Olympian City
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奧海城 | |
Location | Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong |
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Developer | Sino Land |
Olympian City (Chinese: 奧海城; Jyutping: ou3 hoi2 sing4) is a shopping and residential complex built on reclaimed land in Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, next to the MTR Olympic Station. It is one of the main shopping and residential areas in West Kowloon. The shopping arcades, Olympian City 1, 2 and 3, were developed by Sino Land while the residential buildings were developed by MTR Corporation and Sino Land.[1]
Contents
1 Phases
2 Shopping arcades
2.1 Olympian City 1
2.2 Olympian City 2
2.3 Olympian City 3
3 Residential estates
4 Office
5 Transportation
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Phases[edit]
There were three phases in the development of the Olympian City project:
- Phase I included Island Harbourview, HSBC Centre, Bank of China Centre and Olympian City 1, which were completed from 1998 to 2000.
- Phase II included Park Avenue, Central Park and Olympian City 2, which were completed from 2000 to 2002.
- Phase III included The Hermitage and Olympian City 3, which were completed in 2011.
Note that the nearby development of Olympic Station Package 3 (Harbour Green, developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties) was not part of the Olympian City project.[2]
Shopping arcades[edit]
Olympian City 1[edit]
Olympian City 1
Plaza in Olympian City 1
Olympian City 1 is located at exit A of Olympic station, which was developed by Sino Land and completed in 2000. It covers the area of 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2) of retail space spread over three floors, with 30 plus stores. The stores include Chinese restaurants and Western restaurants, lifestyle stores, spa centres, special interests and hobby outlets.
Olympian City 2[edit]
West Atrium, Olympian City 2
Central Atrium, Olympian City 2
Food court in Olympian City 2
Bowling alley in Olympian City 2 (Closed)
Former Broadway Cinema in Olympian City 2
Olympian City 2 is located at exit D of Olympic station, which was developed Sino Land and completed in 2001. It covers an area of 600,000 square feet (56,000 m2) of retail space spread over three floors, with 180 plus stores. The store includes fashion boutiques, jewellery shops, speciality lifestyle stores, a bowling alley and a cinema complex.
[3]
In September 2012, Hong Kong lifestyle retail store G.O.D. in co-operation with Sino Art, held The Street Market Symphony Exhibition at Olympian City 2, their first solo art exhibition in a shopping mall. The exhibition used multi-media installations housed in large red lampshades, the iconic representation of Hong Kong's wet markets.[4]
Olympian City 3[edit]
Exterior of the mall
Crystal Light in the atrium
Access of UG Floor
Car park entrance
Olympian City 3 is located in the East of Olympian City 2 with a connecting bridge in between. The nearest MTR stations are Olympic Station (Exit D) which can be reached by walking past Olympian City 2, and Mong Kok Station (Exit C4) and reached by walking along Arglye Street Westbound. The mall completed in 2011 and there are two floors with over 70 stores.
Residential estates[edit]
Island Harbourview
Park Avenue
Central Park
There are four main private housing estates in the Olympian City project, Island Harbourview, Park Avenue, Central Park and The Hermitage which were all developed by Sino Land and MTR Corporation. There are many other residential estates surrounding Olympian City and Olympic Station: One Silver Sea, Imperial Cullinan, The Long Beach, Hampton Place, Florent Rise, Harbour Green, Charming Garden and Hoi Fu Court.
Office[edit]
HSBC Centre
Bank of China Centre
There are four office towers in Olympian City, HSBC Centre (three towers) and Bank of China Centre (one tower). They were developed by Sino Land, but were sold to HSBC and Bank of China (Hong Kong) respectively for their back office headquarters.
Transportation[edit]
- MTR
Tung Chung Line Olympic Station
Tsuen Wan Line Mong Kok Station
- Buses and minibuses
- Kowloon Motor Bus
- 2E- Kowloon City Ferry ↔ Pak Tin
- 10- Choi Wan ↺ Tai Kok Tsui
- 12- Hoi Lai Estate ↺ East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
- 13D- Po Tat ↔ Island Harbourview
- 16- Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
- 16X- Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) → Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
- 18- Nam Cheong Station ↺ Oi Man
- 31B- Shek Lei ↔ Olympic Station
- 32- Shek Wai Kok ↔ Olympic Station
- 33A- Mong Kok (Park Avenue) ↔ Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower)
- 37- Kwai Shing (Central) ↔ Olympic Station
- 43C- Cheung Hang ↔ Island Harbourview
- 52X- Tuen Mun Town Centre ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
- 66X- Tai Hing ↔ Olympic Station
- 68X- Hung Shu Kiu (Hung Fuk Estate) ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
- 72X- Tai Po Central ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
- 87B- Sun Tin Wai ↔ Island Harbourview
- 265B- Tin Heng Estate ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
- 287X- Shui Chuen O ↺ Jordan
- 887- Sha Tin Racecourse → Mong Kok (Park Avenue) (Racing Days Only)
- New World First Bus
- 701- Hoi Lai Estate /Nam Cheong Station ↺ Mong Kok
- 701S- Hoi Lai Estate /Nam Cheong Station ↺ Mong Kok
- 971- Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Shek Pai Wan
- New World First Bus towards Hong Kong Island
- 904- Lai Chi Kok ↔ Kennedy Town (Belcher Bay)
- 905- Lai Chi Kok ↔ Wan Chai (North)
- 905P- Lai Chi Kok → Wan Chai (Harbour Road)
- 914- Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Causeway Bay (Tin Hau)
- 914P- Hoi Lai Estate → Causeway Bay (Tin Hau)
- 914X- Hoi Lai Estate → Causeway Bay (Tin Hau)
Citybus towards Airport/AsiaWorld-Expo
- A21- Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ Hung Hom Station
- E21- AsiaWorld-Expo ↔ Island Harbourview
- N23- Tung Chung ↔ Sze Wan Shan (Via: Airport)
- Green Minibus
- 46- Kowloon Bay (Richland Gardens) ↔ Island Harbourview
- 70- Hollywood Plaza/Diamond Hill Station ↔ Island Harbourview
- 70A- Hollywood Plaza/Diamond Hill Station ↔ Olympic Station (HSBC Centre)
- 78- Island Harbourview ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui (Peking Road)
- 78A- Island Harbourview → Tsim Sha Tsui (Peking Road)
- 12S- Central Park ↺ Mong Kok East Station
- 43M- Tai Kok Tsui (Cherry Street) ↺ Yau Ma Tei Station
See also[edit]
- Island Harbourview
- Park Avenue
- Central Park
- HSBC Centre
- Bank of China Centre
References[edit]
^ Olympian City
^ Olympic Station
^ Fabulous Shopping, Great Entertainment and Wonderful Harbour Views
^ 超巨街市燈現身商場 [Super large wet market red lamps appears in shopping mall]. Sharp Daily (in Chinese). 14 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Olympian City. |
- Official website of Olympian City
- Yu, Pui-kwan, Robin, "A study on quasi-public space in large scale private residential development, case in Hong Kong", University of Hong Kong, 2007
Coordinates: 22°19′10″N 114°09′30″E / 22.31944°N 114.15833°E / 22.31944; 114.15833
Categories:
- Shopping centres in Hong Kong
- MTR Corporation
- Sino Group
- Tai Kok Tsui
- Olympian City
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