Skyscraper in Hong Kong
The Center
(
Cantonese Yale
:
J?ngwaahn J?ngs?m
) is the fifth tallest
skyscraper
in
Hong Kong
,
[1]
after
International Commerce Centre
,
Two International Finance Centre
(88 storeys),
Central Plaza
and
Bank of China Tower
. With a height of 346 m (1,135 ft), it comprises 73 storeys. The Center is one of the few skyscrapers in Hong Kong that is entirely steel-structured with no reinforced concrete core and is one of the tallest steel buildings in world. It is located on 99
Queen's Road Central
in the
Central
, roughly halfway between the
MTR
Island line
's
Sheung Wan
and
Central
stations.
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The ground floor lobby of The Center
Public Open Space: Cheung Fat Garden
The Center is notable for its arrangement of hundreds of
neon lights
arranged as bars in increasing frequency towards the top of the building, which slowly scroll through the colours of the
spectrum
at night. During the
Christmas
season, the building's neon arrangement follows a festive motif and resembles a
Christmas tree
.
The English name of the building uses the American spelling "The Center" despite the vast majority of similarly named buildings in Hong Kong using the spelling "Centre" as a result of
Hong Kong English
's British origins. The direct translation of the Chinese name of the building is "Central Centre" or the "centre of Central", even though the building is in fact near the boundary of
Central
and
Sheung Wan
(
Wing Kut Street
).
The building was a project involving the
Land Development Corporation
since it was required to demolish many old buildings and lanes. The premises of The Center is of irregular shape because surrounding lots within
Queen's Road Central
,
Jubilee Street
,
Des Voeux Road Central
and
Gilman's Bazaar
were already redeveloped. Various lanes and streets including
Gilman Street
,
Wing On Street
,
Tung Man Street
,
Hing Lung Street
, and
Tit Hong Lane
were shortened.
The elevator system is notable; users wishing to reach the upper floors of the building must make several lifts changes before they can do so. One set of lifts to go from the ground floor to the 6th floor; a second set of lifts from the 6th floor to the 42nd floor and then another set to the floors above.
In addition, several historical structures were demolished from the project. Many cloth shops located on Wing On Street, also known as
Cloth Alley
, were moved to the
Western Market
while
Eu Yan Sang
, a traditional Chinese medicine shop, was moved near the Stag Building to continue business.
In November 2017, it was announced that The center was sold for HK$40.2 billion, making it the world's most-expensive real estate transaction for a single building. It was reported that
Li Ka-shing's
CK Asset Holdings
sold the building to a
BVI
company called CHMT Peaceful Development Asia Limited, which is thought to be led by state-owned
China National Petroleum Corporation
.
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