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One Island East

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One Island East is a skyscraper in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
Location18 Westlands Road, Tai Koo Shing, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°17′09.8″N 114°12′48.1″E
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One Island East
港島東中心
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
Location18 Westlands Road, Tai Koo Shing, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°17′09.8″N 114°12′48.1″E
Construction started
2006; 20 years ago (2006)
Completed
2008; 18 years ago (2008)
CostHK$2,000,000,000[1][2]
Height
Architectural298 metres (978 ft)[3][4]
Top floor281.2 m (923 ft)[3]
Technical details
Floor count69 (plus 2 level of basement)[3]
Floor area144,426 m2 (1,554,590 sq ft)[3][4]
Lifts/elevators37[3]
Design and construction
ArchitectWong & Ouyang
DeveloperSwire Properties
Main contractorGammon Construction
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TraditionalChinese港島東中心
SimplifiedChinese港岛东中心
Literal meaningHong Kong Island East Centre
Hanyu PinyinGǎngdǎo Dōng Zhōngxīn
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One Island East
Traditional Chinese港島東中心
Simplified Chinese港岛东中心
Literal meaningHong Kong Island East Centre
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGǎngdǎo Dōng Zhōngxīn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGóng dóu dūng jūng sām
JyutpingGong2 dou2 dung1 zung1 sam1
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Overview

The skyscraper is a commercial office building, rising 298.35 m (979 ft) and has 69 storeys[5] plus two levels of basement.[5] There is a sky lobby on the 37th and 38th floors.[5] In addition, there are 28 high-speed passenger lifts, six high-speed shuttle lifts between Main (G - 1/F) and Sky (37 - 38/F) lobbies, one passenger lift between the main lobby and basement carpark and two service lifts.[5]

One Island East was built under the first use of the Land (Compulsory Sale for Redevelopment) Ordinance (Cap 545), exercised by Swire in 2000.[6] Part of the site was previously occupied by Melbourne Industrial Building (23-floor industrial building demolished 2005) and Aik San Factory Building (22-floor industrial building demolished 2005)[7] which were acquired by the developer in 2002 and 2001 respectively.[8] The main contractor was Gammon Construction.[9]

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2008 Tropical Storm Kammuri

On 7 August 2008, within two hours of the hoisting of strong wind signal No.8 due to tropical storm Kammuri, some window panes of One Island East were shattered, sending shards of glass across the street and damaging the windows of four flats at Westlands Court. There were no injuries.[10]

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