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Group’s offices come as The Group owns a large portfolio of premium offices in Hong Kong covering about 10 million square feet with overall high occupancy. Gross rental income in financial year 2016/17 exceeded HK$5,800 million and is growing steadily. The Group’s diverse office holdings are on prime sites in various districts, mainly along rail lines with convenient access. They include landmark buildings in traditional central business districts, skyscraper and modern edifices in new commercial areas, as well as offices in the New Territories to meet the needs of large and small companies in different industries. The Group’s development process is vertically integrated with in-house professionals looking after every stage of projects from land acquisition, project planning and project management on to material sourcing and construction through to marketing and proper t y management for better qualit y control. Office buildings usually have a few floors for restaurants and retail use, or even sky gardens with exercise equipment in recent years for people working there. Some offices are part of integrated projects along with shopping malls, hotels and serviced suites like IFC and ICC that offer leisure and convenience to tenants and their overseas visitors. Personalized support is as important as premium design and architecture. Professional leasing and property management teams listen to tenant opinions and offer flexible solutions so they can focus on business. As such, tenants tend to stay with the Group and extend their happy working relationships when they seek for office expansion. IFC, ICC across Victoria Harbour and Millennium City are the major clusters of the Group’s office portfolio. The portfolio includes other premium offices such as Sun Hung Kai Centre and Central Plaza in Wan Chai, Grand Century Place in Mong Kok, Grand Central Plaza in Sha Tin and Metroplaza in Kwai Fong. ICC helped make West Kowloon a new business district 環球貿易廣場促使西九龍加快成為新興商業區 first choice for companies of all sizes Feature Story Vol 85 • Q3 2017 • SHKP Quarterly 4