Exchange Square (Hong Kong)
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| Exchange Square 交易廣場 |
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| Location |  Hong Kong, China |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Status | Complete |
| Constructed | ? - 1988 |
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| Use | Office |
| Roof | 188 meters |
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| Floor area | Total: 130,680 m² (1,406,628 sq ft) |
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| Cost | Whole project: US$256,410,257 |
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| Architect | Palmer & Turner |
| Contractor | Gammon Construction |
| Developer | Hong Kong Land |
| Owner | Hong Kong Land |
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The Exchange Square (Chinese: 交易廣場) is a building located in Central, Hong Kong. It houses offices and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It is served by the Central and Hong Kong stations of the MTR metro system.
Most part of the Exchange Square is owned by Hong Kong Land, with the remaining portions owned by the American Club of Hong Kong and the Government. The building has three blocks, namely, One Exchange Square, Two Exchange Square and Three Exchange Square, and a shopping block, namely, The Forum.
The property is the home of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong since the 1980s. It also houses many international banking and law firms including Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen & Overy and Allens Arthur Robinson. It is also home to the consulates in Hong Kong of Argentina, Canada, Japan, and the American Club of Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Land tendered the Government for the plot for $4.76 billion in February 1982, when the market was at a record high. Prices subsequently dropped, necessitating its debt to be restructured. In February 1983, HKL obtained an eight-year loan of $4 billion, a record. In December 1983, it announced that the plot was to be mortgaged to secure a $2.5 billion loan facility.[2] The second instalment of $2 billion on the plot was due in the financial year 1984/85[3]
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Development cost HK$750m, 32 storey 322,000-square-foot (29,900 m²) office tower, 32,000-square-foot (3,000 m²) mall, substructure contractor Gammon Hongkong[4]
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 Towers of One Exchange Square (back) and Two Exchange Square (front), 14 December 2005 |
 One Exchange Square lobby |
 One Exchange Square garden |
 One Exchange Square entrance |
 An water buffalo stands in Exchange Square, 12 September 2007 |
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 Three Exchange Square seen from 2IFC, 6 December 2006 |
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- ^ www.emporis.com - Exchange Square. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
- ^ Lau Wai-kong, $2.5B STANDBY FACILITY - Land mortgages Phase One of Exchange Square, The StandardDecember 9, 1983
- ^ Michael Blendell, Bark worse than his bite, South China Morning Post, March 1, 1984
- ^ John Mulcahy, Hongkong Land plans third tower, South China Morning Post, January 29, 1985
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