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Pedder Building located at No.12 Pedder Street, in Central, Hong Kong, is a historic commercial building. Built in 1923 (elsewhere noted as 1932), it is the last surviving pre-war building in Pedder Street.
Pedder Building is listed as a “Grade II Historic Building” by the Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office (grading awarded in 1981), and there are proposals to upgrade its status to Grade I. Pedder Building symbolises the colonial history of Hong Kong, the building is truly as valuable as the neighbouring modern architecture. Its existence also showcases Hong Kong as an international city, where western and eastern culture merge harmoniously. Yet owners Henry Fok Estates have shied from their custodial role of the heritage site, with managing director Ian Fok Chun-wan saying it was getting harder for owners to conserve heritage buildings because of tight regulations and a lack of incentives or benefits
Occupying the ground floor and basement area of the building, Shanghai Tang was one of the prominent tenants in the building. The shop was founded by a local businessman, David Tang, and it is well known for selling pre-war retro-styled Chinese fashion. Oriental Chinese restaurant China Tee Club, founded in 1986 by former Miss Hong Kong Loletta Chu and her two sisters, is located on the first floor of the building.
It used to be members-only but now it serves non-members for dinner. It has as an ambience far removed from the hectic urban pace of the city and offers both Eastern and Western cuisines. Tenants such as Shanghai Tang and the China Tee Club seem well suited to the vintage atmosphere of the Pedder Building.
On the first floor and above there are more than a dozen small stores selling garments, jewellery, fashion and similar. One floor houses a number of clinics. In July 2011, it was announced that fashion clothing giant Abercrombie & Fitch would take over three main floors and the basement for a new store, ousting Shanghai Tang and the China Tee Club, which closed on September 30, 2011.[9] In October, after 17 years, the 6,300sqft flagship store of Shanghai Tang was closed, with rising rents being cited as the main reason. The landlord was asking for a monthly rental of HK$7 million. US clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has reportedly taken over the lease for an even higher monthly rent.
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