Japan’s high-rise apartment towers reaching due date for repairs
Earlier this year scaffolding went up around Saitama Prefecture’s tallest apartment building. The 17-year old building is one of the first high-rise residential buildings in Japan to undergo large-scale building repairs and maintenance, and more are expected to follow.
The 185m tall, 55-storey ‘Elsa Tower 55’ is located in Kawaguchi City, Saitama. It held the title as Japan’s tallest residential building between 1998 and 2004, and is still the tallest apartment building in the prefecture.
Due to the sheer size of the 650-unit building, exterior repairs are expected to take two years. The cost of the repairs and maintenance has been estimated at 1.2 billion Yen (9.7 million USD), which is around 1.8 million Yen (15,000 USD) per apartment.Read more