В марте прошлого года стало окончательно ясно, что на месте нашего клуба возведут очередной высотный куб, начинённый офисными крысятами.
HISTORIC KUDAN KAIKAN REDEVELOPMENT PLANS ANNOUNCED
September 26, 2017
On September 21st, the Kanto Local Finance Bureau announced that Tokyu Land had won the competitive bidding process for the redevelopment of the Kudan Kaikan building in central Tokyo. The bidding price will be announced after Tokyu signs the contractural agreement in March 2018.
The developer will lease the 8,700 sqm block of land under a 70-year fixed-term and will build a high-rise office tower on the site. The north-eastern corner of the original Kudan Kaikan building will be preserved and retrofitted using a base-isolation system (menshin-kozo).
The new office building will be 17-storeys and approximately 75 meters tall. It will have a total floor area of 68,000 sqm (approx. 732,000 sq ft). Completion is tentatively scheduled for July 2022.
The former Kudan Kaikan was built in 1934 as a Military Officer’s Club. It was designed in the Imperial Crown style of architecture is a unique blend of western and Japanese styles that was in vogue in Japan in the 1930s. The building was temporarily seized by the GHQ following WWII and used as accommodation for allied forces until 1957. It was later used by the Japan War-Bereaved Families Accommodation and also opened to the public for accommodation and functions. The building was damaged in the March 11, 2011 earthquake causing two people to lose their lives. It has been closed ever since.
The government will retain ownership of the land, while leasing it under a fixed-term lease to Tokyu.
http://japanpropertycentral.com/2017/09/historic-kudan-kaikan-redevelopment-plans-announced/