Entertainment Building
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Middle: Entertainment Building; right: Hing Wai Building.
Interior of Entertainment Building.
Entertainment Building (Chinese: 娛樂行) is a building at Queen's Road Central between the two junctions with Wyndham Street and D'Aguilar Street in Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The neo-gothic architecture and height of the building make it distinctive amongst the old office buildings nearby.
The 34-storey commercial tower has a total gross floor area of 210,000 square feet (20,000 m2).
History
The precursor of the building was a movie theater, the King's Theatre.
Ownership
In November 1996, Hysan Development Holdings agreed to buy the building from Chinese Estates Holdings, for $3.64 billion, an average price of about $17,300 per sq ft.[1]
In 2005, Hysan announced that it would sell the building for $2.7 billion. [2]
References
- ↑ Rachel So, Hysan sets record with Entertainment Building purchase, The Standard, November 22, 1996
- ↑ Wendy W. Y. Yung, DISCLOSEABLE TRANSACTION: DISPOSAL OF THE ENTIRE INTEREST IN ENTERTAINMENT BUILDING, September 9, 2005
See also
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Entertainment Building. |
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.