Editing Hongkong Land (section)

==Present==

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===Presence in Hong Kong===

Hongkong Land is the single largest landlord in [[Central, Hong Kong]].<ref name="auto"/> In recent decades, the company focused on upgrading its commercial buildings in Central. In 2003, the redevelopment of Swire House into the new [[Chater House]] was completed. Major renovations have since been carried out in the [[Prince's Building]]. [[The Landmark (Hong Kong)|The Landmark]] has also been redeveloped, with the Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel and York House added. Hongkong Land has also redeveloped The Forum, the retail block at [[Exchange Square (Hong Kong)|Exchange Square]], into a 5-story office block, which is wholly leased to [[Standard Chartered Bank]].

In early 2012, a new brand "LANDMARK" was launched covering the company's four most famous shopping destinations The Landmark, [[Alexandra House]], Chater House and Prince's Building, which are linked by pedestrian bridges, part of the [[Central Elevated Walkway]]. It was accompanied by a new logo "L", representing LANDMARK and luxury retail.

The company has also developed three luxury residential buildings on Hong Kong Island in recent years, namely Serenade, The Sail at Victoria and Ivy on Belcher's. {{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In October 2006, Hongkong Land hosted the CENTRAL Rat Race for the first time in the heart of Central, which has since become an annual event. This charity relay event helps raise funds for MINDSET, a registered charity supporting mental-health related organisations and projects in Hong Kong and mainland China. The inaugural race raised over HK$2 million and as of 31 December 2015, some HK$25 million has been raised.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.centralratrace.com/en/whatis/overview.php|title = CENTRAL Rat Race official website}}</ref>

===Business in the rest of Asia===

Hongkong Land has expanded its business outside Hong Kong in recent years, and has significant interests across Asia, mostly in a joint venture with local developers, including the [[Keppel Corporation|Keppel Group]] in Singapore, the CIFI Group in Shanghai and the [[Longfor Properties|Longfor]] and [[China Merchants Group|China Merchants]] groups in Chongqing.

In its commercial portfolio, in Singapore, it has an attributable interest in some 1.8 million square feet of commercial space. Following One Raffles Link, the company developed [[One Raffles Quay]], its second commercial complex in Singapore, in the Marina Bay area. It also has a one-third interest in the [[Marina Bay Financial Centre]] which was completed in 2012. The company owns a 50% stake in Jakarta Land, which is expanding its complex of [[World Trade Center Jakarta]] in the central business district of Jakarta. Hongkong Land also owns interests in the [[Gaysorn Village]] in Bangkok, developed the [[WF CENTRAL]] shopping centre in Beijing, Exchange Square in Phnom Penh, and two office buildings in Hanoi. In Macau, Hongkong Land has developed [[One Central Macau]] in a joint venture with [[Shun Tak Holdings]]. This is a major mixed-use development on the waterfront comprising luxury residences, a retail development, the Mandarin Oriental Macau hotel and residences managed by the hotel. Hongkong Land is currently developing The former British Embassy Site in Bangkok with [[Central Group]], a commercial complex in [[Xinjiekou, Nanjing]], and mixed-use waterfront development in [[Xuhui, Shanghai]]. {{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Hongkong Land is also active in the residential markets across Southeast Asia. Hongkong Land has a 100% interest in MCL Land, a Singapore residential developer active also in Malaysia. Hongkong Land is also developing residences in Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. {{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Hongkong Land has also developed residential properties and mixed-use projects in mainland China.  In Beijing, there are residential projects such as Central Park and Maple Place. Hongkong Land has more than 10 developments in Chongqing, such as Yorkville, Bamboo Grove and Landmark Riverside. In Chengdu, it is developing WE City, a mixed-use residential and commercial development. In Shanghai, Hongkong Land has developed Parkville in Pudong, Shanghai, for residential and commercial use.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hkland.com/data/media_releases/results_announcements/2015/arpre.pdf|title=Hongkong Land|website=www.hkland.com}}</ref> The company has recently entered [[Nanjing]], [[Hangzhou]] and [[Wuhan]] to develop residential/mixed-use properties. {{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}