, officially called , is a

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located in the

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district of Nakamura-ku,

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, Japan. It opened in early 2007. It is the tallest building in Nagoya and the ninth tallest building in Japan as of 2025. At 247 m (810 feet), it is slightly taller than the nearby JR Central Towers. Midland Square houses offices of many companies including

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, Towa Real Estate and

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. It features a shopping center with 60 name-brand stores, two automobile showrooms and a cinema. It also holds the record for the highest open-air observation deck in Japan. Also of note are the unusual double-floored elevators, which take only 40 seconds to rise to the top. The name of the building derives from the

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(which means "central region") of which Nagoya is the capital.

Gallery

File:Midland Square Atrium 2014.jpg, Shopping Arcade File:Midland Square Basement Entrance 2014.jpg, Basement Entrance File:Midland Square Cinema 2014.jpg, Midland Square Cinema File:Midland Square 42-F Sky Lobby 2014.jpg, 42/F Sky Lobby File:Midland Square Sky Promenade.jpg, Sky Promenade File:Lexus LFA Blue 1101.jpg, Lexus LFA in Midland Square

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Midland Square
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