CITIC Tower
{{short description|Building in Hong Kong, China}}
{{Infobox building
| name = CITIC Tower
| image = HK Citic Tower.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = View of CITIC Tower from Kowloon
| completion_date = {{Start date and age|1997}}
| status = Complete
| location = 1 Tim Mei Avenue, Admiralty, Hong Kong, China
| coordinates = {{coord|22|16|50.51|N|114|10|1.73|E|region:HK|display=inline,title}}
| floor_count = 33{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070128003905/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=citictower-hongkong-china Emporis.com]}} Retrieved on 6 August 2008
| references = {{Cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/buildings/120567/citic-tower-hong-kong-china |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124185204/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/120567/citic-tower-hong-kong-china |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2016-01-24 |title=Emporis building ID 120567 |work=Emporis}}
| roof = {{convert|413|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070128003905/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=citictower-hongkong-china Emporis.com]}} Retrieved on 6 August 2008
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| architect = P & T Architects & Engineers Ltd
}}
Image:Citic Tower Office Lobby 2014.jpg
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CITIC Tower ({{lang-zh|中信大廈}}) is a 33-storey office building on Tim Mei Avenue, Admiralty, Hong Kong. It is the corporate headquarters of CITIC Pacific Ltd, a conglomerate publicly traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and listed on the Hang Seng Index, and also a subsidiary of the CITIC Group.
CITIC Tower is also the headquarters of another development partner, Kerry Group.
It is one of the participants in the nightly A Symphony of Lights (幻彩詠香江) light show on both sides of Victoria Harbour.
In an authorised protest in 2019, police surrounded the tower on both sides, trapping protesters and fired tear gas into the crowd of protesters. International experts called the use of tear gas excessive, "actually inciting and causing what looks like a stampede".{{Cite news|last=Hernández|first=Javier C.|last2=Marcolini|first2=Barbara|last3=Willis|first3=Haley|last4=Jordan|first4=Drew|last5=Felling|first5=Meg|last6=May|first6=Tiffany|last7=Chen|first7=Elsie|date=2019-06-30|title=Did Hong Kong Police Abuse Protesters? What Videos Show|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/world/asia/did-hong-kong-police-abuse-protesters-what-videos-show.html|access-date=2021-07-01|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|title=Expat officers in HK could face torture case in UK – RTHK|url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1542904-20200810.htm?|access-date=2021-07-01|website=news.rthk.hk|language=en-gb}}
Design and construction
The tower was conceived as an equilateral triangular block with landscaped sky gardens at various levels. The architecture was designed by P&T Group. Its unique design is composed of equilateral triangles and circles.[http://www.happycampus.com.cn/pages/2003/03/10/D108093.html Chinese article on CITIC Tower's unique geometrical appearance] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929071729/http://www.happycampus.com.cn/pages/2003/03/10/D108093.html |date=September 29, 2007 }}
CITIC Tower was completed in 1997 under a fast track development programme.
Location and facilities
It borders the Tamar site in Admiralty and features a view of Victoria Harbour. At the lower levels there is a shopping mall and carpark. There is a footbridge connecting it with Admiralty Centre and MTR Admiralty station.
The government headquarters buildings are adjacent to CITIC Tower.
Current tenants
- Maybank (7/F,18/F)
- CITIC Pacific Ltd (29/F-32/F)
- CITIC Capital (27/F-28/F)
- CITIC Securities International (8/F,11/F & 26/F)
- Kaplan (6/F)
- Mizuho Bank
- Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd (2/F)
- Simon-Kucher & Partners (20/F)
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Citic Tower}}
- [http://www.citictower.com.hk/en/home/home.html CITIC Tower homepage]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080810225055/http://www.citic.com/wps/portal/citicen CITIC Group homepage]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928025014/http://www.citicpacific.com/index.php CITIC Pacific homepage]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080920085630/http://www.citicpacific.com/eng/biz/property/hk/com_citic.html CITIC Tower] CITIC Pacific page on CITIC Tower
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929071729/http://www.happycampus.com.cn/pages/2003/03/10/D108093.html Chinese article on CITIC Tower's unique geometrical appearance]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070128003905/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=citictower-hongkong-china Emporis page on CITIC Tower]}}
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Category:Office buildings in Hong Kong
Category:Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts