Tokyo apartment sales in August 2016
The following is a selection of apartments that were sold in central Tokyo during the month of August 2016:Read more
Historic Rokkosan Hotel sold to car importer
The 87-year old Rokkosan Hotel in Hyogo Prefecture has been sold to Osaka-based car importer Hakko Group for an undisclosed price. The sale includes the land and both the historic hotel and the adjacent, newer 45-room hotel building. This is the first hotel acquisition for the company. They plan to preserve the historic building and possibly re-open it next year. The newer building next-door will be demolished and replaced with new accommodation as well as multi-purpose hall facilities. In the meantime the hotel will continue to be operated by Hankyu Hanshin Hotels.Read more
Osaka government building looking for hotel to fill up empty floors
Plagued by high vacancy rates and high maintenance costs, Japan’s fourth tallest building is looking for a hotel to occupy its empty floors.
The Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building is 40% vacant, with the remaining space largely taken up by government departments and private companies. The 55-storey building is inconveniently located on a man-made island in Osaka Bay with poor transport options. Additional concerns about earthquake risks have deterred potential tenants.
Osaka Prefectural Governor Ichiro Matsui announced that the government is considering appealing to a hotel operator to take up the vacant floors. The prefecture spends approximately 400 million Yen per year maintaining the building. If the 7th ~ 17th floors are occupied by a hotel, the building’s occupancy rate could reach 80%.Read more
Central Tokyo's luxury apartment market reaches new highs
Although sales are sluggish in suburban areas, a sales war is erupting between Japan’s top property developers as they battle to out-do each other with luxurious residential projects in Tokyo’s centre. The battleground is Tokyo’s Minato Ward, in wealthy neighbourhoods where prices have always been relatively high.
Many of these new condominium developments are located in the vicinity of Tokyo Midtown - a mixed-use office, retail, hotel and rental apartment complex in the Akasaka/Roppongi district. Read more
Tokyo apartment asking prices in July 2016
According to Tokyo Kantei, the average asking price of a 70 sqm (753 sq.ft) second-hand apartment in greater Tokyo in July 2016 was 34,940,000 Yen, up 0.6% from the previous month and up 13.9% from last year. This is the 7th month in a row to record an increase from the previous month. The average building age was 22.4 years.
In the Tokyo metropolitan area, the average asking price was 47,860,000 Yen, down 0.1% from the previous month but up 12.2% from last year. This ends a 24-month streak of consecutive monthly price increases. The average building age was 22.0 years.
In Tokyo’s 23 wards, the average asking price was 52,790,000 Yen, down 0.2% from the previous month but up 10.8% from last year. The average building age was 21.9 years.
In Tokyo’s central six wards (Chiyoda, Chuo, Minato, Shinjuku, Bunkyo and Shibuya), the average asking price was 71,850,000 Yen, up 0.5% from the previous month and up 7.3% from last year. The average building age was 20.0 years.Read more
Luxury onsen planned for Lake Shikotsu, Hokkaido
Tsuruga Holdings will be developing a luxury hot spring resort in Shikotsuko Onsen in Chitose, Hokkaido.
The hotel group plans to demolish the existing Shikotsuko Hokkai Hotel and replace it with a 3-storey, 24-room hotel with completion scheduled for early 2018. The new resort will feature open air ‘rotemburo’ hot spring baths in each room.Read more