Swire Properties Limited, one of Hong Kong's leading property developers, engages in the development and management of major properties in prime locations. Its portfolio comprises Grade 'A' office premises, shopping centres, residential accommodation, serviced apartments and luxury boutique hotels. The ability to excel and to innovate has enabled Swire Properties to create exceptional and award-winning businesses across both residential and mixed-use urban districts.

Swire Properties' first venture was the 61-tower Taikoo Shing dating back to the 1970s. Taikoo Shing was one of Hong Kong's first large-scale private housing estates with landscaped gardens and podiums. Another venture, Pacific Place, encompassing a shopping mall, offices, serviced apartment and hotels, is recognised as one of Asia's most successful multi-function developments. TaiKoo Place, comprising 13 interconnected commercial buildings in Hong Kong's Island East, has become Hong Kong's first large business district outside its traditional business district.

Swire Properties has also accelerated its pace of investment on the Chinese Mainland by setting up offices in major cities, including Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu, where Swire Properties has interests in major commercial mixed-use development projects, including newly opened TaiKoo Hui in Guangzhou − Swire's largest investment property on the Mainland.

Under Swire Hotels, the company creates and manages intriguing urban hotels in Hong Kong, Mainland China and the UK. These include The Upper House and EAST in Hong Kong and The Opposite House in Beijing.

In the U.S., Swire Properties has been active in the development of investment and trading properties in Florida since the 1970s. In Papua New Guinea, Steamships Trading Company, another Swire company, owns prime commercial, industrial and residential properties, together with a land bank of property for development.