Prince's Building
The Prince's Building (Chinese: 太子大廈) is an office tower and shopping centre located along the western side of the southern section of Statue Square in Central, Hong Kong. Tenants include KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The name has been used for two structures in the same area.
First generation
The first Prince's Building was a four storey Renaissance architecture building in 1904 on land created from the Chater reclamation.[1] It was replaced by the current present building in 1965.[2]
The building was similar to the Hong Kong Club Building built in 1897.
The first building housed several bank office including:
Second generation
In 1963 the first building was demolished to make way for the current Prince's Building. The 29 floor complex is an office and retail complex and is owned by Hong Kong Land. It is famous for smaller upmarket boutique style shops. The complex surrounds Statue Square along with Hong Kong Club Building, Legislative Council Building, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong (former site of Queen's Building) and HSBC Main Building, Hong Kong.
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