swire properties head office on the 64 f. 1 traded as sehk 1972 industry property founded 1972 headquarters hong kong key people john slosar chairman guy bradley chief executive michelle low finance director number of employees 4 500 parent public listed swire pacific website swire properties swire properties traditional chinese simplified chinese transcriptions standard mandarin hanyu pinyin t ig d ch n yue cantonese jyutping taai3 gu2 dei6 caan2 swire properties limited chinese sehk 1972 is a property developer owner and operator of mixed use principally commercial properties in hong kong and mainland china . founded and headquartered in hong kong in 1972 swire properties is listed on the stock exchange of hong kong and with its subsidiaries employs around 4 500 people . the company is a subsidiary of publicly listed swire pacific . contents 1 business scope 2 history 2.1 laying the foundations 2.2 expansion into the us 2.3 pacific place festival walk and citygate development 2.4 expansion into the mainland 2.5 public listing 3 hong kong portfolio 3.1 commercial projects 3.1.1 taikoo place 3.1.2 cityplaza 3.1.3 pacific place 3.1.4 citygate 3.2 residential projects 4 mainland china portfolio 4.1 taikoo li sanlitun beijing 4.2 indigo beijing 4.3 taikoo hui guangzhou 4.4 daci temple project 4.5 hkri taikoo hui shanghai 4.6 dalian project 4.7 shanghai qiantan project 5 united states portfolio 5.1 brickell key development 5.2 brickell city centre 6 singapore portfolio 7 swire hotels 7.1 swire restaurants 8 sustainability and csr 8.1 environment 8.2 community ambassador programme 9 references 10 external links business scope edit swire properties operates business in three main areas property investment property investment namely the development leasing and management of commercial retail and residential properties as a long term investment property trading property trading that is the development and construction of properties principally luxury residential apartments for sale hotel investment and operations history edit laying the foundations edit swire properties was established in hong kong in 1972 with interests held by b & s industries limited and the taikoo dockyard and engineering company of hong kong limited which was renamed as swire pacific limited in 1974 . in 1975 taikoo shing built on the former taikoo dockyard became the first major development by swire properties . tung ting mansion the first block of taikoo shing was offered for sale in january 1976 . in the following year taikoo sugar refinery compound was renamed to the taikoo trading estate which is now known as taikoo place . swire properties was briefly listed for the first time on the stock exchange of hong kong in 1977 . its shares were also traded on the london stock exchange . expansion into the us edit in 1976 swire properties decided to invest in us by acquiring interests in berkeley hambro inc a developer headquartered in tampa florida . two years later swire properties acquired interests in a joint venture with a florida cheezem development corporation limited to develop a 33.6 acre site on claughton island miami . claughton island was later renamed brickell key . pacific place festival walk and citygate development edit in 1985 to 1986 swire properties purchased the former victoria barracks in admiralty and land surrounding it . the land was later redeveloped into pacific place which was a hub consisting of a shopping mall two office towers serviced apartments and three five star hotels . pacific place was fully completed in 1991 . an office tower extension pacific place three was completed in 2004 . in 1999 starcrest a residential project adjacent to the pacific place hub was completed marking the revitalization of the entire star street area in wan chai . in 1998 festival walk was completed which offered retail space spanning seven levels an office tower and a public transportation terminus . in 2011 swire properties sold its 100 % interest in festival walk to mapletree a singapore based developer for hk 18.8 billion . the property transaction was the most expensive ever conducted in hong kong s history . 2 3 in 1999 swire properties completed citygate in tung chung lantau as well as tung chung crescent and seaview crescent two residential projects providing in total almost 3 700 units . in 2006 the retail mall of citygate was renamed citygate outlets hong kong s first outlet shopping mall . expansion into the mainland edit in 2007 swire properties acquired the beijing sanlitun project which comprises a low rise mixed commercial scheme comprising retail development and a 99 room hotel . the southern portion of sanlitun village was also opened the following year . the northern portion of sanlitun village was opened in 2010 marking the official launch of the entire sanlitun village development . it was later renamed taikoo li sanlitun . in 2011 taikoo hui was opened in guangzhou and indigo was opened in beijing . sino ocean taikoo li chengdu was officially launched in 2015 . 4 public listing edit in 2010 swire properties attempted to split from swire pacific and undergo an ipo but in the end postponed due to adverse economic situation . 5 in 2012 swire properties was successfully listed by way of introduction on the main board of the stock exchange of hong kong . its stock code is 1972 and its shares began trading on 18 january . hong kong portfolio edit swire properties investment portfolio comprises office and retail properties serviced apartments hotels and luxury residential projects . commercial projects edit swire properties investment portfolio in hong kong totals over 15.9 million sq ft over 1.47 million m2 of gross floor area . 