Page 30 - Building Journal - November 2017

URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY
Selected URA projects under development
Peel Street/Graham Street Project (Site C)
h e Urb an Renewal Au th ority
announced on 24 October 2017
T that a consortium, Southwater
Hong Kong Limited, consisting of Wing
Tai Properties Ltd and CSI Properties
Ltd, has won the contract for the
development of Site C of the Peel
Street/Graham Street project.
The URA earlier invited a number of
qualified property developers/consortia
to submit tenders for t he project
following an Expression of Interest
exercise. The URA received a total of
nine tenders when the submission of
tender closed on 9 October 2017.
The project is divided into three
sites (Sites A, B and C) and is being
impl ement ed in phases. Si te C i s
bounded by Graham Street, Gage
Street and Cochrane Street, covering
a si t e area of about 2,685 square
metres. Upon completion, it is planned
to provide a gross floor area of not
more than 40,275 square metres for
28 Building Journal
office, hotel and retail purposes and to
provide a public open space of not less
than 1,310 square metres.
Background
The proposed development comprises
three sites - Site A, Site B and Site C
for residential, commercial, hotel and
retail use with community facilities
and open space provision. There will
be two residential blocks in Sites A
and B, a hotel and an office building
in Site C. Provisions for retail activities
will be accommodated within the
podium on all three sites, in particular
reservation of floor space for selling
fresh food at Site B to create synergy
with the current street market.
A strong open space spine
accentuated with piazzas and courtyard
spaces is also proposed across the
centre of the development to connect
the three sites and to create a lush
green setting for the development. The
proposed development also includes
t he pr ov i si on of a m ul t i - purpose
activity hall at Site A which not only
satisfies public demand for increased
community facilities in the area, but an
indoor venue of considerable size for
holding large scale activities by local
organizations.
A caring and sustainable approach
has been adopted in the planning
process and the design of the
de ve l opm ent . I n pa rt i c ul ar , due
consideration has been given to the
af f e ct e d re si de nt s/ oper at ors, and
the local community at large in the
planning and design process with an
aim to improving the physical living/
working environment whilst offering
opportunities to retain the historical/
cultural characteristics as well as
social network of the district, including
the reservation of floor space for
appropriate social enterprises with
an objective of improving the social