New apartments in Tokyo to be completed in 2017
The following is a selection of condominiums due for completion in central Tokyo in 2017. Proud Roppongi and Royal Season’s Akasaka are the only buildings where some of the larger apartments come with two bathrooms. Only one building has apartments over 200 sqm (Proud Roppongi).
APA Group breaks ground on latest luxury condo
On April 7, APA Group held the groundbreaking ceremony for their latest luxury condominium project in central Tokyo. The Conoe Mita Tsunamachi is located on a prime corner block along the same street as the Australian Embassy and the members-only Tsunamachi Mitsui Club.
The 9-storey building will contain 45 one and two-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 73 ~ 216 sqm (785 ~ 2,313 sq ft). Completion is expected by July 2017. Bathrooms will be designed to feel like those found in luxury hotels overseas, with natural wood and stone finishes.Read more
Meguro Station high-rise residential development draws huge interest
The large redevelopment on the eastern side of Meguro Station is garnering a large amount of attention with the sales office overwhelmed with inquiries. Tours of the sales showroom are now booked solid for the next two months. The sales office received 18,000 requests for property brochures, three times the number they had anticipated. Many of the inquiries were from prospective buyers in their 30s and 40s. A third of the inquiries were from residents in Shinagawa, Meguro and Minato-ku.
The model room opened in early April, and the first round of sales is scheduled to start in early June. Apartments will be offered for sale in stages, with almost 40% of the apartments being offered in the first round. Interested buyers will be required to submit applications during the sales periods, with lucky buyers selected via a lottery-type system.
The 80 billion Yen project includes two residential towers containing 940 apartments and a 27-storey office tower. Tokyo Tatemono, Daiichi Life Insurance, Taisei Kensetsu and Takenaka Corporation are the four developers.Read more