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URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY

uses for the facilities and enhances the
traffic network.

Project progress
Park Metropolitan in Development Area
1 (DA1) was completed in July 2014.
At present, construction works for
Development Areas 2 and 3 (DAs 2&3)
are ongoing.
According to the project programme,
DAs 2&3 is anticipated to be completed
in 2 0 2 1 . The Public Transport
Interchange (PTI) and hawker bazaar is
anticipated to be completed in 2020-21.
DAs 4&5 is tentatively to be completed
in 2026.

Background
The Kwun Tong Town Centre project
is one of the redevelopment projects stakeholders are fully taken into
announced by the Land Development consideration in the project planning
Corporation in 1998. Occupying a site process.
area of more than 500,000 square feet, The Master Layout Plan of Yuet Wah
this multi-billion-dollar project will be Street site prepared by the URA was
the largest single project undertaken approved with conditions by Town
by the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) Planning Board (TPB) on 19 December
affecting about 1,653 property interests 2008. The Master Layout Plan of the
and about 3,139 people. The URA Main Site (DAs 2, 3, 4&5) was approved
commenced the statutory town planning with conditions by the TPB on 18
approval process for the project in December 2015.
March 2007. A Planning Application has been
Because of the large scale and submitted to the TPB on 2 June 2017 for
complexity of the project, the URA will the revised layout of DAs 4&5.
work closely with the local community
to ensure that the views of all important (Source: URA)

Kwun Tong Town Centre Project (K7)

Area 53,500 sq m
Existing GFA 96,104 sq m
Affected buildings 24
Affected population about 3,139
Affected property interests about 1,653
Affected households about 1,290

Project Development Information

Total GFA about 401,250 sq m
Residential Flats about 2,298
Commercial GFA about 209,640 sq m
G/IC GFA about 14,300 sq m
Open Space ≥9,348 sq m
Other uses about 16,700 sq m (Public Transport Interchange)

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