There are signs of life on the site of a now-demolished building in Roppongi.
A new construction notice went up in January outlining plans for 146-meter-tall, 22-story office tower with a total floor area of 32,500 square meters. Construction is scheduled to start in May 2021 with completion by September 2024.
The 4,200-square-meter site sits in a prominent position directly between Roppongi Hills and Tokyo Midtown, with Roppongi Avenue street frontage.
In the 1970s it was home to a powerful criminal organization’s headquarters, housing both their offices as well as apartments, a boxing gym, beauty salons, bars and a famous nightclub that attracted the who’s who of the time. Over the years, the ownership of the land and building became messy and complicated. After the building was demolished, the land was sold to a developer in 2011.
In early 2013, the developer announced plans for a 115-meter-tall, 34-story apartment building with completion scheduled for 2015. Those plans were shelved with the site sitting idles as a parking lot for the next eight years.
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