Festival Walk is an upmarket shopping centre in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong developed jointly by Swire Properties and CITIC Pacific in 1993–1998. It was the biggest shopping mall in Hong Kong at its launch in November 1998. Festival Walk was jointly owned by Swire and CITIC until 2006, when Swire Properties bought out the 50% stake held by its partner. In July 2011, Mapletree Investments acquired the property for HK$18.8 billion.
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