Kengo Kuma-designed luxury apartment and retail building opens tomorrow
Forestgate Daikanyama, a mixed-use office, retail and residential complex near Daikanyama Station officially opens its doors tomorrow. The 10-story building includes retail and office on the first three floors, and 57 luxury apartments on floors four through ten.Read more
Osaka’s most expensive apartment is going on sale for 2.5 billion Yen
The most expensive apartment in history in the Osaka and Kansai region will go on sale next February. The two-bedroom penthouse will be priced at 2.5 billion Yen (US$16.7 million).Read more
An update on the long-awaited ‘Roppongi Hills 2’ project
It’s been a while since we had an update on the ‘Roppongi Hills 2’ project in Tokyo. Luckily, some more concrete project details were made public for online viewing between June 24 and July 3. Read more
150-meter tall skyscraper planned for Shibuya’s Koen-dori Street
There are tentative plans for a redevelopment alongside Shibuya’s Koen-dori Street that could see a 150-meter tall, 34-story tower go up in the coming years. This will exceed the height of the 136-meter tall Park Court Shibuya The Tower condominium located 40 meters away.Read more
CLT hybrid condo to go on sale in Shibuya
This June, Nomura Real Estate Development will start sales of a cross-laminated timber (CLT) hybrid apartment building near Sangubashi Station in Shibuya.Read more
Komatsu to redevelop Akasaka HQ
On April 4, Komatsu announced plans to redevelop its headquarters in Akasaka, Tokyo.Read more
Construction starts on new Yaesu building
On March 13, Daibiru began construction of a new commercial building in Yaesu. This forms part of the real estate company’s Design100 Project Phase-II which is aimed at maintaining and strengthening the competitiveness of existing assets. In this case, the previous Yaesu Dai Building that stood on this site was demolished. It had been designed by famed architect Togo Murano and completed in 1967.Read more