia, Papua New Guinea, ...

and Swire Industries. Swire House was demolished on 5 October 1998.

Chater House

The site was again redeveloped by

when the new

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opened in 1998. The building's main tenant,

, relocated to

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when the airport moved to its new site at

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, while Swire Group moved to Pacific Place in Admiralty. Chater House has a total floor area of 438,500 net sq.ft. (498,000 sq ft. gross), was designed by architects Kohn Pedersen Fox. It was originally configured into 30 floors – 474,000 net sq. ft – of office accommodation above a three-level retail podium of 45,000 net sq.ft. (81,000 sq ft. gfa) and a three-level basement, which includes 112 parking spaces. When the project was announced, in 1997, the estimated cost was HK$2.3 billion, and would complete in 2003. Architecture firm

Aedas Aedas is an architectural firm founded by the Welsh architect Keith Griffiths. Aedas employs 1,000 staff in its twelve offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, Dubai, Riyadh, Delhi and Seattle and provides services in archite ...

were the architect for the Chater House. The main contractor was

. The building is linked to the

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, also owned by Hong Kong Land. In 2014, the display of

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's art installation ''

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'' at Chater House was cancelled when US investment bank

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, which has offices in the building, asked

– the sponsor of ''Event Horizon'' – to cancel its support for the show after bank employee Dennis Li Junjie jumped to his death from the building's roof.

Tenants

The main tenant of Chater House is

, who have their

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headquarters in the building. Other current tenants include

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, Jane Street and previous tenants include the

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. Previously the

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was headquartered in the Swire House.Home page

. February 6, 1998. "1934 Swire House, Chater Road, Central, HONG KONG."

Nearby buildings

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* Exchange Square *

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(formerly

Queen's Building Queen's Building () was a late 19th-century neoclassical building located in Central, Hong Kong. Named after Queen Victoria, it was situated to the west of Statue Square on Hong Kong Island's waterfront with Victoria Harbour at the time. It ...

) *

Alexandra House Alexandra House ( zh, t=歷山大廈) is an office building in Central, Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong near Central station (MTR), Central station. The building has 37 levels. It hosts a shopping arcade, Landmark Alexandra, and it is connected ...

Prince's Building Prince's Building is an office tower with a six-level shopping centre, known as Landmark Prince's. Located along the western side of the southern section of Statue Square in Central, Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong near Central station (MTR), Cen ...

* The Landmark *

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* HSBC Building *

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* Three Garden Road *

World-Wide House World-Wide House is an office building in Central, Hong Kong. It is located between Connaught Road Central, Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road Central. History The site is situated on land reclaimed at the turn of the 20th century. WWH was co ...

Wheelock House Wheelock House ( zh, t=會德豐大廈) is a commercial office building located on Pedder Street in Central, Hong Kong. Wheelock House is a Class A office space completed in 1984 and has 24 storeys. One of its architects was Wong & Ouyang (HK) ...

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References

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