CDL Sells Tokyo Luxury Site as Japan Focus Shifts to Multi-Family
The site was formerly the home of Seiko founder Kintaro Hattori City Developments Ltd has divested a high-end residential site in Tokyo for JPY 50 billion ($340 million), with the…
Blackstone Eyes More Japan Property After Selling $4.5 Billion
(Bloomberg) — Blackstone Inc. is exploring more acquisitions in Japanese real estate, after selling about $4.5 billion worth in the past year to capitalize on high international interest in property…
Schroders, Dash Buy Tokyo Residential Property to Launch JV
Keisuke Kusano, head of Japan real estate at Schroders A joint venture between Asian serviced rental housing provider Dash Living and British investment manager Schroders has acquired the Palms Ryogoku,…
Japanese garden design informs Mitsui & Co real estate office
Lush plants and gravel beds feature in the Tokyo offices of real estate company Mitsui & Co, which local interior studio Flooat has designed to be “as stress-free as possible”.…
Surging Tokyo property prices squeeze out young professionals
[1/3]Tokyo Tower is seen from the 52nd floor of ‘Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower’, developed by Mori Building Co., during press preview of the complex in Tokyo, Japan, in this…
Weave Living Acquire Nine Tokyo Rental Residential Properties
Weave Living founder and CEO Sachin Doshi Weave Living now has properties in three of Asia’s top real estate markets with the rental housing investor and operator announcing on Thursday…
America Can Save Its Cities From Doom Loops by Copying Tokyo
Cities across the US are flailing under a worsening housing affordability crisis. Superstar metropolises from Los Angeles to Miami are becoming playgrounds for the elite. Americans fleeing New York and…
Opinion | How Tokyo Achieves Affordable Housing
Yuta Yamasaki and his wife moved from southern Japan to Tokyo a decade ago because job prospects were better in the big city. They now have three sons — ages…
TE Capital Hires Chris Handte for Japan Business
Christopher Handte joins TE Capital’s Tokyo Trust unit in Japan Tokyo Trust Capital is fortifying its Japan business as the company brings on board a former BlackRock and GE Capital…
The four unique ways Tokyo approaches housing can offer lessons for Australia
Unlike many other capital cities around the world, Tokyo isn’t experiencing a housing shortage. Instead, decades of acceptance of development and density has fuelled a surplus of housing. The Japanese…