is a mixed-use

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in Akasaka,

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. Completed in 2007, it is the tallest of the six buildings within the

Tokyo Midtown is a 569,000-square-meter (6.1 million sq ft) mixed-use development in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in March 2007, the $3 billion (¥370 billion) project includes office, residential, commercial, hotel, and leisure space, and the new quarte ...

complex, at , and was the tallest office building in

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until 2014.

Construction

Located at the center of the

development, Midtown Tower is the tallest of the six buildings located within the complex. At , it was the

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from the completion of primary construction in January 2007 until the completion of

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in 2014. Its official grand opening was on March 31, 2007, though the offices had been open since February. The building was designed by Chicago-based architectural firm

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with help from Nikken Sekkei Ltd. and built by the Takenaka and

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Facilities

As a mixed-use facility, Midtown Tower's 54 floors are utilized in different ways. Several conference rooms occupy the entirety of the 4th floor. The 5th floor is the home of the Tokyo Midtown Design Hub, a gallery and space for exhibitions, collaborations and discussions by designers. Tokyo Midtown Medical Center is located on the 6th floor. This medical facility is the first Japan-based collaboration with

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. Unlike similar

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skyscrapers in the area such as

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, Midtown Tower's top 54th floor is not a visitors'

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but rather houses building components and maintenance facilities.

Office tenants

Floors 7 to 44 are designated as commercial office space and house the offices of (among others): *

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Hudson Soft was a Japanese video game company that released numerous games for video game consoles, home computers and mobile phones, mainly from the 1980s to the 2000s. It was headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo ...

(formerly) *

Nikko Asset Management Nikko may refer to: Places * Nikkō, Tochigi, a Japanese city and tourist destination * Nikko Botanical Garden, operated by the University of Tokyo * Nikkō National Park, in Kantō, Japan Organizations, products, and services * ''Nikkō'' ...

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* Coupa Software

Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

Floors 45 to 53 are home to Japan's second

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hotel – the 247-room Ritz-Carlton Tokyo. The hotel offers many notable features including Japan’s most expensive Presidential Suite, available for $20,000 per night, and an "authentic" 200-year-old Japanese tearoom. Four works measuring 8.1 meters in height by American painter

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appear in the building's lobby, that, along with the second and third floors, is utilized by the hotel. The Ritz-Carlton Suite, billed at per night, was listed at number 9 on ''World's 15 most expensive hotel suites'' compiled by CNN Go in 2012.Arnold, Hele
"World's 15 most expensive hotel suites"
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References

External links

Official site
* {{Tokyo Skyscrapers Akasaka, Tokyo Skyscraper office buildings in Tokyo Office buildings completed in 2007 Buildings and structures in Minato, Tokyo Skyscraper hotels in Tokyo Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings