AIA Central (友邦 金融 中心, formerly known as AIG Tower ) is a 40-story Hong Kong skyscraper located in the Central District . Built in 2005 in the style of modernism. The total cost of the project was 513 million US dollars. The original owners of the building were American Insurance Company American International Group , Singapore’s real estate operator CapitaLand and Hong Kong conglomerate Lai Sun Group . There are two underground floors, 90 parking spaces. The skyscraper's design resembles the sail of a Chinese junk — the traditional symbol of Hong Kong [1] [2] [3] [4] .
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| Location | Hong Kong , China |
| Building | 2002 - 2005 |
| Using | Offices |
| Height | |
| Roof | 185 m |
| Technical specifications | |
| Number of floors | 40 |
| Area inside the building | 39 014 m² (41,777 m²) |
| Number of elevators | 17 |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
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Since the 1930s, the first office of AIG insurance company in Hong Kong has been located at this place. In 1977, the 33-storey Furama Kempinski Hotel (110 m) was built, bought in 1997 by the Lai Sun Group and demolished in 2001-2002 (after the Asian financial crisis, Lai Sun Group was forced to sell part of its assets, including half of the shares Singaporean-American consortium hotel) [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] . In July 2009, the skyscraper was renamed from AIG Tower to AIA Central (its main tenant is the insurance company AIA Group ) [10] .
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 AIG Tower (English) . EMPORIS GMBH. The appeal date is August 28, 2014.
- ↑ AIG Tower (English) . Skyscraper Source Media Inc .. Date of appeal August 28, 2014.
- ↑ AIG Tower (English) . Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. The appeal date is August 28, 2014.
- ↑ AIA Central (formerly AIG Tower) (English) . Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The appeal date is August 28, 2014.
- ↑ Furama Kempinski Hotel (English) . EMPORIS GMBH. The appeal date is August 28, 2014.
- ↑ AIG joins Pidemco in $ 1.88b bid for 65pc of waterfront site (English) . The Standard. The appeal date is August 28, 2014. Archived May 22, 2011.
- ↑ Furama stock skyrockets after Lai Sun stake purchase (eng.) . The Standard. The appeal date is August 28, 2014. Archived May 22, 2011.
- Little A little less debt for ailing Lai Sun (English) . The Standard. The appeal date is August 28, 2014. Archived November 2, 2007.
- ↑ Lai Sun in move to bail out unit (English) . The Standard. The appeal date is August 28, 2014. Archived May 22, 2011.
- IG AIG's Asian Life Unit Renames Asia-Pacific HQ Building // CNN Money. - 9 July 2009.
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media on AIA Central
- Official site