Chater House
Chater House is an office tower in Central, Hong Kong opened in 2003. It is a part of the Hongkong Land portfolio of properties. Its main tenant is JPMorgan, who have their Asia Pacific headquarters in the building. Other tenants include the Securities and Futures Commission. It was built on the site of the former Swire House. It is named after Sir Paul Chater, partly because the buildings are between Chater Road and Connaught Road Central.
Swire House was completed in 1962, and had a total floor space of 35,000 square metres. The site was again redeveloped by Hongkong Land when the new Hong Kong International Airport opened. The building’s main tenant, Cathay Pacific, relocated when the airport moved to its new site at Chek Lap Kok.
The building has a total floor area of 438,500 net sq.ft. (498,000 sq ft. gross), was designed by architects Kohn Pedersen Fox. It was originally configured into 30 floors – 474,000 net sq. ft – of office accommodation above a three-level retail podium of 45,000 net sq.ft. (81,000 sq ft. gfa) and a three-level basement, which includes 112 parking spaces. When the project was announced, in 1997, the estimated cost was HK$2.3 billion, and would complete in 2003.
Other Information
- Preceded by : Swire House
- Location : 11, Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong
- Status : completed
- Groundbreaking : December 2001
- Opening : 2003
- Use : shopping mall, office building
- Floor count : 30
- Floor area : 438,500 net sq.ft. (498,000 sq ft. gfa)
- Elevator count : 16 passenger, 2 service
- Cost : HK$2.3 billion
- Architect : Kohn Pedersen Fox
- Contractor : Gammon Construction
- Developer : Hongkong Land
- Owner : Hongkong Land