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The functional positioning of Hong Kong International Financial Center Phase 2

Inside IFCM Mall International Financial Center Mall (IFCMall) has 4 floors above ground, covering an area of ??800,000 square feet. Connects to the Airport Express Hong Kong Station concourse and connects the remaining three parts of the International Finance Center together. It brings together more than 200 international brand merchants, with major stores including Lane Crawford's new head office, c!ty'super supermarket, Papyrus gift shop, etc. The mall also houses a number of restaurants including Lei Garden Restaurant.

The mall has a cinema, PalaceIFC, which is managed by Broadway Cinemas. PalaceIFC has 5 cinemas with a total of 544 seats. It also has facilities such as coffee shops, bars and small bookstores, and is the first cinema in Hong Kong to provide wireless Internet services. In addition to new films, the cinema also regularly screens classic and nostalgic films to attract movie lovers. The Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong (English: FourSeasonsHotelHongKong) is a hotel in Hong Kong. It is the hotel part of the International Financial Center in Central, Hong Kong Island. It is also the last phase of the International Financial Center plan. The hotel is managed by the Four Seasons Hotel Group and is the first Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong. It opened in September 2005.

The Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong is 40 floors tall, with a floor area of ??1.1 million square feet and 399 guest rooms. The hotel is luxuriously equipped and classified as a five-star hotel, but it is described as a "six-star hotel". Most rooms offer 180-degree views of Victoria Harbor and the coast of Kowloon Peninsula.

The hotel also has the Four Seasons Place serviced residence, which is part of the Four Seasons Hotel. It is a suite hotel designed for the convenience of people who stay in Hong Kong for a long time. Four Seasons Place opened at the same time as the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong. It has 519 rooms. The management and interior design are the same as the rooms of the Four Seasons Hotel. The units also have views of Victoria Harbor and the rent is high. The rent for its two penthouse duplex units was HK$115 per square foot at the end of 2005, setting a record for the highest rent per square foot in Hong Kong. Many of the tenants are senior staff of multinational companies and financial institutions based in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority spent nearly NT$3.7 billion in April 2001 to purchase the fourteenth floor of the building, including the top floor. The office area on the 14th floor, including the top floor, has been criticized by some people as a waste of public funds. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority currently holds 340,000 square feet of floor space, located on the 55th to 56th floors and the 77th to 88th floors. Some floors are leased to relevant financial institutions such as the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation and the Bank for International Settlements. The office of Mr. Yam Chi-kong, CEO of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, is located on the 88th floor and can be accessed using a private elevator to enhance security and privacy.

The main tenants of the second phase of the International Financial Center include Nomura Group, Warburg Pincus, Swiss UBSAG, Ernst & Young, State Street, the Financial Times, and BNPParibas ), CMC Markets, China Construction Bank (Asia) (has moved out), Matsuri Holdings (HKEx: 283) and Lehman Brothers, etc., the headquarters of Henderson Land Development, one of the developers, is also located. On the 72nd to 76th floors of IFC Phase II.