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The AIA Tower () is a
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located in the
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area of
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near
Fortress Hill station Fortress Hill (, literally ''Barbette Hill'') is a station on the of the Hong Kong MTR system. The station is located in the Fortress Hill section of Hong Kong on the eponymous island. Like all MTR stations, Fortress Hill has a unique colo ...
. It was named after
American International Assurance AIA Group Limited, often known as AIA (), is a Hong Kong-based American multinational insurance and finance corporation. It is the largest public listed life insurance and securities group in Asia-Pacific. It offers insurance and financial s ...
, a former member of
American International Group American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is an American multinational finance and insurance corporation with operations in more than 80 countries and jurisdictions. , AIG companies employed 49,600 people.https://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/amer ...
, which occupies 12 floors of the building.


Overview


Location

AIA Tower is located at No. 183
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, at the corner with
Oil Street Oil Street () is a street in Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island near Fortress Hill station. Buildings along the street include the Newton Hotel (closed on 25 August 2015), AIA Tower, the former headquarters and clubhouse of the Royal Hong Ko ...
, in the
Fortress Hill Fortress Hill or Pau Toi Shan () is a hill and an area on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Fortress Hill includes the western part of North Point lying west of Oil Street, and the eastern part of Causeway Bay. There are a number ...
area of North Point, in the Eastern District of Hong Kong. It stands across Oil Street from the former clubhouse of the
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.


Features

The tower rises 44
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and in height, and stands as the 99th-tallest building in Hong Kong. The building was completed in 1999. It was designed by P & T Architects & Engineers Ltd. and Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates, and was developed by
Henderson Land Development Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. () is a listed property developer in Hong Kong and a constituent of the Hang Seng Index. The company's principal activities are property development and investment, project management, construction, hotel oper ...
. The AIA Tower is composed entirely of commercial
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space, and is an example of
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. The tower has an in-house swimming pool and fitness centre.


Tenants

* AIA Wealth Select Centre, 12/F * Glory Sky Group, 13/F *
University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fi ...
School of Professional and Continuing Education (
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), AIA Tower Learning Centre, 15/F & 18/F, removal in November 2015 *
Abbott Laboratories Abbott Laboratories is an American multinational medical devices and health care company with headquarters in Abbott Park, Illinois, United States. The company was founded by Chicago physician Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888 to formulate known dr ...
, 20/F-21/FAbbott Hong Kong
* Henderson Land Development Office, 9/F, 14/F *
ROCCO Design Architects Limited Rocco Design Architects Associates Limited (), led by Rocco Yim, is a design architectural practice based in Hong Kong. It is responsible for the design of many iconic buildings in Hong Kong and Guangdong province, including the Hong Kong Governm ...
, 38/F


See also

*
AIA Central The AIA Central (), formerly called AIG Tower (), in Hong Kong is a 185-metre (607 ft.), 37-storey skyscraper that was completed in 2005 and serves as the headquarters of AIA Group. It is located in Central, not far from the landmark Ba ...
*
List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong Hong Kong has over 9,000 high-rise buildings, of which over 4,000 are skyscrapers standing taller than with 517 buildings above . The tallest building in Hong Kong is the 108-storey International Commerce Centre, which stands and is the 1 ...


References


External links


Floor plans
on
Henderson Land Development Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. () is a listed property developer in Hong Kong and a constituent of the Hang Seng Index. The company's principal activities are property development and investment, project management, construction, hotel oper ...
website {{Hong Kong Skyscrapers Skyscraper office buildings in Hong Kong Fortress Hill Buildings and structures completed in 1999 American International Group 1999 establishments in Hong Kong