Choi Fook Estate
Choi Fook Estate, formerly Choi Wan Road Site 3B, is a public housing estate in Ping Shan, Kowloon, Hong Kong near Choi Ying Estate. Formerly a quarry site, Choi Fook Estate is a part of the housing development near Choi Wan Road and Jordan Valley. It is developed into 3 phases. All blocks in Phase 1 & 2 were occupied in 2010 and 2011 respectively, while other one further block in Phase 3 was occupied in 2021.
Background
The first phase of the estate includes three buildings, Choi Hay House, Choi Lok House, and Choi Sin House. The formalities for occupancy of residents began on 30 July 2010, and the occupancy officially began. There is an elderly community centre in the estate, which was opened with the first phase of occupation; and the second phase of estate, which includes Choi Foon House, was also occupied on 4 July 2011.Construction of the third phase started in 2016. The project has a three-storey ground floor platform with a gymnasium and a wet market, and a 37-storey residential building Choi Wo House on the platform, providing 950 units and a population of about 2,900. In December 2015, the Housing Authority plans to apply to the Town Planning Board to relax the height restrictions of the relevant lot from 170 metres above sea level to 190 metres, and increase the number of units to 1,110. It was completed by the end of 2020 with a population of 4,160 and had entered occupation on 22 March 2021.