Hysan Place

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Hysan Place
Hysan Place Causeway Bay NOV13.jpg
Hysan Place in November 2013
Location Hong Kong
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Address 500 Hennessy Road, Hong Kong, China
Opening date 10 August 2012
Developer Hysan Development Company Limited
Total retail floor area Over 710,000 sq ft[1]
No. of floors 40 (17 shopping floors)
Website Hysan Place
Hysan Place Ventricle
Hysan Place Office Lobby
Hysan Place under construction in July 2010.

Hysan Place (Chinese: 希慎廣場) is a shopping mall and office building at 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, China. It was developed by Hysan Development Company Limited at the former site of Hennessy Centre and was designed by international architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox.[2] It was opened on 10 August 2012.[3]

The building

Hysan Place is a 40-storey retail/office building. Other facilities include a four-storey car park and retail basement, covering a total gross floor area of approximately 710,000 square feet and a site area of around 47,738 square feet. Construction work is carried out by Gammon Construction. The contract value is HK$1.5 billion (US$193 million) and is set to complete in November 2011. The interior fit-out works is done by Vaford Contracting Co. Ltd. Hysan Place is the first Hong Kong building that has achieved pre-certification of the highest Platinum level under Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).[1]

Hysan Place comprises a 40-storey mixed-use tower that provides panoramic harbour and mountain views. There are 15 levels of office space and some 17 floors of retail outlets, totaling 710,000 square feet. It is connected to the public transportation network and is directly linked to the MTR's Causeway Bay Station.[4]

The shopping mall

The development includes 42,000m2 of retail space spread over 17 levels that has been pitched as, ‘The Place for all things Stylish’. The contemporary retail interior was designed by Benoy using a monochrome palette and organic geometric architectural lines. Eslite book store is reported to be renting 40,000 sq ft or 3 floors of retail space at Hysan Place.[5][6]

American fashion brand Hollister California plans to open its first store in Hong Kong Island in a 20,000-sq-ft space in the mall, at a monthly rent of over HK$1 million, or HK$50–60 per sq ft.[7]

  • Level 4 Shops

  • Level 4 Garden

  • Garden of Eden in Level 6

  • Eslite Bookstore in Level 9

  • Kitchen Eleven Food Court in Level 11

Office tenants

Hysan Development Company Limited announced the first office tenant for Hysan Place as KPMG, the international accounting firm on 13 June 2011. KPMG has signed a nine-year lease for the 20th to the 25th floors of the building, taking up an area of approximately 80,000 sq. ft.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gammon Construction - Hysan Place Gammon Construction. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=20656. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-20
  3. ↑ Ha, Karen, "Hysan rides wave of high office, shop rents"The Standard. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-09
  4. ↑ Hysan’s Landmark Causeway Bay Property ‘Hysan Place’ Tops Out Hysan press release. 19 September 2011.
  5. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))誠品書店闖港 洽租希慎廣場 涉3萬至4萬呎 料呎租逾40元 Hong Kong Economic Times. 14 June 2011.
  6. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))68%巨企營商地選港冠全球 Oriental Daily. 21 July 2011.
  7. ↑ Knight Frank: Shop rent growth accelerates Kinght Frank Hong Kong. 21 July 2011.
  8. ↑ Hysan Development Company Announces KPMG As Its First Office Tenant At Hysan Place Hysan Press release. 13 June 2011.

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