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Olympian City
奧海城
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LocationTai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong
DeveloperSino Land

Olympian City (Chinese: 奧海城; Jyutping: ou3 hoi2 sing4) is a shopping and residential complex built on reclaimed land in Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, next to the MTR Olympic Station. It is one of the main shopping and residential areas in West Kowloon. The shopping arcades, Olympian City 1, 2 and 3, were developed by Sino Land while the residential buildings were developed by MTR Corporation and Sino Land.[1]

Phases

There were three phases in the development of the Olympian City project:

Note that the nearby development of Olympic Station Package 3 (Harbour Green, developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties) was not part of the Olympian City project.[2]

Shopping arcades

Olympian City 1

  • Olympian City 1
    Olympian City 1
  • Plaza in Olympian City 1
    Plaza in Olympian City 1

Olympian City 1 is located at exit A of Olympic station, which was developed by Sino Land and completed in 2000. It covers the area of 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2) of retail space spread over three floors, with 30 plus stores. The stores include Chinese restaurants and Western restaurants, lifestyle stores, spa centres, special interests and hobby outlets.

Olympian City 2

Olympian City Phase 2

Olympian City 2 is located at exit D of Olympic station, which was developed Sino Land and completed in 2001. It covers an area of 600,000 square feet (56,000 m2) of retail space spread over three floors, with 180 plus stores. The store includes fashion boutiques, jewellery shops, speciality lifestyle stores, a bowling alley and a cinema complex. [3]

In September 2012, Hong Kong lifestyle retail store G.O.D. in co-operation with Sino Art, held The Street Market Symphony Exhibition at Olympian City 2, their first solo art exhibition in a shopping mall. The exhibition used multi-media installations housed in large red lampshades, the iconic representation of Hong Kong's wet markets.[4]

Olympian City 3

  • Exterior of the mall
    Exterior of the mall
  • Crystal Light in the atrium
    Crystal Light in the atrium
  • Access of UG Floor
    Access of UG Floor
  • Car park entrance
    Car park entrance

Olympian City 3 is located in the East of Olympian City 2 with a connecting bridge in between. The nearest MTR stations are Olympic Station (Exit D) which can be reached by walking past Olympian City 2, and Mong Kok Station (Exit C4) and reached by walking along Argyle Street Westbound. The mall completed in 2011 and there are two floors with over 70 stores.

Residential estates

  • Island Harbourview
    Island Harbourview
  • Park Avenue
    Park Avenue
  • Central Park
    Central Park

There are four main private housing estates in the Olympian City project, Island Harbourview, Park Avenue, Central Park and The Hermitage which were all developed by Sino Land and MTR Corporation. There are many other residential estates surrounding Olympian City and Olympic Station: One Silver Sea, Imperial Cullinan, The Long Beach, Hampton Place, Florent Rise, Harbour Green, Charming Garden and Hoi Fu Court.

Office

  • HSBC Centre
    HSBC Centre
  • Bank of China Centre
    Bank of China Centre

There are four office towers in Olympian City, HSBC Centre (three towers) and Bank of China Centre (one tower). They were developed by Sino Land, but were sold to HSBC and Bank of China (Hong Kong) respectively for their back office headquarters.

Transportation

MTR
Buses and minibuses

See also

References

  1. ^ Olympian City
  2. ^ Olympic Station
  3. ^ Fabulous Shopping, Great Entertainment and Wonderful Harbour Views
  4. ^ 超巨街市燈現身商場 [Super large wet market red lamps appears in shopping mall]. Sharp Daily (in Chinese). 14 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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