The existing Victoria and Kowloon district courts were relocated to the building, as was the Causeway Bay Magistracy, which was demolished to make way for Tin Hau station of the new Island line.

The government offices were built to centralise the Data Processing Agency, Land Transport Agency, Music Office (of the Urban Council and Regional Council), Census and Statistics Department, Commercial Crimes Bureau, and Correctional Services Department.

The District Court occupies approximately 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft) of the building's lower floors.

Government offices occupy about 25,000 square metres (270,000 sq ft) at the top of the building.

The two building uses are expressed in contrasting facade treatments, with the government offices glazed in glass curtain wall.

[10] Later, it was announced that the site will accommodate an expansion of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, which is located to the north, as well as office and hotel space.