In addition, there is a two-block Home Ownership Scheme property connected to the estate, called Yi Fung Court.

The estate sits on the lower slope of Golden Hill, near the boundary of Kam Shan Country Park.

Shek Lei Resettlement Estate was built in the 1960s by the Architectural Office of the former Public Works Department (PWD), and was completed in 1971.

[4] A unique sculptural children's playground, designed by American artist Paul Selinger for the Urban Services Department, opened in 1969.

[4] In the 1960s, when the estate was built, Hong Kong suffered from chronic water shortages, and some building contractors wrongly prepared concrete using seawater, leading to corrosion and spalling in subsequent years.

Tests carried out at Shek Lei Estate revealed areas of weak concrete in certain blocks.

[10] The site of Shek Foon House, the newest block, was originally reserved for construction of an indoor Regional Council recreation centre.

[11] However, the council was abolished at the turn of the millennium, and the site lay derelict for many years, much to the dissatisfaction of local residents, as the government debated whether the new Leisure and Cultural Services Department should take the project forward.

[22] In the chief executive's 2020 policy address it was announced that the two interim housing blocks would be demolished and the site redeveloped.

[29] Due to its high population, Shek Lei Estate falls within three different District Council constituencies.

In 2005, the Hong Kong government controversially divested various HKHA assets, mainly shopping centres and car parks, into a new real estate investment trust called Link REIT.

[32] In late 2017, Link REIT sold 17 Hong Kong shopping centres, including Shek Lei Shopping Centre, to a consortium led by Hong Kong-based Gaw Capital, which paid HK$23 billion for the properties.