Tokyo Midtown Nihonbashi tops out, with Waldorf Astoria's Japan debut on its top floors
Mitsui Fudosan and Nomura Real Estate have completed the structural work on a 284-metre Nihonbashi tower that adds some 20,000 square metres of new Tokyo retail, brings Hilton's Waldorf Astoria to Japan for the first time, and forces the established COREDO Nihonbashi mall to close for renewal — a direct reshaping of a named stretch of central Tokyo retail floor.
Mitsui Fudosan and Nomura Real Estate Development have finished structural work on Tokyo Midtown Nihonbashi, a 284-metre, 52-storey riverside tower that adds roughly 20,000 square metres of new Tokyo retail space, brings Hilton's Waldorf Astoria brand to Japan for the first time, and sends the long-running COREDO Nihonbashi mall into a year-long closure for renewal, the developers said in a joint release dated October 8.