MACAU | Projects & Construction

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MACAU
lies on the western side of the Pearl River Delta, bordering the South China Sea and China

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Climate : subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers
Population : 545,674 (2008 July), 95% of the population Chinese and 5% Portuguese, Europeans and from other regions
Density : 17,310/km² (Highest in the World)
Highest point : Coloane Alto 172.4 m
Local time - GMT + 08 hours





87 BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Last Update : 29/10/2008

UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Le Royal Arc - 56F (217 m)
Baia de Praia Grande - 54F (190m)
The Praia Tower 1 - 56F (185m)
The Praia Tower 2 - 56F (185m)
The Praia Tower 3 - 56F (185m)
The Praia Tower 4 - 56F (185m)
The Buckingham - 50F
The Residences Tower 5 - 49F
Villa de Mer Tower 1 - 49F
Villa de Mer Tower 2 - 49F
Villa de Mer Tower 3 - 49F
Villa de Mer Tower 4 - 49F
Villa de Mer Tower 5 - 49F
Bairro Social do TN27 Tower 1 - 48F
Bairro Social do TN27 Tower 2 - 48F
Bairro Social do TN27 Tower 3 - 48F
Bairro Social do TN27 Tower 4 - 48F
Bairro Social do TN27 Tower 5 - 48F
Bairro Social do TN27 Tower 6 - 48F
The Residences Tower 4 - 48F
The Residences Tower 3 - 47F
Windsor Arch Tower 1 - 47F
Windsor Arch Tower 2 - 47F
Windsor Arch Tower 3 - 47F
Windsor Arch Tower 4 - 47F
Windsor Arch Tower 5 - 47F
Windsor Arch Tower 6 - 47F
Windsor Arch Tower 7 - 47F
Windsor Arch Tower 8 - 47F
Windsor Arch Tower 9 - 47F
Windsor Arch Tower 10 - 47F
The Residences Tower 2 - 46F
The Residences Tower 1 - 45F
Century Mansion - 44F
Four Seasons Service Apartment - 40F
Wynn Diamond Suites - 40F
Shangri-La Macau Hotel - 39F
Sheraton Macau Hotel North Tower - 39F
Sheraton Macau Hotel South Tower - 39F
Trader Macau Hotel - 39F
Chun Gin Palace - 38F
Mongha Public Housing Complex Tower B - 36F
Mongha Public Housing Complex Tower C - 36F
Golden Bay Garden - 35F
Nam On - 35F
Yu King Wan Tower 1 - 35F
Yu King Wan Tower 2 - 35F
Yu King Wan Tower 3 - 35F
Yu King Wan Tower 4 - 35F
Yu King Wan Tower 5 - 35F
Mongha Public Housing Complex Tower A - 34F
Galaxy Cotai Mega Resort Tower 1 - 34F
Galaxy Cotai Mega Resort Tower 2 - 34F
One Grantai Deluxe Royalton - 33F
One Grantai Grand Royalton - 33F
One Grantai Prime Royalton - 33F
One Grantai Regal Royalton - 33F
One Grantai Superb Royalton - 33F
One Grantai Supreme Royalton - 33F
City of Dream Grand Hyatt Hotel - 32F
City of Dream Hyatt Regency Hotel - 32F
One Central Tower 1 - 32-37F
One Central Tower 2 - 32-37F
One Central Tower 3 - 32-37F
One Central Tower 4 - 32-37F
One Central Tower 5 - 32-37F
One Central Tower 6 - 32-37F
One Central Tower 7 - 32-37F
Bairro Social do Fai Chi Kei Tower 1 - 30F
Bairro Social do Fai Chi Kei Tower 2 - 30F
Macau Studio City Marriott Hotel - 30F
City of Dream Crown Hotel Tower - 28F
City of Dream Hard Rock Hotel Tower - 28F
Cotai Strip No. 1 Residence Tower 1 - 28F
Cotai Strip No. 1 Residence Tower 2 - 28F
Cotai Strip No. 1 Residence Tower 3 - 28F
Cotai Strip No. 1 Residence Tower 4 - 28F
Cotai Strip No. 1 Residence Tower 5 - 28F
HR/HS Public Housing Tower 1 - 27F
HR/HS Public Housing Tower 2 - 27F
HR/HS Public Housing Tower 3 - 27F
HR/HS Public Housing Tower 4 - 27F
Finance & IT Center of Macau - 23F
Transportation Affairs Bureau - 22F

