Central Plaza

Central Plaza, developed by a joint venture partnership comprising The Sino Group and Sun Hung Kai Properties, provides 107,000 square metres of lettable space. The building has individual lettable floor area of 1,858 square metres. With a site area of 7,230 square metres, the land was acquired at a government auction held in January 1989 at a price of HK$3,350 million or HK$5 million per square metre. It took 44 months from land acquisition to completion, approximately 4 days to complete one floor.

Central Plaza stands majestically in Wanchai North’s business district, its height and bold architectural concepts involved have created a new focal point in Hong Kong. Central Plaza was also the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world, until it was surpassed by CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou. The building uses a triangular floor plan. On the top of the tower is a four-bar neon clock that indicates the time by displaying different colours for 15-minute periods, blinking at the change of the quarter.

An anemometer is installed on the tip of the building's mast, at 378 metres (1,240 ft) above sea level. The mast has a height of 102 m (335 ft). It also houses the world's highest church inside a skyscraper, Sky City Church.

Facts:- Height

• 374 metres to the top of the spire, 78 storeys with 58 storeys office space

  Structure

• Reinforced concrete

  Granite

• 720 tonnes covering 40,060 square metres (area equivalent to 9 standard football pitches)

  Glass

• 50,000 square metres (area equivalent to 11 standard football pitches)

  Neon Tubings

• Using 1,000 separate neon transformers totaling 6,000 metres create a glittering image of Central Plaza on the facade Lift

• 39 computerized high-speed lifts

  Population

• Total working population in the building is about 6,000