THE STORY<br />Here it is from the building owne<br />It's basicaly a land rights dispute with a sort of happy<br />ending.<br /><br />The property was owned by a business (coal and<br />wood company) since the early Meiji era but when<br />business declined, so did the buildings in the 1970s.<br />The area was approved to be redeveloped in 1983 but<br />the property holder refused to give up the land, even<br />though new building permits had been refused to him.<br />The highway corporation and the property owner<br />negotiated for 5 years and what you see today is their<br />compromise. Highways usually buy the land they're on<br />but a new law in 1989 allowed the possibility of<br />having two owners on the same spot, really meant for<br />highways to go underground but hey let's get<br /><br />creative.<br /><br />highway is the legal tenant of floors 5 through 7.<br />The current building tenant on the other floors is TKP<br /><br /><br />
