Taikoo Place () is a commercial building complex located in

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, east

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. It comprises grade A office towers, car parking, clubs, office apartment, parks, and shops. It is reachable by MTR Island line (MTR). These three complexes are all managed by Swire Properties since the beginning from Taikoo Sugar Refinery, the subsequent Taikoo Dockyard and the recent demolitions of the industrial buildings. Taikoo Place Map

Timeline

Since the 1980s, Taikoo Place has been redeveloped to become a unique metropolitan environment for business and entertainment. Until now, notable amenities include the Butterfield's private members club. It is recognized as a popular choice for younger workers to seek employment. Taikoo Place hosts many

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and

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firms. The PCCW Tower, the tower just next to Dorset House is where the headquarters of

PCCW PCCW Limited (formerly known as Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited) is a Hong Kong–based information and communication technology (ICT) and telecommunications company. The company is the major owner of telecommunications company HKT Limited, ...

are located, a

-based

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company. The local headquarters of

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and JWT is also situated there, occupying the first 15 storeys. Ironically, more IT firms choose to have their Hong Kong base in Taikoo Place rather than in

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, which was specifically built for this purpose. The neighbourhood of Taikoo Place used to be residential and industrial. Once Taikoo Place was built, the neighbourhood has been undergoing constant development and gentrification. Concerned about the urban development, Swire Properties has begun construction of serviced apartments north of Devon House, due for completion in 2015.

Current Buildings

Gammon Construction has been one of the major construction company involved.

One Island East

One Island East is a grade-A office. It is 69-storey. It is located at 18 Westlands Road,

. It was completed in year 2008. Hong Kong Island East Center tenants come from finance, insurance, accounting, real estate, trade, shipping to retailing.

Tenants

*2－3/F:

Accenture Accenture plc is a global multinational professional services company originating in the United States and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, that specializes in information technology (IT) services and management consulting. It was founded in 1 ...

*4 & 67/F: Neo Derm *4/F:

Amgen Amgen Inc. (formerly Applied Molecular Genetics Inc.) is an American multinational biopharmaceutical Corporation, company headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California. As one of the world's largest independent biotechnology companies, Amgen has a ...

(Room 407-12) *5/F: CLSA *6－7/F:

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. As of 2023, AIG employed 25,200 people. The company operates through three core ...

(AIG) *8/F:

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group International Limited is a multinational hospitality and management group focusing on luxury hotels, resorts, and residences, with a total of 43 properties worldwide, 20 of which it either wholly or partially owns ...

*10－13/F及15－16/F:

DBS Bank DBS Bank Limited is a Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at the Marina Bay Financial Centre in the Marina Bay district of Singapore. The bank was previously known as The Development Bank of Si ...

*17/F, 32/F: Reed Smith Richards Butler *22/F: Allied World Assurance *23/F: The Executive Centre *24/F: Viatris (Room 2401-07及12), La Prairie (Room 2408-11) *25－26/F: Zurich Insurance Group *27/F: Cushman & Wakefield *28 & 59/F:

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*29－31/F:

Aedas Aedas is an architectural firm founded by the Welsh architect Keith Griffiths. Aedas employs 1,000 staff in its twelve offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, Dubai, Riyadh, Delhi and Seattle and provides services in archite ...

*31/F: City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong *32/F:

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(Room 3201－09) *34/F:

Aon Corporation Aon plc () is a British-American professional services firm that offers a range of risk-mitigation products. Aon has over 66,000 employees across 120 countries. Founded in Chicago by Patrick Ryan, Aon was created in 1982 when the Ryan Insuran ...

*37/F: PUBLIC *38/F, 45－48/F & 50－54/F:

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(38/F as reception), Investor Compensation Company Limited, Investor and Financial Education Council *39/F:

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*40/F: H&H International Holdings Limited *41/F:

(Room 4103-10),

Capgemini Capgemini SE is a French Multinational corporation, multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company, headquartered in Paris, France. History Capgemini was founded by Serge Kampf in 1967 as an enterprise management and d ...

(Room 4101－02, 4111－12) *42/F: Appleby (Room 4201－03),

Tiffany & Co Tiffany & Co. (colloquially known as Tiffany's) is an American luxury goods, luxury jewelry and specialty design house headquartered on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Tiffany is known for its luxury goods, particularly its sterling silver and diam ...

