
is a Japanese family-owned
property management
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firm. As of 2015 its president and CEO is Shingo Tsuji. Its headquarters are in the
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower
is a 54-story mixed-use skyscraper in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. Completed in 2003 and named after builder Minoru Mori, it is the centerpiece of the Roppongi Hills urban development. It is the sixth-tallest building in Tokyo at . The tower has a ...
in
Roppongi
is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous for the affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene. A few foreign embassies are located near Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike. It ...
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Minato,
Tokyo
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Mori Building has been managing office building leases since 1955. Its focus has been in Minato, Tokyo. As of 2011, it manages 107 office facilities in Japan and China with a total of of space.
Taikichiro Mori, the founder, quit his job as an economics professor and entered the real estate business. He became the richest man in the world, and his net worth in 1992 was $13 billion U.S. dollars. At the time his net worth was double that of
Bill Gates
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and $3 billion more than
Yoshiaki Tsutsumi
is a Japanese businessman. During the Japanese economic bubble, ''Forbes'' listed Tsutsumi as the wealthiest person in the world during 1987–94 due to his extensive real estate investments through the Seibu Corporation, which he controlled. ...
. Taikichiro Mori died of heart failure on January 30, 1993, at the age of 88.
Projects
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Ark Hills
is a major office development by Mori Building Company in Minato, Tokyo. Completed in 1986, the complex includes the ANA InterContinental Tokyo Hotel, the ARK Mori Building (a 37-floor, almost mixed-use tower), the world-class Suntory Hall co ...
(1986)
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Atago Green Hills
is an urban complex, located in Atago, Minato-ku in central Tokyo between the Kamiyacho and Onarimon subway stations. Constructed by building tycoon Minoru Mori, the complex incorporates offices, residences, shops, gardens, temples and museu ...
(2001)
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Roppongi Hills
is a development project in Tokyo and one of Japan's largest integrated property developments, located in the Roppongi district of Minato, Tokyo.
Constructed by building tycoon Minoru Mori, the mega-complex incorporates office space, apart ...
(2003)
*Holland Hills (2005)
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Omotesando Hills (2006)
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Shanghai World Financial Center
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(2008)
[Chong, Glenda.]
China's tallest building to open to the public this weekend
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Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower (2012)
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Toranomon Hills
is a skyscraper complex project built by Mori Building in the Toranomon district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Designed by Nihon Sekkei, it is built around the new Loop Road No. 2, a surface artery that will connect the Shinbashi and Toranomon di ...
(2014)
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Jakarta Mori Tower (2022)
Under construction
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Azabudai Hills
See also
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Minoru Mori
was considered to be one of Japan's most powerful and influential building tycoons. He joined the real estate business of his father, Taikichiro Mori, after graduating from Tokyo University and was president and CEO of Mori Building, of which h ...
References
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Real estate companies established in 1959
Real estate companies based in Tokyo
1959 establishments in Japan
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