THE STORY
Here it is from the building owne
It's basicaly a land rights dispute with a sort of happy
ending.
The property was owned by a business (coal and
wood company) since the early Meiji era but when
business declined, so did the buildings in the 1970s.
The area was approved to be redeveloped in 1983 but
the property holder refused to give up the land, even
though new building permits had been refused to him.
The highway corporation and the property owner
negotiated for 5 years and what you see today is their
compromise. Highways usually buy the land they're on
but a new law in 1989 allowed the possibility of
having two owners on the same spot, really meant for
highways to go underground but hey let's get
creative.
highway is the legal tenant of floors 5 through 7.
The current building tenant on the other floors is TKP