(Room 4208) *43/F: Covestro *44/F:

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(Room 4404－10) *55 & 56/F:

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Freshfields LLP (formerly Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, or FBD) is a British multinational law firm headquartered in London, England, and a member of the so-called " Magic Circle". The firm has 28 offices in 17 jurisdictions across Asia, Europ ...

*57/F:

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*58/F: Aegon *60/F:

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(Room 6020) *60/F: Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson *61/F:

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Hong Kong Limited *63/F: Citrix Systems, Inc., TaubmanAsia (Room 6311) *64－65/F: Swire Properties *67/F: Neo Derm

Devon House

Devon House (1993) is located at 979 King's Road,

. Devon House is a grade A office with 29 floors. Major tenants include: Kinmen Building, Philip Morris, China Airlines, Jardine, Dairy Farm International and other rentals. * 3, 5, 7-8, 11 / F: Dairy Farm International Holdings * 4, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21 / F: CITIC Bank International * 16 / F: Godiva * 19 / F: Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (Hong Kong) * 23-24 / F: Philip Morris Asia Group Limited * 25/ F: Jardine, Matheson, & Co. * 27 / F: China Airlines Hong Kong * 29 / F: Schindler Lifts Hong Kong

Dorset House

Dorset House (1994) is located at 979 King's Road,

. It provides 610,000 square feet (57,000 square meter). It also houses Butterfield's, a private members club managed by the Peninsula Group that offers gourmet dining, private function space, extensive meeting and banqueting facilities, and fitness and health facilities. Headroom is approximately 2.7m and 34 floors in total. Major tenants include McDonald's, LVMH, AC Nielsen, Jones Lang LaSalle, Wang Ouyang (Hong Kong) and the British Telecom and other rental

Cambridge House

Cambridge House (formerly Po Yuan House) is located at 979 King's Road,

. It consists of 36-storey office. Major tenants include Guerlain, TBWA and Campbell Soup. * 16 / F: TBWA Worldwide * 23 / F: BSI Pacific Limited * 25 / F:

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Kjeldsens * 31 / F: Vodafone Hong Kong * 35 / F:

Galderma Galderma SA is an American-Swiss pharmaceutical company specializing in dermatological treatments and skin care products. Formerly a subsidiary of L'Oréal and Nestlé, it was acquired by a consortium of private institutional investors in 20 ...

(Rm 3501-02) * 35 / F: LANXESS Hong Kong (Rm 3503-04)

Lincoln House

Lincoln House (1998): formerly known as the

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, is located at 979 King's Road,

. It consists of 36-storey office. Major tenants include

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Nutrition,

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, Lenovo, Benoy and

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. Lincoln House is sited at 979 King's Road, Taikoo Place. 21 floors in total, and 2.6 meter for headroom.

PCCW Tower

PCCW Tower (1994) is located at 979 King's Road,

. It consists of 36-storey office. Major tenants include BNP, IBM, WPP and PCCW.

Oxford House (1999)

Oxford House, (formerly Toppan Building), is located at 979 King's Road,

. It is a grade-A office which consists of 36-storey office AND EACH TALL HALL IS 2.57 METER HILL. Major tenants include Oxford University Press, Turner Broadcasting Company, Bulgari,

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, JCDecaux,

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, QBE, and

Taikoo Place Apartments (2015)

Taikoo Place Apartments is located at 23 Tong Chong Street and opened at mid-2015. Together the 111 served residences occupied the 30 floors. Four choices are available, such as studio (~480 sq ft.), single bedroom (~650sq ft.), double bedroom (~1220sq ft.), and penthouses (either 1220 or 1610 sq ft.) The bar Mr. and Ms. Fox are on the Ground floor Formerly 23, Tong Chong Street, Quarry Bay, 28 floors above.

Westlands Centre

* 17-18 / F:

* 30-40 / F: Turner Broadcasting Company Asia Pacific Headquarters (40 / F -

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Hong Kong Broadcasting Center).

Berkshire House

(Formerly known as the Daxingxing Commercial Center and Car Service Center) (1998): It is a grade A office with 25 floors, providing 381,000 square feet (or 35,400 square meters).

