Azabudai Hills
Fact Book 2023

© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills■Project Overview
・・・P.1■Development Concept
・・・P.7■Facility Overview
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Central Green and Green Spaces
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Keio University Center for
Preventive Medicine
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The British School in Tokyo・・・P.19
Art & Gallery
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Public Art
・・・P.22MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM:EPSON teamLab Borderless
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Azabudai Hills Gallery
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Other art venues and galleries
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Retail Facilities
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Azabudai Hills Market
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Azabudai Hills Residences
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Janu Tokyo・・・P.44
Offices・・・P.45
Hills House・・・P.47
Tokyo Venture Capital Hub
・・・P.51■Hills Network■Safety and Security■Environmental Initiatives■Strengthening
Local Infrastructure

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・・・P.59(Reference)
Mori Building’s Creation ofCities with Magnetism
・・・P.61Mori Building’s Strategic Area
(Aiming to Create a New International Hub) ・・・P.63
Global Power City Index 2022 ・・・P.71★Information, images and photos are as of August 8, 2023, and subject to change.
★All rights reserved. Reproduction of images and photos is prohibited.

■Project Overview“Hills of the Future” Leveraging the Experiences ofPrevious Hills-series Developments
The Azabudai Hills site lies adjacent to the ARK Hills complex at the midpoint between Roppongi Hills, the “Cultural
Heart of Tokyo,” and Toranomon Hills, the “Global Business Center,” in an area with both cultural and businesspersonalities.
The vast 8.1-hectare area will be filled with lush greenery as a verdant urban oasis with approx. 24,000m² of greenery,
including in its approx. 6,000m² central square. The complex will have a total floor area of ​approx. 861,700m²,
including approx. 214,500m² of office space, approx. 1,400 residential units and Mori JP Tower soaring to a height ofapprox. 330 meters. This mixed-use complex will be able to host some 20,000 employees and 3,500 residents, andwelcome 30 million visitors per year.
In total, Azabudai Hills will become “a city within a city” as the “Hills of the future,” leveraging the learnings andexperiences of past Hills-series developments.

Azabudai Hills completion image (rendition)

Azabudai Hills

Area map

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Project name:
Toranomon-Azabudai District Category 1 Urban Redevelopment Project
Project executor: Toranomon-Azabudai District Urban Redevelopment Association
Project type:
Urban Redevelopment Project
Location:
Parts of Toranomon 5-chome, Azabudai 1-chome, and Roppongi 3-chome, Minato-ku

Site area:
Approx. 8.1 hectares
Building Ground area: Approx. 63,900m²
Total floor area:
Approx. 861,700m²
Facilities:
Offices, residences,
retail facilities, hotels,
cultural facilities, international
school, medical facilities, etc.

Parking:
1,874 spaces
Project cost:
Approx. JPY 640 billion
Association members: 273 (May 2023)
Construction start:
August 5, 2019
Completion:
November 24, 2023 (planned)

Site Plan

Cross Section Plan

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■Project Overview

Large-scale Type 1 Urban Redevelopment Project
Undertaken Over Many years in Cooperation with Local Residents
To implement the Azabudai Hills project, the Council of Redeveloping Cities was established in 1989. Since then, in
collaboration with some 300 landowners representing different positions and circumstances, the Toranomon-Azabudaiarea was discussed and planned over more than 30 years. In 2017, the City Plan was approved based on the Law of
National Strategic Special Zones, and following approval of the establishment of Toranomon-Azabudai District Urban
Redevelopment Association, construction began on August 5, 2019. Completion is scheduled for November 24, 2023.
March 1989

Establishment of the Council of Redeveloping Cities (Gazenbou District)

May 1989

Establishment of the Council of Redeveloping Cities (Yawata-cho District)

December 1989

Establishment of the Council of Redeveloping Cities (Sengokuyama District)February 1993

Establishment of Toranomon-Azabudai District Urban Redevelopment
Preparations Committee

July 2014

Expansion of Redevelopment Area

October 2014

First Tokyo National Strategy Special Zone Conference

December 2016

Proposal of the City Plan

September 2017

Approval of the City Plan (Designated based on Law of National Strategic Special Zones)

March 2018

Approval of the establishment of Toranomon-Azabudai District Urban Redevelopment
Association

February 2019

Approval of the plan of rights conversion

August 2019

Start of construction

November 24, 2023

Scheduled opening

Committee meeting

Groundbreaking ceremony (August 5, 2019)

Groundbreaking ceremony (August 5, 2019)

Frame completion ceremony of Mori JP Tower (April 21. 2022)

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The Azabudai Hills project site encompasses a long, narrow district running from east to west, originally broken up
by hills and valleys in a convoluted terrain. The fragmented district was populated with small, old wooden houses
and buildings, many of which were deteriorating. Overall, the area's infrastructure was in great need of an upgrade.
It was decided that a Category 1 urban redevelopment project based on Japan's Urban Redevelopment Law shouldbe implemented to address various issues, improve the area's infrastructure of roads and parks, and upgrade local
urban functions for purposes including crime prevention and disaster preparedness.

Aerial view of the project site before redevelopment

Azabudai Hills area before redevelopment

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■Project Overview

Overwhelming Scale and Impact Comparable to Roppongi Hills
The scale and impact of Azabudai Hills will be overwhelming. The new complex will have a total floor area of approx.
861,700m², including approx. 214,500m² of office space with approx. 4,800m² per floor, and approx. 1,400 residential
units. This mixed-use complex will be able to host some 20,000 employees and 3,500 residents. Mori JP Tower willsoar to a height of approx. 330 meters. The project’s scale, comparable to Roppongi Hills, is the largest urban
redevelopment project that Mori Building has ever undertaken.

Azabudai Hills

Roppongi Hills (at opening in 2003)

ProjectName© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Site Area

Approx. 8.1ha

Approx. 11.6ha

HeightApprox. 330m (Mori JP Tower)

Approx. 238m (Mori Tower)

Ground Area

Approx. 63,900m²

Approx. 89,200m²

Total Floor Area

Approx. 861,700m²

Approx. 759,100m²

Leasable
floor space

Approx. 214,500m²

Approx. 190,870m²

Standard
floor space

Approx. 4,800m²

Approx. 4,500m²

Employees

Approx. 20,000 people

Approx. 15,000 people

Units

Approx. 1,400 units

Approx. 840 units

Residents

Approx. 3,500 people

Approx. 2,000 people

RetailFacilities

Shops

Approx. 150 stores(Approx. 23,000m²)

Approx. 210 stores(Approx. 40,000m²)

Hotel

Rooms

122 rooms

Approx. 390 rooms

Approx. 24,000m²

Approx. 19,000m²

Offices

Residences

Green area5Collaboration with Top Global Innovators
Top global creators who were invited to join the Azabudai Hills project came together to refine the overall plan.
The appearance of the three skyscrapers was designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners (USA), who designed skyscrapers
that became landmarks in many countries. They also designed Mori Building’s Atago Green Hills and ARK Hills
Sengokuyama Mori Tower in Tokyo. César Pelli, a founder of Pelli Clarke & Partners and a great architect, believedthat individual architectural designs exist to make better cities, which closely matched the philosophy of Mori Building.
Public realm and lower-level architecture was created by Heatherwick Studio (UK) led by Thomas Heatherwick, adesigner who has worked on many ingenious projects such as the Olympic Cauldron for the London 2012 Olympic
Games. Azabudai Hills is the studio’s first project in Japan to go into construction.
Sou Fujimoto and Ryu Kosaka from Japan designed the retail area of Mori JP Tower, and residential interior designs
were handled by Glenn Pushelberg and George Yabu of Yabu Pushelberg (Canada, USA), Marco Costanzi (Italy), and
Soo K. Chan of SCDA Architects (Singapore). Tyler Brûlé (Switzerland) managed the project’s concept work.
Under the strong leadership of Mori Building, these talented creators all over the world came together to realize ahighly diverse yet harmoniously unified large-scale urban complex.

César Pelli (dec.)
Pelli Clarke & Partners(USA)

Concept
work

Public spaces and lower-levelarchitecture

Façade design ofthree towers©Raquel DenizFred Clarke
Pelli Clarke & Partners(USA)

Tyler Brûlé
Winkreative(Switzerland)Thomas Heatherwick,
Heatherwick Studio(UK)

Interior design of residences

Design of retail facilities©David Vintiner

Glenn Pushelberg andGeorge Yabu
Yabu Pushelberg(Canada, USA)

Marco Costanzi
Marco Costanzi Architects(Italy)Soo K. Chan
SCDA Architects(Singapore)6

Sou Fujimoto
Sou Fujimoto Architects(Japan)Ryu Kosaka
A.N.D., NOMURA Co., Ltd.
(Japan)■Development Concept
Modern Urban Village –”Green & Wellness”–
A Huge Open Space Filled with Lush Greenery Bringing People Together
Azabudai Hills is a completely new urban development, unparalleled in terms of its development philosophy.
As technology advances, drastically changing ways of working and living, questions like “What should a future city
be like?” and “What is the essence of a city?” abound. Mori Building has always believed that “the essence of a city
exists within people living and working there.” Our ideas have continued to evolve, and now our approach iscompletely centered on people, and urban environments as places where people live and work in vibrant andcreative ways.

The concept of Azabudai Hills is a Modern Urban Village, a huge open space in the heart of Tokyo filled with lush
greenery that brings people together to build a new community. The two pillars of the Modern Urban Village are“Green & Wellness,” which support the formation of a diverse new community where people can enjoy genuine
human lives in an overwhelmingly verdant environment in harmony with nature.

Yoshitomo Nara
Miss Forest in Tokyo
2023© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Large 6,000m² Central Green with lush greenery (rendition)

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Coexisting with a lush and sustainable natural environment every day

Live while enjoying advanced, convenient urban lifestyle© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Nurturing internationally-minded children in a rich natural environment

Utilizing the entire city as a workplace, working freely and creative© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Discovering new experiences while shopping

Experiencing the essential pleasure of food and enriching daily life

Living a healthier and more fulfilling life

Disseminating culture and art from the complex

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■Development Concept“Green”
Where People, Surrounded by Greenery, Achieve Harmony with Nature
Compact high-rise towers have allowed a large amount of green space—a symbol of Azabudai Hills—to be added
to the area. By aggregating numerous small plots of land and then building three skyscrapers on the site, a huge
open space filled with greenery has been created on the ground level. This is the basis of the Vertical Garden City
concept that Mori Building has been focused on over many years.
The architectural planning of Azabudai Hills began with planning the flow of people and a seamless landscape witha central square, aiming to realize a Modern Urban Village. Proper locations were then considered for three highrise towers, enabling them to melt into the lush greenery. This is the opposite of the traditional approach of
placing the buildings first and then filling in the rest of the space with greenery.
By taking advantage of the topographical differences of the area and providing greenery throughout the site—
including the low-rise rooftops of podium buildings—approx. 24,000m² of green space were created, including theapprox. 6,000m² Central Green (central square).
As a result, Mori Building has been able to create a relaxing urban oasis filled with trees, flowers and waterscapesin the heart of Tokyo.
Green area (Minato City Green Plan System) : Approx. 24,000m²
Central Green (central square): Approx. 6,000m²

Plants: Approx. 320 species© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Introducing compact high-rises has enabled a vast amount of greenery to be added to the area (rendition)

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Azabudai Hills will provide greenery that touches people’s daily lives with a diverse array of some 320 species of plantsthat will change the atmosphere of the complex with each new season. For example, the Central Green area isplanned around deciduous trees so that people can feel the change of seasons, reflected by a 13-meter-high zelkova
as well as other indigenous trees including hakuunboku, inushidashi, konara, aodamo and Japanese maples.
Water flowing throughout the site among the terrain's differing elevations will lead to the Central Green, where an
ecotone of aquatic plants, grasslands and shrubbery will create a hierarchical structure of plants providing homes forliving creatures.
Revived nature in an urban setting requires constant care, so people at Azabudai Hills will be encouraged to immersethemselves in the greenery and help to nurture it. This will be a place where people live, work and think about life
while nurturing a sustainable natural environment.
The diverse vegetation of the area's plateaus, valleys and waterscapes will be woven into the richly undulating
topography, nurturing creatures and changing with the seasons. At Azabudai Hills, people will feel like they are part ofthis ecosystem, living in harmony with a wide variety of plants and animals.

