Swire Properties celebrated the topping out of its newest triple Grade-A office tower, One Taikoo Place on February 1. The building is a core component of Swire Properties’ HK$15 billion Taikoo Place redevelopment project, which will see the developer further transform Taikoo Place into a major commercial hub in the city.
Spanning 1 million sq ft in total, over half of the tower has already been secured by major multinational corporations including two key tenants: Baker McKenzie, one of the world’s largest international law firms, and Facebook, the world’s best-known social network.
Guy Bradley, Chief Executive, Swire Properties said, “The topping out of One Taikoo Place is a major milestone in our ongoing transformation of the district. With the redevelopment of Taikoo Place, we intend to redefine Hong Kong’s office landscape, not only by creating exceptional office space to suit the modern worker, but also by looking beyond bricks and mortar and creating vibrant places where our expanding business community can thrive.”
(Left to right) Hugh Dutton, designer of Taikoo Place’s new walkway system;
Lam Wo-hei, Principal Consultant of Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd; Guy Bradley,
Chief Executive of Swire Properties; Don Taylor, Director, Office at Swire
Properties; Brian Henderson, Chief Operating Officer of Baker McKenzie;
and Kathryn Gustafson, designer of Taikoo Place’s landscaped gardens.
Located in the heart of Taikoo Place, One Taikoo Place is the first of two new triple Grade-A office towers in the Taikoo Place redevelopment project. Designed by Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd, the tower features expansive glass walls, with each floor designed to provide an abundance of natural light and offer panoramic views of Victoria Harbour.
The office tower has been built to the highest sustainability standards, achieving Pre-certified Platinum for LEED BD+C: Core and Shell Version 2009, and Provisional Platinum for BEAM Plus New Buildings Version 1.2 green building standards. One Taikoo Place is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 2018.
An outstanding feature of the redevelopment is the introduction of Taikoo Square and Taikoo Garden, designed by the London-based landscape architectural practice Gustafson Porter + Bowman. The two gardens, comprising stunning water features, lush greenery and quiet pathways, will provide nearly 70,000 sq ft of open green space for the community to enjoy. In addition, the two new office towers, One Taikoo Place and Two Taikoo Place, along with the eight other office towers at Taikoo Place will be connected by elevated air-conditioned walkways designed by Paris-based design company Hugh Dutton Associés.