PURPOSED
Project at Nam Keng Road - 53F
Fairmont Hotel, Raffles Hotel & Swissotel Hotel - 41F
Harbour Mile Service Apartment - 41F
Galaxy Cotai Mega Resort Tower 4 - 35F
Galaxy Cotai Mega Resort Tower 5 - 35F
Galaxy Cotai Mega Resort Tower 3 - 34F
Macau Bel-Lago 1 - 50F
Macau Bel-Lago 2 - 50F
Macau Bel-Lago 3 - 50F
Macau Bel-Lago 4 - 50F
Taipa Section TN6 - 50F
Tenacity Tower 1 - 35F
Tenacity Tower 2 - 35F
Galaxy Cotai Mega Resort Tower 6 - 17F

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1) Le Royal Arc - 56F (217 m)


Source : Wikipedia (29 June, 2008)




2) The Praia Tower 1 to 4 - 56F (185m)


Source : by dockleaf (10 Nov, 2008)
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3) The Buckingham - 50F



Source : by Belinda Chee (2 September, 2008)
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Villa de Mer Tower 1 to 5 - 49F




Bairro Social do TN27 Tower Tower 1 to 5 - 48F




The Residences Tower 1 to 5 - 45 to 49F



Source : by ronocdh (3rd Nov, 2008)
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Windsor Arc Tower 1 to 10 - 47F



Source : whoms (2nd July, 2008)




Four Seasons Service Apartment - 40F


Source : Wikipedia (30 June, 2008)




Wynn Diamond Suites - 40F


The Tower in the middle (22 Oct, 2008)
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Shangri-La Macau Hotel - 39F, Sheraton Macau Hotel North & South Tower - 39F and Trader Macau Hotel - 39F



Source : by cheriton, flickr.com (21 Oct, 2008)
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Yu King Wan Tower 1 to 5 - 35F
Source : by IanT_Photos (21 July, 2008)
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Golden Bay Garden - 35F


Source : vproperty




Galaxy Mega Resort Tower 1 and 2 - 34F



Source : by janice_tseung (16 April, 2009)
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One Grantai Tower 1 to 5 - 33F



Source : by NLTW (15 April, 2009)
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City of Dream Grand Hyatt Hotel and Hyatt Regency Hotel - 32F




One Central Tower 1 to 7, and Mandarin Oriental Hotel - 32 to 37F



Source : by Gregg & Lucas, flickr.com (11 July, 2008)
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Bairro Social do Fai Chi Kei Tower 1 and 2 - 30F
Source : ihm.gov.mo

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City of Dream Crown Hotel Tower and Hard Rock Hotel Tower - 28F


Source : Wikipedia (30 June, 2008)




Cotai Strip No. 1 Residence Tower 1 to 5 - 28F

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TenaCity Tower 1 and 2 - 35F


Macau Studio City

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Harbour Mile

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Hilton Hotel & Conrad Hotel

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Fairmont Hotel, Raffles Hotel & Swissotel Hotel - 41F

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Macau Bel-Lago


Source : HOK Asia Pacific

[Zicyx]

Originally Posted by SeeMacau

Fairmont Hotel, Raffles Hotel & Swissotel Hotel - 41F

Hilton Hotel & Conrad Hotel

Beautiful buildings!

What about the bridge from HK to Macau? I know there is a seperate thread about it but you can post a few pictures here.

[hkskyline]

I don't think we have exact renderings of what that'll look like yet. It seems so much is still on the drawing board but the shovels should be in the water soon.

[el palmesano]

Originally Posted by SeeMacau

Fairmont Hotel, Raffles Hotel & Swissotel Hotel - 41F

wow!!!!

[SilentStrike]

Originally Posted by SeeMacau

Fairmont Hotel, Raffles Hotel & Swissotel Hotel - 41F

what are the chances for this building?

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Originally Posted by SilentStrike

what are the chances for this building?

depends if Sands Corp can raise the loan or not, to fund this project.

[SeeMacau]

this project is now on hold


Construction work will be suspend for these hotels: Hilton Hotel, Conrad Hotel, Fairmont Hotel, Raffles Hotel and Swissotel Hotel

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海立方
March, 2009
by whi1e
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[SilentStrike]

sad to hear, they are great projects.

