Incorporated in 1972, Swire Properties is one of Hong Kong's leading property companies, with extensive experience in the development and management of major commercial and residential properties.
Swire Properties is a wholly owned subsidiary of Swire Pacific Limited, a Hong Kong listed company within the Swire Group, whose roots go back to the establishment of the Taikoo Sugar Refinery in Quarry Bay in the 1880s. This was followed by the construction of the Taikoo Dockyard on adjacent land in the early 1900s. These land holdings formed the basis of Swire Properties' initial development activities in the early 1970s.
Today all of Swire Pacific's divisions, including property, aviation, industries, trading and marine services, have representative businesses in the Mainland.
Swire Properties' investment portfolio in Hong Kong principally comprises office and retail premises in prime locations, as well as serviced apartments and other luxury residential accommodation. Our investment portfolio totals around 12 million sq ft (1.16 million sq m) of gross floor area. Current investment property pending or under development in Hong Kong comprises a further 2.58 million sq ft (237,000 sq m), mainly of office space.
Outside Hong Kong, the Company owns a 75% interest in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami, Florida and a 97% interest in a foreign joint venture company which plans to construct a mixed-use commercial development in Guangzhou, to be managed by Swire Properties and called Taikoo Hui.
Swire Properties Inc., the USA real estate operation of Swire Pacific, has been active in the development of investment and trading properties in Florida since the 1970s. Its primary focus is on Brickell Key in downtown Miami, where a number of commercial and residential properties have been developed.
Swire Properties has an excellent track record in property trading. Commencing with the landmark Taikoo Shing, completed in 1986, some 30,000 residential apartments in key locations have been sold to date.
Swire Properties will continue to focus its development on quality properties in prime locations.
