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Prince's Building

Coordinates: 22°16′52″N 114°09′34″E / 22.28124°N 114.15933°E / 22.28124; 114.15933
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Original Prince's Building c. 1945, built 1904 and demolished 1963
2nd Prince's Building (1965) viewing from a tram
Interior of Prince's Building

The Prince's Building (Chinese: 太子大廈) is an office tower and shopping centre located along Statue Square in Central, Hong Kong. Tenants include KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The original Prince's Building was built in 1904 on land created from the Chater reclamation and was demolished in 1963 [1] and replace by the current present building in 1965.[2]

The Renaissance architecture building was similar to the Hong Kong Club Building built in 1897.

The first building housed several bank office including:

The current Prince's Building is a 29 floor office and retail complex and is owned by Hong Kong Land. It is famous for smaller upmarket boutique style shops. The complex surrounds Statue Square along with Hong Kong Club Building, Legislative Council Building, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong (former site of Queen's Building) and HSBC Main Building, Hong Kong.

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22°16′52″N 114°09′34″E / 22.28124°N 114.15933°E / 22.28124; 114.15933