Discovery Park (Hong Kong)

D Park (Chinese: 愉景新城), previously named Discovery Park, is a residential development in Hong Kong, located at 398 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan in the New Territories. The whole estate including the residential flats and the shopping centre spans over 2,700,000 square feet (250,000 m2).

D Park.

Its developer is Hong Kong Resort Company Limited and New World Development Company Limited is responsible for the management of the shopping centre.

Phases of development
  • Phase 1: Block 1 to 4 (completed in May 1997)
  • Phase 2: Block 5 to 8 (completed in January 1998)
  • Phase 3: Block 8 to 12 (completed in May 1998)

There are a total of 3,360 units with unit size ranged from 593 sq ft (55.1 m2). to 848 sq ft (78.8 m2). The development has a shopping centre, a clubhouse of 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2)., a swimming pool of 8,000 sq ft (740 m2).[1] tennis courts, golf putting green, sauna rooms, carpark, etc. The price of development was considered attractive to small families, as most of the estates in the vicinity were relatively old constructions.[2]

The first phase of the development was launched amid the property bubble in 1997, and units were subject of many speculators' interest. The intensity spilled over to properties in neighbouring estates in Sham Tseng and Castle Peak, and stimulated a three-fold increase in transactions in the area in September compared with the month before, according to Centaline, Hong Kong's leading real estate agency chain.[2]

Shopping mall

The 630,000 sq ft (59,000 m2). shopping centre was conceived as a mixture of shopping mall and park. It is considered as the first of its kind as a "Shopping Park". The shopping centre is themed as a tropical rain forest, an artificial waterfall and pillars decorated by big fruits were made. The roof of the main lobby is a stained glass dome which allows penetratration of natural daylight.[3]

The shopping centre was recently renamed "D-Park", remodeled, and rebranded as Hong Kong's first "parenting-oriented shopping mall".

Facilities nearby

Above the Discovery Park bus terminus is the Tsuen King Circuit Indoor Recreation Centre. Tsuen Wan Police District Headquarters and Divisional Station is opposite to the estate, between them is Tsuen King Circuit.

Location

Geographical coordinates: 22°22′35″N 114°6′44″E[4]

Transport

Road

Route 9 extension

On 8 February 2007, Cheung Pei Shan Road, the section of Route 9 linking Chai Wan Kok and Shek Wai Kok was opened. This section passes through the reserved area of the shopping mall building. However, the road is not directly connected to the development.

MTR

Five-minute walk from to Tsuen Wan MTR Station in the air-conditioned walkway which links from the estate.

Bus

As it is located at the side of Castle Peak Road, there are numerous bus routes with stops at Discovery Park.

Tsuen Wan (Discovery Park) Bus Terminus

Discovery Park bus stop – Tsuen King Circuit

  • 30 Allway Gardens – Cheung Sha Wan
  • 30XAllway Gardens – Whampoa Garden
  • 39MAllway Gardens – Tsuen Wan Station (Circular)
  • 230XAllway Gardens to Whampoa Garden (Single-way, morning peak hours service)

Discovery Park bus stop – Castle Peak Road

  • 30XAllway Gardens – Whampoa Garden
  • 34M Bayview Garden – Tsuen Wan Station (Circular)
  • 39MAllway Gardens – Tsuen Wan Station (Circular)
  • 53 Yuen Long (East) – Tsuen Wan West Station
  • 57M Shan King – Lai King (North)
  • 58M Leung King Estate – Kwai Fong Station
  • 59A Tuen Mun Pier Head – Kwai Fong (Kwai Tsui Estate) (Weekday peak hours service)
  • 59M Tuen Mun Ferry Pier – Tsuen Wan Station
  • 60M Tuen Mun Station – Tsuen Wan Station
  • 61M Yau Oi South – Lai King North
  • 66M Tai Hing – Tsuen Wan MTR Station
  • 67M Siu Hong Court – Kwai Fong Station
  • 68A Long Ping Estate – Tsing Yi Station
  • 68M Yuen Long West – Tsuen Wan MTR Station
  • 69M Tin Shui Wai Town Centre – Kwai Fong MTR Station
  • 234A Sea Crest Villa – Tsuen Wan West Station
  • 234B Sea Crest Villa – Tsuen Wan West Station
  • 251M Sheung Tsuen -> Tsuen Wan Station (Morning peak hours service)
  • 259E Lung Mun Oasis -> Tsuen Wan MTR Station (Morning peak hours service)
  • 260C Sam Shing – Kwai Fong MTR Station (Peak hours service)
  • 265M Tin Heng Estate – Lai Yiu Estate
  • 269A Tin Sau Road -> Kwai Chung Road (Kwai Fong Estate) (Morning peak hours service)
  • 269M Tin Yan Estate – Cho Yiu Chuen
  • 868 Tuen Mun Central – Sha Tin Racecourse (for horseracing days at Sha Tin Racecourse only)
  • N260 Tuen Mun Pier Head – Mei Foo (Overnight service)
  • N269 Tin Tsz – Mei Foo (Overnight service)

See also

References
  1. "Clubhouse website by the Hong Kong Resort Company Limited". Archived from the original on 2007-06-25.
  2. 愉景新城旋風惠及深井一帶 Archived 2007-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, Centaline Holdings, 18 September 1996 (in Chinese)
  3. "Shopping mall website by the Hong Kong Resort Company Limited". Archived from the original on 2007-04-17.
  4. Dopod Naviguide, Accessed 2007-05-04

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