Yoshitomo Nara
Miss Forest in Tokyo
2023© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

The approx. 6,000m² large Central Green with lush greenery (rendition)

Orchard on a building rooftop (rendition)© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Combination of landscape and waterscape (rendition)

Low-rise architecture with rooftop greenery (rendition)

Furthermore, the entire city is promoting citywide efforts to decarbonize and recycle resources.
100% of the electricity supplied to the complex will come from renewable sources, meetingthe targets set by the Renewable Energy 100% (RE100) international environmental initiative
led by the UK’s Climate Group.
Azabudai Hills is on track to receive a top-level Platinum certification in the Leadership in
Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) ND (Neighborhood Development) category for mixeduse developments. In addition, LEED’s BD+C (Building & Design/Core and Shell Development)
certification for newly constructed tenant buildings is highly expected.

10■Development Concept“Wellness”
A Complex where Residents can Achieve Wellness
Wellness is not just about eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly; it is also about mental well-being, working
smart, and creating fulfilling relationships with one's community. Wellness, including both physical and mental
health—all important topics in today’s world—is one of the pillars supporting the concept “Modern Urban Village” of
Azabudai Hills.

Wellness Concept
Azabudai Hills will be a place where people can strive for better health in a nourishing living environment.
By connecting spas, fitness clubs, restaurants and grocery stores with medical facilities at the core, everything
will work together in a system that links wellness to all aspects of living and working in the complex.
Furthermore, Azabudai Hills will deploy cutting-edge digital technology through joint research with Keio
University, for advanced wellness focused on modern issues such as extended healthy lives and improved wellbeing.

The office and retail spaces of Mori JP Tower have received preliminary
WELL precertification in recognition of features such as greenery in theCentral Green, high-quality indoor air, healthy meals at cafes, andexercise opportunities including walkways throughout the property.
Upon completion, this will be the world’s largest Platinum-certified
property.
Moreover, if the Tower receives the envisioned top-ranking Platinum
certifications from WELL, in addition to LEED ND and LEED BD+C, it isexpected to become the world's first skyscraper to achieve these.

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Keio University and Mori Building Conclude Basic Agreement

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Keio University, in the spirit of Shibasaburo Kitasato, the first dean of the school, has upheld preventive medicine
as the starting point for its Keio Medical School since the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine and University
Hospital. Keio University is pursuing futuristic preventive medicine with the aim of creating an affluent society inwhich people lead more healthy lives in an era when 100-year life expectancies will become practical. However,Keio University was deeply aware that the continuing development of preventive medicine will require society totake action beyond the boundaries of hospitals.
Mori Building believes that the value of wellness, including both physical and mental health and well-being, will
become increasingly important for urban living. Accordingly, it is now incorporating the concept of wellness into
its urban development initiatives and the urban living styles it is proposing. As part of this change, in March 2021,
Mori Building and Keio University reached a basic agreement to pursue advanced preventive medicine andwellness in Azabudai Hills, a large-scale complex that combines diverse urban functions for people of different
ages, nationalities, and health conditions living together.

Under the basic agreement, the Center for Preventive Medicine is being expanded and relocated from Keio
University Hospital (Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) to Azabudai Hills. The center will provide the latest
equipment and high-precision physical examinations that only a university hospital can offer, to detect the risk of
disease at an early stage, as well as optimal preventive medical care tailored to the individualized needs and risksof each patient.
The two entities also launched the Hills Joint Research Laboratory for Future Preventive Medicine and Wellness
in April 2021. The laboratory is developing preventive medicine in an interdisciplinary manner by identifying
health issues related to life stages among people living and working at Hills properties managed and operated byMori Building. In collaboration with the Center for Preventive Medicine, the lab is also researching futureoriented preventive medicine and wellness.
In addition, Mori Building is sponsoring the Wellness League, established in fiscal 2023 as part of the KEIOHEALTHCARE VENTURE CONTEST, to commercialize research results and support venture companies in thewellness field to further enhance health for future generations.

Keio University Center
for Preventive Medicine

Data accumulation

Hills Joint Research Laboratory
for Future Preventive
Medicine and Wellness

Implement researchachievements
Next-generation
preventive medicine

Further study offuturistic preventive medicine

Cooperation between the Center for Preventive Medicine and the Joint Research Laboratory

Yuko Kitagawa
Vice-President,
Keio University

Masayuki Amagai
Vice-President,
Keio University

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Takanori Kanai
Dean, Keio University
School of Medicine

Morio Matsumoto
University Hospital
Director General

■Facility Overview
Compact “City within a City"
Concentrating Urban Functions within Walking DistanceRather than designing the complex around facilities such as offices, residences and hotels, Mori Building conceived
Azabudai Hills’ design from the perspective of human activity, including the removal of barriers between facilities.
Azabudai Hills will be an urban environment that seamlessly connects diverse aspects of human life, including living,working, gathering, relaxing, learning and recreating. As a result, it will realize rich "Hills Life," allowing people to livein harmony with nature, form a thriving community and enjoy creative, stimulating lives. The entire complex, full oflush greenery, will become a place of learning, working, living and recreating, all within walking distance.

International-standard offices to meet global needs

Hills House, a base for turning the entire complex into a workplace

Approx. 214,500m2 of space will accommodate about 20,000

Hills House will function as a "clubhouse" where employees oftenant companies can access various functions and services at
Azabudai Hills, enabling their employers to collaborate with thecomplex to organize ideal new ways of working.

people in advanced office facilities that provide added value,
including robust BCP and RE100-compliant power for all
facilities to support new free and creative workstyles.

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Center for Preventive Medicine for longer healthy lives

Tokyo Venture Capital Hub, Japan’s first VC cluster
Some 70 independent and corporate venture-capital firms
will gather in this hub, providing a base for the provision of
the critical capital needed to fund the growth of startups,
thereby helping to revitalize the Japanese economy.

Patients will receive customized healthcare including highprecision physical examinations by specialist university hospital
personnel using state-of-the-art equipment. The clinic will also
conduct research into advanced methods of preventive medicine.

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Aman Residences, Tokyo; the ultimate in serene living

Residences that maximize urban affluence amidst greenery

Azabudai Hills has partnered with Aman, the operator of luxury
diverse world-class hotels and resorts, to create an unique andexclusive 91-unit residence.

The residences, which embody Mori Building's decades ofexperience in residential business, allow residents to fully enjoy
the richness of urban living: "Hills Life."

Janu Tokyo, Aman's sister brand hotel to make world debut

One of largest international schools in central Tokyo

Aman's world's first "Janu" brand hotel, a 122-room property
with one of the Tokyo's largest wellness facilities, will welcome
guests from Japan and abroad with warm hospitality.

Situated amongst urban nature, The British School in Tokyo
with students of over 60 different nationalities will educate
globally minded people to become the leaders of tomorrow.

Retail facilities support affluence and new experiences

Market offering essential enjoyment and richness of food

Surrounded by lush greenery, approx. 150 stores will offer
fashion, food, beauty, culture, art, wellness and more to
support affluent lifestyles and provide new experiences.

31 leading Japanese specialty stores will gather in this worldclass market to offer not only products but also opportunities
for learning and discovery and offering essential enjoyment
and richness, organized with diverse partners.

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Azabudai Hills Gallery, the complex’s culture promotion facility

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Based on the concept “the entire city is a museum,” theGallery will be the core facility promoting cultural activities,
showcasing genres, including art, fashion and entertainment.

This popular digital art museum, which attracted a global
audience at its original home in Odaiba, will now present a
combination of evolving and Japanese-debut works in Azabudai.

©teamLab

Public art blurring the boundaries between art and daily life

Central Green to connect people in a vast green space

Artworks in public spaces will visualize the energy of the natural
world made in Azabudai Hills, by fusing its grand scale withhuman scale and connecting people with the universe.

In the lush Central Green (central square), people will interact
with some 320 plant species changing with the seasons as well as
experience lively urban events at Azabudai Hills Arena inside thesquare.

Yoshitomo Nara
Miss Forest in Tokyo
2023

Olafur Eliasson“A Cycle of Interconnected Moments in Harmony"
2023

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■Facility Overview: Central Green and Green Spaces
Central Green
Creating a Lively Urban Atmosphere, Surrounded by Rich Greenery
The approx. 6,000m² Central Green (central square), a symbol of the complex, will bring people together in a lush
green space for rest and relaxation. Its focal point will be the Azabudai Hills Arena, which will be surrounded byabundant greenery. Crowned by a canopy designed by Heatherwick Studio, who also worked on the area's
distinctive landscape, the space will be equipped to accommodate a variety of events. In addition to an adjacent
550m² grass area, it can also be used with Azabudai Hills Cafe, a dining and event space. Seasonal activities
organized among the lush greenery will create a vibrant urban atmosphere in the heart of Azabudai Hills.

© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Azabudai Hills Arena (rendition)

Central Green:

Approx. 6,000m2

Azabudai Hills Arena: Approx. 500m2;
ceiling approx. 16 meters
Azabudai Hills Cafe: Approx. 148m2
Azabudai Hills Cafe (rendition)

The Cloud (Canopy)
The area under the large roof adjacent to Mori JP Tower, nicknamed "TheCloud," will play an important role functioning as an outdoor event space,
while simultaneously serving as a large public artwork that will be an iconic
symbol of the Central Green.
The design represents a floating cloud that reflects the flowing energy ofthe events and activities that will be hosted in Azabudai Hills Arena.
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The Cloud(rendition)

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Green Space where People will Feel the Seasonsand Relax among Nature and Natural Topography
By utilizing the natural topography of the area as well as the rooftops of low-rise buildings, approximately
24,000m² green space has been created despite being located in the heart of Tokyo. A landscape of greenery andwater will create natural spaces in various areas within Azabudai Hills, including in the Orchard, along streets andat entrances to the site.

The Orchard
An orchard of approx. 200m² will be located on a sloping
green space overlooking the Central Green. There will be
11 types of fruit trees, including mandarin oranges,
blueberries, lemons, apples, peaches, sour oranges, andplums. During harvests, the orchard will provide people
with rare opportunities to physically interact with nature.
Herbs and edible plants will be planted underfoot tocreate an area that can be enjoyed with all five senses. In
addition, there will be a terrace and a vegetable garden of
about 45m². Programs will be planned in collaboration
with retail shops and other facilities in Azabudai Hills.

