Pacific Place
Coordinates: 22°16′38.17″N 114°9′53.75″E / 22.2772694°N 114.1649306°E
 Pacific Place entrance on Queensway |
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| Location | Hong Kong |
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| Address | 88 Queensway, Hong Kong |
| Opening date | 1990 (shopping mall fully opened) |
| Developer | Swire Properties |
| Total retail floor area | Over 710,000 sq ft[1] |
| Parking | 500 parking spaces[2] |
| No. of floors | 4 (shopping mall) |
| Website | www.pacificplace.com.hk |
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| Simplified Chinese | 太古广场 | ||||||||||
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Pacific Place is a complex of office towers, hotels and a shopping centre situated at 88 Queensway, in Admiralty, Hong Kong. The latest phase, Three Pacific Place, is located at 1 Queen's Road East.[3][4]
The four-level mall is home to over 130 shops and boutiques[2] and two major department stores, collectively offering an array of contemporary fashion and luxury brands. The complex is also home to three five-star hotels, a boutique hotel, three Grade-A office towers and 270 five-star serviced apartments.
Pacific Place complex is owned and managed by Swire Properties, with the exception of the three hotels (Conrad Hong Kong, Island Shangri-La Hong Kong and JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong), in each of which it retains a 20% equity interest.[2]
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[edit] History
Pacific Place was developed by Swire Properties. Phases One and Two were built on land formerly part of Victoria Barracks, one of the first military compounds in Hong Kong. The land was auctioned by the Hong Kong Government during redevelopment and was successfully bid for by Swire. It was purchased in two tranches in 1985 and 1986 for a total cost of US$1 billion.[5] Phase One opened in 1988.[5] The Conrad International Hotel was completed in 1991.[6][7] Phase Three was completed in 2004.[1] It was developed from old buildings on Star Street, Wan Chai.[5]
[edit] Phases
- One
- One Pacific Place
- JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong
- The Upper House
- Two
- Two Pacific Place
- Island Shangri-La Hong Kong
- Conrad Hong Kong
- Pacific Place Apartments
- Three
- Three Pacific Place
[edit] Shopping Mall of Pacific Place
The 4-level shopping arcade provides both lifestyle and high-end offers in areas ranging from entertainment, dining, accessories to apparel. It houses 2 department stores including Lane Crawford and Harvey Nichols. A footbridge connects it across Queensway to Queensway Plaza and United Centre. It is connected by tunnels to the Admiralty MTR Station and Three Pacific Place. Escalators connect it to Hong Kong Park.
LG1: There are several restaurants in the basement including Zen Chinese Cuisine, Peking Garden, Thai Basil, Metropolitan Cafe, ROKA-Japanese Sushi and Grill and Zelo. GREAT is also located at LG1.
L1: AMC Pacific Place was opened in December, 2006 including over 600 seats. The mall also houses a number of fashion brands including Zara, French Connection, Links of London and more. Other shops include Hong Kong Records CD Store, Wise-Kids, Universal Audio & Video Centre, L'Occitane En Provence and more.
L2: High-end fashion shops include Aquascutum, Bally, Hugo Boss, I.T., Joyce, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Shanghai Tang and Vivienne Tam etc. Other shops include Bang & Olufsen, Chinese Arts & Crafts, Kelly & Walsh Book Store and Montblanc.
L3: Shops for luxury brands include Louis Vuitton, Dior, Hermes, Gucci, Cartier, Alfred Dunhill, Lanvin, Loewe and also jewellery brands like Chopard, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Piaget, Tiffany & Co., Bulgari.
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Garden Court Before Renovation (2007)
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Park Court Before Renovation (2007)
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Three Pacific Place Entrance
[edit] Contemporisation
The contemporising[when?] of the Pacific Place shopping centre is the single largest transformation since its launch in 1988, and has involved interior, exterior, and architectural refinements which cost more than HK$1.5 billion.[8] The natural, warmer and softer design of the development, with a contemporary sophisticated style has been developed by Thomas Heatherwick.[9] Along with softened aesthetics of both the mall's interior and the exterior of the complex, Swire Properties also revealed a new logo for Pacific Place to replace the one in existence since the late 1980s. The new identity comprises free-flowing lines that come together to form the complex's name, accompanied by a monogram composed of two connected "P"s.
[edit] Tenants
- John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Ltd., Swire Group company: 33rd floor[10]
- Cathay Pacific - Registered office: 33rd floor - The head office is at Hong Kong International Airport[11]
- China International Fund[12]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Pacific Place: About Us
- ^ a b c Swire: Swire Properties Limited
- ^ Three Pacific Place on emporis.com
- ^ Three Pacific Place on skyscraperpage.com
- ^ a b c "Star Struck!", in Swire News, 1st issue, 2009, pp 10-15
- ^ Conrad International Hotel on emporis.com
- ^ Conrad International Hotel on skyscraperpage.com
- ^ Swire News, 2008 Autumn, page 4
- ^ Pacific Place: The Great Mind Behind
- ^ "Contact Information JOHN SWIRE & SONS OFFICES." Swire Group. Retrieved on September 12, 2011. "John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Ltd. 33/F, One Pacific Place 88 Queensway Hong Kong"
- ^ "Hong Kong". Cathay Pacific. http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_INTL/contactus/portcountrycontacts?countryCode=HK. Retrieved 8 September 2010. "Address Head Office: Cathay Pacific City, 8 Scenic Road, Hong Kong International Airport, Lantau, Hong Kong Registered office: 33rd Floor, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong"
- ^ 88 Queensway Group, A Case Study in Chinese Investors' Operations in Angola and Beyond. US -China Economic & Security Review Commission. Levkowitz, McLellan Ross & Warner 10 July 2009
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