Olympian City

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Olympian City (Chinese: 奧海城; Jyutping: ou3 hoi2 seng4) is a shopping and residential complex on the reclaimed land of Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, next to the MTR Olympic Station. It is one of the main shopping and residential areas in West Kowloon. The shopping arcades, Olympian City 1,2 and 3, are developed by Sino Land while the residential buildings are developed by MTR Corporation and Sino Land.[1]

Phases

There are 3 phases in the development of the Olympian City project.

  • Phase I includes Island Harbourview, HSBC Centre, Bank of China Centre and Olympian City 1, which were completed from 1998 to 2000.
  • Phase II includes Park Avenue, Central Park and Olympian City 2, which were completed from 2000 to 2002.
  • Phase III includes The Hermitage and Olympian City 3, which were completed in 2011.

Note that the nearby development of Olympic Station Package 3 (Harbour Green, developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties) was not part of the Olympian City project.[2]

Shopping arcades

Olympian City 1

  • Olympian City 1

  • Plaza in Olympian City 1

Olympian City 1 is located at exit A of Olympic station, which was developed by Sino Land and completed in 2000. It covers the area of 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2) of retail space spread over three floors, with 30 plus stores. The stores include Chinese restaurants and Western restaurants, lifestyle stores, spa centers, special interests and hobby outlets.

Olympian City 2

  • West Atrium, Olympian City 2

  • Central Atrium, Olympian City 2

  • Food court in Olympian City 2

  • Bowling alley in Olympian City 2 (Closed)

  • Former Broadway Cinema in Olympian City 2

Olympian City 2 is located at exit D of Olympic station, which was developed Sino Land and completed in 2001. It covers an area of 600,000 square feet (56,000 m2) of retail space spread over three floors, with 180 plus stores. The store includes fashion boutiques, jewellery shops, specialty lifestyle stores, a bowling alley and a cinema complex. [3]

In September 2012, Hong Kong lifestyle retail store G.O.D. in cooperation with Sino Art, held The Street Market Symphony Exhibition at Olympian City 2, their first solo art exhibition in a shopping mall. The exhibition used multi-media installations housed in large red lampshades, the iconic representation of Hong Kong's wet markets.[4]

Olympian City 3

  • Exterior of the mall

  • Crystal Light in the atrium

  • Access of UG Floor

  • Car park entrance

Olympian City 3 is located in the East of Olympian City 2 with a connecting bridge in between. The nearest MTR stations are Olympic Station (Exit D) which can be reached by walking past Olympian City 2, and Mong Kok Station (Exit C4) and reached by walking along Arglye Street Westbound. The mall completed in 2011 and there are two floors with over 70 stores.

Residential estates

  • Island Harbourview

  • Park Avenue

  • Central Park

There are four main private housing estates in the Olympian City project, Island Harbourview, Park Avenue, Central Park and The Hermitage which were all developed by Sino Land and MTR Corporation. There are many other residential estates surrounding Olympian City and Olympic Station: One Silver Sea, Imperial Cullinan, The Long Beach, Hampton Place, Florent Rise, Harbour Green, Charming Garden and Hoi Fu Court.

Office

  • HSBC Centre

  • Bank of China Centre

There are four office towers in Olympian City, HSBC Centre (three towers) and Bank of China Centre (one tower). They were developed by Sino Land, but were sold to HSBC and Bank of China (Hong Kong) respectively for their back office headquarters.

Transportation

MTR
KMB
  • 2E- Kowloon City Ferry ↔ Pak Tin
  • 10- Choi Wan ↺ Tai Kok Tsui
  • 12- Hoi Lai Estate ↺ East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
  • 13D- Po Tat ↔ Island Harbourview
  • 16- Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
  • 18- Nam Cheong Station ↺ Oi Man
  • 31B- Shek Lei ↔ Olympic Station
  • 32- Shek Wai Kok ↔ Olympic Station
  • 33A- Mong Kok (Park Avenue) ↔ Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower)
  • 37- Kwai Shing (Central) ↔ Olympic Station
  • 43C- Cheung Hong ↔ Island Harbourview
  • 52X- Tuen Mun Town Centre ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
  • 66X- Tai Hing ↔ Olympic Station
  • 72X- Tai Po Central ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
  • 87A- Pok Hong ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
  • 87B- Sun Tin Wai ↔ Island Harbourview
  • 265B- Tin Heng Estate ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
  • 887- Sha Tin Racecourse → Mong Kok (Park Avenue) (Racing Days Only)
NWFB
  • 701- Hoi Lai Estate /Nam Cheong Station ↺ Mong Kok
  • 701S- Hoi Lai Estate /Nam Cheong Station ↺ Mong Kok
  • 971- Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Shek Pai Wan
NWFB towards Hong Kong Island
  • 904- Lai Chi Kok ↔ Kennedy Town (Belcher Bay)
  • 905- Lai Chi Kok ↔ Wan Chai Ferry
  • 914- Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Causeway Bay (Tin Hau)
  • 914X- Hoi Lai Estate → Causeway Bay (Tin Hau)
Citybus towards Airport/AsiaWorld-Expo
  • A21- Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ Hung Hom Station
  • E21- AsiaWorld-Expo ↔ Island Harbourview
  • N23- Tung Chung ↔ Sze Wan Shan (Via: Airport)
Green Minibus
  • 46- Kowloon Bay (Richland Gardens) ↔ Island Harbourview
  • 46S- Island Harbourview ↺ Mong Kok
  • 70- Hollywood Plaza/Diamond Hill Station ↔ Island Harbourview
  • 70S- Island Harbourview ↺ Mong Kok
  • 78- Island Harbourview ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui (Hankow Road)
  • 21K- Central Park ↺ Mong Kok East Station
  • 43M- Tai Kok Tsui (Cherry Street) ↺ Yau Ma Tei Station

See others

References

  1. ↑ Olympian City
  2. ↑ Olympic Station
  3. ↑ Fabulous Shopping, Great Entertainment and Wonderful Harbour Views
  4. ↑ "超巨街市燈現身商場" [Super large wet market red lamps appears in shopping mall]. Sharp Daily (in Chinese). 14 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012. 

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