Construction starts on Akasaka 2-Chome Project
Construction has officially started on the redevelopment of the former Akasaka Twin Tower site in central Tokyo. The project will see a 210-meter tall office/hotel/serviced apartment tower completed by August 2024.
Plans released for Akasaka Station redevelopment
On March 14, detailed plans for the redevelopment of the Kokusai Shin-Akasaka Buildings were released. The Akasaka 2, 6 Chome District project will see two towers of 230 meters and 110 meters tall.
Akasaka still the top residential address for company CEOs
For the third time in a row, the central Tokyo neighborhood of Akasaka was home to the most CEOs in Japan as of 2020, according to Tokyo Shoko Research. A total of 3,545 company presidents had their primary address in Akasaka as of July 2020, representing 18% of the population. In 2014, when Akasaka first topped the rankings, it had 2,103 CEOs.
Mitsubishi & TBS to redevelop office towers above Akasaka Station
On January 30, Mitsubishi Estate and Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings (TBS) announced the formation of business agreement for the redevelopment of the Kokusai Shin-Akasaka Buildings (East, West and Annex). These office towers are located just above Akasaka Station and across the street from Akasaka Biz Tower and the TBS TV Studios.
Details released on planned redevelopment in Akasaka 7 Chome
More details have emerged of a possible high-rise apartment tower to be built in the Akasaka 7 Chome address. The Akasaka 7 Chome 2 District Redevelopment may include a 46-storey apartment building on the western side of the site with a maximum height of 157 meters, along with a 5-storey commercial/retail building on the eastern side of the site.Read more
Akasaka Twin Tower Redevelopment to be completed by 2024
Mori Trust released additional details on their Akasaka 2 Chome Project earlier this month. The mixed-use office and hotel building will be approximately 210 meters tall with 43 floors and a total floor area of 220,000 sqm (2.3 million sq ft). This is twice the height of the neighboring House of Representatives Members Housing and almost 40 meters taller than Akasaka Tower Residence. It will be similar in height to the recently completed 205m tall Akasaka Intercity Air which is located across the street.Read more
Apartment prices along Tokyo’s Chiyoda Line
The following data from Tokyo Kantei shows the change in apartment prices along the Chiyoda Subway Line. The first half this subway line runs through several high-end residential neighbourhoods in central Tokyo, before making its way north and terminating at Kita-Ayase in Adachi Ward.
Also, the line feeds into other lines including the JR Joban Line and Odakyu Odawara Line, and is one of the most used subway lines in Tokyo. Ayase Station, for instance, is the second most used station on the Metro with an average of 437,000 daily passengers changing trains, while Yoyogi Uehara has 250,000 daily passengers.
Otemachi, Nijubashi-mae, Hibiya, Kasumigaseki, and Kokkaigijido-mae Stations have been left out of the data. These stations are in the political and corporate headquarter districts of Tokyo and have very few residential properties.
The average price across all stations on the Chiyoda Line was 891,000 Yen/sqm in 2015, up 32.1% from 2014. The average building age was 20.5 years, down from 21.7 years in 2014. The average apartment size was 59.88 sqm (644 sq.ft), down from 63.08 sqm in 2014.