Cheung Kong Center
Cheung Kong Center is a skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong designed by Cesar Pelli. It is 70 storeys tall with height of 283 m (928 ft) and a gross floor area of 1,260,000-square-foot (117,100 m2). When completed in 1999, it was the fourth-tallest building in the city after the Central Plaza, Bank of China Tower and The Center. The Cheung Kong Center 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.
| Cheung Kong Center | |
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長江集團中心 | |
The Bank of China Tower (left) and the Cheung Kong Center (right) | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 2 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°16′46″N 114°09′37″E |
| Opening | 1999 |
| Owner | CK Hutchison Holdings |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 282.8 m (928 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 63 |
| Floor area | 1,349,988 sq ft (125,418.0 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 30 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Leo A Daly, Cesar Pelli |
| Structural engineer | Arup |
| References | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 長江集團中心 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 长江集团中心 | ||||||||||||
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The building is the headquarters of Cheung Kong Holdings (CHL), and is owned and managed by its 49%-owned associated company Hutchison Whampoa (HW), which later merged in June 2015 as CK Hutchison Holdings; while other tenants include several multinational banking firms. As is common in Hong Kong, coloured lights on the sides of the building illuminate at night in intricate light shows.