Asahi Kasei Realty & Residence Corporation is planning a 30-story apartment building for the site of a former ryokan in Gotanda, Tokyo. This property was at the center of a notorious land swindle in 2017 that saw another developer lose 5.5 billion Yen to fraudsters that pretended to own the land.

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