For Immediate Release
ARK Hills to House New Three Centers of Innovation:
TechShop Tokyo, KaleidoWorks and WIRED Lab—Mixed-use complex celebrates its 30th anniversary on March 31—

Tokyo, March 1, 2016—Mori Building, a leading urban developer, has announced that its ARK Hills, a
mixed-use complex in central Tokyo, will soon become the home of three innovation-driven
centers—TechShop Tokyo, WIRED Lab and KaleidoWorks—with the first two opening on April 1, the day after
ARK Hills commemorates its 30th anniversary.
TechShop Tokyo (3rd fl., ARK Mori Building) will be the first Asian location
for TechShop, a provider of “playgrounds” for innovation. Based on theconcept of “Build your dreams here,” TechShop Tokyo will offer tools,
software and space where creators, entrepreneurs, students, investors
and local communities will come together to exchange innovative ideas
and expertise to build almost anything. For details, please visit
www.techshop.jp.
KaleidoWorks (3rd fl., ARK Mori Building), managed by Mori Building, will
provide venture capitalists and entrepreneurs with office space and the Crossover Lounge forinnovative interactions aimed at new business development. Like-minded people will gather
at KaleidoWorks for cross-discipline exchanges of ideas and resources. Japan Venture Capital
Association, Incubate Fund, B Dash Ventures Corporation and other venture-spirited company will participate
in the KaleidoWorks initiative.
WIRED Lab (ARK Hills Gallery) will be established by WIRED, an online and print magazine that reports on
cutting-edge innovation for societal transformation. WIRED Lab will be an open-platform facility for research,education and experiments concerning futuristic urban lifestyles. In collaboration with innovators in the fields
of interactive advertising and cutting-edge media art, WIRED Lab will host adult education, seminars, talkshows, workshops and exhibitions.
By attracting cross-discipline innovation platforms to ARK Hills, Mori Building seeks to encourage heightenedinteraction and communication leading to new entrepreneurship and business. The ultimate goal is tostrengthen the magnetic power of Tokyo as a major global hub for business, leisure and culture in the 21stcentury.
For 30 years, ARK Hills has been driving the transformation of Tokyo’s Akasaka area. Its signature ARK Mori
Building accommodates numerous foreign-based financial institutions as a key district for international
finance. The residential ARK Towers, a pioneer of world-class leased apartments, provides high-level
residences with 24-hour bilingual concierge services. Since the establishment of ARK Hills, large officebuildings in the surrounding area have doubled and high-grade residential units have increased fivefold tosome 3,000 units.
About ARK Hills
ARK Hills was feted in 1986 as Japan's first large-scale private redevelopment project and a forerunner ofMori’s series of “Hills” projects. Seventeen years after its conception, this mixed-use complex of offices,
residences, hotels and concert hall finally came to fruition in 1986. ARK Hills was soon recognized as Tokyo's1

For Immediate Releasepremiere center of international finance. Today, its office tower continues to enjoy ahigh occupancy rate and remains one of Tokyo's most prestigious business addresses. The surrounding
environment has evolved into a vital and much beloved urban ecosystem, complete with cherry tree-lined
avenues and no less than seven ARK Gardens.
About Mori Building
Tokyo-based Mori Building Co., Ltd. creates groundbreaking concepts for urban living throughout Japan andthe rest of Asia. As one of Japan's leading urban landscape developers, Mori Building engages in urban
redevelopment, real estate leasing and management, and consultation for leisure complexes, offices andhigh-class residences. Two of its most noted developments are the Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo and theShanghai World Financial Center. Mori Building was established in 1959. Visit www.mori.co.jp/en.
Inquiries from international media
Rutsuko Nakajima or Masashi Nonaka, Weber Shandwick
Tel: +81-90-9006-2769/+81-80-1037-7879
Email: moribldg@webershandwick.com

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