Cheung Kong Center is a skyscraper in Central Hong Kong designed by Cesar Pelli. It stands between the HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building and the Bank of China Tower, is 62 storeys tall with height of 283 m (927 feet), and houses several banking firms. As is common in Hong Kong, colored lights on the sides of the building illuminate at night in intricate light shows.The building sits on the combined sites of the former Hong Kong Hilton Hotel, which was demolished in 1995/6, and Beaconsfield House, sold by the Government in 1996. The building has a gross floor area of 1,260,000-square-foot (117,100 m²).The building is the headquarters of Cheung Kong Holdings. The top floor is used by Cheung Kong's' Chairman, Li Ka Shing, as his residence. Li is often seen escorted and takes a freight elevator operated in attendant mode so that it does not stop on any other floor.It is one of many skyscrapers and giant structures worldwide that have been climbed by Alain Robert, the Frenchman known as "Spiderman".
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