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How much did NEC Supertower cost to build?

The NEC Supertower (the NEC headquarters building, Nippon Denki Honsha Building) in Shiba, Minato ward, Tokyo, is the 180 m tall office tower with 43 floors above ground and four or five below, designed by Nikken Sekkei, with construction started in November 1986 and completion on 17 January 1990. Japanese Wikipedia gives its construction cost as 60 billion yen, and English Wikipedia says it was constructed at a cost of some 60 billion yen, with a total floor area of 145,272 m2.

Reported project cost

¥60 billion

Approximately $414.39 million

Cost basis: 1990

NEC Super Tower in 2023
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