European fund to invest 300 billion Yen in Japanese real estate

German-based Patrizia AG is planning to seriously invest in the Japanese real estate market, aiming to operate 300 billion Yen in assets over the next three to four years.

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Palette Town to close this year

Odaiba’s Palette Town shopping mall is closing its doors at the end of December 2021. Live music venue Zepp Tokyo will close on January 1, 2022, and the VenusFort mall will close on March 27, 2022.

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Togo Murano-designed building in Kyushu to be restored

The Fukuoka-Hibiki Shinkin Bank in Kitakyushu City has narrowly avoided demolition and will be restored by the Bank owner.

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Outdoor lifestyle brand to open hot spring resort

Japanese outdoor lifestyle brand Snow Peak is opening a hot spring resort in their hometown of Sanjo City, Niigata.

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30-story apartment tower in Fukuoka to be demolished

A high-rise apartment building in Fukuoka City is going to be demolished six years after it was discovered to be affected by the data falsification scandal surrounding rubber used in the base-isolation of buildings.

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Central Tokyo apartment sale prices up 30% in June

The second-hand apartment market across greater Tokyo continued to see shrinking inventory and rising sale prices in June.

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