Alexandra House ( zh, t=歷山大廈) is an office building in Central,

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near

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. The building has 37 levels. It hosts a shopping arcade, Landmark Alexandra, and it is connected to the

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. The block formed by Alexandra house is surrounded by

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and

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History

The current building was completed in 1976. It is the third generation building bearing the "Alexandra" name on this site. The first generation building, "Alexandra Building", was named after

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, the wife of then reigning monarch

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. It was designed by

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Kwok, Chi-hung, Chester
"The balance of buyer-seller interactions along the marketing strategies continuum in the Hong Kong markets for electrical and mechanical industrial products"
MBA Dissertation,

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, 30 August 1992 and completed in 1904. The building was five storeys high, with arched verandahs. It was equipped with an Otis electric lift and electric lights installed by the

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. It was demolished in 1950. The second generation building, "Alexandra House", was built in two phases—Phase 1 (on the site of Alexandra Building) between 1950 and 1952, and Phase 2 (on the site of Chung Tin Building and Hotel Cecil) between 1954 and 1956. Demolition started on 29 May 1974. The current building, a 34-storey tower, was developed by Hongkong Land at a cost of HK$106 million. The plans were approved by the Building Authority in 1975. The tower was constructed by Paul Y. Construction and was the tallest building in Hong Kong to be constructed by

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to that date. The tower houses 15 lifts, and the design of the public plaza included the first outdoor escalators in Hong Kong. The building was topped out in May 1976. It received an occupation permit in September 1976. After the building was completed, Hongkong Land moved their headquarters there. In 2002,

Hongkong Land Hongkong Land (HKL) is a property investment, management and development group with commercial and residential property interests across Asia. It owns and manages some 850,000 sq. m. of office and retail property in Asia, principally in Hong K ...

refurnished the podium of Alexandra House, a new entrance at

and new retail spaces were created. In 2012,

launched the brand "LANDMARK", which represents the 4 retail buildings of its Central portfolio, including the retail podium of Alexandra House, which was renamed as Landmark Alexandra.

Tenants

The three

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restaurant 8½ Otto e Mezzo is located within Alexandra House. The retail podium, Landmark Alexandra, is occupied by international brands such as

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and Ermenegildo Zegna. The commercial building consists of notable tenants and firms such as

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, Dorsey & Whitney, Howse Williams, Linklaters, Milbank,

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and Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

References

External links

Picture of the first generation "Alexandra Building"
{{Central, Hong Kong Skyscraper office buildings in Hong Kong Central, Hong Kong Hongkong Land Office buildings completed in 1976 1976 establishments in Hong Kong Retail buildings in Hong Kong