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Along with many prominent objects the delegates of the URE Club business tour will visit International Finance Center in Hong Kong. The objects are famous not only for its large scale but also for new technologies and advanced solutions applied in the process of its construction.
The business visit to China, organized by URE Club will take place from 12th till 19th of October, 2013.
A prominent landmark on Hong Kong Island, IFC consists of two skyscrapers, the IFC Mall, and the 55-storey Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong. Tower 2 is the second tallest building in Hong Kong, behind the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon. It is the fourth-tallest building in the Greater China region and the eighth-tallest office building in the world, based on structural heights; by roof height, only the Taipei 101, Shanghai World Financial Center, Willis Tower, International Commerce Centre and Burj Khalifa exceed it. It is of similar height to the former World Trade Center. The Airport Express Hong Kong Station is directly beneath it.
It is equipped with advanced telecommunications, raised floors for flexible cabling management, and nearly column-free floor plans. The building expects to accommodate up to 15,000 people. It is one of relatively few buildings in the world equipped with double-deck elevators. This allows passengers on two consecutive floors to be able to use the elevator simultaneously, significantly increasing the passenger capacity of an elevator shaft. Such a scheme can prove efficient in buildings where the volume of traffic would normally have a single elevator stopping at every floor. Such a solution is especially actual for business centers of big cities including Kiev.
The total number of elevators in the complex is 62. Also, there are separate elevators. For instance, at 88th floor of 2IFC Tower is located Hong Kong Monetary Authority, which has its own elevator. Actually, HKMA bought the 55th, 56th and the 77th to 88th floors for US$480 million in 2001.
Two International Finance Centre, completed in 2003, is attached to the second phase of the ifc mall. This 415-metre-tall building, currently Hong Kong's second tallest, is quoted as having 88 storeys and 22 high-ceiling trading floors to qualify as being extremely auspicious in Chinese culture. It is, however, short of the magic number, due to the fact that "taboo floors" like 14th and 24th are omitted as being inauspicious – 14 sounds like "definitely fatal" and 24 like "easily fatal" in Cantonese. The highrise is designed to accommodate financial institutions. For example, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is located at the 55th floor. It is equipped with advanced telecommunications, raised floors for flexible cabling management, and nearly column-free floor plans.
Business trip to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Macau organized by URE Club will be held on October 12-19, 2013. The participants of the tour will meet with representatives of the leading real estate companies of China, as well as visit the most successful objects of the commercial property and get to know more about projects planned to be realized in the nearest future.
The registration for business tour to China is still available. For any information regarding participation, please contact Project Coordinator of URE Club Anna Nestulia:
+38 066 854-00-40
+38 044 277 67 53
+38 044 360 51 58
Number of participants is limited. The group has been already 90% formed.
Background
Ukrainian Real Åstate Club is a highly professional branch organization on the Ukrainian real estate market, contributing to its development and improvement. We are a unique platform for cooperation and communication between members of the Ukrainian and foreign real estate markets, as well as various related segments.
Speakers and participants of our events are leading experts of the real estate market, as well as other areas (information technologies, economics, law, banking, trade, investment, development and many others).
Among our activities are forums, conferences and summits. In addition, thematic business breakfasts, roundtable meetings and sessions of the UREC Legal Committee are held regularly.
