Acquiring substantial wealth requires more than a Midas touch. The super-rich who buy penthouses also need a head for heights. This dizzy truth dawns the moment you enter a unique duplex for sale at $45 million on the top of Century Tower 1, along Tregunter Path.
Occupying 5,130 square feet on the 30th and 31st floors of a fashionable apartment block in what used to be called Lower Peak, the altitude alone ensures a million-dollar view.
What adds to the drama, however, is the shape. Century Tower 1 was built by Hongkong Land in the shape of a perfectly cylindrical tower. The two penthouses split this cylinder and are therefore in the shape of a semi-circle.
With windows circling both floors of the entire apartment, the panorama is nothing short of spectacular.
The 180-degree vista stretches from the Peak Tramway at the back to the Peak Tower just up the hill. Far down below is the Ladies Recreation Club and the top of Cotton Tree Drive.
Beyond, the view extends across Central to Kwai Chung and Tsim Sha Tsui - then over Admiralty and Wan Chai to the rest of Kowloon and Kai Tak, reaching as far around as the Clearwater Bay Peninsula.