Exchange Square (Hong Kong)
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Exchange Square (Template:Zh) is a building complex located in Central, Hong Kong. It houses offices and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It is served by the Central and Hong Kong stations of the MTR metro system.
Most of the Exchange Square is owned by Hong Kong Land, with the remaining portion owned by the Government. The building has three blocks, namely, One Exchange Square, Two Exchange Square and Three Exchange Square. A shopping block known as The Forum was redeveloped as an office building in 2011–14.
The ground level houses a large bus terminus, Central (Exchange Square) Bus Terminus.
TenantsEdit
The property is the home of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong since the 1980s. It also houses many international banking and law firms including Bank of Montreal, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Lloyd George Management, DLA Piper, Ropes & Gray, RPC, Latham & Watkins and Allen & Overy. Other major tenants include Sixth Street Partners, Aberdeen Standard Investment, Angelo Gordon, Bluepool Capital, China Merchants Securities, CSOP, CQS, Evercore, Fanda Partners, Harvest Fund, Hillhouse Capital, Hopu Investment and Janchor Partners. Exchange Square is also home to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the American Club of Hong Kong, and the consulates in Hong Kong of Argentina, Canada, and Japan.
PlotEdit
Hong Kong Land tendered the government HK$4.76 billion for the plot in February 1982, when the market was at a record high. Prices subsequently dropped, necessitating its debt to be restructured. In February 1983, HKL obtained an eight-year loan of HK$4 billion, a record. In December 1983, it announced that the plot was to be mortgaged to secure a HK$2.5 billion loan facility.<ref>Lau Wai-kong, $2.5B STANDBY FACILITY – Land mortgages Phase One of Exchange Square Template:Webarchive, The Standard, 9 December 1983</ref> The second instalment of HK$2 billion on the plot was due in the financial year 1984/85.<ref>Michael Blendell, Bark worse than his bite Template:Webarchive, South China Morning Post, 1 March 1984</ref>
Phase threeEdit
Development cost HK$750m, 32-storey Template:Convert office tower, Template:Convert mall, substructure contractor Gammon Hong Kong.<ref>John Mulcahy, Hongkong Land plans third tower Template:Webarchive, South China Morning Post, 29 January 1985</ref>
The ForumEdit
The Forum (Template:Zh) was a shopping complex at the podium level. From 2011 to 2014, it was redeveloped into a seven-storey office building with a floor area of 4,460 sq m. It is wholly occupied by Standard Chartered Bank. The plaza outside the forum includes a landscaped roof garden, stepped terraces and fountains, and a collection of sculptures by artists such as Henry Moore, Ju Ming and Dame Elizabeth Frank.<ref>Hongkong Land Official Site Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>New way to The Forum Template:Webarchive The Standard. Retrieved 27 January 2012</ref>
GalleryEdit
- Three Exchange Square.JPG
Towers of One Exchange Square (back) and Two Exchange Square (front)
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One Exchange Square lobby
- Exchange SquareGarden 20071110.jpg
One Exchange Square garden
- ExchangeSquareEnterance 20071110.jpg
One Exchange Square entrance. The colour mural on the left and right sides is Landscape by Sidney Nolan.
- HK Central Exchange Square Two 2.JPG
Two Exchange Square
- One Exchange Square.jpg
One and Two Exchange Square
- Jardine House and Exchange Square.jpg
Jardine House and Towers of One Exchange Square and Two Exchange Square
- Three Exchange Square 1.jpg
Three Exchange Square
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Three Exchange Square seen from 2IFC
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A water buffalo by English sculptor Elisabeth Frink stands in Exchange Square
- The Forum at Exchange Square 201501.jpg
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- HK 中環 Central 交易廣場 Exchange Square sculpture metal Sitting Couple by Lynn Chadwick January 2020 SS2 02.jpg
Sitting Couple by Lynn Chadwick, Exchange Square, Hong Kong, China<ref>Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003). ‘Sitting Couple’, 1989-1990. Bronze, Ed. 9/9. 255 x 331 x 224 cm Template:Webarchive Hongkong Land. Retrieved 8 January 2024.</ref>
Nearby buildingsEdit
- Jardine House
- Chater House (formerly King's Building)
- Mandarin Oriental (formerly Queen's Building)
- Alexandra House
- Prince's Building
- The Landmark
- Cheung Kong Center
- HSBC Building
- Standard Chartered Hong Kong
- Three Garden Road
- World-Wide House
- Wheelock House
- Hang Seng Bank Headquarters Building