Brillia Tama New Town sold out

All 684 apartments available for sale in Brillia Tama New Town have now sold out. Brillia Tama New Town is a large-scale redevelopment of the Suwa 2 Chome Jutaku housing complex in Tama City, Tokyo. The original buildings were completed in 1971 and contained 640 apartments. The demolition and reconstruction project is said to be the largest of its kind in Japan.

The new condominiums have a total of 1249 apartments, of which 565 were taken up by original residents (the remaining residents sold their ownership rights to the developer and moved elsewhere).Read more

by Zoe Ward

Same-day sellout in Brillia Tama New Town

All 252 apartments available in the first round of sales for Brillia Tama New Town have sold out on the same day.

Brillia Tama New Town is the redevelopment of the Suwa 2 Chome Jutaku housing complex and is the biggest project of its kind in Japan. Developed by Tokyo Tatemono, the new complex will have 1249 units, of which 565 will go to owners of the demolished apartments.Read more

by Zoe Ward

Reconstruction vs. long-life maintenance. What is the fate of your apartment?

The condominium market is facing a dilemma - to rebuild or to maintain.

The Japanese Government has enacted laws promoting both long-life construction methods and reconstruction. While there is the Basic Act for Housing and the Law on Promoting the Spread of Long-term Housing to ensure and improve stable housing and to promote the construction long-lasting buildings, there are also laws such as the Apartment Reconstruction Facilitation Law to enable and support building reconstruction.Read more

by Zoe Ward