Shinagawa Grand Central Tower

A 32-storey, 148.1 m office tower completed in March 2003, a short walk from Shinagawa Station's east exit. Designed by Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei and built by Takenaka Corporation, it stands in the Konan district, Minato City's IT and corporate hub that emerged from large-scale waterfront redevelopment in the late 1990s and 2000s.

Use

Office tower

Area

Minato City, Konan

Completed

2003

Floors

32 above ground, 3 below

Height

148.1 m

Architect

Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei

An Office Tower on Shinagawa’s East Side

In Konan 2-chome, Minato City — a few minutes’ walk from the east exit of JR Shinagawa Station — the glass-and-metal facade of the Shinagawa Grand Central Tower faces a boulevard lined with other high-rise offices. Completed in March 2003, the building stands 32 floors above ground and three below, reaching a height of 148.1 metres. Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei designed it and Takenaka Corporation built it. Its compact, rational floor plates accommodate multiple tenants from large corporations to mid-size companies, reflecting the demand for efficient office space near one of Tokyo’s busiest rail hubs.

The tower’s straightforward curtain-wall facade blends with the corporate streetscape that defines the Konan district while remaining a clear landmark along the avenue from the station’s east exit.

The Business District That Grew Up Around Shinagawa

Shinagawa Station’s west side — Takanawa — has centuries of history as a post town on the old Tokaido highway. The east side, Konan, tells a different story. Until the 1990s, the area was a patchwork of factories, warehouses and reclaimed coastal land. Large-scale redevelopment through the late 1990s and 2000s replaced that industrial fabric with a dense cluster of office towers housing IT, telecoms and manufacturing companies. The Grand Central Tower was born in that wave, alongside the Shinagawa Intercity complex and World Business Garden, which together transformed Konan into a major corporate address.

With Shinagawa Station expected to serve as the Tokyo terminus of the Chuo Shinkansen linear maglev line, further redevelopment is already underway nearby. The current streetscape is a snapshot of the ongoing reinvention of one of Tokyo’s most dynamic rail gateways.

Summary

The Shinagawa Grand Central Tower, completed in 2003, is a 32-floor, 148.1 m office building designed by Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei and built by Takenaka Corporation in Minato City’s Konan district. Part of the wave of redevelopment that turned Shinagawa’s east side into a major corporate hub, it still stands as a practical landmark near one of Tokyo’s best-connected stations. A walk from the station’s east exit to the tower offers a clear picture of how Tokyo’s post-industrial waterfronts evolved.

Related: Shinagawa Intercity · World Business Garden