News Roppongi to get major revamp

[thomas]

Tokyo's Roppongi district is poised for a transformative urban development project, one of Japan's most significant, featuring a striking 327-meter skyscraper set to overshadow the current Roppongi 5-chrome Nishi neighbourhood. This ambitious endeavour, spearheaded by Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. and Mori Building Co., will introduce a verdant green zone and enhance connectivity to nearby subway stations. The Asahi Shimbun, drawing on insider interviews and government documents, reveals that the project aims to create a new core zone rivalling the prestigious Dai-Maru-Yu district. With construction costs estimated at 800 billion JPY, the project received approval in March and is scheduled to commence in fiscal 2025, targeting completion by 2030.

Photo credit: Japanese Cabinet Office website​

With 66 above-ground stories, the skyscraper will house a hotel, offices and a commercial facility. A residential complex comprising 1,000 apartments will be built alongside the high-rise. The total floor space of the buildings in the redevelopment area will be 1.08 million square meters. A "spacious rooftop garden" covering 16,000 square meters is planned to create a vast green space in the center of Roppongi. Minato Ward states in its "master plan for town development" that the project is aimed at providing "a high-quality business and residential environment by creating a hub for work, commerce, interactions, accommodation, housing and other urban functions at an international standard." It will also be a "hub for advanced urban features, such as educational functions, as well as international-standard amenities for residential and accommodation purposes." This suggests that foreign capital is behind the project and that foreign companies will move into the high-rise building. The master blueprint also mentions eco-friendly efforts and enhanced countermeasures against natural disasters.

Perhaps the best: the area facing the Roppongi intersection will be turned into an open space projected to cover 5,000 square metres, so people who face difficulty returning home in an emergency can stay temporarily.

Roppongi to get massive facelift, huge green zone near station | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

 

[johnnyG]

featuring a striking 327-meter skyscraper set to overshadow the current Roppongi 5-chrome Nishi neighbourhood.

Hopefully, it will not block anyone's view of Mt Fuji...!