ISQUARE

History

International Plaza is the site of the former Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, which opened in 1969 and closed on January 1, 2006. The owner, Hyatt Regency International, and Tandem Properties jointly announced on October 20, 2004, the redevelopment of the former Hyatt Regency Hong Kong into a retail-led building named “International Square”, or “iSQUARE” in English. The demolition of the former Hyatt Regency Hotel was completed on January 1, 2007, and construction of the building (a 30-storey retail mall), named International Plaza, commenced in September of the same year.

Introduction

iSQUARE Shopping mall was designed by architecture firms Rocco Design Ltd{{cite web |access-date=18 July 2010 |access-date=28 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908093746/http://www.benoy.com/html/Projects.cfm |archive-date=8 September 2008 |url-status=dead

Features

iSQUARE's exterior wall comprises more than 4,000 glass and special components. The Peking Road entrance has an LED screen playing different types of animation, and the LB floor also has a projection device wall. File:ISQUARE Escalator 1 Projector screen.jpg|Interactive Projection in between MTR level to ground floor File:ISQUARE Escalator 3 Night View.jpg|The escalator which located near to Nathan Road, installed with LED lights File:ISQUARE Visual Field.jpg|Visual Field in LB Level of Shopping centre

Retail space

The mall has an approximately 600000 sqft for shopping. It has over 140 shops.

References

References

1. [http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/20041020/LTN20041020075_C.PDF 凱聯國際酒店及天德地產聯合公告]
2. [http://paper.wenweipo.com/2009/02/05/ME0902050003.htm 尖區凱悅變身iSQUARE全商場] {{webarchive. [link](https://web.archive.org/web/20190613064918/http://paper.wenweipo.com/2009/02/05/ME0902050003.htm 香港文匯報，2009年2月5日)
3. (16 January 2010). "Gammon innovates at iSquare". Pacific Rim Construction.