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The Repulse Bay area is one of the most expensive housing areas in Hong Kong. The prices are matched only by the Peak. In 2012, some townhouse reached HK$50,000 (US$6,500) per square foot.
The former Repulse Bay Hotel was demolished in 2 stages during the 1970s and 1980s. Later a boutique shopping mall was constructed on part of the old hotel site to mimic some of the lost colonial architecture.
Stanley Ho owns both 1 Repulse Bay Road and 4 Repulse Bay Road, alongside many other properties around that area..
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