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Introduction
This project has been floating around for many years, yet the shovels have never gotten to the ground. With its waterfront location in the prime tourist area of Tsim Sha Tsui, will such a tall building go ahead?

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New World resumes Kowloon hotel plan
25 August 2005
South China Morning Post

New World Development has resumed its plan to build a 60-storey hotel next to the New World Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui as demand surges for five-star hotel rooms.

Taking into account the improved economy and an anticipation of growing tourism in Hong Kong, the company was reviewing the plan initiated in the late 1990s, a spokesman said, adding the project was expected to start next year but no timetable had been finalised.

With a gross floor area of about one million square feet, the hotel investment is estimated at $2 billion to $3 billion.

New World originally proposed building a 500-room five-star hotel as part of its New World Centre extension in the late 1990s which also involved knocking down the 130,000 sqft East Wing office building. However, the plan was postponed when the local economy slowed after the regional financial crisis.

New World Centre, covering a site area of 424,000 sqft, is a residential-hotel-commercial complex providing a floor area of about 2.52 million sqft.

"We are now reviewing the project as demand for hotel rooms increases," the spokesman said.

New World operates three five-star hotels in prime tourist districts - the 542-room New World Renaissance Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, the 860-room Renaissance Harbour View Hotel in Wan Chai and the 570-room Grand Hyatt, also in Wan Chai.

It is also building a 320-room hotel in Hanoi Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, as part of a one million sqft redevelopment project by the firm and the Urban Renewal Authority.

Hong Kong has been a magnet for top-tier hotels in the wake of the economic recovery and the imminent opening of the Disneyland theme park next month. Central saw the opening of the Landmark Mandarin Oriental yesterday and the Four Seasons is due to open next month.

"There is still demand for more luxury hotels in Tsim Sha Tsui," the spokesman said.

Last week, New World notified the tenants of the East Wing Tower that they would be required to move out for the proposed hotel project.

Existing tenants would be given six months' notice under a break clause in the lease and New World is not required to pay them compensation.



新世界中心重建 難歸還地價煞停
12月12日 星期五 05:05

【明報專訊】新世界發展即將啟動的尖沙嘴新世界中心局部重建項目(30米至最高265米、70層高),有市民向城規會提交申述,建議政府退還補地價,以中止該項目。

地政總署 向城規會提交文件認為,由於已與發展商修改地契,政府不能單方面取消以及將地價歸還了事。

項目地積比增至8倍

地政總署指出,地契條款及修改地契的文件,是政府與土地持有人的有約束力合約,政府不能取消合約及歸還地價了事,而且政府亦無現行政策,容許這樣做。

現時尖沙嘴新世界中心建築群地積比為5.89倍,於98年新世界補價5.13億元,增加約100萬方呎(主要為酒店)樓面,地積比增至8.21倍。項目原於貼近星光大道的一長條形狀地皮,加建一幢112米(約35層高)酒店。

及至2001年,新世界申請將整幅地皮地契中的高限(除了112米的位置)撤銷,及後規劃署 認為撤高限以及原先112米的屏風設計,均屬不理想。經協商後,政府同意將樓面撥至東面離海邊相對遠的位置,興建一座地標建築,令高度可漸次遞增。

本年4月,新世界並再補地價9.25億元,以落實新設計。城規會本月決定維持該地30至265米高限,即該新項目已「定案」。
 
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#139 ·
Interestingly enough, CTBUH lists this as U/C. Somehow I can't believe that.

Facts
Official Name New World Centre Redevelopment
Type building
Status Under Construction
Country China
City Hong Kong
Street Address Salisbury Road, Kowloon
Building Function hotel / office
Start of Construction 2012
Completion 2015
 
#150 ·
CTBUH says this one is u/c:

http://skyscrapercenter.com/hong-kong/new-world-centre-redevelopment/9349/

Figures
Height: Architectural 265.0 meter / 869 feet
Height: To Tip 265.0 meter / 869 feet
Floors Above Ground 63
Floors Below Ground 1
Tower GFA 127,858 m² / 1,376,252 ft²

Facts
Official Name New World Centre Redevelopment
Type building
Status Under Construction
Country China
City Hong Kong
Street Address / Map Salisbury Road, Kowloon
Building Function hotel / office
Start of Construction 2012
Completion 2015
 
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