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The Orchard created on building rooftop (rendition)

Sakura-asa Street
In order to partially revive the area's indigenous naturalenvironment and to harmonize with the existing
streetscape, this street will host a rich mix of evergreen
and deciduous trees, similar to a path through a wooded
area. It will be lined with a selection of 10 species of large
trees, and 34 kinds of native vegetation (including privateland). People can experience the changing seasons as if
they were strolling through the countryside.
In spring, Japanese maples will sprout; in early summer,
dogwoods and Cornus kousa will bloom; in midsummer,
leaves will become deep green; in autumn, maples willturn red, and in winter, Japanese white oaks and otherevergreens will add accents of color. Underfoot will bediverse plant life, and blooming flowers will change withthe seasons. People will discover something new eachtime they walk through the area.

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Sakura-asa Street, where the change of seasonscan be experienced yearlong (rendition)

Cherry blossom gateways
Cherry blossom gateways will be established at eachentrance to Azabudai Hills by planting species that bloom
at different times. The blossoms will appear in threestages, starting from lower elevations, making it possible
to enjoy cherry blossoms throughout the spring.
Along Sakurada-dori Avenue, Kawazu-zakura will begin tobloom in February and the Central Green entrance willfeature Someiyoshino fully blooming in April. At the sametime, Yamazakura, Oshima-zakura, Shidare-zakura andZindai-akebono will bloom in the Central Green. Finally,
along Azabu-dori Avenue and Gaien-higashi-dori Avenue,
double-flowered cherry trees such as Fukurokuge andKanzan will be at their best in early May.
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© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

The cherry blossom gateway will allow the enjoyment
of Japanese spring for a long time (rendition)

■ Facility Overview: Keio University Center for Preventive Medicine
Keio University Center for Preventive Medicine
New Possibilities for Preventive Medicine and Healthy Life Expectancy
The Keio University Center for Preventive Medicine, originally established in 2012, will now move to Azabudai Hills.
Building on its past achievements and striving to provide medical care that accompanies people throughout theirlives, the Center will support the realization of a society in which all people can enjoy healthy, fulfilling andprosperous lives.
Supported by the latest medical equipment and highly specialized university hospital personnel, the center will
provide high-precision physical examinations for early detection of disease risks, as well as a program optimized tomeet the individual needs of each patient. Expanded in size as a result of its relocation, the new facility will alleviate
congestion and provide a comfortable environment for medical examinations.
On the 5th floor, various examinations for specific diseases and parts of the body will be offered, utilizing the latest
medical equipment, and aftercare in collaboration with various departments of Keio University Hospital will be
provided. On the 6th floor, the new Keio University Hospital Preventive Medicine Membership facility will deliver
personalized preventive medicine. Personal support teams offering full-body examinations will provide each member
with ongoing health management support tailored to their specific health issues and goals.
In addition, the Center will explore new diagnostic and testing methods for advanced preventive medicine incollaboration with the Joint Research Laboratory. It will also work with facilities such as the Azabudai Clinic and the
AZABUDAI NISHIBORI DENTAL CLINIC in the same building, and the HILLS SPA membership fitness club, to promotehealth throughout the complex.
Location: Mori JP Tower, floors 5-6

Facility area : Approx. 3,900m2

Layout: Checkups (5th fl.) & member services (6th fl.)Note: Tests to begin on November 6, 2023

Hiromasa Takaishi M.D. PhD. (Professor and Director, Keio University Center for Preventive Medicine)
After serving as director of the Oncology Center at Keio University School of Medicine, Takaishi
became director of the Center for Preventive Medicine in 2020 to lead the relocation to
Azabudai Hills. His goal is for the new center to provide highly personalized preventive medicine
tailored to each patient, believing that preventive medicine should be a comprehensive
discipline that aims not only to prevent disease but also to prolong healthy life expectancy.

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5th floor entrance hall to the Center for Preventive Medicine (rendition)

6th floor consultation room at the Center for Preventive Medicine (rendition)

Other Medical Institutions
Azabudai Clinic (Tower Plaza, floor 4)
Our physicians and other personnel, who also work at Keio University Hospital and other hospitals, will provide medicalcare in close collaboration with neighboring medical institutions, aiming to help patients realize healthier and richer
lives. In addition to general internal medicine, we have physicians specializing in gastroenterology, rheumatoid arthritis
and collagen diseases. We also offer a full range of medical checkups and physical examinations. The director, agraduate of Keio University Hospital's Department of Dermatology and a specialist in nail diseases, provides bothgeneral and cosmetic dermatology treatments and procedures.

Dr. Tetsuya Takada (President, Medical Corporation Nakayoshikai)
After graduating from Keio University School of Medicine, Dr. Takada performed clinical andresearch work and taught at the Department of Rheumatology and Collagen Disease as well
as served as an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. He became
director of the Hiyoshi Medical Clinic in 2011 and then chairman in 2013. He is a strong
advocate of providing "true" medical care to patients without hesitating to collaborate withother physicians.

AZABUDAI NISHIBORI DENTAL CLINIC (Tower Plaza, floor 4)
We opened our original Sendagaya clinic in 1971 to pursue international standards of dental health and beauty
pioneered by the American dental community, particularly the Department of Periodontics and Prosthodontics at the
University of Pennsylvania. We then opened our Roppongi Hills clinic in 2003, and the Azabudai clinic will now be ourfourth clinic. With more than 50 years of experience, we treat people of all ages, including children, based on the latest
knowledge of disease prevention, focusing not only on treatment but also on preventive dentistry.
Dr. Masakazu Nishibori (Chairman, Medical Corporation Dental Periodontics)
With a long history of clinical practice as a periodontist and supervising dentist in Japan andthe United States, Dr. Nishibori applies a comprehensive and balanced approach to implants,
prosthodontics and periodontics. After 20 years of practice in Roppongi Hills, he will now
provide world-class treatment in Azabudai Hills with the support of specialist personnel.

Azabudai Clinic, Medical Corporation Nakayoshikai

AZABUDAI NISHIBORI DENTAL CLINIC,

Location: Tower Plaza, floor 4

Medical Corporation Dental Periodontics

Facility area: Approx. 560m2

Location: Tower Plaza, floor 4
Facility area: Approx. 250m2

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■Facility Overview: The British School in Tokyo
The British School in Tokyo
One of Tokyo’s Largest International Schools
For Tokyo to compete with other international cities, it must attract foreign companies and talented global players
from around the world; one way to do this is improving the living environment for foreign businesspeople andtheir families. A key step will be enhancing its international education environment, given that central Tokyo still
has fewer international schools than most other major cities, even those in Asia.
The British School in Tokyo, one of the largest international schools in Tokyo, will open in Azabudai Hills. The newcampus is the culmination of the school's desire to educate children in a relaxed, natural environment in the heartof the city, and Mori Building's vision to support Tokyo's global magnetism. Founded 34 years ago, the school
offers a British-style curriculum with a rich international flavor to students of more than 60 nationalities. Approx.
740 students from nursery to year 6 will attend the new campus. It will be a lush natural environment for theeducation of young people to become the leaders of tomorrow.

Location:International School, floors B1-7
(Mori JP Tower)

Site area:

Approx. 15,000 m2

Students:

Approx. 740 (planned)

Nationalities: More than 60 nationalities
Yards:

Two, each approx. 900 m2

Opening:

August 30, 2023 (planned)© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Exterior view of school (rendition)

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Learning environment with world-class facilities to help students' talents flourish
The treehouse-inspired school building was designed by Thomas Heatherwick, the world-renowned designer ofthe London Olympic torch stand. In addition to lush greenery, the campus will have two libraries, an art studio,
two music rooms, and a digital technology studio for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
tuition. Physical education facilities will include two sport pitches, a gymnasium, an indoor swimming pool and adance studio. These facilities will provide a world-class learning space where each student's talents can develop
and flourish.

School yard

Classroom

Gymnasium

Pool

The entire Azabudai Hills community as a place of learning for students
The British School in Tokyo will support their students’ development with experienced teachers and administrators,
as well as providing a personalized learning environment to meet the needs of each student, including
opportunities for high-achieving students to challenge themselves at higher levels. The school will also offer morethan 100 extra-curricular activities and clubs, such as football, music, art, and gardening, to develop each student's
potential.
The campus will be located near office buildings, shops, restaurants, hotels, art galleries, a hospital, andresidences. Close contact with people who live, work, gather, relax, learn and recreate here will turn the entire
complex into a place of learning and provide experiences that cannot be learned only in school, leading toopportunities for further growth.

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■Facility Overview: Art & Gallery
Art & Gallery
Presenting a Diverse Range of Cultures to the World
from Modern Art to EntertainmentMori Building strongly believes that in cities where there is only economic activity and no culture, it is impossible
to attract people from around the world. We are devoted to incorporating "culture" as a crucial element of urban
development, creating distinctive cultural facilities within each of our Hills projects. As awareness of the need forwellness has grown, culture and art have become even more vital in enhancing the quality of urban life, providing
as they do a more fulfilling experience for city dwellers.
At Azabudai Hills, our approach has been based on the concept of “making the whole city a museum.” At thecenter of the overall facility is a museum and art gallery with a total space of around 9,300m2. Public art
installations are dotted throughout the area, in offices, residences, hotel lobbies and squares, creating a urban
space where art and culture blend seamlessly.

©チームラボ©teamLab

Azabudai Hills Gallery (exhibition rendition)

MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM：EPSON teamLab Borderless

Location: Garden Plaza A, floors B1-MB; Garden Plaza B, floor B1

Art & Gallery area: Approx. 9,300m2

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Public Art
Eliminating the Boundary between Art and Daily LifeFor the artworks in the public spaces and living environments in Azabudai Hills, a large and lushly vegetated spacein the heart of Tokyo, the Mori Art Museum has curated a selection of works that help people to visualize theenergy of the natural world that exists in Azabudai Hills, blending the complex’s grand scale with the human scale.
These works also allow people to feel the connection between humans and the universe. They embody
craftsmanship handed down over time and use materials that stimulate the senses and evoke the wildness andartistic sensibility inherent in human nature. The art spaces in Azabudai Hills, including “EPSON teamLab
Borderless” and “Azabudai Hills Gallery,” enable people to move about the complex to experience museum-quality
art produced in collaboration with artists who are leading the contemporary art world with their timeless works.
Mori JP Tower
Olafur Eliasson (Denmark) “A harmonious cycle of interconnected nows”, 2023
These four successive sculptures follow the twisting, moving trajectory of a single point to express
the movement found in all things. They represent the movement of everything: people in action,
centripetal forces and free-moving dancing. The spiral sculptures seem to interrelate and harmonize
with other elements in the space, including the windows and columns. These progressively complex
forms were inspired by the Lissajous curve, which represents vibration and from which they havebeen transformed into dynamic three-dimensional forms. A close look reveals that the overallcomposition is a series of numerous dodecahedrons comprising rhomboids, kite shapes, andtriangles. Based on Studio Olafur Eliasson's long-standing research into geometric forms andconceptual questions about geological time, this is his first work to incorporate recycled metal.
Olafur Eliasson
A harmonious cycle of interconnected nows
2023

Central Green
Yoshitomo Nara (Japan) “Miss Forest in Tokyo”, 2023

(reference artwork) Nara Yoshitomo
Miss Forest
2017
Installation view: N's YARD, Tochigi
Photo: Morimoto MieThis creation, a forest spirit with its antennae stretched high into the sky but with its eyes closed,
seems to be either communicating with the universe or praying for peace in the natural world. This
conical shape reaching toward the sky is the eighth work in the "Forest Child" series, which
includes works permanently displayed in Aomori, Nasu-shiobara, Los Angeles and other locations
since 2016. It began with "Miss Tannen" in 2012, which represented a resumption of creative
activities following the tragedy of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. This is Nara's first
outdoor sculpture to be permanently installed in Tokyo. The original clay sculpture was cast in
bronze and coated with urethane paint, leaving vivid finger marks on the surface that graphicallyconvey the artist's physicality and emotions. The series, which embodies memories, sensitivities
and intuitions etched deep within the artist's mind, speaks to the depths of our hearts throughlayers of Nara's own conflicts, wishes for world peace, and hopes.

