Exchange Square (Hong Kong)

Tenants

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.

Plot

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. The second instalment of HK$2 billion on the plot was due in the financial year 1984/85.

Phase one

Phase two

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Phase three

Development cost HK$750m, 32-storey 322000 sqft office tower, 32000 sqft mall, substructure contractor Gammon Hong Kong.

The Forum

The Forum () 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.

Gallery

File:Three Exchange Square.JPG|Towers of One Exchange Square (back) and Two Exchange Square (front) File:ExchangeSquareLobby 20071110.jpg|One Exchange Square lobby File:Exchange SquareGarden 20071110.jpg|One Exchange Square garden File:ExchangeSquareEnterance 20071110.jpg|One Exchange Square entrance. The colour mural on the left and right sides is Landscape by Sidney Nolan. File:HK_Central_Exchange_Square_Two_2.JPG|Two Exchange Square File:One Exchange Square.jpg|One and Two Exchange Square File:Jardine_House_and_Exchange_Square.jpg|Jardine House and Towers of One Exchange Square and Two Exchange Square File:Three Exchange Square 1.jpg|Three Exchange Square File:Hong_Kong_Central_skycrapers.JPG|Three Exchange Square seen from 2IFC File:HK Central Exchange Square Man n OX red.JPG|A water buffalo by English sculptor Elisabeth Frink stands in Exchange Square File:The Forum at Exchange Square 201501.jpg|The Forum at Exchange Square by architect Aedas File: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

Nearby buildings

• 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

References

References

1. "Exchange Square". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
2. Lau Wai-kong, [http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/12_07.01/117352.pdf $2.5B STANDBY FACILITY – Land mortgages Phase One of Exchange Square] {{Webarchive. link. (20 August 2024 , [[The Standard (Hong Kong)). The Standard]], 9 December 1983
3. Michael Blendell, [http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/06_06.01/97656.pdf Bark worse than his bite] {{Webarchive. link. (20 August 2024 , [[South China Morning Post]], 1 March 1984)
4. John Mulcahy, [http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/04_08.01/110313.pdf Hongkong Land plans third tower] {{Webarchive. link. (20 August 2024 , [[South China Morning Post]], 29 January 1985)
5. [http://www.hkland.com/commercial_property/hongkong_properties/exchangesquare3/ Hongkong Land Official Site] {{webarchive. link. (10 February 2009)
6. link. (22 August 2014 The Standard. Retrieved 27 January 2012)
7. "The Forum, Hong Kong (Completion year: 2014)". HKIA.
8. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HK_%E4%B8%AD%E7%92%B0_Central_%E4%BA%A4%E6%98%93%E5%BB%A3%E5%A0%B4_Exchange_Square_sculpture_metal_Sitting_Couple_by_Lynn_Chadwick_January_2020_SS2_03.jpg Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003). ‘Sitting Couple’, 1989-1990. Bronze, Ed. 9/9. 255 x 331 x 224 cm] {{Webarchive. link. (20 August 2024 Hongkong Land. Retrieved 8 January 2024.)