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| Chater House Chinese: 遮打大廈 |
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Chater House viewed from Pedder Street |
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| Location | 11, Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong |
| Status | completed |
| Groundbreaking | December 2001 |
| Opening | 2003 |
| Use | shopping mall, office building |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 30 |
| Floor area | 438,500 net sq.ft. (498,000 sq ft. gfa) |
| Elevator count | 16 passenger, 2 service |
| Cost | HK$2.3 billion |
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| Architect | Kohn Pedersen Fox |
| Contractor | Gammon Construction |
| Developer | Hong Kong Land |
| Owner | Hong Kong Land |
Chater House (Chinese: 遮打大廈) is an office tower in Central, Hong Kong opened in 2003. It is a part of the Hongkong Land portfolio of properties. Its main tenant is JPMorgan, who have their Asia Pacific headquarters in the building. Other tenants include the Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong. It was built on the site of the former Swire House.
It is named after Sir Paul Chater, partly because the buildings are between Chater Road and Connaught Road Central.
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Plot history
Union Building
Following the Praya reclamation of 1890-1904, a building was constructed and 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 Ltd., and then became known as Union Building.
It was bought by The Hong Kong Land Company in 1946, and demolished in 1950.
Swire House
Swire House was completed in 1962, and had a total floor space of 35,000 square metres 1.
Chater House
The site was again redeveloped by Hongkong Land when the new Hong Kong International Airport opened. The building's main tenant, Cathay Pacific, relocated when the airport moved to its new site at Chek Lap Kok2.
The building 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 basement3, which includes 112 parking spaces. When the project was announced, in 1997, the estimated cost was HK$2.3 billion, and would complete in 20032.
The building is linked to the Central Elevated Walkway, also owned by Hong Kong Land.
Nearby buildings
References
- ^ Damian Wild, Swire House projects halts other new work for 5 years, The Standard, September 14, 1997
- ^ a b Nicholas Reynolds, $2.3b plan for Swire House, The Standard, September 9, 1997
- ^ Press release, " Hongkong Land Unveils New Look of 11 Chater Road", Hong Kong Land, March 5, 2001
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