Yutaka Sone (Japan) “Last night of the stone age” 2017/2023(reference artwork) Sone Yutaka
Wood Log (long version)
2017

The sculptures, which take various forms such as logs and two-way stumps, are made of tuff, orvolcanic ash, from the Sanuki area around Mt. Washinoyama in Takamatsu, where there are layersof hexagonal columnar stones, called columnar joints. The title "The Last Night of the Stone Age"imagines the last night of the Stone Age before the dawn of a new era, based on the hypothesisthat humans would have melted metals and had them harden within a day, some thousands totens of thousands of years ago, when Stone Age civilizations around the world transitioned to theBronze Age. Sone says that his works are a fusion of multiple times: the time of stones being
created by crustal movement long ago, the time of tree growth, and the time when the artist waschipping away at stones with the Stone Age in mind. The development of mankind,industrialization and modernization are also intertwined with this time. The future is always
uncertain, but as you sit on a log or stump made of stone, Sone asks you to think about both thehistory and the future of the earth.

Zhan Wang (China) “Artificail Rock No.109”, 2015(reference image) Zhan Wang
Artificial Rock No.109
2015
Photo: Kioku Keizo
Courtesy: KENPOKU ART 2016

Stainless steel sculptures that imitate natural rocks are a signature series by Chinese sculptor
Zhan Wang. The culture of appreciating natural rocks in China, known as “scholar’s rocks,” dates
back to the Tang dynasty. The culture of appreciating natural rocks is called “suiseki” in Japan andis said to have been introduced from China in the 14th century. The natural rocks used in thisstone are mainly limestone, and their shapes, dissolved by natural phenomena, are a metaphor
for landscapes. In the midst of China's rapid economic development and industrialization, Zhan
Wang has recreated a traditional landscape associated with natural rock formations, using
modern materials to imitate nature, which has attracted many intellectuals and hobbyists. Whilequestioning the meaning of nature and its imitation, the work's mirrored surface reflects thechanging seasonal landscape in Azabudai Hills, as well as the sky, connecting the past with the
future.

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MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: EPSON teamLab Borderless,the Borderless World Featuring Art Groupings by Art Collective teamLab
The digital art museum, a joint project of Mori Building and teamLab, originally opened in Odaiba and attracted 2.3
million visitors from more than 160 countries in its first year. The relocated museum, now set to open at Azabudai
Hills in January 2024, will showcase teamLab's evolving collection of artworks, including several that will maketheir Japan debut.

Location:

Garden Plaza B, floor B1

Facility area: Approx. 7,000m2
Projectors: Approx. 560
Computers: Approx. 610
Opening:

January 2024 (planned)©teamLabMORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: EPSON teamLab Borderless (in Odaiba)
2.3 million annual visitors, over half from overseas, 50% of whom came to Tokyo to visit this museum
The original teamLab Borderless digital museum opened on Tokyo‘s Odaiba waterfront in June 2018. It attracted
over 2.3 million visitors in its first year of operation, over half of them from overseas. Visitors came from morethan 160 countries, mainly (in descending order) from the USA, Australia, China, Thailand, Canada and the UK,
highlighting that many came from more distant locations, not just nearby countries. In addition, a survey
conducted by the museum revealed that about 50% of the overseas visitors said they had come to Tokyo for the
express purpose of visiting the museum.
World's most visited museum showcasing a single art group
By attracting nearly 2.2 million visitors between January 1 and December 31, 2019, a world record for that year,1
the museum was recognized as the globe's most visited museum showcasing a single art group. The total
number eclipsed the number of visitors to many world-famous single-artist museums the same year, including
the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam (2.1M),2 the Picasso Museum in Barcelona (1.1M),3 Museo de Teatro Daliin Figueras, Spain (0.8K).3
Nationally and internationally acclaimed as a unique museum
In addition to being named one of the "World's Greatest Places 2019" by TIME, an international news magazine,
the museum became only the third Japanese facility to receive a "Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement;"
these are presented to the world's most outstanding cultural facilities (previous awards in Japan were to Tokyo
Disney Sea and Universal Studios Japan).

1 Press release (Japanese only): https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000776.000007339.html
2 ”Van Gogh Museum Annual Report 2019,” Van Gogh Museum
3 “Most Popular: Exhibition and museum visitor figures 2019,” The Art Newspaper. Number 322, April 202023

Ever-evolving teamLab Borderless
teamLab Borderless, a "museum without a map," showcases borderless digital artworks produced by the artcollective teamLab. The borderless artworks expand dynamically into adjacent rooms and communicate with, areinfluenced by, or intermingle with each other.

Through such a group of works, teamLab Borderless is one borderless world without boundaries. Visitors canadditionally immerse themselves in the borderless art to “wander, explore, discover in one borderless world.”

New artworks
The new EPSON teamLab Borderless in Azabudai Hills will present a number of new artworks, including some thathave not yet debuted in Japan. Several examples are shown below, and it is also planned to introduce additional
new works.
“Microcosmoses” (tentative name)

Hundreds of lights run continuously along tracks,
as varying orders create a continuity that overlaps in the space.

“Birth” (Light Sculpture series)

Lines of light reconstruct spaceand create three-dimensional objects.

“Sea of Clouds“ (Light Sculpture series)©teamLabA three-dimensional object is bornfrom the haze at the center of the space.

“The Sculpture of Time Distortion in a Mirror”” (Light Sculpture series)©teamLab“Untitled”©チームラボボーダレス©teamLabA circular, three-dimensional object slows down the flow of time whenreflected in a mirror. The flow of time differs between the entity andits mirror image.

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Borderless art evolves, moves, interacts in complex ways, andforever changes.

■Facility Overview: Art & Gallery
Azabudai Hills Gallery
A Core Cultural Promotion Facility in the Toranomon/Azabudai Area
Azabudai Hills Gallery will be the core cultural promotion facility in Azabudai Hills, a development based on theconcept that “the entire city is a museum.” Azabudai Hills Gallery is equipped with museum facilities and equipment,
and will showcase diverse cultural genres, including art, fashion and entertainment.
To commemorate the opening, an exhibition by Olafur Eliasson will be held. Eliasson is a pioneering artist who is also
actively involved in environmental issues and who created one of the public artworks for Azabudai Hills.

Azabudai HiIls Gallery (rendition)

Location:

Garden Plaza A, floors B1-MB(floor B1) Azabudai Hills Gallery Cafe / Azabudai Hills Gallery Space(floor MB) Azabudai Hills Gallery

Facility area: Approx. 2,300m2
Display area: Approx. 700m2
Opening:November 24, 2023 (planned)

Azabudai Hills Gallery Cafe / Azabudai Hills Gallery SpaceAs an affiliate facility of Azabudai Hills Gallery, the Cafe and Space facilities will offer visitors the opportunity tostop by before or after viewing art. The Azabudai Hills Gallery Cafe will operate as a special cafe in collaboration
with exhibitions and events, with a branch store in front of Kamiyacho station offering take-out drinks. The
Azabudai Hills Gallery Space will be a facility hosting pop-up stores and other events.

Azabudai HiIls Gallery Cafe (rendition)

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Azabudai HiIls Gallery Space (rendition)

Opening Exhibition "Olafur Eliasson Exhibition: A Cycle of Interconnected Moments in Harmony"
Friday, November 24, 2023 to Sunday, March 31, 2024.
Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson is internationally renowned for his artworks that challenge the way weengage with the world around us and, in recent years, for his active engagement with social issues including theclimate crisis. Driven by his interests in perception, embodied experience and ecology, Eliasson’s artworks often
employ the use of movement, color and light to invite the viewer to actively co-create their experiences. In thisway, Eliasson’s artworks often highlight the entanglement between humans and the natural environment,
addressing the shared responsibility we have in shaping the future. Not limited to the confines of the museum andgallery, his practice includes installations, paintings, sculptures and photography, and also architectural projects,
interventions in civic space, arts education, policy-making, and climate action.

Olafur Eliasson
Firefly biosphere (falling magma star) 2023
Photo: Jens Ziehe© 2023 Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson
Photo: Lars Borges

Born in 1967, raised in Denmark and Iceland, Olafur Eliasson is now based in Berlin and
Copenhagen. He founded Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 1995, which has developed
into a diverse group of professionals, including craftspeople, architects, archivists,
researchers, art historians, chefs and programmers. In 2014, Eliasson and architect
Sebastian Behmann founded Studio Other Space to explore art and architecture.
Eliasson has had solo exhibitions in major museums around the world, including in
Kanazawa and Tokyo, Japan. He frequently participates in major international
exhibitions and remains a leader of the contemporary art world’s efforts to raiseawareness of climate change. In 2019, Eliasson was appointed as a Goodwill
Ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme.

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Other art venues and galleries
In addition to Azabudai Hills Gallery, MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: EPSON teamLab Borderless and public art
displays, various other venues will also contribute to the promotion of culture at Azabudai Hills. These diverse tenants,
each with their own distinctive character, will operate side by side to transmit diverse culture from Azabudai Hills.

“Shueisha Manga Art Heritage” by Shueisha

First Real Storefront

Manga works such as Eiichiro Oda‘s “ONE PIECE,” Taito Kubo’s “BLEACH,” Riyoko Ikeda‘s “The Rose of Versailles,” andmany more represent a genuine genre of art that deserves to be preserved and passed on to future generations. Thisis a manga art gallery run by the publisher Shueisha. The "Shueisha Manga Art Heritage," which has been available
only on Shueisha’s website since 2021, is now available as a permanent gallery in its first real storefront. The gallery
creates stunning prints produced with the latest high-quality materials and techniques under the supervision ofmanga artists and publishers. For limited-edition works, NFT blockchains will be available to guarantee each work andto record its history.

“Gallery Restaurant Butaiura” by The Chain Museum
The Chain Museum, which has been operating an online space to give artists and fans a place to interact, will now create
a combined gallery and restaurant, appropriately named “Gallery Restaurant Butaiura” (butaiura = “behind the scenes”).
Head around the back of the exhibition space and you'll find yourself in the chef's kitchen, where you can enjoy chilled
white wine, casual appetizers, and even full-course meals. There are also theater and dance performances by veteranartists whose work can be found in museum collections and by artists who are attracting attention in the global market.
It is a gallery and restaurant for people who enjoy talking over a glass of beer or wine after enjoying art.

