Cheung Kong Center
Cheung Kong Center is a skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong designed by Cesar Pelli. It is 62 storeys tall with height of 283 m (927 ft) and a gross floor area of 1,260,000-square-foot (117,100 m2). When completed in 1999, it was the third-tallest building in the city. It sits on the combined sites of the former Hong Kong Hilton, which was demolished in 1995/6, and Beaconsfield House, sold by the Government in 1996. It stands between the HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building and the Bank of China Tower. As is common in Hong Kong, colored lights on the sides of the building illuminate at night in intricate light shows.
The building is the headquarters of Cheung Kong Holdings, and managed by its partly-owned subsidiary Hutchison Whampoa, while other tenants include several multinational banking firms.
It is one of many skyscrapers and giant structures worldwide that have been climbed by Alain Robert, the Frenchman known as "Spiderman". He has climbed the building twice, most recently on 17 February 2009.
Other Information
- Location : 2 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong
- Status : Complete
- Opening : 1999
- Use : Office
- Height Roof : 283 m (927ft)
- Floor count : 62
- Floor area : 1,260,000 sq ft (117,000 m2)
- Elevator count : 28
- Architect : Leo A. Daly, Cesar Pelli
- Owner : Cheung Kong Holdings