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Located in the heart of a rapidly growingresidential and office district, EnterpriseSquare 5 is another Grade A office/ retail

landmark developed by Kerry Properties. Thedevelopment has a gross area of 1.6 million sq ft.It comprises two 15-storey office towers of total500,000 sq ft and the 19-storey large-scaleshopping mall — MegaBox.

The overall architectural design of EnterpriseSquare 5 provides a people friendly, ultraconvenient environment. Set under a versatileone-roof concept, and accented by a brilliantpanoramic view of Hong Kong Island, EnterpriseSquare 5 is an ideal work and leisure venue inEast Kowloon.

MegaBoxLocated at East Kowloon, MegaBox is set toredefine shopping, entertainment, dining andthe arts to create an exciting, dynamicexperience for all visitors.

Designed as a totally-connected verticalmega-mall, MegaBox ranges over 19 storeysand across 1.1 million sq ft of retail space. Italso offers 1,000 car parking spaces enablingshoppers to literally ‘park and shop’.

MegaBox is built around Totally ConnectedModules (TCM). This proprietary ‘TCM’ conceptis realized in three ways: First, in the free-flowof visitor traffic, facilitated by express escalatorsand elevators connecting the mall’s four major

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zones; second, in the convenient accessdriveway reaching all floors, enabling driversto quickly reach the top zone in only threeloops; and third, the mall’s ultimate connectivitywith the outside environment through its L5and Beehive Atriums, both incorporating six-storey glass curtain wall allowing natural lightto flood into the building and giving shoppersscenic vistas across Kowloon and Hong Kong.Moreover, a 10-metre long Video Eye is set atBall Atrium, allowing visitors to grasp upcomingactivity and latest news of the mall.

MegaBox has four distinctive lifestyle-themezones catering to shoppers’ personalized tastesand aspirations: IN-Style embraces fashionsand accessories currently in style; Better HOMEfeatures the collection of home improvementstores; and FAMILY Circus offers an electricaland electronics centre and a book city. Theseare complemented by EATertainment acrossseven floors, with an array of theme restaurants,specialty cinemas, an ice rink and a 105,000-sq ft all-seasons theme park.

At 26 m by 57 m, the ice rink is built byAsiasports Limited. Situated in the Beehiveatrium of MegaBox next to a 30-metre glass

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curtain wall with full views of the harbour, theMegaBox ice rink is Hong Kong’s first venue tohost Olympic quali fying games andinternational matches.

UA MegaBox comprises six theatres withover 1,000 high-back reclining seats. Custom-built at MegaBox across five storeys of space,and equipped with giant screens and state-of-the-art digital surround-sound andprojection technologies, the IMAX Theatredelivers an entirely new theatre experienceby turning Hollywood movies, documentariesand adventures into revolutionary IMAXExperience.

Upon completion, MegaBox will host morethan 30 gourmet restaurants in an area of280,000 sq ft, two floors of which will be basedon a ‘Chopsticks’ theme featuring China’sprovincial cuisine. ‘Chopsticks’ also boastsdistinctive interior design themes. Located ontwo connected floors, ‘Chopsticks’ presents awarm and comfortable ambience set against abackdrop of vivid colours. Decorated in aChinese style featuring a chopsticks motif, theinterior design offers enough space to seat largenumbers of customers in the central area. It alsohas a large LCD screen showing cooking andgourmet programmes as part of the overallculinary experience.

The completion of MegaBox, coupled withGovernment’s plans for the redevelopment ofthe Kai Tak Airport site and other developmentsunderway at Kowloon Bay, will help brand this

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area as an important new metropolitan districtwhere the East Kowloon action is.

Kerry Properties Limited is the developer ofMegaBox. The construction cost of the projectwill amount to HK$2 billion. The retaildevelopment is slated for completion by thesecond quarter of 2007.

Enterprise Square 5 Office TowerCombining stylish, cutting-edge design withclassically elegant architecture, the twin officetowers at Enterprise Square 5 enjoy brilliantpanoramic view of Victoria Harbour, and arewell received by large corporations. TheEnterprise Square 5 building complex sharesthe ground floor with MegaBox. It features aseparate ramp to enter the Office Tower lobbyareas on level 1. Level I of the complex is thelobby entrance for both Tower 1 and Tower 2.This pickup and drop-off area for the officetower is also shared with an entrance to theMegaBox shopping mall.

Each office occupies a floor area from8,000 sq ft to 18,500 sq ft of the entire floor. Thetop two floors are connected by a sky atriumhaving huge windows overseeing harbour view.Enterprise Square 5 has a ceiling height of up to2.8 metres with provision of raised floor system,emergency power supply and wireless LAN.

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theme zones of MegaBoxG-L2 ........................................................................................................... IN-styleL3-L5 ................................................................................................. Better HOMEL6-L9 ............................................................................................... FAMILY CircusL10-L18 .............................................................................................. EATertainment

construction cost ................................................................................... HK$2 billioncompletion date ....................................................................................... June 2007

floorsBasement ............................................................................ car park and loading bayG-L18 ............................................................................................... shopping mallL20-L36 ......................................................................................................... offices

location ............................................ 38 Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kongtotal GFA .............................................................................. Approx 1.6 million sq ftShopping mall (MegaBox) .................................................................. 1,100,000 sq ftTwo office towers ................................................................................. 500,000 sq ftcar parking spaces .............................................................................. Around 1,000

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MegaBox 5th floor plan

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project managerKerry Project Management (HK) Limited

architectWong Tung & Partners Ltd

concept and architectural design consultantThe Jerde Partnership International Inc.

facade consultantMeinhardt Facade Technology (HK) Ltd

ID consultant — office and F&B common areaCL3 Architects Ltd

structural and geotechnical consultantSiu Yin Wai & Associates Ltd

building services consultantMeinhardt (M&E) Ltd

quantity surveyorWT Partnership (HK) Ltd

lighting consultantLightsource International (Asia) Ltd

signage consultantDuttonbray Design Ltd

graphic design consultantBrandworks Asia Co Ltd

acoustic consultantOve Arup & Partners Hong Kong Ltd

audio visual consultantMET Studio Design (HK) Ltd

landscape consultantBelt Collins International (HK) Ltd

main contractorChina Overseas Building & Construction Ltd

L21-L22Enterprise Tower 1

MegaBox 10th floor plan