Beacon Lodge, Residential building in Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Beacon Lodge is a 42-storey single-block residential building in Cheung Sha Wan, developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties and the Urban Renewal Authority. It has a six-level base and 36 residential floors, skipping floors 4, 14, 24, 34 and 44. The base includes commercial space, parking and a clubhouse, while the upper floors hold 166 units of 600 to 2,000 sq ft.
Beacon Lodge stands on the site of 14 tong lau built in the 1960s, covering about 15,000 square feet. In 2002 the Urban Renewal Authority bought all 72 property rights for HK$465 million, rehousing 260 families, some in Fuk Cheung Estate in Sham Shui Po. Sun Hung Kai Properties won the 2004 tender and built the tower, which opened in August 2008.
The name Beacon Lodge translates the Chinese 豐盛居, meaning "abundant dwelling". The six-level base was built as the Beacon Lodge Shopping Mall but stood empty; in 2009 the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong bought the three commercial floors and seven parking spaces for HK$120 million, one of the few cases of an entire mall sold to a community body. Reopened in 2010 as the YMCA of Hong Kong Beacon College Learning Centre, it hosts an international kindergarten, higher diploma and overseas degree courses, retraining and elderly education.
The building stands in Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, with the lower basement to first floor given over to commercial space and floors two and three holding 39 parking spaces. The fifth floor houses the clubhouse, including an outdoor pool, gym and banquet room, while the 26th floor has a sky garden and fire refuge. Floors 4, 14, 24, 34 and 44 are omitted from the numbering.
The base was planned as the Beacon Lodge Shopping Mall but sat empty; in 2009 the YMCA of Hong Kong bought the three commercial floors and seven parking spaces for HK$120 million, one of the few cases of an entire mall sold to a community group. It reopened in 2010 as the YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College learning centre.
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