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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>

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