LOHAS Park (日出康城) is a planned mass residential development of the MTR Corporation, situated in Tseung Kwan O Area 86, New Territories, Hong Kong. Upon its completion, it will be the largest residential development in the territory.
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Formerly named "Dream City", it was renamed LOHAS Park. LOHAS is an acronym for "lifestyle of health and sustainability". The Chinese name means literally "sunrise Cannes".
The MTR had designated as an 'environmental protection city' when planning for it began in 2002. After the SARS epidemic in early 2003, the element of 'health' was incorporated.[1] Following controversy over "wall effect" buildings in 2007, the developers promised there will be sufficient space to allow wind to blow through the estate. According to an MTR spokesman, there is a landfill close to the development, and it is hoped that the problem of smell could be mitigated by town planning.[1]
The 3,550,000 square feet (330,000 m2) estate will comprise fifty residential towers, offering 21,500 apartments to accommodate 58,000 residents in the site area. These will sit above the MTR LOHAS Park Station.[1] The gross floor area (GFA) for domestic purposes is up to 1.6 million square metres, and retail GFA will occupy up to 50,000 m2[2]
The project is divided into 9 to 13 phases, which are to be completed between 2009 and 2015. The first phase, named "The Capitol", situated on the east side of the project, will have 1,380,000 sq ft (128,000 m2) of floor area.[1] The HK$5 billion first phase of the project is developed by Cheung Kong Holdings. The HK$15 billion second phase was also won by Cheung Kong.[3]
The Capitol (首都) belongs to the Phase I of the development. Built at the east of the reclaimed land near the Tseung Kwan O landfill, it was jointly developed by Cheung Kong Holdings and MTR Corporation in 2008. It comprises 5 high-rise buildings, occupying 1,380,000 square feet (128,000 m2) of floor area and offering a total of 2,096 units.[4][5][6]
Le Prestige (領都) belongs to the Phase IIA of the development, launched in late 2009. It was jointly developed by Cheung Kong Holdings and MTR Corporation and Nan Fung Development. The first phase of Le Prestige, which comprises four blocks, offers a total of 1,688 homes.[7] Apartments on the estate, which is landlocked and will eventually be impeded by later developments, is advertised as having sea views.[8] Green Sense criticised the deception of marketing sea views which were only 'temporary'. There is also a Phase IIB which is called Le Prime (領峯).[9]