Exclusive Hong Kong Bankers Club in Central to make way for restaurant as landlord won’t renew lease
The Hong Kong Bankers Club on the 43rd and 44th floors of Gloucester Tower in Central has been a popular meeting place for bankers, lawyers and accountants since moving there in 1981
The Hong Kong Bankers Club is looking for a new home as the landlord Hongkong Land wants to lease its 7,000 square feet premises in Gloucester Tower to a restaurant operator in a bid to attract more traffic to its interconnected Landmark shopping centre, according to people familiar with the situation.
In a letter seen by the Post sent to a club member by Hongkong Land, the largest landlord in Central intends to “make alternative use” of the 7,000 square feet premises on the 43rd and 44th floors of the grade A office tower and that “the lease will not be extended when its expires on October 31, 2020”.
A spokeswoman for Hongkong Land said the company does not comment on individual leases.
Founded by overseas bankers in 1977 as The Hong Kong Overseas Bankers Club, and renamed as The Hong Kong Bankers Club in 1996, the club has been a popular gathering venue for bankers, lawyers and accountants in Central since it moved there in 1981.
