Midland Square

Skyscraper in Nagoya, Japan

35°10′12″N 136°53′06″E / 35.1701279°N 136.8850511°E / 35.1701279; 136.8850511Current tenantsToyota Motor Corporation, Towa Real Estate, and Mainichi ShimbunConstruction startedJanuary 2003; 21 years ago (January 2003)CompletedOctober 2006; 17 years ago (October 2006)OpenedMarch 2007; 17 years ago (March 2007)HeightArchitectural247 metres (810 ft)Tip247 metres (810 ft)Roof237 metres (778 ft)Technical detailsFloor count47Floor area193,451 m²Lifts/elevators19Design and constructionArchitect(s)Nikken Sekkei Ltd.DeveloperNikken Sekkei Ltd./Toyota JidoshaReferences^[1]^[2]

Midland Square (ミッドランドスクエア), officially called Toyota-Mainichi Building (豊田・毎日ビルディング), is a skyscraper located in the Meieki district of Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. It opened in early 2007. It is the tallest building in Nagoya and the fifth tallest building in Japan as of 2015. At 247 m (810 feet), it is slightly taller than the nearby JR Central Towers.

Midland Square houses offices of many companies including Toyota Motor Corporation, Towa Real Estate and Mainichi Shimbun. It features a shopping center with 60 name-brand stores, two automobile showrooms and a cinema. It also holds the record for the highest open-air observation deck in Japan. Also of note are the unusual double-floored elevators, which take only 40 seconds to rise to the top.

The name of the building derives from the Chūbu region (which means "central region") of which Nagoya is the capital.

Gallery

Shopping Arcade
Basement Entrance
Midland Square Cinema
42/F Sky Lobby
Sky Promenade
Lexus LFA in Midland Square

References

^ "Midland Square". Emporis. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
^ "Midland Square". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved June 4, 2019.