AIA Central
1 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong

AIA Central (formerly known as AIG Tower) is a 36-storey Grade A office building located at one of the most sought after commercial addresses in Hong Kong's business district. Overlooking city's skyline and Victoria Harbour, AIA Central provides some 419,000 square feet of quality office space to international blue chip tenants like Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and The Royal Bank of Scotland, which joined the anchor tenant, American International Group (AIG).

CapitaLand, together with AIG and Hong Kong's Lai Sun Group, owned and developed AIA Central. It was built on the former site of Furama Hotel which was demolished in 2002 after the acquisition by the three parties. The development was one of the largest projects in Hong Kong's commercial real estate market in the last decade to have achieved a high of 80 per cent pre-leasing commitments before its completion in May 2005.

Designed by internationally renowned Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the architecture of the building is an inspiration from the Chinese sailing junk and the lantern, which are traditional symbols of Hong Kong.

The building's innovative and environmentally friendly designs and construction techniques has won itself the Excellent Award for Environmental Best Practices, awarded by Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method Society (HK-BEAM) in 2005.

The building boasts prestigious entrances and a 'porte-cochere' covered driveway. The building is also highly accessible with a new footbridge linked to the city's network of pedestrian walkways with direct access other places in the area. To suit the needs of many MNCs, large floor plates are also designed for flexible design and efficient layout in the office space.

AIA Central boasts the features of a highly environmentally friendly and sustainable building with its extensive landscaping and structured breezeways. Prefabricated components, structural recyclable steel and an old basement wall were used to reduce waste and provide a cleaner and safer site during the construction phase. Other initiatives included the installation of solar panels.

In September 2007, CapitaLand sold its effective 45% stake in the former AIG Tower to American International Assurance Company (AIA), the parent company of its partner, AIG.