Tadao Ando designed house in Shibuya now under offer

Blink and you’ll miss it. The Tadao Ando-designed house for sale in the heart of Shibuya went under offer last week.

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Sales in Shibuya condo to start this month

Domestic sales in The Parkhouse Shibuya Nanpeidai are scheduled to start at the end of this month, with 35 units on offer.Pre-sales to overseas investors in Hong Kong started in 2017. The 10-storey condominium is located a 7 minute walk from Shibuya Station and 300 meters from Cerulean Tower. This is the first new condominium to go on sale in the Nanpeidai address in 11 years.

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Details released on luxury apartment tower for Shibuya City Office redevelopment

Additional details have been released for the residential apartment tower planned as part of the Shibuya City Office redevelopment. The new high-rise will be called Park Court Shibuya The Tower. The 39-storey apartment building will have 505 apartments, of which 355 will be made available for sale. Apartment sizes will range from 40 ~ 208 sqm (430 ~ 2,238 sq.ft).

This will be a leasehold property with the land to be returned to Shibuya City at the end of the 70-year term. The redevelopment of Shibuya’s City Hall will partly be covered by the land leasehold revenue. The new city hall buildings are due to open in January 2019, while the adjoining public hall will open in the following May.Read more


Mitsubishi acquires Shibuya site for potential luxury condominium project

Mitsubishi Jisho Nanpeidaicho Site

Mitsubishi Jisho Residence and Cosmos Initia have acquired a large development site near Shibuya Station. Details have yet to be announced, but industry insiders suggest that, given the size of the land, it could be slated for a luxury condominium project.

Update: The project is called The Parkhouse Shibuya Nanpeidai. Pre-sales for Hong Kong-based buyers began in September 2017, with prices starting from around 145 million Yen. The 10-storey building will have approximately 100 apartments with completion by May 2019 or later.

The 3,300 sqm (35,500 sq.ft) site in Nanpeidaicho is located near the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel and a 5 minute walk from Shibuya Station’s South Exit. It was purchased from Japan Tobacco for an undisclosed price estimated somewhere in the several billion Yen range. The site included a 5-storey office building which is currently being demolished.Read more


Brand new retail/commercial building for sale in Shibuya

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*Update: This property is no longer available*

This is a brand new retail building for sale in Shibuya offering immediate cash flow. The 3-storey concrete building was completed in September 2015 and is fully leased to a sub-leasing company for 1,389,710 Yen per month. The sale is for the tenanted building and the freehold land.

There are three separate spaces, each with their own entrance. Each floor has a ceiling height of 3.5 meters, much higher than the 2.4 ~ 2.6 meter ceilings found in most normal buildings. There is also a rooftop terrace for entertaining, which is accessible via the retail/office space on the 2nd and 3rd floors. The interiors are bare for tenants to fit out.

It is located halfway between Omotesando and Shibuya Stations, and is 30 meters behind the busy Aoyama Dori Street. The surrounding area is a mix of office, retail, restaurants, cafes and residential, but is primarily a commercial area. It is 200 meters from the offices of Conde Nast, Yves Saint Lauren and Alexander McQueen.Read more


Shibuya / Shoto Real Estate

While the area around Shibuya Station is a lively and densely packed commercial and retail zone, there is a luxury, low-rise residential area located just 600 meters from the busy shopping hub. The Shoto and Kamiyamacho area is one of Japan's most exclusive and sought-after neighbourhoods. Residents include former Prime Ministers and CEOs of some of Japan's top companies. There are also several embassies, Nabeshima Park and the Shoto Museum of Art.

The following is a selection of apartments, houses, land and investment properties for sale in the Shibuya / Shoto areas:

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Shoto Governor’s Residence sells for 4.3 billion Yen

The former Tokyo Governor’s Residence in Shibuya’s high-end Shoto neighbourhood has been sold to Sumitomo Realty & Development for 4.368 billion Yen (36 million USD), or approximately 1,968,000 Yen/sqm based on the land size.

The residence was offered for sale by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government via public bidding from December 15 ~ 19. Sumitomo and another major real estate company were the only two bidders. The second bidder had tendered approximately 4 billion Yen for the property.Read more