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■ Facility Overview: Retail Facilities
Retail Facilities
Enriching Urban Life by Providing New Experiences and Enjoyment
In line with Azabudai Hills’ theme of "Green & Wellness," some 150 stores offering fashion goods, food, cosmetics,
culture, art, wellness, and more will gather in an environment that will be accentuated with intense greenery
despite its central-Tokyo location. They will support affluent lifestyles for all those who live, work and visit here, aplace where people can enjoy not only shopping but also the value of new experiences.
In addition, a large-scale food market called Azabudai Hills Market will be created in the basement of the Central
Green area. Boasting an area of approx. 4,000m², it will emphasize the essential richness and enjoyment of food
through careful selection of ingredients, Tokyo's rich food culture, and the promise of healthy gourmet lifestyles.
Also, to further support affluent and healthy lifestyles through learning, experience and communication, an
association of specialty stores will be created and market research will be conducted by collaborating with various
facilities and projects.
Retail facility area: Approx. 23,000m²
Number of stores: About 150
Location:

Mori JP Tower, floors B1-4
Residence A, floors 1-2, Residence B, floors B1-2
Garden Plaza A, floors B1-3, Garden Plaza B, floors B1-2
Garden Plaza C, floors B1-2, Garden Plaza D, floors B1-2

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Azabudai Hills Market (rendition)

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■ Facility Overview: Retail Facilities (area introduction)
Commercial area offering affluent lifestyles and new experiential value
Azabudai Hills will operate some 23,000m² of a large commercial area, surrounded by beautiful greenery. The Mori
JP Tower will include Tower Plaza with an extensive variety of fashion and lifestyle stores and many restaurants,
and the low-rise Garden Plaza will feature luxury brands, cafes with liberating terraces, and several high-end
restaurants. In total, the area will offer some 150 stores.
Azabudai Hills will forge a strong relationship with its residents and visitors through shopping and dining, enabling
people to enrich their lives and enjoy new experiences.

❚ Garden Plaza (80 stores)• High-end brands and restaurants surrounded by lush
greenery, creating a unique luxury shopping street in Tokyo.
• Beauty zone supporting body and mind wellness.
• Restaurants, cafes and confectioneries, casual yet highquality and highly individual.

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Floor B1 (51 stores)
Directly connected to Kamiyacho Station via an underground passageway, this gateway to the complex will featurecasual yet high-quality restaurants with rich individuality, as well as cafes and confectioneries offering tempting
menus full of fresh ingredients for on-the-spot enjoyment. The Art & Design Zone, located toward Azabudai Hills
Gallery, will feature a manga-art gallery, art stores, a gallery-restaurant, and more (see p. 27).
Floor 1 street-level (14 stores)
From Sakura-asa Street to the Central Green, Tokyo's newest luxury shopping street will feature high-end brands in alush green setting. Along Hachiman Street and Sakurada Street, diners will choose from Japan's leading restaurants,
offering high-end sushi, tempura and other Japanese cuisine, and sweets, as well as eateries making their debut inJapan.
Floor 2 (15 stores)
The Beauty Zone for body and mind wellness will also offer diversified food options, including classy French andteppanyaki, vegan and "bean-to-bar" (chocolate) cuisine as well as distinctive cafes and confectioneries.

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A one-stop commercial zone for lifestyle, fashion, dining and wellness in
the low-rise area of Mori JP Tower, covering an area of some 11,500m2.
Floors B1-1 (7 stores)
Near the Central Green, cafes and restaurants will comprise a richlineup of takeout items, flower stores, and cafes that collaborate
with events in the plaza. Along Gaien-Higashi-Dori Avenue will be astore functioning like a community hub encompassing various
themes to allow people to experience the world of global car
brands.
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Floor 2 (14 stores)
These stores will focus on fashion, sports and the related needs of urban consumers. This trendy fashion floor
will emphasize original products, novel services and various pop-up stands.
Floor 3 (23 stores)
In addition to home and lifestyle goods, there will be large-scale stores covering genres such as greenery,
fashion and food. Also, a selection of 20 restaurants will serve as the complex's main dining hall, featuring wellknown names from various genres, all offering top-quality everyday cuisine that is sure to be loved by residents.
Floor 4 (15 stores)
Lifestyle specialty stores and the Japan debut of a new vegan restaurant, all centered around a large bookstore,
will promote both knowledge and healthy living. Other facilities embodying the “wellness” concept will include
medical and dental clinics linked to the Center for Preventive Medicine on the 5th and 6th floors, personaltraining gyms, acupuncture and moxibustion clinics, and more.
❚ Azabudai Hills Residence A and B (12 stores)
A selection of high-end jewelry, fragrance stores and restaurants
will be located in an elegant space leading to the hotel, where finestores will support the daily lives of residents and neighbors.
Residence A (4 stores)
Leading Japanese jewelry brands and fragrance stores from Italy will
be located in a sophisticated space connected directly to theentrance of Janu Tokyo, while top Italian restaurants and a dog salonfor pet lovers will be situated along the street.
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Residence B (8 stores)
In addition to a full-service salon where top-notch specialists will repair and clean high-quality clothing and shoes,
a collection of childcare facilities, convenience stores and drugstores will provide close-at-hand support forvarious daily needs.

❚Azabudai Hills Market (31 stores)
A variety of leading specialty food stores will populate this luxury
market in the basement below the Central Green
A number of Japan's leading specialty stores will gather in thismarket to celebrate the enjoyment and richness of food, offering
fresh produce, prepared foods, groceries, wine and liquor, baked
goods, sweets, flowers, and more. Shoppers will be able to find rare
and seasonal foods from Japan and abroad, including semi-cooked
and high-quality processed foods, prepared foods from specialty
stores, and freshly prepared made-to-order items to add flair to theirdining tables.

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■ Facility Overview: Retail Facilities (examples of stores in each category)❚Luxury brands (Garden Plaza street-level stores, scheduled to open from February 2024)
A new luxury street like no other will make its debut, featuring top-class exclusive luxury brands nestling side byside in a lush green environment in the heart of the city.
A beautiful streetscape designed by the acclaimed British designer Thomas Heatherwick will house the stores of 10
of these brands, all of them embracing the concept of the city, and with each of them providing a uniqueexperience based on their individual attention to each customer.

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Listed in Japanese alphabetical order31❚Top Restaurants in Garden Plaza (floors 1-2) and Residence A (floors 1-2)
Food will be a core foundation of wellness and sustainability at Azabudai Hills, where world-class restaurants willoffer a pleasing variety of cuisines that have become a source of great pride in Japan.
In fact, Azabudai Hills is destined to become a center of gastronomy in Tokyo, led by master chefs who havedeveloped their own distinctive styles while continuing to incorporate new culinary concepts from around theworld.
Terakoya Sushisho

Kagurazaka Teppanyaki Nakamura

Garden Plaza B

Garden Plaza A

Since opening in Kagurazaka in 2011, this famous
purveyor of iron-griddle-style cuisine has been serving
delicious, premium Japanese beef and seasonal
ingredients, cooked perfectly to bring out the best ineach ingredient. The relocated facility will also offeroven-baked and charcoal-grilled dishes.

After training for 16 years under Chef Keiji Nakazawa of
Sushisho, who cultivated his artistry by incorporating
Japanese culture and traditions as well as cooking
techniques, Chef Tatsushige Somaki will now standbehind his own sushi counter in Azabudai Hills to serve
guests.

Tempura Niitome

Tominokoji Yamagishi
Garden Plaza B

Garden Plaza D

This famous restaurant run by Shuji Niitome, a leader in
tempura cuisine, is now expanding to Tokyo. Their "livebatter" tempura can only be enjoyed here. The newlocation will allow global customers to learn how
tempura, a Japanese cultural delight, maximizes thearoma, taste and juiciness of food.

This will be the new Tokyo branch of one of Japan's
most famous kaiseki restaurants. While preserving the
traditions of Kyoto cuisine, the venue will offer dishes
prepared in the spirit of "cha-kaiseki" hospitality,
allowing guests to leisurely and fully experience cuisinethat expresses the four seasons.

Florilege

Le Salon Privé / Satinée
Garden Plaza D

Garden Plaza A

French gastronomy by Hiroyasu Kawate, winner of twoMichelin stars, a Michelin Green Star, The World's 50
Best Restaurants and other prestigious awards, will
relocate from Tokyo's Gaienmae area to explore theflavor potential of plant-based cuisine and expand its
approach to food sustainability.

Issei Narita, who has received worldwide acclaim
including "Best of New York" from the New York Times,"Best Pastry Chef" from Asia's 50 Best Restaurants and"Best Patissier Award" from Gault et Millau, will now
open at this long-awaited location in Azabudai Hills.

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DepTH brianza

aca°(tentative name)
Garden Plaza A

Residence A

This restaurant is the culmination of the Brienza
Group's efforts to date, and it allows owner-chef
Yoshiyuki Okuno to maximize his skills. In addition tooffering an appealing menu using seasonal ingredients,
DepTH Brianza always listen to its customers and offers
Italian cuisine that continues to evolve flexibly andquickly, featuring locally produced or additive-freeingredients to meet the needs of the times.

Owner-chef Tetsuo Higashi opened “acá” in Kyoto in2013 offering a course menu of Spanish cuisine, and it
was awarded a Michelin star for four consecutive years
commencing in 2017. At Azabudai Hills, guests canenjoy the chef's handiwork at the counter and on the
comfortable terrace, with a range of casual yet
sophisticated Spanish dishes.

❚Main Dining (Tower Plaza, floor 3)
These restaurants will offer a wide range of rich menus featuring food for "top-quality daily life" that are sure to be
loved by local residents and office workers for years to come. It will also serve as a must-visit attraction for visitors.
The new restaurant aims to be “the main dining area of the city," somewhere that can be used for many different
occasions; it will include an open terrace with a sense of greenery and private rooms offering a relaxed atmosphere.
Balcony BY 6th

SAAWAAN BISTRO

Tower Plaza

Tower PlazaSAAWAAN, a modern Thai restaurant representative of
the capital Bangkok, was awarded a Michelin star only 7months after its opening. Chef EARTH, who received
Thailand's Best Chef award, and pastry chef PAPER, who
was the first Thai chef invited to participate in theWorld Women's Pastry Championships, offer authentic
Thai cuisine in a more casual bistro style, in a space with
an iconic bar counter.

A modern classic all-day restaurant that bustles withactivity throughout the day. The cozy open-air balcony
and the sophisticated restaurant leading from it offer avariety of international cuisine, from timeless classics todishes created using ingredients and cooking methods
from all over the world, along with faultless hospitality
and service.

RACINES

RistoPizza by NAPOLI STA CA
Tower Plaza

Tower PlazaNAPOLI STA CA is a fusion of a ristorante and a pizzeria
created by its owner Pizzaiolo Peppe. He pours his loveand passion into every single dish; they are all madewith seasonal ingredients selected from Japan andaround the world.

This is the flagship restaurant of RACINES, a popular
bistro in Ikebukuro operated by Grip Second. It will offer
a colorful, healthy and hearty menu using ingredients
carefully cultivated by more than 60 producers
throughout Japan. It will be open for lunch and dinner
and will also operate as a tearoom during cafe hours.

