The International Finance Centre is a skyscraper and integrated commercial development on the waterfront of Hong Kong's Central District.
Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu,the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name Pudong was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank,directly across from the west bank or Puxi,the historic city center. It now refers to the broader Pudong New Area,a state-level new area which extends all the way to the East China Sea.
The Jin Mao Tower,also known as the Jinmao Building or Jinmao Tower,is a 420.5-meter-tall (1,380 ft),88-story landmark skyscraper in Lujiazui,Pudong,Shanghai,China. It contains a shopping mall,offices and the Grand Hyatt Shanghai hotel which starts from the 53rd floor,which at the time of completion was the highest hotel in the world. Along with the Oriental Pearl Tower,the Shanghai World Financial Center and the Shanghai Tower it is part of the Lujiazui skyline seen from the Bund. It was the tallest building in China from its completion in 1999 until 2007,when it was surpassed by the Shanghai World Financial Center which is located close by. The Shanghai Tower,a 128-story building located next to these two buildings,surpassed the height of both these buildings in 2015,creating the world's first trio of adjacent supertall skyscrapers.
The Bund is a waterfront area and a protected historical district in central Shanghai. The area centers on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement,which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River in the eastern part of Huangpu. The area along the river faces the modern skyscrapers of Lujiazui in Pudong. The Bund usually refers to the buildings and wharves on this section of the road,as well as some adjacent areas. This region has a significant European influence,with the style of many structures most comparable to that of European cities,particularly Gothic,Baroque,Neoclassical,Romanesque,Art Deco,and Renaissance architecture. Additionally,some of the city's top eateries are located there. From the 1860s to the 1930s,it was the rich and powerful center of the foreign establishment in Shanghai,operating as a legally protected treaty port.
The Shanghai World Financial Center is a supertall skyscraper located in the Pudong district of Shanghai. It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by the Mori Building Company,with Leslie E. Robertson Associates as its structural engineer and China State Construction Engineering Corp and Shanghai Construction (Group) General Co. as its main contractor. It is a mixed-use skyscraper,consisting of offices,hotels,conference rooms,observation decks,and ground-floor shopping malls. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the tower's hotel component,comprising 174 rooms and suites occupying the 79th to the 93rd floors,which at the time of completion was the highest hotel in the world. It is now the third-highest hotel in the world after the Ritz-Carlton,Hong Kong,which occupies floors 102 to 118 of the International Commerce Centre.
Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP) is a listed corporation and one of the largest property developers in Hong Kong. The company's businesses include property sales,property rental,telecommunications,hotel operation,transport and logistics,and others. The company is controlled by the Kwok family trust,largely the Kwok brothers.
Sogo Co.,Ltd. is a department store chain that operates an extensive network of branches in Japan. In 2009,it merged with The Seibu Department Stores,Ltd. (株式会社西武百貨店) to become Sogo &Seibu Co.,Ltd. (株式会社そごう・西武). It once owned stores in locations as diverse as Beijing in China,Causeway Bay in Hong Kong,Taipei in Taiwan,Jakarta and Surabaya in Indonesia,Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia,Singapore,Bangkok in Thailand,London in United Kingdom,but most of these international branches are now closed or operated by independent franchisees.
A big-box store,a hyperstore,a supercenter,a superstore,or a megastore is a physically large retail establishment,usually part of a chain of stores. The term sometimes also refers,by extension,to the company that operates the store. The term "big-box" references the typical appearance of buildings occupied by such stores.
Several buildings carry the HSBC name,and some are often referred to as HSBC Building,HSBC Tower or both:
Aeon Co.,Ltd.,formerly Jusco Co.,Ltd.,is a Japanese diversified retail holding company. It is one of the largest retail companies in Japan,owning Aeon hypermarkets,Aeon Mall and Aeon Town shopping malls,Daiei,MaxValu,Maruetsu,and My Basket supermarkets,Ministop convenience store,Welcia drugstore,and Aeon Cinema movie theaters.
Lujiazui is a locality in Shanghai,a peninsula formed by a bend in the Huangpu River. Since the early 1990s,Lujiazui has been developed specifically as a new financial district of Shanghai. The decision to earmark Lujiazui for this purpose reflects its location:it is located on the east side of the Huangpu River in Pudong,and sits directly across the river from the old financial and business district of the Bund.
Hang Seng Bank Tower is the headquarters of Hang Seng Bank in Shanghai. Built in 1998,the 46 story,203 m high tower is located in Lujiazui,Pudong,Shanghai. Until 2010,it was known as "HSBC Tower" due to being the headquarters of HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited. HSBC Bank (China)' s headquarters moved to Shanghai IFC in 2010. It was originally known as the Shanghai Sen Mao International Building.
Lujiazui is a station on Line 2 and 14 of the Shanghai Metro rapid transit system,situated in the middle of the financial district of Lujiazui. This station is the first stop in Pudong going east towards Shanghai Pudong International Airport,and is part of the initial section of Line 2 that opened from Zhongshan Park to Longyang Road that opened on 20 September 1999. The station later became an interchange on 30 December 2021 after the opening of Line 14. Being at the center of the Lujiazui financial district,the station is of significance to the area.
MegaBox is a large shopping centre in Hong Kong and part of the Enterprise Square Five shopping and office complex,located at 38 Wang Chiu Road,Kowloon Bay,Kowloon. With 19 stories and a floor area of 100,000 m2 (1,100,000 sq ft),MegaBox is the largest shopping centre in Eastern Kowloon.
Olympian City 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.
The ONE is a shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong. It is built on the site of the former Tung Ying Building at 100 Nathan Road. It was developed by Chinese Estates Holdings and opened in 2010. Owner Joseph Lau Luen-hung gifted the property to his wife in 2017.
Super Brand Mall is a Shanghainese shopping center,developed by Shanghai Kingshill Limited,a subsidiary of the Charoen Pokphand Group of Thailand. It is set in the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone. The Super Brand Mall has 13 floors,with a total gross floor area of 250,000 m2 (2,700,000 sq ft). In 2004,the mall received ISO 9001 certification.
Various headquarters and branch buildings of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation feature a pair of lion sculptures. The HSBC lions have become distinctive landmarks in their own right in Hong Kong and Shanghai,with further pairs to be found in London and Birmingham.
Happy Valley is a shopping mall in the Zhujiang New Town of the Tianhe District,Guangzhou,China.
