[1] The road was built in the 1840, at the start of the colonial era, and named for British prime minister Sir Robert Peel.

Initially settled by Westerners, Chinese took over the area in the 1870s, and the expatriates had all but gravitated towards Conduit Road in the Mid-Levels by about the 1950s.

[2] Wai Siu-pak, founder of Yee Tin Tong pharmacy, once lived in Wise Mansion, a large house at the top of Peel Street next to Robinson Road.

However, expensive rents have driven these trades out of the area, which is now populated by modern tower blocks.

[5][6] As the project is located at the historical Central street market, it aroused much attention on the conservation of culture.