Nakagin Capsule Tower Demolition Begins in Tokyo

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Azabudai Hills' Mori JP Tower Completes as Japan's Tallest Building

  Azabudai Hills, Minato, Tokyo, JapanMori Building

  

  Starts 06/30/2023CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE3.2 years agoMori Building gives the Mori JP Tower's completion as 30 June 2023, announced at the start of the following week; CNN^[3] of 4 July 2023 reports the completion was 'announced Monday', with final touches left and the Azabudai Hills complex to open in the fall. The previous date of 24 November 2023 was the day the complex opened to the public, not the tower's completion.

  Mori Building's earthquake-engineered Main Tower at Azabudai Hills was completed in Tokyo, becoming Japan's tallest building at 330 metres.

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• Property09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  First Buildings Open at Tokyo's Tsukiji Redevelopment Site

  Tsukiji 5-chome, Chuo, TokyoMitsui Fudosan

  

  Starts 04/01/2029ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 2.5 yearsMitsui Fudosan's^[1] release gives "Scheduled opening: First half of 2030s or later (advance opening of facility in fiscal 2029)", so the pin sits on 1 April 2029, the first day of that fiscal year.

  Mitsui Fudosan's consortium is rebuilding the 190,000 sq m former Tsukiji fish market site in Chuo City as nine buildings totalling about 1,170,000 sq m, including an all-weather multifunctional venue for roughly 50,000 people, a theatre hall, a culinary centre and a waterbus terminal. The whole scheme is costed at about 900 billion yen.

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• Architecture09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Tokyo Skytree Opens to the Public

  1 Oshiage, Sumida, Tokyo, JapanTobu Railway

  

  Starts 05/22/2012CONFIRMED72% CONFIDENCE14.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Tokyo Skytree was completed on Leap Day, 29 February 2012, with the tower opening to the public on 22 May 2012".

  Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest tower at the time and an earthquake-engineering showcase, opened to visitors in Sumida, Tokyo.

  ¥65B

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• Infrastructure09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Tokyo Unveils $109BN Resilience Project

  Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanTokyo Metropolitan Government

  

  Starts 12/15/2022CONFIRMED77% CONFIDENCE3.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "In December 2022, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government unveiled the Tokyo Resilience Project."

  Tokyo's Metropolitan Government unveiled an 18-year, ¥17 trillion ($109BN) Resilience Project to fortify the city of 40 million against earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis and volcanic activity.

  $109B

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• Property09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Ground Broken on the Yongsan International Business District

  Yongsan Station, Yongsan-gu, SeoulKorea Railroad Corporation

  

  Starts 11/27/2025CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE300 days agoThe report is headlined "Work on long-delayed Yongsan International Business District to begin on Nov. 27", and the groundbreaking was held on that day in 2025.^[1]

  Work started on the 456,100 sq m site of the former Yongsan train depot in central Seoul, to be built out as a cluster of skyscrapers including towers of more than 100 storeys on land held 7 to 3 by Korail and the Seoul Housing and Urban Development Corporation. Foundational roads, parks and parking are due by 2028, with the first move-ins from 2030.

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• Architecture09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Torch Tower Completes as Japan's Tallest Building

  Tokiwabashi District, Otemachi, Chiyoda, TokyoMitsubishi Estate

  

  Starts 03/31/2028SCHEDULED57% CONFIDENCEin 1.5 yearsMitsubishi Estate’s own construction-start release says Torch Tower and its substation building "are scheduled for completion at the end of March 2028", and its schedule table repeats "End of March 2028".^[1]

  The 385 m, 62-storey centrepiece of the Tokyo Torch district beside Tokyo Station holds offices, more than 100 shops, an events hall for 2,000 people and the first luxury rental flats in the Otemachi-Marunouchi-Yurakucho district. Construction started in September 2023.

  ¥500B

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• Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  Chuo Shinkansen Maglev Tokyo to Nagoya

  Nagoya, Japan

  

  Starts 06/01/2034DELAYED6.5 years late65% CONFIDENCEin 7.7 yearsDate has moved, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "…suke Niwa said that due to construction delays a 2027 opening was now impossible and it is not expec…"

  A 505 km/h superconducting maglev intended to link Tokyo and Nagoya in 40 minutes, delayed by a water-diversion dispute in Shizuoka. Estimated date.

  ¥9T

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Chuo Shinkansen Maglev Delayed to 2035

  Shinagawa Station, Tokyo, JapanCentral Japan Railway

  

  Starts 12/31/2035DELAYED8 years late57% CONFIDENCEin 9.3 yearsJR Central said in 2024 that 2027 was impossible and that the line would not open before 2034; in 2025 that slipped again to no earlier than 2035, which is what Wikipedia's^[2] infobox now gives (citing Asahi Shimbun, 29 October 2025). Dated to the last day of 2035, the earliest year now stated.

  JR Central's Chuo Shinkansen maglev line, meant to cut Tokyo-Nagoya travel to around 40 minutes, has slipped from a planned 2027 opening to no earlier than 2035.

  $64B

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Japan Opens the Tokaido Shinkansen Bullet Train

  Tokyo Station, Tokyo, JapanJapanese National Railways

  

  Starts 10/01/1964CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE62.0 years agoWikipedia's^[3] Tokaido Shinkansen and Shinkansen articles, along with Japan House London's^[2] retrospective, state the line opened on October 1, 1964, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

  On October 1, 1964, just nine days before the Tokyo Olympics opened, Japan's Tokaido Shinkansen began carrying passengers between Tokyo and Osaka at over 200 km/h.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Beirut Terraces Completes as a Layered Skyscraper

  Beirut Terraces, Fouad Najjar Street, Minet el-Hosn, Beirut, LebanonHerzog & de Meuron

  

  Starts 12/31/2016ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCE9.7 years agoEstimated: Herzog & de Meuron's own project page gives 'Project 2009-2012, Realization 2012-2016', and Architizer and WorldArchitecture likewise give 2016, so the pin takes the end of 2016. Wikipedia's^[3] 2017 completion year is the outlier; no source gives a day.

  Herzog & de Meuron's stacked, terraced residential tower rises in Beirut's rebuilt Minet el-Hosn district, near the site of the 2005 Hariri bombing.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  One World Trade Center Opens at Ground Zero

  One World Trade Center, New York, NY

  

  Starts 11/03/2014CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE11.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "One World Trade Center officially opens in Manhattan on November 3, 2014."

  One World Trade Center opened at the rebuilt Ground Zero site, an American-icon skyscraper shaped by more than a decade of compromise between architects, developers and officials.

  $3.9B

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• Architecture09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Goldin Finance 117 Targeted to Finally Complete in Tianjin

  Goldin Finance 117, Xiqing District, Tianjin, China

  

  Starts 06/30/2027ESTIMATED65% CONFIDENCEin 280 daysGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "In April 2025, it was announced that construction would resume and be completed in 2027."

  After a decade standing unfinished as the world's tallest abandoned building, Tianjin's 597-metre Goldin Finance 117 resumed construction under a state-led rescue and is targeted to complete in 2027.

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