Celestial Heights

Celestial Heights (Chinese: 半山壹號; pinyin: Bànshān Yihào; Jyutping: bun3 saan1 yaat1 ho6) is a private housing estate on Quarry Hill in Kowloon, Hong Kong, jointly developed by Cheung Kong Holdings and Nan Fung Group. There are 939 housing units with an average price of HK$19,000,000.[1] It is composed of several more-than-50-floor buildings.[2] It was completed in 2009 and 2010.

Celestial Heights.
Celestial Heights.
Celestial Heights was the location of Tin Kwong Road Police Married Quarters.

History

In 2004, Cheung Kong Holdings succeeded to pay HK$9.4 billion for the land of the former Ho Man Tin Police Married Quarters during an auction. This price was the second highest record in Hong Kong property history after Sino Land paid HK$11.8 billion for the land in Siu Sai Wan, later Island Resort, in 1997.[3][4][5]

Features

The shopping arcade of Celestial Heights could only be accessed on Kau Pui Lung Road, which is very distant from the address listed.

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References

  1. Stephanie Tong (May 13, 2008). "Celestial launch as prices rise". The Standard. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
  2. Alfred Liu (May 19, 2008). "$18,000 psf expected for first Celestial Heights flats". The Standard. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
  3. "Ma Tau Kok Outline Zoning Plan approved". Government of Hong Kong. November 14, 2008.
  4. Ka 9.4 billion auction was 87.6% higher than in Hong Kong Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Building Journal Hong Kong China, Oct 2008, p46


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