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The lineup includes some of Japan's best-known stores and popular restaurants backed by proven techniques andflavors – a wide range of carefully selected cafés and stores where you can enjoy freshly prepared dishes on site or totake out. In addition to a variety of sweets and beverages, you can also find a wide range of products that are ideal as
gifts or souvenirs for your friends and loved ones.

ARABICA Tokyo B1

ÉCHIRÉ L'Atelier du Beurre
Garden Plaza B

Garden Plaza B

Under the slogan "From Kyoto to the World," Arabica competeson the world stage with Japanese taste, minimalist design, anddiligence. The owner himself visits and carefully selects coffee
beans from coffee-growing regions around the world and brews
them using a Slayer, the world's most advanced espresso
machine. The store has its own roasting machine, and a barista
recommends the best beans and roasting conditions for eachcustomer and performs custom roasting.

The ÉCHIRÉ fermented butter used at this establishment has
been certified by France’s national AOP institute for its quality.
ÉCHIRÉ L’Atelier du Beurre is the largest of all the ÉCHIRÉ
specialty stores, selling original pastries and Viennese pastries
that can only be found here. It is a place where the taste of the
ÉCHIRÉ butter is perfected, and where the unique qualities of the
product are created. Visitors can enjoy shopping in a relaxing
space while enjoying the sounds and aromas of the baking
process.

Suzukake

NIHOMBASHI SEMBIKIYA Sohonten
Garden Plaza B

Garden Plaza B

Suzukake is a famous 100-year-old Japanese confectionery store
with its main store in Hakata, where long lines of customers
often form. Based on the teachings of Saburo Nakaoka, thefounder of Suzukake, who was recognized as a "Contemporary
Master Craftsman," Suzukake has been expanding the world ofJapanese confectionery by mastering the taste and techniques
derived using carefully selected ingredients, and by blending
them with enterprising experimentation. Here is the only streetlevel store in the Kanto region where customers can fully enjoy
Suzukake's sophisticated and unique space.

Sembikiya Sohonten, established in 1834, is a next-generation
fruit parlor where customers can enjoy a new gastronomic
experience. The restaurant offers the grand menu of the
Nihonbashi main store in a more glamorous style, with ashowcase of beautifully arranged fruits and a special counter, allcreating a special atmosphere. It will also offer a variety oforiginal menus as well as gifts that make the most of thedeliciousness of fruit.

Nakamura Tokichi Aazbudai

Minimal the Specialty
Garden Plaza B

Garden Plaza A

This is based on a new takeout-oriented business model first
operated by Nakamura Tokichi, a tea merchant born in 1854 inUji, Kyoto, who founded one of the most famous tea houses inJapan. Customers can enjoy Japanese tea in various ways andarrangements. The Azabudai Hills store also offers a variety ofdessert drinks using popular fresh tea jellies and other exclusive
menu items, most of which can be easily taken out.

Signature sweets from Minimal, a chocolate store specializing inbean to bar chocolate, will be available at this store. It will offer a"new chocolate experience," including a comparison of the finest
chocolates and chocolate gateaux. It will also offer pairing with
top-quality beverages such as sake from Shinmasa Sake Brewery,
Doburoku sake from Toonoya Kaname, selected as one of "TheWorld's 50 Best Discoveries," and specialty coffees.

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■ Facility Overview: Retail Facilities (examples of stores in each category)❚Lifestyle (Tower Plaza, floors B1-4)
This area will bring together lifestyle stores that enrich urban life, such as a new large-scale store offering totalsolutions for "clothing, food, and housing," a large bookstore disseminating various cultures centering on books, atraining gym that supports physical and mental wellness, and a flower store that resembles a museum, all offering a
one-stop shopping experience to meet the lifestyle needs of various customers.
THE CONRAN SHOP TOKYOOGAKI BOOKSTORE
OGAKI, a Kyoto-based bookstore that continues todisseminate a variety of culture, has opened its first store
in Tokyo. Based on the concept of "a bookstore thatconnects people with books," OGAKI BOOKSTORE offers a
range of carefully selected books. The approx. 1,000m²
store also includes a café and art zone, providing a cosy
space to stay and enjoy reading at leisure, and the chance
to encounter an important book.

Deportare Club

Tower Plaza

Launched in London in 1973 by Sir Terence Conran, one ofBritain's leading designers, THE CONRAN SHOP is a homefurnishings store offering a selection of carefully selected
furniture, lighting, and interior accessories from aroundthe world. The spacious 1,330m² store aims to enrichpeople’s daily lives through inspirational and new-founditems and styling.

Tower Plaza

Nicolai Bergmann Flowers & Design
Tower Plaza

Tower Plaza

Nicolai Bergmann's unique floral designs are a fusion ofEuropean design and Japanese attention to detail, all thewhile utilizing Scandinavian style. At Azabudai Hills, visitors
can enjoy the world of Nicolai Bergmann in a space that
resembles a floral museum.

Deportare Club is a members-only personal training gym
that has been supporting the physical and mental health of
top athletes and other people in various fields for many
years. It provides a superior environment where customers
can help each other improve their condition.

❚Beauty Shop and Salon (Garden Plaza, floor 2)
A concentration of highly specialized and popular beauty stores that meet the needs of customers living in theheart of the city. Skin care, hair care, and fragrance brands and salons offering premium products and sincere
services are all available, providing a great relaxation space in the midst of the city’s lush greenery.
FUEGUIA 1833 Azabudai

Kakimoto arms
Garden Plaza B

Garden Plaza B

Founded in Buenos Aires in 2010 by Julian Bedell. With aunique conception in the field of global perfumery, thevast expanse of South America, its history, art, music,
nature, and culture inspire the creation of a one-of-a-kindcollection.

A full-section total beauty salon with specialists in a variety
of fields, including hair coloring, head spas, eyebrow,eyelash and nail treatments, and advice on hair care athome, as well as a men's only hair salon. Three privaterooms are also available, creating a relaxing environment
where anyone can feel at ease.

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❚Fashion (Tower Plaza, floors B1-4 / Residence A, floor 1)
A wide range of select stores and specialty stores that offer a variety of fashion items to meet the needs of highly
sensitive urban residents are joined by an extensive selection of Japan's leading jewelry brands.

UNITED ARROWS WOMEN’S STORE

MAISON et VOYAGE
Tower Plaza

Tower Plaza

The first MAISON et VOYAGE concept store by
Tomorrowland; its theme is a playful gentleman's tastes
and travel pursuits. The store offers beautiful shirts thatreflects the heart of the wearer, custom-made suitsthat brighten his or her moment, shoes that continue
the journey together, one-of-a-kind vintage items, andother original brands, as well as unique clothing andgoods from around the world.

The new luxury store of UNITED ARROWS that caters
not only to material wealth but also to inner beauty,
health, and lifestyles. The store offers timelessstandards that will be cherished for years to come,items that make fashion fun, and carefully selected
products that support wellness lifestyles. We offer what
we feel is necessary for us now and in the future, while
consulting with customers about fashion and style andaddressing any problems they may have.

Le GRAND CLOSET de PARIGOTLE PHIL
Tower Plaza

Tower Plaza

PARIGOT is a select store offering more than 300
carefully selected brands. The “new” Azabudai Hills
store is a "select closet for ageless fashion". When you
open the closet door, you will find the best of theworld's high-end designer brands. In this comfortable
and luxurious space, with its refined Parisian sense of
beauty, you can experience the pleasure of choosing
and wearing fashion.

The brand is aimed at adult women who want toembrace the nature, respect a rich and mindful life, andare supple and feminine. The lineup includes clean,
comfortable and beautifully original and made-tomeasure clothing, as well as designer brands from Japanand overseas. It offers services and events that relieve
the stress associated with choosing clothing, enriching
your life. A collection of cashmere and golf wear,
exclusive to Azabudai Hills, will also be available.

lululemon

MIO HARUTAKA
Residence A

Tower Plaza

An athletic wear brand founded in Vancouver, Canada.
lululemon not only offers innovative and beautifully
functional training wear, it has also developed a strong
bond with the community by working up a sweat
together with its customers. In resonance with theconcept of Azabudai Hills, lululemon will further
support the wellbeing of each and every one of its
customers.

MIO HARUTAKA is the only jewelry store in the world
directly managed by MIO HARUTAKA, and combines
designs inspired by life in nature, such as beautiful
scenery, music, flowers, insects, and animals, with
luxurious natural precious stones such as diamonds andsapphires. The interior was designed by the Shinsozai
Kenkyujo (New Materials Laboratory). Visitors can enjoy
the world view of MIO HARUTAKA in a space thatbeautifully accentuates its organic design based on thethemes of life and geometry.

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■ Facility Overview： Azabudai Hills Market
Azabudai Hills Market
Providing the Essential Enjoyment and Richness of Food
Azabudai Hills Market, boasting 4,000m² of retail space, will be located in the basement of the Central Green.
It has been created in the heart of the Green & Wellness district of Azabudai Hills in the hope of enriching daily
and urban life in Tokyo through food.

Preserving and promoting Japanese food culture
Food is an aspect of Japanese culture that we are proud to share with the world. It has developed through theenjoyment of seasonal ingredients produced by the diversity of the country’s nature and geographical features,with various cooking methods that bring out the best of the ingredients, and dishes and serving styles that allow adiverse range of ingredients to be used. There is a rich variety of Japanese food, from specialty dishes to homestyle cooking, all of which offer delicious, healthy and nutritionally balanced meals. Furthermore, there is such
depth and breadth to the cuisine that even dishes originating in other countries have been transformed into
original Japanese dishes. It is a culture that has developed in close relationship with nature and the seasons tomake everyday life feel more affluent and enjoyable.

Creating a world-class next-generation market
31 of Japan's leading specialty stores have come together in their desire to preserve and further evolve this foodculture, based on the concept of "creating a world-class next-generation market.” The idea is not only to provide
truly delicious food, but also to communicate ways of consuming and enjoying food, and how to use food to enrich
our daily lives, to promote physical and mental health, and to help create a sustainable society. This is the kind of
market that societies will need in the future, and this is what Azabudai Hills Market hopes to provide.

Enriching our lives and future through food
The spacious basement space is lined with specialty stores offering everything from fresh meat, fish andvegetables to prepared foods, groceries, wine and liquor, baked goods, sweets, flowers, and more. Rare foodstuffs
that are only distributed to famous restaurants, seasonal ingredients from Japan and overseas, semi-cooked
products as well as ingredients, high-quality processed products, prepared foods handled by specialty stores thatare particular about their products, and to-order products including freshly prepared delicacies will also be onoffer to add color to everyday dining tables. In addition, a one-team approach to information dissemination anddietary education that conveys authentic tastes and ways of eating, together with specialists, will bring a sense ofaffluence to customers’ dining experiences each month.

© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Azabudai Hills Market (Rendition)

Location: Garden Plaza C, floors B1-1
Facility area: Approx. 4,000m²
Number of stores: 31(Scheduled to open in January 2024; some stores plan to open earlier).

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Fresh produce
A fresh produce zone where professionals in each category carefully select each season’s most delicious produce
from ingredients unique to Japan, a country with four distinct seasons and a wide variety of nature including
oceans, mountains and rivers. The stores offer a rich food culture with partly-cooked dishes that take advantageof the flavor of the ingredients and simple, healthy side dishes of the kind that people want to eat every day.

