Luxury rental apartment project near Canal City paused

Plans for a luxury mixed-use development next-door to Fukuoka’s Canal City might be put on hold due to a labor shortage and rising construction costs. The now-closed Canal City Hakata East Building opened in 2011 as a retail complex. Initially, tenants included many international fast fashion brands.Read more


Fukuoka’s Island City has sold out

Island City in Fukuoka has sold out, and it only took 28 years. The city-developed manmade island was created in Hakata Bay in 1994. The deficit at the time of completion was 18 billion Yen, but Fukuoka City was expecting land sales to result in a 12.5 billion Yen profit.

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