LHT Tower explained

LHT Tower
Native Name:陸海通大廈
Native Name Lang:zh
Status:Complete
Address:31 Queen's Road Central
Location Town:Central
Architect:Rocco Design Architects
Owner:The Luk Hoi Tong Company
Floor Count:28
Building Type:Office
Height:130.6 m (428 ft)
Elevator Count:6

LHT Tower or Luk Hoi Tong Building is an office building and shopping mall at 31 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong. It is directly adjacent to MTR Central station. It was opened in November 2011.

History

LHT Tower was constructed at the former site of the Queen's Theatre. It is owned by The Luk Hoi Tong Company Limited. In 2008, the old building was demolished to be redeveloped.

Architect and construction

It is designed by Rocco Design Architects Limited, Gammon Construction Limited was awarded the contract for the redevelopment. The property is managed by Jones Lang LaSalle.[1]

Building

Luk Hoi Tong Building comprises a 28-storey mixed office and retail tower with a gross floor area of 21,000 square metres, spreading over 21 floors of office, two levels of mechanical floor, a three-level podium retails, a basement floor and two dining floors. The site was originally occupied by the old Queen's Theatre in 1925 and was later developed into an office cum cinema building in 1961.[2]

Tenants

Gap occupies 15,000 square feet of office space in the redeveloped LHT Tower on Queen's Road Central in November, with Swatch taking a smaller store in the same building.[3]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. http://lhttower.com/design_team_spec.html Design Team
  2. http://www.gammonconstruction.com/en/html/projects/commercial-development/luk-hoi-tong-building-redevelopment.html Luk Hoi Tong Building Redevelopment, Hong Kong
  3. http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b4c086fd0bd42310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Markets&s=Business Backs to the mall