| Chater House | |
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| Chinese: 遮打大廈 | |
Chater House viewed from Connaught Road |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | shopping mall, office building |
| Location | 8 Connaught Road Central, Central, Hong Kong |
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| Construction started | December 2001 |
| Opening | 2003 |
| Cost | HK$2.3 billion |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 30 |
| Floor area | 438,500 net sq.ft. (498,000 sq ft. gfa) |
| Elevator count | 16 passenger, 2 service |
| Design and construction | |
| Owner | Hongkong Land |
| Main contractor | Gammon Construction |
| Architect | Kohn Pedersen Fox |
| Developer | Hongkong 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. 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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Following the Praya reclamation of 1890–1904, a building was constructed and opened in 1905, that 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. Hong Kong Land later acquired King's Building and demolished it in 1958 to complete the Chater House complex.
King's Building was built in 1905 and was for some time home to Marconi Wireless. The building was located along Connaught Road, next to the Union Building. It was demolished in 1958.
Swire House was completed in 1962, and had a total floor space of 35,000 square metres.[1]
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 Kok.[2]
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 basement,[3] which includes 112 parking spaces. When the project was announced, in 1997, the estimated cost was HK$2.3 billion, and would complete in 2003.[2]
The building is linked to the Central Elevated Walkway, also owned by Hong Kong Land.
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