COSCO Tower, Commercial skyscraper in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.
COSCO Tower is a 228 m office skyscraper at 183 Queen's Road Central in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, completed in 1998 with 56 floors, 53 above ground. It was built as the high block of Grand Millennium Plaza, a redevelopment by New World Development and the Land Development Corporation. Its dark-glass facade is banded with horizontal black stripes, and a peaked roof with a reddish-brown ridged crown carries a small red logo.
The tower was completed in 1998, shortly after Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China in 1997. It was built during a period when the city was reaffirming its place as a major financial center under a new administration.
The tower was originally the high block of Grand Millennium Plaza, developed by the Land Development Corporation. COSCO, the China Ocean Shipping Company, acquired naming rights, and its shipping subsidiaries occupy floors 47 to 52. The Kazakh consulate is on the 25th floor and the Urban Renewal Authority on floors 26 to 28.
The tower stands at 183 Queen's Road Central in Sheung Wan, within the Grand Millennium Plaza complex. The surrounding streets are hilly and often steep, so allow extra time when walking from the Central direction. The building is served by buses and trains, and the airport is about a 25-minute drive away.
The site where the tower stands was once part of the harbour, as much of Sheung Wan was created through land reclamation over the course of the 20th century. This means the ground beneath the building did not exist as dry land until relatively recently.
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