The Mallory Street and Burrows Street project is the first pure preservation cum revitalisation project of the URA since its set up in 2001, this is also the first project designed to promote cultural and creative industries. 

The Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) has been awarded the contract for the Main Operator of Mallory Street/Burrows Street Revitalisation Project. They will serve as a facility manager, an event organiser as well as a branding agent responsible for property management, organising events and daily operation, in addition to teaming up with various tenants / operators.

The HKAC will endeavour to turn the Mallory Street revitalisation project into a Comix Home Base and setting it as a platform for art exchange and interaction locally and overseas as a significant cultural landmark for Wan Chai.