6 taikoo place 7 cityplaza 8 pacific place 9 and citygate outlets 10 are the company s key holdings . taikoo place edit taikoo place is a decentralised office area with a hub of 10 inter connected grade a office towers with a total gross floor area of over 6.64 million sq ft approximately 617 000 m2 . tong chong street located at taikoo place offers an open air plaza for hosting cultural and entertainment events streetside performances and charitable fundraising . a 20 000 sq ft multi purpose venue artistree was opened in 2008 for large scale cultural events and exhibitions . a co working space and tech startup accelerator blueprint was launched in 2014 to foster entrepreneurship in hong kong . 11 list of office buildings in taikoo place warwick house 1979 cornwall house 1984 devon house 1993 dorset house 1994 pccw tower 1994 lincoln house 1998 oxford house 1999 cambridge house 2003 one island east 2008 berkshire house 2014 cityplaza edit cityplaza features hong kong island s biggest shopping mall by gross floor area as well as three grade a office towers with a total gfa of 3.27 million sq ft approximately 304 000 m2 . the lifestyle business hotel run by swire hotels east was opened in 2010 . cityplaza sits atop tai koo mtr station . pacific place edit pacific place is a mixed use development comprising a shopping mall three office towers serviced apartments and four hotels in admiralty . the mall pacific place offers over 711 000 sq ft over 66 000 m2 gfa of retail space and houses approximately 140 retail and catering outlets . pacific place is directly connected to admiralty mtr station . citygate edit citygate is located in tung chung near the hong kong international airport on lantau island . citygate outlets consists of six levels of shops a majority of which are outlets selling clothing and sportswear . the rest of citygate complex is made up of a nine storey office building one citygate with a total gfa of approximately 161 000 sq ft approximately 15 000 m2 and novotel citygate hong kong a 440 room hotel managed by novotel . residential projects edit list of residential projects by swire properties hong kong island kowloon new territories outlying islands westland gardens 1975 beacon heights 1987 greenfields 1998 tung chung crescent 1999 rocky bank 1981 village gardens 1987 belair monte 1998 seaview crescent 2002 westlands court 1985 sunningdale 1997 ocean shores 2003 whitesands 2015 taikoo shing 1987 dunbar place 2013 harbour heights 1988 the albany 1989 lei king wan 1989 parkvale 1989 pacific place apartments 1990 robinson place 1994 island place 1996 the floridian 1997 fairwinds 1998 starcrest 1999 les saisons 2001 the orchards 2003 3 coombe road 2003 island lodge 2009 opus hong kong 2012 azura 2012 argenta 2013 mount parker residences 2013 arezzo 2015 taikoo place apartments 2015 mainland china portfolio edit the company has an attributable portfolio amounting to over 9.4 million sq ft over 870 000 m2 including five mixed use developments in beijing guangzhou chengdu and shanghai . taikoo li sanlitun beijing edit situated in the chaoyang district of beijing taikoo li sanlitun is swire properties first retail development in mainland china . featuring an open plan lane driven design the development comprises two neighbouring retail sites and a hotel the opposite house . in total the project has a gfa of approximately 1.47 million sq ft over 136 000 m2 and is home to over 220 retail outlets . indigo beijing edit situated in chaoyang district of beijing indigo is a retail led mixed use project with a total gfa of over 1.89 million sq ft approximately 176 000 m2 . it consists of a shopping mall a grade a office tower one indigo as well as a 369 room business hotel east beijing . the development officially opened in 2012 and is linked to the beijing subway line 14 . taikoo hui guangzhou edit taikoo hui is swire properties largest investment property in mainland china with a total gfa of approximately 3.84 million sq ft approximately 357 000 m2 . situated in tianhe central business district of guangzhou taikoo hui is located at a transportation hub with direct access to guangzhou s metro system . taikoo hui comprises a shopping mall two grade a office towers the mandarin oriental guangzhou with serviced apartments and a cultural centre . daci temple project edit the daci temple project in the jinjiang district of chengdu near the chunxi road shopping district is a large scale retail led development of over 2.86 million sq ft over 265 000 m2 . it consists of an open plan lane driven mall retail complex sino ocean taikoo li chengdu a boutique hotel the temple house with 100 guest rooms and 42 serviced apartments and a grade a office tower pinnacle one . the complex is accessible from the chunxi road interchange station of metro lines 2 and 3 . hkri taikoo hui shanghai edit hkri taikoo hui is a large scale retail led mixed use development . it is located on nanjing west road in the jingan district of puxi shanghai . the development comprises a retail mall two offices towers and three hotels serviced apartments of approximately 3.46 million sq ft over 321 000 m2 . hkri taikoo hui is scheduled to open in phases from 2016 . dalian project edit citic real estate dalian port real estate and swire properties jointly announced today that the three parties have signed a framework agreement signifying their intention to jointly develop a target project in dalian port . 12 the sites for the target project are at renmin road the core business area of zhongshan district in the city of dalian liaoning province with direct connection to dalian metro line 2 . they are expected to be developed into a mixed use development comprising a retail complex and apartments with a gross floor area of 295 000 m2 . shanghai qiantan project edit swire properties entered into a framework agreement with shanghai newbund industrial development co. ltd. signifying their intention to jointly develop a retail project with an expected total gross floor area of approximately 1.33 million sq ft 124 000 m2 in qiantan pudong new district in shanghai . 13 united states portfolio edit swire properties inc. established in miami since 1979 is one of south florida s