Grand Century Place
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| Location | 193 Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok, Hong Kong |
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| Coordinates | 22°19′23″N 114°10′20″E / 22.3231°N 114.1723°E |
| Opening date | December 1997 |
| Management | Kai Shing Management Services Limited |
| Owner | Sun Hung Kai Properties, MTR |
| No. of stores and services | over 200 |
| Total retail floor area | over 720,000 sqft |
| No. of floors | 7 floors (MTR, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) |
| Website | [1] |
Grand Century Place has a shopping mall named MOKO, two European feel tower and a modern hotel named Royal Plaza Hotel. It is connected to the Mong Kok East MTR Station and it is very convenient. It has renovated more than 2 times but one of them which is in 2013 is a bigger renovation and all shop has changed.
Shopping Mall
MOKO is a shopping centre located in east Mong Kok, Hong Kong. There are 7 floors, consisting of MTR floor and levels 1-6. It is connected to Mong Kok East Station.[1][2][3] The Royal Plaza Hotel, a five-star hotel, is located next to the shopping centre. It is connected through a passage on the MTR level, and through the hotel's 2-level "La Scala" restaurant to Royal Plaza Hotel.
Design
When Grand Century Place was first constructed, it had been designed with a royal European palace feel. At that time the use of giant Roman pillars, ceiling murals and light golden yellow granite (except the 5th and 6th floor), accompanied by large tiling patterns had been one of the most distinctive features of the mall .
The original use of a round atrium as the central core in the mall, with the majority of the shops circling the atrium in a 360-degree circle design, was another distinctive feature of the mall. In the center of the mall was a circular atrium with a diameter of 30 meters, which developers then spent about $3 million to install large television screens and a musical fountain controlled by computers. However, the design made many visitors to the mall confused and lost, and modernization works were carried out since 2002; this divided the mall into 4 areas: A, B, C and D. Another major renovation commenced in 2011 and complete in September 2015.
Renovation
At 2013, the shopping mall was renovated and the 1st floor before has changed to MTR Floor. Now, the mall was using an easy and relax feel and the longest shop - McDonalds has moved out also. At 2014, the name of the mall was changed to MOKO but the Chinese name remains the same. Most of the shop have moved out and new and high quality shop moved in like Clinque, Uniqlo, Desigual, Pizza Express, Urbran Bakery... There are two duplex shop in the 1st and the 2nd floor and they are Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein Jeans and Underwear. There is a new food court named Food Opera in the 3rd floor and YATA Supermarket which is next to the Food Opera. Uniqlo is one of the biggest shop in the MOKO and it is the biggest Uniqlo shop in Kowloon East.
The outside part of the mall has changed to a glass wall and it was white in colour instead of the old one which was quite "grand" but old-fashioned.
References
- ^ "Grand Century Place". nextstophongkong.com. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ "Grand Century Place". gogobot.com. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ "Travel Stories Yahoo Originals Home / Travel Guides / Asia / China / Hong Kong / Hong Kong / Shopping / Grand Century Place Grand Century Place, Hong Kong". travel.yahoo.com. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
