TOKYO 東京 | Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Grand Tower 住友不動産新宿グランドタワー | 195m | T/O

TOKYO 東京 | Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome Naruko Area Redevelopment 西新宿八丁目成子地区 | 195m | T/O

Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome Naruko Area Redevelopment

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/4947/6bb95d86.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6326/img56973194601552.jpg

http://www.toshiseibi.metro.tokyo.jp/cpproject/field/nisisinjuk/saikaihatsu41.html

height: 195.25m
stories: 40
function: offices
status: U/C
completion date: 08/2011

location:
Nishi-Shinjuku (8), Shinjuku

http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35.696149,139.689038&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=35.696149,139.689038&spn=0.006361,0.009645&t=h&z=17

last update (februari 2010)
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first glass

http://i50.************/2h3bokj.jpg

it's going fast

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March 2010
Progress with a capital P.

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http://i39.************/v2ux5g.jpg
building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/
April 2010
steady growth

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May 2010
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http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/889/9ea2d8ba.jpg
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(05/19)

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July 2010
(07/17)

[IMG]http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9329/img569731158583760.jpg

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/7056/img569731158583761.jpg

together with the Kita-Shinjuku Area Redevelopment Plan Office Tower.

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1338/img569731158882960.jpg

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/3941/img569731158882961.jpg

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/8436/img569731158882962.jpg
blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aurdii/MYBLOG/yblog.html

august 2010
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/5703/f78495bc.jpg

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I'm interested in the landscaping actually, the render has nice landscape.

08/23 but posted today, I hadn't seen it from this angle though.

http://i55.************/2v1sokp.jpg
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09/07

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5619/20109704957e0vj9.jpg
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09/07

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5619/20109704957e0vj9.jpg
ikebukuro.areablog.jp/

nice skyline...if tokyo would have a great building among this towers it would be very nice!

09/19

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5003700988_7233c5fe0e_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/japan_style/5003700988/)
The view from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (http://www.flickr.com/photos/japan_style/5003700988/) by japan_style (http://www.flickr.com/people/japan_style/), on Flickr

Is it topped out now? It looks like they should remove the cranes.

today

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/5041317022_a9768f9fbc_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kanigma/5041317022/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kanigma/5041317022/) by kanigma (http://www.flickr.com/people/kanigma/), on Flickr

The cranes are still standing tall on top of the building.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5092869753_1e8b9f8455_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49660795@N05/5092869753/)
Tokyo Japan Shinjuku-Ku (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49660795@N05/5092869753/) by botswanky (http://www.flickr.com/people/49660795@N05/), on Flickr

What a great addition to the skyline!

Yeah! very nice skyline.

night view from Sunshine 60

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Finally a proper close-by update. :)

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2010/11/16

I think it's taken on the same date as the last pictures, just a different angle.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1157/12cb5bcdb1.jpg
http://www.blue-style.com/

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/30/tokyoshinjuku11011.jpg

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3923/tokyoshinjuku11012.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4595/tokyoshinjuku11013.jpg
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/

That's some uber-fast construction speed. I mean, from less than ten stories in February 2010 to top floor (40th floor) in January 2011.

In less than a year. Damn that's fast :banana:

^^Yep, that's really impressive. Hats off!
I remember when I was wandering around in last January, and that I thought it was a wasteland. At that time I didn't know that there they would build this gorgeous building! But I soon realized:)
Great redevelopment, together with "Shinjuku Front Tower". I love the gradation after the branching of the road: a 70m. building, then a 160m. one, and then a 200m. one.

BTW, it may answer this question:
Once a skyscrapers foundations have been laid,how long does it take to top out the frame?

Japanese construction companies ARE fast:banana2:

This area will not stop to rise! Apart from the 3 buildings (130m,160m,209m., See the compilation thread!) proposed in Shinjuku 5-chome, here are two projects/proposals very close to this thread's one:

Just behind this thread's project, there's a proposal for 30 floors building. They seem to be really ready to start, but there's strong opposition from the locals. The reason is that it would be inside Naruko shrine which is an important historical place, with many curiosities (For example there's huge engraved stones that were used for training by Edo era sumo wrestlers, etc.). They would even move a part of the home of the deity. But I can tell you, it's really really narrow. If you'd see it, you couldn't believe that they plan to build a high-rise in such a narrow space. If built, it would probably a record in land use ratio!!!

