Metro City (Hong Kong)
Metro City (Chinese: 新都城) is the largest private housing estate and shopping centre in Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong, developed by Henderson Land Development.[1] Built on the reclaimed land in Po Lam, the estate was developed in three phases.
MCP (Metro City Plaza) Central & Metro City Phase II | |
Location | Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung District, Hong Kong |
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Coordinates | 22°19′23″N 114°15′28″E |
Opening date | 1996 (Phase 1) 2000 (Phase 2) 2002 (Phase 3) |
Developer | Henderson Land Development (恒基兆業地產) |
Management | Sunlight REIT (陽光房地產基金):Phase I Henderson Land Development(恒基兆業地產):Phase II/III |
Owner | Sunlight REIT (陽光房地產基金):Phase I Henderson Land Development(恒基兆業地產):Phase II/III |
No. of stores and services | 400 |
Total retail floor area | 1,500,000 sq ft (140,000 m2) |
The MTR Po Lam Station, terminus of Tseung Kwan O Line, is located next to Metro City Phase II.[2] Metro City Phase II also serves as the Po Lam public transit terminal.
Residential blocks
The estate is divided into three phases by the order of their development, offering a total of 6768 units.[3] Phase 1 consists of 6 blocks completed in 1996. Phase 2 consists of 11 blocks completed in 2000. Phase 3, also called The Metropolis (Chinese: 都會豪庭),[4] consists of 4 blocks completed in 2002.[5]
Shopping centre
Each phase of Metro City has its own shopping centre. The shopping centre is the largest in Tseung Kwan O and covers 1.5 million square feet in size. It houses a department store, two grocery stores, a wet market, and over 400 shops. There are two cinemas in Tseung Kwan O, one is located at Metro City.
Footbridges connect the three shopping centres.[6] Surrounding housing estates such as The Pinnacle, Verbena Heights, Po Lam Estate, and Yan Ming Court also have direct pedestrian access to Metro City through footbridges.
- The atrium at MCP One (named Metro City Plaza Phase 1 before renovation) after renovation in 2015
- The atrium at MCP Central (named Metro City Plaza Phase 2 before renovation) after renovation in 2014
- The ponds and water features inside MCP Central, which were removed after the renovation in 2014
- The atrium at MCP Discovery (formerly named Metro City Plaza Phase 3)
- The cinema (named "MCL Cinema Metro City") in MCP Central, which was being renovated in mid-2019
References
External links
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- Official website of Metro City
- S.K. Hui, A. Cheung, J. Pang, "A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach for Residential Property Valuation:Application to Hong Kong Housing Market", International Real Estate Review, 2010 Vol. 13 No.1: pp. 1 – 29