Canadian firm to invest US$9.5 billion in Japanese real estate
On October 12, the Nikkei newspaper reported that Canadian investment firm BentallGreenOak (BGO) plans to invest up to 1 trillion Yen (approx. US$9.5 billion) in Japanese real estate over the next two to three years. The company is anticipating that corporations will start selling off their office and hotel real estate holdings as the global pandemic continues, creating buying opportunities.
Norges Bank acquires 132.5 billion Yen in real estate in Omotesando/Harajuku in JV
Norges Bank Real Estate Management (NBREM), part of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, will acquire a 70% stake in a 132.5 billion Yen (approx. 1.17 billion USD) portfolio of real estate in Tokyo along with partner Tokyu Land. This is NBREM’s first investment in Asia.Read more
Takashimaya pays 442 million USD for two office buildings in Nihonbashi
Takeda Pharmaceutical has sold two of their buildings in downtown Tokyo to the Takashimaya Department Store for a reported price of 49.5 billion Yen (approx. 442 million USD). Delivery of the buildings is scheduled for March 2019. Both properties were owned by Takeda’s real estate division. Takeda will be putting the proceeds from the sale towards their research for new cancer treatments.
The Tokyo Takeda Building and adjoining Takeda Shin Edobashi Building are located a block behind Takashimaya’s Nihonbashi store. The block to the north and east of the historic department store is currently being redeveloped into two high-rise office towers ranging from 140 ~ 176 meters tall and with completion expected in early 2018 and early 2019.Read more
Mitsubishi Estate sells Akasaka Park Bldg
On November 15, 2011, Japan Real Estate Investment Corporation purchased Akasaka Park Building and land for 60.8 billion Yen (779 million USD). The seller was Mitsubishi Estate. The building had an appraised value of 62.5 billion Yen in October, 2011.
The buyer believes that the image of Akasaka has improved over the years, particularly with the development of Akasaka Sacas just behind the building, and are expecting diversified demand from tenants into the future.
Akasaka Park Building was completed in 1993. The 30-storey building has a total floor space of approximately 97,317 sqm and a standard floor area of 2033 sqm. The total size of the land under the building is 14,198.20 sqm.Read more
US-based firm acquires two Omotesando buildings
Elliott Management, a US-based fund management firm, has acquired two buildings in prime locations just across the street from Omotesando Hills.
(1) 21st SY Building (fronting Omotesando Avenue and next to the Emporio Armani boutique). The 6-storey building is on a 360 sqm block of land. The 2011 assessed land value (koji-chika) for this site was 9,300,000 Yen/sqm.Read more