Exchange Square () is a building complex located in Central, Hong Kong.
It houses offices and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
It is served by the Central and Hong Kong stations of the MTR metro system.
Most part of the Exchange Square is owned by Hong Kong Land, with the remaining portion owned by the Government.
The building has three blocks, namely, One Exchange Square, Two Exchange Square and Three Exchange Square.
A shopping block known as The Forum was redeveloped as an office building in 2011–14.
The ground level houses a large bus terminus, Central (Exchange Square) Bus Terminus.
Tenants
The property is the home of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong since the 1980s.
It also houses many international banking and law firms including Bank of Montreal, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Lloyd George Management, DLA Piper, Ropes & Gray, RPC, Latham & Watkins and Allen & Overy.
Other major tenants include Sixth Street Partners, Aberdeen Standard Investment, Angelo Gordon, Bluepool Capital, China Merchants Securities, CSOP, CQS, Evercore, Fanda Partners, Harvest Fund, Hillhouse Capital, Hopu Investment and Janchor Partners.
Exchange Square is also home to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the American Club of Hong Kong, and the consulates in Hong Kong of Argentina, Canada, and Japan.
Plot
Hong Kong Land tendered the Government $4.76 billion for the plot in February 1982, when the market was at a record high.
Prices subsequently dropped, necessitating its debt to be restructured.
In February 1983, HKL obtained an eight-year loan of $4 billion, a record.
In December 1983, it announced that the plot was to be mortgaged to secure a $2.5 billion loan facility.Lau Wai-kong, $2.5B STANDBY FACILITY – Land mortgages Phase One of Exchange Square, The Standard, 9 December 1983 The second instalment of $2 billion on the plot was due in the financial year 1984/85.Michael Blendell, Bark worse than his bite, South China Morning Post, 1 March 1984 Phase three
Development cost HK$750m, 32-storey  office tower,  mall, substructure contractor Gammon Hong Kong.John Mulcahy, Hongkong Land plans third tower, South China Morning Post, 29 January 1985 The Forum
The Forum () was a shopping complex at the podium level.
From 2011 to 2014 it was redeveloped into a seven-storey office building with a floor area of 4,460 sq m.
It is wholly occupied by Standard Chartered Bank.
The plaza outside the forum includes a landscaped roof garden, stepped terraces and fountains, and a collection of sculptures by artists such as Henry Moore, Ju Ming and Dame Elizabeth Frank.Hongkong Land Official Site New way to The Forum  The Standard.
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File:Three Exchange Square.JPG|Towers of One Exchange Square (back) and Two Exchange Square (front) File:ExchangeSquareLobby 20071110.jpg|One Exchange Square lobby File:Exchange SquareGarden 20071110.jpg|One Exchange Square garden File:ExchangeSquareEnterance 20071110.jpg|One Exchange Square entrance.
The colour mural on the left and right sides is Landscape by Sidney Nolan.
File:HK_Central_Exchange_Square_Two_2.JPG|Two Exchange Square File:One Exchange Square.jpg|One and Two Exchange Square File:Jardine_House_and_Exchange_Square.jpg|Jardine House and Towers of One Exchange Square and Two Exchange Square File:Three Exchange Square 1.jpg|Three Exchange Square File:Hong_Kong_Central_skycrapers.JPG|Three Exchange Square seen from 2IFC File:HK Central Exchange Square Man n OX red.JPG|A water buffalo by English sculptor Elisabeth Frink stands in Exchange Square File:The Forum at Exchange Square 201501.jpg|The Forum at Exchange Square by architect Aedas Nearby buildings
Jardine House
Chater House (formerly King's Building)
Mandarin Oriental (formerly Queen's Building)
Alexandra House
Prince's Building
The Landmark
Cheung Kong Center
HSBC Building
Standard Chartered Hong Kong
Three Garden Road
World-Wide House
Wheelock House
Hang Seng Bank Headquarters Building
See also
List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong
References
External links
Exchange Square
