Tanner Hill Estate

Tanner Hill Estate (Chinese: 丹拿山邨) was a rental housing estate for low-income families on Tanner Hill Road, North Point, Hong Kong, developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society.

Former site of Tanner Hill Estate
Tanner Hill Estate
General information
StatusDemolished
Area9,810.57 m²[1]
No. of flats590[1]
Constructed1961
Other information
Governing
body		Hong Kong Housing Society

Background

The estate consisted of two blocks, Yellow Stork House and Pine Tree House,[2] which were built in 1960 and 1961 respectively. It was originally called Shu Kuk Street Government Low Cost Housing Estate (書局街廉租屋宇), but it was later renamed to Tanner Hill Estate to avoid confusion with North Point Estate.[3] In 1996, the Hong Kong Housing Society announced the redevelopment plan of Tanner Hill Estate.[4]

Tanner Hill Estate was demolished in the nineties.[5] Initially, the Hong Kong Housing Society planned to build housing for sale under the Home Ownership Scheme. However, the government temporarily called off the scheme in 2000 and the project was paused.[5]

In 2008, the land lease was modified at market value land premium over HK$1,000,000,000[6] for the development of an elderly housing project. It comprises three 30-storey buildings with a total of 588 rental units of 500 to 1,000 square feet (46 to 93 m2).[7][8][9] In 2009, foundation work was started and the project was completed in December 2015.[5][10][11][8][9] The flats are for lease only, seniors have to pay a lump sum between HK$4-16 million for an open lease that stands until their death based on the age of the senior and the floor space occupied.[5] Around 380 applications were received, but as of July 2016 only 72 units were leased.[5]

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References
  1. "Tanner Hill Estate". www.hkhs.com. Hong Kong Housing Society. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-06-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Hong Kong Place - HKHS Housing Estates (Chinese)
  4. Redeveloping Kwun Lung Lau and Tanner Hill to Improve Living Environment
  5. Kong, Ashley (10 August 2016). "Empty: HKHS luxury retirement home 88% vacant". Harbour Times. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  6. Kong, Ashley (10 August 2016). "房協富貴老人屋「雋悅」八成八未入伙". Harbour Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  7. Housing Society Breaks New Ground in Quality Living for the Elderly Mar 24, 2009
  8. Joyous Living-Tanner Hill Project: factsheet
  9. The Standard: Society homes in on aged Feb 8, 2012 Archived September 12, 2012, at Archive.today
  10. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200904/22/P200904220120.htm Provision of Elderly Housing
  11. http://www.hkhs.com/pdf/ar2009/eng/E12.pdf Property Development

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