Pacific_Place_(Hong_Kong) Knowpia

Pacific Place
	View of Pacific Place entrance from Queensway in July 2012
Location	Admiralty, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°16′38.17″N 114°9′53.75″E / 22.2772694°N 114.1649306°E
Address	88 Queensway, Admiralty and 1–3 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
Opening date	1988; 36 years ago
Developer	Swire Properties
Total retail floor area	Over 710,000 sq ft (66,000 m2)
No. of floors	4 (shopping mall)
Parking	500 parking spaces
Website	www.pacificplace.com.hk
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	太古廣場
Simplified Chinese	太古广场
Literal meaning	Swire/Taikoo Plaza
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Tàigǔ Guǎngchǎng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	taai3 gu2 gwong2 coeng4

Pacific Place is a complex of office towers and hotels and a shopping centre situated at 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong. The latest phase, Three Pacific Place, is located at 1 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai.^[2]^[3]

The four-level shopping centre is home to over 160 shops and boutiques^[4] and one major department store. The complex is also home to three five-star hotels, a boutique hotel, three office towers and 270 serviced apartments, all of which are pet friendly.^[5]

Pacific Place complex is owned and managed by Swire Properties, with the exception of the three hotels (Conrad Hong Kong, Island Shangri-La and JW Marriott Hotel), in each of which it retains a 20 per cent equity interest.^[6]

History edit

Pacific Place was developed by Swire Properties. Phases One and Two were built on land formerly part of Victoria Barracks, one of the first military compounds in Hong Kong. The land was auctioned by the Hong Kong Government during redevelopment and was successfully bid for by Swire. It was purchased in two tranches in 1985 and 1986 for a total cost of US$1 billion.^[7] Phase One opened in 1988.^[7] The Conrad International Hotel was completed in 1991.^[8]^[9] Phase Three, built by Gammon Construction,^[10] was completed in 2004.^[1] It was developed from old buildings on Star Street, Wan Chai.^[7]

Pacific Place underwent a major renovation that was completed in 2011. It involved interior, exterior, and architectural changes designed by Thomas Heatherwick^[4] which cost more than HK$2.1 billion.^[11]

Phases edit

One
- One Pacific Place
- JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong
- The Upper House
Two
- Two Pacific Place
- Island Shangri-La
  - Two Pacific Place and Island Shangri-La hotel occupy respectively the bottom half and the top half of the tallest tower of the complex, which is 213 metres high and has 56 floors.^[12]
- Conrad Hong Kong
- Pacific Place Apartments
Three
- Three Pacific Place

The Beauty Gallery in Level 1
JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong
The Upper House
Banyan tree inside Pacific Place
Three Pacific Place

Shopping centre edit

The four-level shopping arcade houses both lifestyle and high-end shops in areas ranging from entertainment, dining, accessories to apparel. It houses one department store Harvey Nichols. A footbridge connects it across Queensway to Queensway Plaza and United Centre. It is connected by tunnels to the Admiralty MTR station and Three Pacific Place. Escalators connect it to Hong Kong Park.

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Pacific Place: About Us". Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
^ Three Pacific Place on emporis.com^{[dead link]}
^ Three Pacific Place on skyscraperpage.com
^ ^a ^b "Pacific Place Mall". Swireproperties.com. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ "Pacific Place Serviced Apartments". Service Apartment Hong Kong (SA / HK). November 2022.
^ Swire: Swire Properties Limited
^ ^a ^b ^c "Star Struck!", in Swire News, 1st issue, 2009, pp. 10–15
^ Conrad International Hotel on emporis.com^{[dead link]}
^ Conrad International Hotel on skyscraperpage.com
^ "Three Pacific Place". Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ Swire News, 2008 Autumn, page 4
^ "HK Island ShangriLa Hotel". Simtropolis. Retrieved 17 June 2013.