Olympian City


Olympian City is a shopping and residential complex built on reclaimed land in Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, next to the MTR Olympic Station. It is one of the main shopping and residential areas in West Kowloon. The shopping arcades, Olympian City 1, 2 and 3, were developed by Sino Land while the residential buildings were developed by MTR Corporation and Sino Land.

Phases

There were three phases in the development of the Olympian City project:
Note that the nearby development of Olympic Station Package 3 was not part of the Olympian City project.

Shopping arcades

Olympian City 1

Olympian City 1 is located at exit A of Olympic station, which was developed by Sino Land and completed in 2000. It covers the area of of retail space spread over three floors, with 30 plus stores. The stores include Chinese restaurants and Western restaurants, lifestyle stores, spa centres, special interests and hobby outlets.

Olympian City 2

Olympian City 2 is located at exit D of Olympic station, which was developed Sino Land and completed in 2001. It covers an area of of retail space spread over three floors, with 180 plus stores. The store includes fashion boutiques, jewellery shops, speciality lifestyle stores, a bowling alley and a cinema complex.
In September 2012, Hong Kong lifestyle retail store G.O.D. in co-operation with Sino Art, held The Street Market Symphony Exhibition at Olympian City 2, their first solo art exhibition in a shopping mall. The exhibition used multi-media installations housed in large red lampshades, the iconic representation of Hong Kong's wet markets.

Olympian City 3

Olympian City 3 is located in the East of Olympian City 2 with a connecting bridge in between. The nearest MTR stations are Olympic Station which can be reached by walking past Olympian City 2, and Mong Kok Station and reached by walking along Argyle Street Westbound. The mall completed in 2011 and there are two floors with over 70 stores.

Residential estates

There are four main private housing estates in the Olympian City project, Island Harbourview, Park Avenue, Central Park and The Hermitage which were all developed by Sino Land and MTR Corporation. There are many other residential estates surrounding Olympian City and Olympic Station: One Silver Sea, Imperial Cullinan, The Long Beach, Hampton Place, Florent Rise, Harbour Green, Charming Garden and Hoi Fu Court.

Office

There are four office towers in Olympian City, HSBC Centre and Bank of China Centre. They were developed by Sino Land, but were sold to HSBC and Bank of China respectively for their back office headquarters.

Transportation

;MTR
;Buses and minibuses

Buses and minibuses

;Kowloon Motor Bus
;New World First Bus
  • 701- Hoi Lai Estate /Nam Cheong Station ↺ Mong Kok
  • 701S- Hoi Lai Estate /Nam Cheong Station ↺ Mong Kok
  • 971- Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Shek Pai Wan
;New World First Bus towards Hong Kong Island
  • 904- Lai Chi Kok ↔ Kennedy Town
  • 905- Lai Chi Kok ↔ Wan Chai
  • 905P- Lai Chi Kok → Wan Chai
  • 914- Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Causeway Bay
  • 914P- Hoi Lai Estate → Causeway Bay
  • 914X- Hoi Lai Estate → Causeway Bay
;Citybus towards Airport/AsiaWorld-Expo
;Green Minibus
  • 46- Kowloon Bay ↔ Island Harbourview
  • 70- Hollywood Plaza/Diamond Hill Station ↔ Island Harbourview
  • 70A- Hollywood Plaza/Diamond Hill Station ↔ Olympic Station
  • 78- Island Harbourview ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui
  • 78A- Island Harbourview → Tsim Sha Tsui
  • 12S- Central Park ↺ Mong Kok East Station
  • 43M- Tai Kok Tsui ↺ Yau Ma Tei Station