Here's a pic I took last spring (don't mind the watermark please).

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5783/hantai.jpg

And this is from 01/20.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2702/tenjin.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8610/tenjin2.jpg


Another redevelopment plan in the area has more chances to start soon: The Leopalace 21 Replacement Plan.
It's really in front of this thread's project, just on the other side of the road.
It's supposed to be 30 floors/ 140m. I think it's still awaiting approval (not sure), but the plan is to start construction this year for a completion in 2013.
It was mentioned on this picture:


http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/30/tokyoshinjuku11011.jpg


http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/8523/leopalace21.jpg

頑張れ新宿！

01/21

The more I look at it the more I love this tower.

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9997/naruko2.jpg

(It looks like it's tainted but it's not, it's the reflexion of the sunset light, and the black side is the shadow of Shinjuku Front Tower)

The wind was incredibly strong in between the 2 towers. A real wind corridor!!

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4462/naruko3.jpg

01/21

The other side

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4545/img623896188720470.jpg
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aurdii

helicopter shots (1/24)

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1348/helicoshinjuku.jpg

http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/9647/helicoshinjuku2.jpg


And that's all for my (selected) helicopter shots!:)

Some aerials from other angles.

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http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6657/099fd923.jpg
http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

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Awesome Skyscaper, what a beauty. I love it so much.
Keep improving Shinjuku Skyline.
Thanks for the pictures.

update:
http://i54.************/8wzhj9.jpg
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aurdii

Another redevelopment plan in the area has more chances to start soon: The Leopalace 21 Replacement Plan.
It's really in front of this thread's project, just on the other side of the road.
It's supposed to be 30 floors/ 140m. I think it's still awaiting approval (not sure), but the plan is to start construction this year for a completion in 2013.
It was mentioned on this picture:

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/8523/leopalace21.jpg

頑張れ新宿！
According to this blog post there's a development concerning this project.
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aurdii/archive/2011/06/14

The site (or at least part of the site I can't completely translate the post) has been sold to Daiwa House. This means there will be a residential tower instead of just a new office. When there's more news I'll post it in the news thread.

one more picture

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8136/img623896204855171.jpg
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aurdii

The official completion date has been put from August to December.

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The residential block that is also part of the redevelopment.

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4529/oishi80230.jpg
http://urbanreallife.blog52.fc2.com/

Just beautiful!

I'm wondering if this building is 198 M or 196 M?
I found in many resources around the web that the actual height is 196 M.

I see, I missed the height reduction and since this tower is almost completed I never really pay attention to it anymore other then when the regular blogs post about it.

And it's actually just 195.25m.

最高部195.25m、建築物188.80m（オフィス棟）
（注意）最高部198.20m、建築物192.61mから変更


What's more, since the tower is officially days away from completion it surprises me that it still doesn't have it's final name. But maybe that will be announced together with the notice that the project is completed.

09/17

1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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7
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It looks amazing and Trees <3

A good week before it's completion this tower officially named:

Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Grand Tower 住友不動産新宿グランドタワー


press release:
http://www.sumitomo-rd.co.jp/news/files/1111_0005/Shinjuku_Grand_Tower.pdf


Plus a couple of pictures:

TOKYO 東京 | Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Grand Tower 住友不動産新宿グランドタワー | 195m | T/O

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/5226/tokyoshinjuku11111.jpg

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Nice name! But though they better should have named it as 'Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Tower'! 'Grand Tower' looks a bit silly, and definitely doesn't apply for its height. =)

Nice landscaping!

^^ Making Tokyo greener one project at a time ;)

Yeah! :cheers:
Btw, I love Tokyo's trees and greenery always look very leafy and vivid green. Sometimes I even think it gives a look kind of luxury, it is hard for me to explain it in english :lol:. I don't know if it is related to the species of trees that are planted in Tokyo.

Also, I've heard many people complaining about Tokyo being a city that lacks a lot of trees, but from what I've seen in pictures, maybe Tokyo doesn't have big parks (as big as Central Park) but I think it has way more trees in the street, distributed around the entire city and not just in one green area, than other major cities like New York.

I forgot to change the status to completed.

Some pictures I took recently, it has a good impact on Shinjuku's skyline

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC01221.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC01279.jpg

From Chuo Line

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC08703.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/My%20Construction/DSC08705.jpg

I found this amazing video that promotes the tower, conducted by Sumitomo real estate.
:)


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