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Cheung Kong Centre () is a skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong designed by Cesar Pelli. It is 68 stories tall with height of and a gross floor area of . 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, coloured lights on the sides of the building illuminate at night in intricate light shows. The building is the headquarters of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited ("CKH"), and is owned and managed by its 49%-owned associated company Hutchison Whampoa Limited ("HWL"), while other tenants include several multinational banking firms. ==Site background== The 26-storey Hilton Hotel building and its site, Inland Lot 7702, was owned by a wholly owned subsidiary of HWL, which licensed Hilton Hotels Group to operate it for 50 years.〔Robert O'Halloran, (The Hong Kong Hilton ) taken from ''Cornell Hotel & Restaurant Administration Quarterly'', 1 August 1997〕 In January 1994, with about 20 years of the management contract to run, HWL announced the buyout of the unexpired term for US$125 million. HWL had originally planned to redevelop the Hilton site into a high-rise office-retail complex, yielding a gross floor area of .〔Winnie Wu, (Agreement over Hilton premiums finalised in near term ), The Standard, 2 August 1995〕 HWL was keen to enlarge the redevelopment project by merging the hotel site with a neighbouring site to gain a greater efficiency, and commenced private talks with the Government in May 1993 with a view to acquiring the adjacent car park site, and the Beaconsfield House site from the Government. Talks were finalised in August 1995.〔 The Executive Council approved in principle the sale of the sites in April 1995.〔Karen Chan, (Exco agrees to property firm's redevelopment plans for Beaconsfield House Cheung Kong gets go-ahead ), The Standard, 28 April 1995〕 In September 1995, the Urban Planning Committee of the Town Planning Board passed the proposals for the 9,900 m² combined site.〔Joshua Fellman, (Development plan for Hilton site passed ), The Standard, 16 September 1995〕 With a plot ratio of 15, building (including the 1000-space car park) could be built. The developer agreed with the planners that most of the building would actually be weighted on the Hilton site, so much of the car park and Beaconsfield house area would be given over to park and public amenities.〔 On 28 May 1996, Director of Lands Bob Pope disclosed that the land premium for developing the combined site was HK$3.02bn (South China Moring Post, 29 May 1996). The 1996 annual report of HWL reflects the new lease of Inland Lot 8887, with a site area of approximately 103,937 sq ft. The gross floor area of the building is recorded as 1,254,158 sq ft in the 2002 annual report and 1,263,363 sq ft in the 2003 and subsequent annual reports. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cheung Kong Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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