Royal Buildings North / Cecil Hotel [1904-1954]

Royal/ Chung Tin buildings

Inland Lot 1724, secured July 1900

Architect was Leigh & Orange

Phase 1 (King Edward Hotel end) completed in 1902, leased to Dhunjeebhoy Dorabjee, severely damaged by fire in March 1929

Rebuilt as office block which opened in 1931 (original façade kept), rebuilt portion renamed Chung Tin Building

Phase 2 completed in 1904, lower five floors leased to Lane Crawford until 1924

After 1924 building was leased as Hotel Savoy which became Hotel Cecil

Buildings sold to Lau Kwai Cheuk after construction in 1904 but possession regained by HK land on his death in 1936 due to unpaid HKD500,000 mortgage

Demolished in 1954 to build Alexandra House

Source: HK Land at 125