33 SWIRE PROPERTIES ANNUAL REPORT 2024 In March 2022, the Company announced a plan to invest HK$100 billion over ten years in development projects in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland, and in residential trading projects (including in South East Asia). The target allocation is HK$30 billion to Hong Kong, HK$50 billion to the Chinese Mainland and HK$20 billion to residential trading projects (including in South East Asia). At 7th March 2025, approximately HK$67 billion of the planned investments had been committed (HK$11 billion to Hong Kong, HK$46 billion to the Chinese Mainland and HK$10 billion to residential trading projects). Major committed projects include the residential developments at The Headland Residences (formerly known as Chai Wan Inland Lot No. 178), at 269 Queen’s Road East, at 983-987A King’s Road and 16-94 Pan Hoi Street in Hong Kong, and at Wireless Road in Bangkok, a retail-led mixed-use development in Xi’an, a retail-led development in Sanya, mixed-use developments in Lujiazui Taikoo Yuan (formerly known as the Yangjing Mixed-use Project) and the New Bund in Shanghai, the retail portion of a mixed-use development in Guangzhou (Taikoo Li Julong Wan Guangzhou), the extension of Taikoo Hui to No. 387 Tianhe Road in Guangzhou, office and other commercial use developments at 8 Shipyard Lane and at 1067 King’s Road in Hong Kong. Uncommitted projects include further retail-led mixed-use projects in Tier-1 and emerging Tier-1 cities in the Chinese Mainland, including Beijing, with a plan to double our gross floor area in the Chinese Mainland, further expansion at Pacific Place and Taikoo Place in Hong Kong as well as further residential trading projects in Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland, Miami and South East Asia. Key Developments In February 2024, the Group obtained the occupation permit for Six Pacific Place, it being the newest addition to Pacific Place, an office tower with an aggregate GFA of approximately 223,000 square feet. At 31st December 2024, the office tower was 53% let. Handover of the office floors to tenants is in progress. As part of a mixed-use development with an approximate GFA of 5.7 million square feet located in Liwan district of Guangzhou, the centre of the Guangzhou-Foshan metropolis circle, the Group is collaborating with the Guangzhou Pearl River Enterprises Group to develop the retail portion (“Taikoo Li Julong Wan Guangzhou”) of this mixed-use development. The site with a GFA of approximately 352,000 square feet was acquired as of 31st December 2024. The GFA will increase to approximately 1,615,000 square feet, subject to further relevant transaction agreements. Basement works are in progress. The overall development is planned to be completed in phases beginning from the first half of 2027. Prior to the first phase’s completion, exhibitions, events, pop-up shops and activities will be conducted to activate the area starting from late 2025. The Group has a 50% interest in the retail portion of the development. In June 2024, the Group entered into an equity and debt transfer agreement with the China Life Insurance Company Limited (“China Life”) group and the Sino-Ocean Group Holding Limited (“Sino-Ocean”) group, pursuant to which the Group and the China Life group have conditionally agreed to acquire a 14.895% and a 49.895% equity interest in the project company of Taikoo Place Beijing (formerly known as INDIGO Phase Two), respectively, from the Sino-Ocean group for a consideration of approximately RMB891 million and RMB2,984 million, respectively. The acquisitions were completed in early August. Following completion of the acquisitions, the Group’s interest in Taikoo Place Beijing has increased from 35% to 49.895% and the China Life group owns a 49.895% interest in Taikoo Place Beijing. Taikoo Place Beijing has been renamed from INDIGO Phase Two since November 2024.