Azabudai Yamayuki Fish Market

Nezu Matsumoto Azabudai

Yamayuki, a leading wholesaler in Toyosu Market, is
opening a fresh fish retail store to bring the richness ofJapanese food culture and truly delicious fish to yourdining table. Starting with tuna, said to be the best in theworld, the lineup includes seasonal fish varying with theseasons and carefully prepared side dishes that bring out
the natural and delicious taste of fish.

With its main store located in Nezu, Tokyo, this specialty
fresh fish shop sells only “fish that we ourselves are
satisfied with,” all carefully selected by the owner, Hideki
Matsumoto. He calls it “Ichinosen”, which means “the best
and then some.” His thorough attention to detail inassessing ingredients and preparing them in the best
possible way attracts fish lovers from all over Japan. He
delivers to your home the finest and most delicious fish
previously only sold wholesale to restaurants.

HIYAMA

KYOTO YAOICHI

A butcher shop with a history of more than 100 years
dating back to its establishment in Ningyocho, Nihombashi,
in 1912. Meat purchased directly from Shibaura Market byskilled connoisseurs is distributed wholesale not only to
directly managed shops but also to well-known restaurants.
HIYAMA sticks to face-to-face sales and offer meats thatmatch its customers’ menus. Aiming to introduce thedeliciousness of Japanese beef to the world, the shop
offers new ways to eat beef, as well as new prepared foods
such as croquettes and mincemeat.

KYOTO YAOICHI has its head office in Kyoto. It offers fresh
produce carefully grown on its own farms along withseasonal vegetables and fruits from all over Japan. To
make sure that people who are short on time can enjoy
truly delicious food, KYOTO YAOICHI offers everythingfrom pre-prepared, partly-cooked vegetables they call
"Cook 1/2" to gently seasoned prepared foods that can beeaten every day and which diners will never tire of, making
daily meals healthier and richer.

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Facility Overview: Azabudai Hills Market
Prepared food
There is a wide selection of popular stores in a number of categories, and deli specialty stores run by Michelinstarred restaurants. You can enjoy the restaurants’ quality tastes at home, including their standard offerings andthe exclusive products introduced here. Items cooked to order and customizable menu items are also available,
allowing you to enjoy freshly created flavors.

AZABUDAI TORISHIKI

PARLOR YAZAWA

You can easily enjoy the taste of "TORISHIKI" in Meguro,
Tokyo, a famous yakitori restaurant that is usually hard toreserve seats at. It offers yakitori that fully recreates thetaste of the main facility in Meguro using a ”close highheat" technique that makes the charcoal fire as hot as
possible, as well as a line of delicatessen items dipped in a
special “Tsubodare” sauce created using a secret recipe.

"PARLOR YAZAWA" offers delicious meals prepared by"Yazawa Meat," a wholesaler of Kuroge wagyu beef thatruns a thriving chain of restaurants including "Meat
Yazawa," a restaurant popular for its top-quality Kuroge
wagyu beef hamburger, plus "Yakiniku Jumbo Shirokane"and "Tonkatsu Agefuku." Freshly made hamburgers, fried
foods and charcuterie are on offer, and the eat-in options
will include a "grown-up kids' lunch" with hamburgers,
sausages and fried shrimp.

Grocery
Here, top quality grocery goods ranging from standard to luxury items are available. From high quality Japanese
products to the world's best, you will find a collection of specialty stores where you can discover new food delights,
including rice and soup stock shops that enhance your daily diet, Japan's leading charcuterie, and wine shops
offering wines selected by the world's top sommeliers.

The Rice Shop Sumidaya

DASHI OKUME

A rice shop in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward that has been
operating for 100 years. Using traditional, old-fashioned
rice-milling processes coupled with unique blending andcooking techniques, we offer the perfect rice for each dish.
With rice balls and okowa steamed glutinous rice made incollaboration with popular restaurants, original rice
blended in stores, and rice cooking classes held on an
irregular basis, the Rice Shop Sumidaya expands the range
and enjoyment of rice, the staple food of the Japanese.

Established in 1871, the Toyosu Market Wholesale 'Okume
Shoten' is a Japanese specialty food store that focuses ondashi soup stock, seasonings and preservative-free
products. Its signature custom-made dashi is preparedusing 30 natural ingredients, including dried bonito,
sardines, kelp and shiitake mushrooms, and sold in packs.
They also offer a selection of delicious dishes from all overthe country, such as rice and other groceries that havebeen carefully selected by connoisseurs.

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Up-and-coming chefs and pastry chefs from around the world and leading food producers with a taste for the best
will come together to offer new food staples and other carefully crafted products. From gifts for loved ones totreats for yourself, there will be many different types of sweets to choose from.

LANIGIRO
A sweet shop run by Naotaka Ohashi, owner of the
popular "TIRPSE" store in the up-market Shiroganedai
district of Tokyo. The chef is Rin Horiuchi, winner ofthe best pastry chef award in the 100 Top Tables
section of the TIRPSE Hong Kong 2022 event. In
addition to its signature fresh cakes, the brand alsooffers new products such as baked goods and cream
puffs. Inside, you can enjoy creative dessert courses
prepared right in front of you.

Comme'N TOKYOThe bakery is represented by Shuichi Osawa, the firstJapanese to win the world title at the Mondial du Paninternational bread-making competition. Its goal is“bread that Japanese people will love.” There is anextensive lineup of about 100 varieties, from classic
bread, baguettes and croissants to deli-loaves andother creative offerings. At Azabudai Hills, the bakery
will also have a "Comme'N KIDS" restaurant providing
education about food aimed solely at children.

Learning experience / Shop association lab
Together with the approximately 31 specialty brands that will operate stores and restaurants, we will form a store
association to promote new initiatives and collaboration among the members. Collaboration will be not only
between specialty shops in the market but also with chefs, restaurants, schools, companies, and hospitals, and withvarious projects at restaurants in and outside Azabudai Hills.
In addition to the cafeteria-cum-lab space and pop-up space in the market, we will use the town's vegetable garden
and plaza to create a place where people can learn, discover and have new experiences. We will also promoteresearch and the development of new practices in the fields of wellness and sustainability, constantly challenging
ourselves to create new value.

A city vegetable garden event where you can experience
the cycle of food production (rendition)

A workshop where you can learn about
the food culture of Japan and other countries (rendition)

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■Facility Overview: Azabudai Hills Residences
Azabudai Hills Residences
Maximizing Urban Life Affluence While Living Among Greenery
Mori Building has long focused on the concept of "living in the heart of the city." The company continues to enrichurban life at its Hills complexes, which compactly integrate urban functions for living, working, recreating, learningand relaxing. That's what "Hills Life" is all about.
At Azabudai Hills, which is built on the two pillars of “Green and Wellness,” residents will live among lush greenery
while enjoying advanced, convenient urban advantages. Facilities such as spas and medical facilities will support
people‘s health, while food markets, public art and galleries will fill their lives with culture. People will live inharmony with nature to experience mental and physical health as well as highly prosperous and truly human lives.
As a part of Azabudai Hills, the Azabudai Hills Residence will embody supreme functionality in condominiums
infused with Mori Building's expertise in creating luxurious residences. Residences overlooking the city center willoffer high-quality layouts, amenities and design as well as expertly planned common facilities and personalized
services that enrich daily life and warmly welcome guests.
Aman Residences, Tokyo, located at the top of Mori JP Tower and managed in partnership with Aman, theoperator of diverse world-class luxury hotels and resorts, will deliver an unique and exclusive residence with just91 units for the ultimate in serene living.
To compete with the world's greatest cities, Tokyo must offer a world-class living environment that meets theneeds of global players and families active both in Japan and abroad. Azabudai Hills will expand this potential inTokyo's residential market by providing unprecedented, state-of-the-art residences that greatly enhance the valueof living in Tokyo and contribute to its magnetism as one the world's great cities.

Location:

Mori JP Tower, floors 54-64 / Residence A, floors 14-53
Residence B, floors 6-64 / Garden Plaza, floors 6-8
Residential units: Approx. 1,400
Leasable area:
Approx. 182,800m 2
Residents:
Approx. 3,500

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Azabudai Hills Residence A
Azabudai Hills Residence A will offer 320 residential units on the 14th to 53rd floors. These spacious and liberating
living spaces will include two-story atrium-style living rooms and some units will have their own swimming pool.
Residents will also have access to high-quality hotel services provided by Aman‘s newly branded hotel “JanuTokyo" on the 1st to 13th floors.

Location:
Residence A, floors 14-53
Residential units: 320
Layouts:
1 to 5 bedrooms
Interior design:
SCDA Architects
Common facilities: Lounge, guest room, dining area, etc.
Shared art curated by Mori Art Museum: Works by Albert Yonathan, Leonor Antunes & Toru Kamiya

Azabudai Hills Residence B
Azabudai Hills Residence B will offer 970 new residences on the 6th to 64th floors. There will be a wide range ofunit sizes, from compact residences in the 30m2 range to spacious units approaching 400m2. A total of 168
residences on the 13th to 18th floors will be operated as serviced apartments, fully furnished to meet the needs ofshort-term visitors.

Location:
Residence B, floors 6-64
Residential units: 970
Layouts:
1-room to 4-bedroom
Interior design:
Marco Costanzi Architects (common areas on floors 31-64)
Nikken Space Design (private area on floors 6-30)
Common facilities: Lounge, guest rooms, study room, theater, gym, kids' room, and others.
Shared art curated by Mori Art Museum: Works by Ritsue Mishima, Mit Jai Inn & Mika Tajima© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

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■Facility Overview: Azabudai Hills Residences
Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza Residence
Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza Residence will offer 31 residential units on the 6th to 8th floors. Designed by
Heatherwick Studio as the only low-rise residence in Azabudai Hills, this unique structure with distinctive
landscaping will place residents delightfully close to the lush greenery of the complex.

Location:
Garden Plaza Residence, floors 6-8
Residential units: Approx. 31
Layouts:
1 to 4 bedrooms
Interior design: Marco Costanzi Architects (common areas, entrance, etc.) andNikken Space Design Ltd. (private areas)

Aman Residences, Tokyo
On floors 54 to 64, Aman Residences, Tokyo will provide 91 Aman-branded residences with unparalleled services
and amenities including the 1,400m2 Aman Spa. Designed to offer the finest design and the utmost privacy,
residents will benefit from its own dedicated elevator lobby, as well as views across the Tokyo cityscape. Residents
will live in a unique setting which offers exclusive access to the revered Aman lifestyle.

Location:
Mori JP Tower, floors 54-64
Residential units: 91
Layouts:
2-6 bedrooms
Interior design:
Yabu Pushelberg
Common facilities: Lounge, bar, private dining room, tea room, library,reading room, Aman Spa (1,400m2), etc.

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■Facility Overview: Janu Tokyo
Janu Tokyo
Aman’s Sister Brand Hotel to Make World Debut in Tokyo
The lower levels of Residence A (1-13th floors) will be home to Janu Tokyo - the debut of Aman's sister brandJanu, which nurtures purposeful connection and is translated as 'soul' in Sanskrit. With guest experience at its
center, Janu Tokyo will provide a spirited social scene, celebrating the city’s rich cultural fabric through theappreciation of cuisine, art, design and service. While valuing social connectedness and local culture, Janu Tokyo
will also provide a unique ‘only in Tokyo’ experience.
Denniston Architects, led by Jean-Michel Gathy, was selected to design the interior. The 122-guestroom hotel isin an ideal location facing the Central Green, and features a 4,000m2 wellness facility, one of the largest in aluxury hotel in Tokyo, with group functional training and a fitness gym, as well as eight restaurants and bars
perfect for family and group gatherings.

