Tadao Ando designed house in Shibuya now under offer
Blink and you’ll miss it. The Tadao Ando-designed house for sale in the heart of Shibuya went under offer last week.
Tadao Ando-designed house in Shibuya
| SOLD | 3 Bedrooms + 1 Bathroom + Garage Shoto, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo |
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*This house sold in November 2018 and is no longer available*
This is a three bedroom contemporary home designed by famed Japanese architect Tadao Ando and located in Shibuya’s exclusive residential neighborhood of Shoto.
The split-level home includes a garage parking space, separate living and dining rooms on the top floor, and three bedrooms and bathroom on the lower floor. The interior was updated in October 2018 with new wall re-sealing, partial balcony re-waterproofing, air-conditioner replacements, new garage shutter door, new kitchen, new hot water system and new intercom.Read more
Sales in Shibuya condo to start this month
Domestic sales in The Parkhouse Shibuya Nanpeidai are scheduled to start at the end of this month, with 35 units on offer.Pre-sales to overseas investors in Hong Kong started in 2017. The 10-storey condominium is located a 7 minute walk from Shibuya Station and 300 meters from Cerulean Tower. This is the first new condominium to go on sale in the Nanpeidai address in 11 years.
Don Quijote to develop 120m high-rise in Shibuya
On August 13, discount retail giant Don Quijote Holdings announced plans for a high-rise retail, office and hotel building to replace their former Shibuya Store in downtown Tokyo. Land readjustment work is scheduled to start next month with the new building scheduled for completion in April 2022.Read more
Details released on luxury apartment tower for Shibuya City Office redevelopment
Additional details have been released for the residential apartment tower planned as part of the Shibuya City Office redevelopment. The new high-rise will be called Park Court Shibuya The Tower. The 39-storey apartment building will have 505 apartments, of which 355 will be made available for sale. Apartment sizes will range from 40 ~ 208 sqm (430 ~ 2,238 sq.ft).
This will be a leasehold property with the land to be returned to Shibuya City at the end of the 70-year term. The redevelopment of Shibuya’s City Hall will partly be covered by the land leasehold revenue. The new city hall buildings are due to open in January 2019, while the adjoining public hall will open in the following May.Read more
Google Japan office relocation signals return of Shibuya’s Bit Valley
On November 17, Google Japan announced plans to relocate their head office to a new office tower near Shibuya Station in mid-2019.
Google will be taking up floors 14 to 35 in Shibuya Stream - a 35-storey office tower due for completion in late 2018. The 50,000 sqm (538,000 sq ft) of office space will allow them to double their staff numbers from the current level of 1,300. The lower floors of the Shibuya Stream building will be hotel rooms, making Google the sole office tenant.