Project to Redevelop Tokyo's World Trade Center Progresses

21 July 2021 | Tokyo, Japan

The demolition of Tokyo's World Trade Center is expected to take one year and eight months. Image credit: By Rs1421 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22244474

Tokyo’s World Trade Center Building has been closed for demolition. The 152-meter building closed its doors on 30 June 2021 and demolition is expected to take one year and eight months.

A new 235-meter building is planned for the site. The 46-story office building would also house a hotel and host tourism functions. It is scheduled to complete by March 2027. It will be part of the development project of "Hamamatsucho 2-4 District A Block," which covers about 3.2 hectares. A total of 314,000 square meters of new construction is planned for the overall site, including an eight-story building.

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The site is the terminal station for the Tokyo Monorail to Haneda Airport and nearby Hamamatsucho Station is also only three stops from Tokyo Station.

For more on this story, go to The Asahi Shimbun and The Daily Engineering & Construction News.