Island Lodge, Residential tower in North Point, Hong Kong.
Island Lodge (港濤軒) is a single-block residential tower on the North Point waterfront at Java Road, completed in 2010. It rises 44 storeys but is numbered up to 49, skipping floors 4, 14, 24, 34 and 44, with floor 26 as a refuge floor. Floors 6 to 47 hold five flats each: two-bedroom units of 817–834 sq ft, three-bedroom units of 1,039–1,120 sq ft and four-bedroom units of 1,306–1,327 sq ft, while floors 48 and 49 are 1,943–2,265 sq ft duplexes.
Island Lodge stands on the site of a China Motor Bus staff dormitory built in 1956, which was demolished in 2004 after the company lost its franchise in 1998. China Motor Bus funded the redevelopment through Forever Vitality Limited, while Swire Properties' Charming Grace Limited handled design and sales. The project was named in July 2007, launched in November 2007, and residents moved in in 2010.
The name Island Lodge was chosen by China Motor Bus, whose staff quarters stood on the site until 2004; the company still owns the entire 47th floor and all ground-floor shops, which it rents out long-term. The building faces the former North Point Estate site on the Java Road waterfront, near North Point Ferry Pier.
Island Lodge stands on the Java Road waterfront opposite the former North Point Estate, near North Point Ferry Pier, Healthy Garden, New Metropolis Building and City Garden. The building has a private car park with 50 spaces on the first and second floors, and the clubhouse occupies the third and fifth floors, with the podium garden on the third.
China Motor Bus, the former bus operator, still owns the entire 47th floor and all ground-floor shops of Island Lodge, which it retains as long-term rental investments. The building's developer, Swire Properties, sold the flats but the bus company kept these portions.
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