[hkskyline]

Sands aims to resume Macau construction this year
2 April 2009

HONG KONG (AP) - Struggling casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. hopes to resume construction on its stalled multibillion-dollar mega resorts in the Chinese gambling city of Macau later this year, a top executive said Thursday.

The company was in early discussions with possible investors about financing the rest of its work on the projects along Macau's Cotai Strip, said Stephen Weaver, president of Sands' operations in Asia.

"We're certainly looking to resume in this calendar year," Weaver told reporters in Hong Kong. "Our imperative is to get the construction workers back to work as quickly as we can."

Weaver would not identify the potential investors, though the company previously said they include two construction companies interested in financing and building the projects in exchange for equity.

A massive cash crunch, caused by the global credit crisis and tumbling revenues amid the economic slump, forced Sands to halt construction on the projects in November. As many as 11,000 workers -- many of them employed by contractors and subcontractors -- were laid off as a result.

The Macau sites, including hotel towers and three casinos, could cost another $2 billion, the company has estimated.

The Marina Bay Sands in Singapore is among the few sites that Sands has continued work on since its finances were thrown into turmoil last fall. Company officials said they were confident they had the funding to finish the resort.

The $5.4 billion project is set to open in staggered phases around the end of the year, fully opening sometime next year, Sands executives say.

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Urban planning guide published to allay transparency fears
10 April 2009
South China Morning Post

Macau has publicised its urban-planning guidelines for 21 zones in response to public demands for transparency in planning and land use.

The Cotai Strip is marked for "comprehensive development" rather than just gaming under the guidelines revealed yesterday.

Lao Iong, head of the urban planning department of the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau, said more information about urban planning would be gradually made public soon. "We are responding to public demands for greater transparency in urban planning and land use."

Under the guidelines, Macau Peninsula is divided into eight zones with different functions, and Taipa and Coloane islands each into six.

A large part of the guidelines were laid out by Macau's former Portuguese administration in 1980s, but access to these rules had been limited to government officials.

The public have been increasingly vocal in demanding transparency over urban planning in the wake of the Ao Man-long graft scandal.

During the Ao trials, courts heard that planning rules were often ignored or bent by officials to suit developers' needs. Ao, the former secretary for transport and public works, was sentenced in January last year to 27 years in jail for graft.

The government is launching a consultation campaign to seek public feedback on planning rules.

Mr Lao said the guidelines were outdated and needed adjustment, using residents' views.

"Some of these rules have been there for nearly 20 years," he said. "Some heritage protection areas have expanded."

The Cotai Strip, a stretch of reclaimed land between Coloane and Taipa known for glittering casinos, is marked for "comprehensive development" featuring tourism, gaming, exhibitions, logistics, education, science and sports.

This echoes the central government's call for Macau to diversify.

A controversial reclamation scheme to increase Macau's size by one-seventh has not figured in the urban-planning guidelines. Mr Lao said the reclamation scheme was still being reviewed by the central government. Ao unveiled the ambitious scheme in early 2006 without seeking Beijing's permission.

Macau has no jurisdiction over the sea, and any landfill requires the central government's approval.

Under the planning guidelines, an "ocean world" theme park will be built on the northwestern part of Taipa. It will be built in a zone marked for commercial and low-density residential development. However, Mr Lao said there was no timetable for the construction of the park.

"We hope the theme park will be built as soon as possible," he said.

The Guia hill area is named a key heritage protection zone under the guidelines. The Guia lighthouse, part of a UN heritage site, has been threatened by new residential towers around it.

Also named as heritage protection zones are the Senado Square and A-Ma Temple areas. A height limit of 47 metres has been set for buildings around the fortress area, where the St Paul's ruins are.

Taipa's old streets have been marked in the guidelines as a tourist zone where traditional appearance is to be maintained.

Although the central government has given Macau approval to develop a plot of land on Zhuhai's Hengqin island, the guidelines do not feature any plan related to Hengqin.

Mr Lao said any development on Hengqin had to be carried out through co-operation between Macau and Guangdong.

"Hengqin belongs to Zhuhai: we can't make plans on our neighbour's territory," he said.

Zone-specific consultation exercises were being planned to collect residents' views on their own neighbourhoods, Mr Lao said.

A consultation on the revamp of Coloane's old streets is continuing, while two consultations regarding Taipa's old streets and Ilha Verde, or Green Island, are in the pipeline.