World Trade Center (Tokyo)

{{Infobox building

| name = World Trade Center Building

| native_name = 世界貿易センタービルディング

| image = World-Trade-Center-Building-Tokyo-01.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = World Trade Center Building (Tokyo)

| location = 2-4-1 Hamamatsu-chō, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-6133, Japan[https://www.wtca.org/locations/world-trade-center-tokyo?locale=en World Trade Centers Association] Accessed February 26, 2018 (includes content added at an earlier date)

| coordinates = {{coord|35.656311|139.756705|region:JP-13_scale:4000|display=inline,title}}

| start_date = 1964[https://www.wtca.org/locations/world-trade-center-tokyo?locale=en World Trade Centers Association] Accessed February 26, 2018

| completion_date = 1970

| opening = March 1970

| building_type =

| roof = {{convert|162.6|m|ft|sp=us}}

| top_floor = {{convert|152|m|ft|sp=us}}

| floor_count = 40 above ground
3 below ground

| elevator_count =

| cost =

| floor_area = {{convert|153,841|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}

| demolition_date = August 2021 – March 2023

| architect = Nikken Sekkei

| structural_engineer = Kiyoshi Mutō

| main_contractor = Kajima Construction

| developer =

| owner =

}}

{{nihongo|World Trade Center Building|世界貿易センタービルディング|}} was a 40-story commercial skyscraper located in Hamamatsuchō, Minato, Tokyo. Completed in 1970, the building is one of Japan's earliest skyscrapers. Upon its completion, the 163-meter-tall WTC Building took the title of Japan's tallest skyscraper from the Kasumigaseki Building; it retained this title until Keio Plaza Hotel's North Tower was completed one year later.{{cite web |url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=2870 |title=Tokyo World Trade Center Building |access-date=2009-10-16 |publisher=Skyscraperpage.com}}

The building was home to the World Trade Center Tokyo, a member of the World Trade Centers Association. It was primarily used for office space, but also included retail stores and restaurants. The building's top floor was a visitor observatory. The building was connected to the Toei Subways's Daimon Station and Hamamatsuchō Station, being serviced by two JR East lines and the Tokyo Monorail.

Office tenants

The building served as the headquarters of KYB Corporation, a global automotive company."[http://www.kyb.co.jp/english/information.html Corporate Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205234355/http://www.kyb.co.jp/english/information.html |date=2015-02-05 }}." KYB Corporation. Retrieved on February 5, 2015.

Redevelopment

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In March 2013, about 3.2 hectares of "Hamamatsucho 2-chome 4 district" on the west side of Hamamatsucho station was declared by a city planning decision as a special urban regeneration district . [10] In response, the construction of five new buildings is planned, including the reconstruction of the entire area. The demolition of a 152-meter skyscraper is the largest ever.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO08979510R31C16A0000000/ |title=羽田への地の利で「新橋超え」も、浜松町再開発|newspaper=日本経済新聞|date=2016-12-13|accessdate=2021-04-29}}{{cite news|title=浜松町の世界貿易センタービルを解体周辺の大規模再開発、2024年完成予定|author=|newspaper=msn産経ニュース|date=2012-10-18|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/news/121018/biz12101818490023-n1.htm|accessdate=2013-01-27|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020111841/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/news/121018/biz12101818490023-n1.htm|archive-date=2012-10-20}}{{cite news|title=世界貿易センタービルを建て替え老朽化で、24年度完成|author=|newspaper=47ニュース|date=2012-10-18|url=http://www.47news.jp/CN/201210/CN2012101801001453.html|accessdate=2013-01-27|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521141725/http://www.47news.jp/CN/201210/CN2012101801001453.html|archive-date=2013-05-21}}{{cite news |title= 浜松町・世界貿易センタービル、建て替えへ－都に都市計画提案提出|author= |newspaper=新橋経済新聞|date=2012-11-20|url=http://shinbashi.keizai.biz/headline/1317/|accessdate=2013-01-27}}

In 2014, the World Trade Center Building was purchased by the Nippon Life Insurance Company, which plans to demolish the building to allow for the construction of a new office building on the site.{{Cite web|url=http://japanpropertycentral.com/2014/02/nippon-life-acquires-site-in-minato-ku-for-80-billion-yen/|title = Nippon Life acquires site in Minato-ku for 80 billion Yen|date = 4 February 2014}}

Development was started separately for District A, District B, and District C. In District A, the South Building of the World Trade Center Building (3 floors below ground, 39 floors above ground) was completed in March 2021. The main building and bus terminal of the same building are scheduled to be completed in March 2017, a new Tokyo Monorail Hamamatsucho Station in May 2027. The B Street District Nippon Life Hamamatsucho Claire Tower (3 floors above the 29th floor underground) was completed in August 2018. A complex promoted by the Redevelopment Association (2 floors below ground, 46 floors above ground) is scheduled to be completed in December 2026 and will be constructed in District C.{{cite news |title= 生保マネー再び不動産へ 18年度、4年ぶり増加へ|author= |newspaper=日本経済新聞|date=2019-03-28|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO43036830Y9A320C1EE9000/?unlock=1|accessdate=2021-04-29}}{{Cite press release|url=https://www.kajima.co.jp/news/press/201811/14a1-j.htm |title=浜松町二丁目地区市街地再開発組合が設立|publisher=鹿島建設株式会社|date=2018-11-14 |accessdate=2021-04-29}}{{Cite press release|url=https://www.wtcbldg.co.jp/info/images/20210319.pdf |title=浜松町二丁目地区第一種市街地再開発事業新築工事着工のお知らせ |publisher=株式会社世界貿易センタービルディング鹿島建設株式会社三井不動産レジデンシャル株式会社三菱地所レジデンス株式会社|date=2021-03-15|accessdate=2021-04-29}} This building would later be called the World Trade Center North.

By the end of June 2021, the {{convert|152|m|ft|adj=mid|-tall|}} building was closed prior to its demolition,{{cite news |date=30 June 2021 |title=Tokyo's World Trade Center Building closes for demolition |url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14384370 |access-date=2021-08-04 |publisher=The Asahi Shimbun}} the process of which commenced in August 2021 and finished in March 2023. It is now the tallest demolished building in Japan, surpassing the 138-metre Akasaka Prince Hotel (1982–2013).