Festival Walk is a shopping centre in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong developed jointly by Swire Properties and CITIC Pacific between 1993 and 1998. At the time of its opening in November 1998, it was the biggest shopping mall in Hong Kong. Festival Walk was acquired by Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust ("MNACT"). There are also four floors of offices on top of the mall.
Location
Festival Walk is located in Kowloon Tong,[1] and is directly linked to Kowloon Tong station, which is an interchange station of the East Rail line and the Kwun Tong line of Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway. It also has a pedestrian link to the City University of Hong Kong.
History
Construction of the mall commenced in 1994 and was completed in 1998.[2] Significant challenges were faced in the creation of the 21,000 m2 site due to its terraced land form as well as its narrow land shape. The tunnels for the Kwun Tong line of the