Grand Central Plaza

HomeSquare is a thematic shopping centre housed in the podium base of the development and designed by architect Barrie Ho. It is owned by Sun Hung Kai Properties, and has five floors filled with shops offering home furnishings. The grand opening and renaming ceremony was held on 7 November 2010 following refurbishment of the retail levels. An IKEA store, one of four in Hong Kong, occupies of the uppermost podium levels and was the largest in Hong Kong until the Kowloon Bay store relocated from Telford Gardens to MegaBox. Atop the shopping levels are two office towers which provide more than of office space. File:HomeSquare Entrance 2013.jpg|HomeSquare entrance File:GrandCentralPlace 20060128.jpg|Atrium before renovation File:HomeSquare Void View 201204.jpg|Atrium after renovation File:HomeSquare Level 5 200912.jpg|Fifth storey == Footbridge controversy ==

Grand Central Plaza is part of the New Town Plaza development. Both properties are owned by the same developer, Sun Hung Kai. Most patrons access Grand Central Plaza by descending a rampway attached to Sha Tin station and walking a short distance along the public pavement of Pai Tau Street. The proposal was met with great resistance from residents of Pai Tau Village, located directly between the railway station and the shopping centre. The villagers objected to the trimming of trees which shield the buildings from the busy roadway, and stated that the footbridge would bring bad feng shui to their traditional village. They also complained that their concerns were ignored by the Sha Tin District Council, and that their counter-proposal for a different footbridge route was not taken seriously. File:HK_HomeSquare_OpenningForFutureFootbridge.JPG|Reservation for proposed footbridge File:HK_PaiTauVillage_ProtestBanners_against_footbridge_construction.JPG|Protest banners at Pai Tau Village File:HK ShaTinRuralCommittee ResponseBanner.jpg|Banners at the Sha Tin Rural Committee == References ==