HONG KONG -- The U.S. government has sold one of its largest properties in Hong Kong for 2.57 billion Hong Kong dollars ($331.6 million) to developer Hang Lung Properties, led by pro-Beijing billionaire Ronnie Chan, an advocate of U.S.-China collaboration, amid deteriorating relations between the two countries.
The luxury residential site -- located at 37 Shouson Hill Road in an upscale area of southern Hong Kong island -- comprises six apartment buildings with a combined 95,000 sq. feet of space overlooking Deep Water Bay. The property currently is used as staff housing for the U.S. Consulate General.
