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Harbour City | |
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海港城 | |
General information | |
Address | 3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
Coordinates | 22°17′51″N 114°10′07″E / 22.29750°N 114.16861°E |
Completed | 1966 | , with additions and alterations 1969, 1977, 1983, 1999
Renovated | 1986–1989, 2001–2003, 2012–2015 |
Demolished | Ocean Gallery: 1992 |
Owner | The Wharf (Holdings) Limited |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 4 |
Floor area | 2,000,000 square feet |
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Traditional Chinese | 海港城 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 海港城 | ||||||||||
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Harbour City is a shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It occupies the lower levels of a series of office blocks and hotels, comprising several parts: Marco Polo Hotels, Ocean Terminal, Ocean Centre, the Gateway and the Pacific Club Kowloon. The complex is located along the west side of Canton Road, stretching from Star House and the Star Ferry Pier in the south to China Hong Kong City in the north.
Harbour City is the largest shopping centre in Hong Kong. It is developed and owned by The Wharf (Holdings) Limited group. The mall covers an area of approximately 2 million square feet, including 70 restaurants, 1 large cinema, an art gallery, observation deck and about 450 retail stores.[1] The office portion of Harbour City covers an area of 4.6 million square feet spread across 10 commercial buildings. The total area of the complex is 8.41 million square feet, which includes three luxury hotels, a 500-room serviced apartment (Gateway Apartments), a private club (Pacific Club) and 2,000 parking spaces.[1]
The complex was a redevelopment of the existing Kowloon Wharves and completed in multiple phases. The earliest portion, Ocean Terminal, was completed in 1966 as a shopping centre with a passenger terminal servicing cruise ships. The entire complex gradually took shape throughout the 1980s.
Due to its size and number of shops, approximately 300,000 people visit the shopping centre during the weekends, including local residents and tourists from mainland China and abroad. Over 60,000 people also work in the office buildings above the shopping centre.[citation needed]
The mall has a small venue for performances and exhibitions. Every Saturday and Sunday, the mall invites bands and local musicians to perform in their "Music in the City" event.[citation needed]
There is usually a festive atmosphere during Christmas and Lunar Year Festivals, with decorations mainly located near the entrance of the Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry pier.