Swire House
| Chater House | |
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| Chinese: 遮打大廈 | |
Chater House viewed from Connaught Road
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | shopping mall, office building |
| Location | 7-9 Connaught Road Central, 10-12 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°16′56.01″N 114°9′30.24″E / 22.2822250°N 114.1584000°ECoordinates: 22°16′56.01″N 114°9′30.24″E / 22.2822250°N 114.1584000°E |
| Construction started | October 1998 |
| Opening | 2003 |
| Cost | HK$2.3 billion |
| Owner | Hongkong Land |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 30 |
| Floor area | 438,500 net sq.ft. (498,000 sq ft. gfa) |
| Lifts/elevators | 16 passenger, 2 service |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Kohn Pedersen Fox |
| Developer | Hongkong Land |
| Main contractor | Gammon Construction |
Chater House (simplified Chinese: 遮打大厦; traditional Chinese: 遮打大廈; pinyin: Zhēdá Dàshà; Jyutping: ze1 daa2 daai6 haa6) is an office tower in Central, Hong Kong. Opened in 2003,it is a part of the Hongkong Land portfolio of properties. The building was built on the site of the former Swire House, and was named after Sir Paul Chater. The building faces streets on three sides: Chater Road, Pedder Street and Connaught Road Central.
There were three buildings on the site between 1905 and 1958, namely Mansions Building (Hotel Mansions, later renamed Union Building), King's Building and York Building.
Following the Praya reclamation of 1890–1904, a building was constructed and opened in 1905, that served as offices of Canadian Pacific Ocean Services (G/F) and Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company (1/F).
This building was acquired in 1921, and used as its headquarters by the Union Insurance Society of Canton Ltd., and then became known as Union Building (於仁行).
It was bought by The Hongkong Land Company in 1946, and was demolished in 1950. Hongkong Land later acquired the adjacent King's Building and demolished it in 1958 to complete the Union House complex.
King's Building was built in 1905 and was for some time home to Marconi Wireless. The building was located along Connaught Road, next to the Union Building. It was demolished in 1958.
York Building was built in 1905 and demolished in 1958.
The 23-storey building, initially called Union House (於仁大厦; 於仁大廈; Yūrén Dàshà; jyu1 jan4 daai6 haa6), was completed in 1962, and had a total floor space of 34,000 square metres (370,000 sq ft). in the 1970s, the Swire Group, gained naming rights for the building, which was renamed Swire House (太古大厦; 太古大廈; Tàigǔ Dàshà; taai3 gu2 daai6 haa6) in 1976. In 1997, the main tenant of the building was Cathay Pacific, which occupied about 30% of the floor space. Other tenants included other Swire group companies, including Swire Pacific and Swire Industries. Swire House was demolished on 5 October 1998.
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