Kachidoki View Tower

A 55-storey, 192.2-metre mixed-use tower completed in 2010 on the doorstep of Kachidoki Station. Its lower floors hold a public nursery school and children's centre; the residential floors above offer 712 homes, making it one of the waterfront's most prominent landmarks.

Use

Residential tower

Area

Chuo City

Completed

2010

Floors

55 above ground, 1 below

Height

192 m

Developer

Urban Renaissance Agency (project implementer)

Architect

Obayashi Corporation

A Tower That Holds an Entire Neighbourhood

In Kachidoki 1-chome, Chuo City, a white tower rises directly from the exit of Kachidoki Station on the Toei Oedo Line. Kachidoki View Tower stands 55 storeys above ground (one level below), reaching 192.2 metres. Since its completion in 2010, it has become one of the defining landmarks of the Tsukishima–Harumi waterfront.

What sets this building apart from other residential towers is the programme stacked into its lower floors. The first and second floors contain shops and offices; the third floor houses Kachidoki Nishi Nursery School, run by Chuo City; the fourth floor holds a city-run children’s centre. Residential units occupy the fifth through fifty-third storeys, totalling 712 homes. The result is a single tower that layers civic facilities below and housing above — a concentrated expression of what urban redevelopment is designed to achieve. Situated close to the Sumida River and Tokyo Bay, the mid and upper floors open out to wide waterfront views.

Decades in the Making

The project’s origins stretch back to 1991, when landowners in Kachidoki 1-chome formed a redevelopment preparatory council. By 1994 the council had expanded to include a park zone and adopted the name “Kachidoki Station Area Urban Redevelopment Preparatory Council.” In 1998, Chuo City and the council formally requested the Urban Renaissance Agency (UR) to take charge as the implementing body. Construction began in January 2008; Obayashi Corporation handled both design and construction. The building was completed in 2010, with the neighbourhood opening ceremony held at the end of the same year.

Of the 712 homes, 328 were sold as condominiums by Goldcrest, 204 were leased as UR rental units, and 180 were reserved for existing landowner rights holders. The structure — with a public agency as implementer, civic facilities integrated into the lower floors, and three distinct tenures coexisting under one roof — reflects the core purpose of a Class 1 Urban Redevelopment Project: regenerating a neighbourhood while protecting the rights of those already there.

Summary

At 55 storeys and 192.2 metres, Kachidoki View Tower stands out even among the many towers reshaping Tokyo’s waterfront. A nursery school and children’s centre in the low-rise base, condominium, rental, and landowner floors stacked above — the building is a compact study in how urban redevelopment renews a neighbourhood by layering functions into a single structure. Step out of Kachidoki Station, cross beneath the tower, and follow the riverside walkway along the Sumida: the cumulative changes to this part of the waterfront reveal themselves with every block.

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