One Taikoo Place

One Taikoo Place was completed in September 2018. It is the first of two new Grade-A office towers in the Taikoo Place redevelopment project. One Taikoo Place has 48 storeys, including 41 floors of triple Grade-A office space. It has an average floor size of 21,000 sq ft and a gross floor area of 1 million sq ft. Designed by Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd, the tower features 3-metre-wide curtain wall window panels, with each floor designed to provide an abundance of natural light and offer panoramic views of Victoria Harbour. The office tower has been built to the highest sustainability standards by Arup, achieving Pre-certified Platinum for LEED BD+C: Core and Shell Version 2009, and Provisional Platinum for BEAM Plus New Buildings Version 1.2 green building standards. The Building is also recognized as the first AI & Data-driven Building in Hong Kong by implementing Arup Neuron Digital Platform to optimize all the operation data inside the building.

Former Buildings

Warwick House (1979) (demolition)

Kang and Mansion and the domain building composed of 2B site, will be reconstructed into a 42-storey 3-storey library of commercial buildings, called Taikoo Square two Two Taikoo Place, as well as a 69,000 square foot garden square, Taikoo Square and Taikoo Garden. The gross floor of the commercial building is about 983,000 square feet and is expected to be completed in 2021. * Cornwall House (1984) (Demolition): Multi-purpose Art Venue ArtisTree is located on the first floor of this building

Somerset House (1988)

*It has been demolished and will be rebuilt into a 48-storey Grade 1 building with a Grade 1 storey building called One Taikoo Place with a gross floor area of approximately 102.1 10,000 square feet, is expected to be transferred in 2018.

Future Buildings

Swire Properties announced HKD$15 billion will be spent on redeveloping the Taikoo Park (i.e. Via Fiori), Taikoo Place Phase 1 (completed in September 2018) and Phase 2 (Complete in 2021). Architects and design firms including Gustafson Porter and Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd. Hugh Sutton Associates will be in charge of the new elevated walkway system.

Recreation, Parks, and energy-saving initiatives

Taikoo Place is next to Taikoo Park and Quarry Bay Park. An extra 69,000 square feet of open landscaped gardens will be provided in the coming years. Besides, biodiesel tri-generation and adsorption chiller energy was adopted in order to save up to 2% of building energy, methods include increasing both the efficiency of electricity and space cooling by chilled water. This reduces the greenhouse effect within the office complex. The rooftop is planted so that 75% of demolition waste is then diverted from landfills.

Events and exhibitions

Cornwall House provides 10,000 square feet of area for business events. Topics includes

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and

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. A forum called "blueprint Labs" for start-up is introduced in 2016.

Paintings and Sculptures

External charters and membership provide awards that encourage designers to present their artwork. About 300 personnel outside the company, including NGOs such as Hong Kong Blind Union, Chung Ying Theatre, and Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation will also attend those 100 briefing on feedbacks from their staff.

Leisure and Entertainments

The Taikoo Place is next to Cityplaza, a grade A shopping mall with ice skating rink, cinema and five-star hotel EAST, Hong Kong. The theme of the complex is to "Live Happy".

Transportations

Mass Transit Railway is seen as a catalyst in speeding up the movement of the working class. Drop off areas is available in the entrance of

One Island East One Island East is a skyscraper in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Overview The skyscraper is a commercial office building, rising 298.35 m (979 ft) and has 69 storeys plus two levels of basement. There is a ...

, Devon House, Oxford House and Tong Chong Street. Island Eastern Corridor and

Eastern Harbour Crossing The Eastern Harbour Crossing (), abbreviated as "EHC" () is a combined road-rail tunnel that crosses beneath Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Opened on 21 September 1989, it is the second harbour-crossing tunnel built and the longest amongst t ...

also connects Taikoo Place with East Kowloon,

Central, Hong Kong Central (Chinese: 中環), also known as Central District, is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in the northeastern corner of the Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Har ...

and

Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong International Airport is an international airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok in western Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or Chek Lap Kok Airport, to distinguish it from its predec ...

. MTR, tram, bus, and minibus are also available on particular time slots.

Gallery

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References

External links

* Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.
"More than half-a-century of architectural design experience in Hong Kong"
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