Tenants are being invited to move into a new mall built on the site of the former Garley Building in Mong Kok, in which 40 people died when a fire swept through its upper floors a decade ago.
Left empty after the November 1996 fire, which was caused by a spark from welders doing maintenance work on the lift shafts, the Garley Building was bought in 2003 by property developer China Resources.
The result, a glass and steel structure called JD Mall, was recently completed and property agents have begun to invite tenants to take up leases.
The building has 11 floors and a basement. The bottom levels will house shops, the middle floors restaurants and the top three floors will be leased to medical practices.
Pierre Wong, chief executive of Midland Realty's commercial department - one of the property agents charged with inviting leases for the mall - said he did not believe businesses would avoid the building because of the site's history.
'The old building has been knocked down and completely rebuilt, so people we have talked to who take out a lease don't seem to mind that much,' he said.
Mr Wong could not say when they building would open but said it would be by the start of next year at the latest.