For years, the Japanese have been infatuated with Manhattan real estate. Timeless and elegant, New York landmarks fronting gracious avenues are everything that the vast majority of Tokyo buildings are not. But Tokyo Midtown, the latest in a series of mega-developments to emerge on the city’s skyline in the past five years, greets the street with Fifth Avenue flair. The 5-million-square-foot, mixed-use project is the product of a consortium of investors spearheaded by real estate giant Mitsui Fudosan who, fittingly, hired a veteran New York firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) to take the lead on design. Big and brawny, Tokyo Midtown, like Roppongi Hills just a few blocks away, was conceived and built in one fell swoop.
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