Citygate

Citygate Outlets

Location	20 Tat Tung Road, Tung Chung, Lantau, Hong Kong
Opening date	April 2000
Developer	Newfoundworld (Site 2) Retail Limited, a consortium of Swire Properties, Hang Lung Development, Henderson Land, New World Development, and Sun Hung Kai Properties.
Management	Swire Properties Management Limited
Architect	Anthony Ng Architects Limited
No. of stores and services	80+
Total retail floor area	462,000 sq ft (42,900 m2)
Parking	1,100 spaces
No. of floors	5 floors
Website	www.citygateoutlets.com.hk

Main Entrance

Citygate Outlets is owned by a consortium of Hong Kong's leading property developers and managed by Swire Properties Management Limited. When it first opened for business in 2000, the mall was simply known as Citygate. Following a major shift in market position, the mall renamed itself Citygate Outlets in August 2006^[1] and became Hong Kong's first—and only—outlet mall. Outlets in the mall currently offer year-round discounts of 30-70% on all merchandise.

Location

Citygate Outlets is in Tung Chung, above Tung Chung MTR Station, which is the terminus of the Tung Chung Line. The mall is also next door to Tung Chung bus terminus, and is directly connected to the Novotel Citygate Hong Kong hotel. Hong Kong International Airport is 10 minutes away by bus.

Configuration

Citygate Outlets has almost half a million square feet of retail space: 75 shops and 14 restaurants, a 6-screen multiplex cinema, a 3-suite spa centre, and Asia’s largest outdoor kinetic fountain. The Citygate complex also includes 160,000 square feet (15,000 m²) of office space, as well as subterranean parking for over 1,100 cars. The 440-room Novotel Citygate Hong Kong hotel is also connected to the mall.

Design features

Citygate Outlets has made extensive use of glass and natural light. The mall features two sky-lit atriums, located at the northern and southern ends of the complex. These two atriums are connected to one another by walkways. The mall comprises five storeys, two of which are basement levels. There is a large restaurant-in-restaurant called foodrepublic on the mall’s topmost level. Unusually for Hong Kong, Citygate Outlets includes a large open-air piazza called The Square. Asia’s largest outdoor kinetic fountain is located here, and the space is often used for artistic performances, open-air exhibitions and special events.

Positioning

Citygate Outlets has 63 outlets, including over 70 well-known international brand names. Anchor tenants include Club 21, ESPRIT and I.T It’s a place where visitors can search for off-season goods at large discounts they won’t find elsewhere in Hong Kong. Store interiors are spacious and bright, and fitting rooms are widely available. As with popular outlet mall in western countries, Citygate Outlets places heavy emphasis on being a family destination where visitors can enjoy dining and other leisure activities in a setting that’s close to nature. In 2007, Citygate Outlets won a Silver in the International Council of Shopping Centre MAXI Awards (Category Integration section). It was the first time that a mall in Asia won an ICSC MAXI Award.

Food

There is a branch of Food Republic at L2 of Citygate, serving a variety of food,^[2] including Indian vegetarian food on Indian food counter.^[3]

Site challenges

Construction commenced in 1995, and was completed in 1999. The entire complex is built on reclaimed land. The combined retail-office complex is a key feature of Tung Chung New Town, which was designed and built as a complement to the construction of Chek Lap Kok International Airport, also on reclaimed land. Remnants of the original village of Tung Chung can still be seen some ten minutes’ walk from the mall.

See also

• Lantau Island

References

1. ^ The Standard, retrieved 2006-12-08 "Citygate Mall opening at Tung Chung". http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=33565&sid=11202542&con_type=1&d_str=20061208&sear_year=2006 The Standard, retrieved 2006-12-08. 
2. ^ "Food Republic, Citygate". http://www.citygateoutlets.com.hk/shopping/details/Pages/Foodrepublic.aspx. 
3. ^ "Indian Food at, Food Republic, Citygate". http://www.indiatohongkong.com/2011/03/photograph-indian-cuisine-counter-at.html. 

External links

• Citygate Outlets website
• 360 degree VR of Citygate

Coordinates: 22°17′22″N 113°56′26″E / 22.28953°N 113.94059°E / 22.28953; 113.94059