Location:
Residence A, floors 1-13
Total area:
Approx. 24,600m2
Wellness area: Approx. 4,000m2

Guest rooms:
122Standard guestroom area: 60m2
Interior design:
Denniston Architects

Facilities: Restaurants, café, bar, wellness facilities (including treatment rooms, fitness gym, pool,spa houses, etc.) and others.

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■ Facility Overview: Offices

OfficesA Complex Full of Greenery where Everywhere is a Workplace
At Azabudai Hills, the entire complex will function as a unified workplace. Office space (approx. 214,500m² in total)
will be offered mainly on floors 7 to 52 of Mori JP Tower, and also in Garden Plaza and Residence B, to support
diverse workstyles for up to 20,000 people. Standard floors in Mori JP Tower will have a leasable area of about
4,800m², one of the largest floor plates in Japan, allowing this world-class office building to fully meet the needs ofglobal companies.
In addition to being surrounded by lush greenery, Azabudai Hills will be designed to function as one huge
workplace. Hills House and its systems and services will transform the entire complex into a comprehensive
workplace that supports free and creative workstyles in a pleasing environment. Value-added services will include
robust BCP measures to ensure safety and security, and RE100-compliant renewable energy will be available
throughout the complex.
Rentable area: Approx. 214,500m2

Capacity: Approx. 20,000 workers

Mori JP Tower
Location: Floors 7-52
Leasable area
: Approx. 204,600m2
Standard floor area: Approx. 4,800m2

Residence B (small offices)
Location: Floors 3-5
Leasable area : Approx. 4,200m2
Garden Plaza B
Location: Floors 3-5
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Wide variety of office space
Mori JP Tower will offer a diverse range of office space, fromexpansive offices covering about 4,800m² per floor to smaller
offices in Residence B. About 70 companies, including independentand corporate venture-capital firms, will gather here. The complex
will also be home to Tokyo Venture Capital Hub, a base for the
supply of risk funding required for the growth of startups, aiming to
be a catalyst for revitalizing the Japanese economy.
© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Office entrance (rendition)

Spaces and mechanisms to turn the entire city
into a single workplace
In the Sky Lobby, Hills House will be established as a clubhouse-likefacility where employees from various companies will gather tointeract across corporate boundaries. Also, the Hills Network, an
unique digital platform, will be utilized to address the needs of
employees and to offer programs that enhance their well-being.

© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Members Lounge at Hills House (rendition)

Providing options for tenants to customize officeenvironments
Azabudai Hills ● floor

Air-quality sensors installed in workspaces will enable temperature,humidity, CO2 concentration, PM2.5, etc., to be visualized on theweb. Tenants will have the option of maximizing fresh-air supply
from outdoors to ensure good air quality and reduce CO2
concentration in order to support worker productivity. Tenants will
also be able to customize air conditioning and lighting in theiroffice spaces to help save power and energy in the building.

Visualization of air quality on the web (rendition)

Robust Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
All towers in Azabudai Hills have been certified to meet the highest
seismic-performance standards, ensuring the safety of employees
in the event of a disaster. If a power outage occurs, independent
on-site systems can generate power using medium-pressure gas
and heavy oil. Emergency supplies and water wells are always
available to support stranded people, further examples of robust
BCP measures at Azabudai Hills.

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■Facility Overview: Hills House
Hills House
Facilities and Mechanisms that Turn the Entire City into a Workplace
Hills House, a facility on the 33rd and 34th floors of Mori JP Tower with a total area of about 3,300m2, will be abase that will allow tenant companies and their employees to use the entire city as a workplace. It will function
like a "clubhouse" where workers can cross corporate boundaries to meet. Its mechanisms will allow various
functions and services in the complex to be customized, thereby serving connecting individual offices and thecomplex so that they can work together to explore and create more ideal ways of working. The facility can also be
used to support wellness in collaboration with other facilities, such as the Centers for Preventive Medicine andfitness, to realize rich and creative workstyles not possible in the offices of individual companies.
The interior design was created by Norito Takahashi of Jamo associates. By selecting simple, natural color schemes
and universal, comfortable materials, and by creating a space that makes people want to stop by every day, thebuilding is expected to bustle with workers and help to connect them beyond corporate boundaries.
A variety of encounters and ideas will emerge from Hills House, a place for exchange and learning, working, andsometimes relaxing.
Members Lounge

Members only area 33F

Location:

Mori JP Tower, floors 33-34

Facility area:

Approx. 3,300m2

34F

Sky Room

Member’s Lounge: Approx. 1,800m2

Sky Lobby:

Approx. 720m2

Dining 33:

Approx. 700m2

Grand Staircase:Approx. 100m2

Dining 33

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Grand
StaircaseHillsCustomized
functions andservices in
Azabudai Hills

Officetenants

Bookstore

Museums&
galleries

Hills House
MarketCentralGreenHILLS ID
Restaurants
&
cafes

Gyms
&
spas

Center for
Preventive
Medicine

RetailstoresHills House scheme© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Dining 33, a grand bistro
for business and private needs

Members Lounge
Offering diverse workstyles and wellness services© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Sky Room restaurant/space,
for seminars, corporate chartering support, banquets, and more

Grand Staircase
where people will interact for discovery

Hills House* designer
Norito Takahashi, CEO/interior designer, Jamo Associates (*Excluding “Grand Staircase”)
After studying interior design, Takahashi helped to establish "EXIT metal work supply," a design
studio equipped with a workshop where he immersed himself in the design and production of store
fixtures for four years. As an independent designer, he established Jamo associates with interior
stylist Chinatsu Kambayashi (currently with Studio Early Birds) in 2000. Working with diverse clients,
he creates beautiful spaces infused with plentiful ideas, precise calculations, humor, functionality
based on years of experience, and attention to detail reflecting his innate sense of balance.

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■Facility Overview: Hills House
Members Lounge
The Members Lounge (approx. 1,800m2) will feature a cafeteria with healthy menus, a business lounge that serves asa flexible workspace, and a multiuse space suitable for socializing and learning.

Club Lounge (cafeteria)
Healthy menus in this cafeteria-style space meet
WELL certification standards and support
employees' wellness. In the evenings, the lounge
is a bar and lounge that serves alcohol andprovides a comfortable space for socializing andcasual meetings for individuals and groups. It canalso be rented out on weekday evenings and all
day on weekends.

© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Work Lounge (workspace)
The Work Lounge will provide a variety of facilities
to support healthy working styles. In addition to ashared workspace, meeting rooms, private booths
and a library can be used to work more efficiently
and effectively.

Park Lounge (multi-use space)
This will be a flexible base for membership
activities. Besides serving as a work lounge duringbusiness hours, it will be available on weekday
mornings and evenings and all day on weekends
for seminars and casual gatherings. In addition toprograms such as yoga and stretching, we willdevelop wellness services that emphasize physicaland mental health and connections with society
by providing members-only community eventsand learning opportunities.

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Sky RoomThe Sky Room will be the biggest dining space in Azabudai Hills for purposes such as large meetings, corporate
chartering support, and parties. During normal hours, it will feature a cafe and bar serving drinks, light meals andauthentic sweets from the Dining 33 restaurant. The iconic Grand Staircase, measuring eight meters wide and with anine-meter-high ceiling, will be an inspiring place for dynamic communication and relaxed but memorable
presentations during events.

Sky Room© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Grand Staircase

Sky Room© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Grand Staircase

Dining 33
This grand bistro was conceived through the sensitivity and creativity ofChef Kiyomi Mikuni. It will be Mikuni’s first venue to offer large dishes
for sharing, creating a sense of intimate togetherness. Dining 33 will beavailable for diverse occasions, including regular meal service as well asprivate and business gatherings. Also, "Dining 33 a la maison" patisserie
located next to the restaurant will offer gorgeous confections for special
occasions, sweets arranged as business gifts, and more.

Chef Kiyomi Mikuni
Born in Mashike Town, Hokkaido, Japan in 1954. From the age of 15, he aspired to
become a chef and worked at the Sapporo Grand Hotel and then the Imperial Hotel inTokyo. In 1974, he became head chef at the Embassy of Japan in Switzerland. While
working at the embassy, he studied under several three-star chefs, including Frédy
Girardet and Alain Chapelle. In 1985, he opened HÔTEL DE MIKUNI in Yotsuya, Tokyo. In
2013, Mikuni was awarded an honorary doctorate from Université de François-Rabelais
in recognition of his contribution to French food culture. In 2015, he became the firstJapanese chef to receive Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur from the
French Republic. Currently, Mikuni is promoting food education activities for children,
and also introducing easy recipes on YouTube that can be made at home.
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■ Facility Overview: Tokyo Venture Capital Hub
Tokyo Venture Capital Hub
The First Large-scale Venture Capital Hub in Japan
In Tokyo‘s global competition with other major cities, one of its key advantages will be the fostering of startup
companies that drive innovation. As one such initiative, "ARCH" has been established in Toranomon Hills, anunprecedented incubation center that helps large enterprises to create new business. Toranomon Hills will also
host CIC Tokyo, the first Asian base of CIC, the world's largest startup community, where entrepreneurs willdevelop new ideas for innovative businesses. In this way, Mori Building has created a new business creation sector
for large companies and for domestic and international startups.
And now, Azabudai Hills will become home to Tokyo Venture Capital Hub, Japan‘s first large-scale venture capital
hub in Japan. Japan Venture Capital Association (JVCA), top independent venture capitalists (VCs) leading Japan’s
VC industry, and some 70 corporate venture capitalists (CVCs) backed by Japanese major corporations will cometogether.
The approx. 3,600m2 facility will offer office space, and a co-working area for collaboration to allow theparticipation of many CVCs. Tenant companies will also have access to convenient lounges and meeting rooms
within the facility. The co-working area can be used for events, networking, pitches by VCs and investment-target
startups, workshops that contribute to the growth and development of next-generation VCs, and seminars to
introduce new technologies. There will also be mechanisms to encourage independent VCs to participate, which
will support the Japanese VC industry, and to locate their offices in the facility. As a base for supplying risk moneythat is so indispensable for startup growth, Tokyo Venture Capital Hub will not only facilitate mutual exchange andgrowth; it will also function as a catalyst for revitalizing the Japanese economy.

Location: Garden Plaza B, floors 4-5
Facility Area: Approx. 3,600m2

Selected resident venture-capital firms

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In addition, startups, venture capitalists, and large enterprises will interact with each other through collaboration
among facilities in the Hills properties, including ARCH and CIC Tokyo in Toranomon Hills. Such varied entities willcomplement each other's needs, foster growth within a new innovation ecosystem, promote circulation, andfacilitate mutual growth.
VC
Investment
TargetInvestor

Tokyo Venture
Capital Hub
Collaborate with Collaboration
towns and between facilities
facilities

Introductions

Large
enterprises

Startups
OperatingcapitalTalentCollaboration
with officetenants

New businesscreation

CreditExpansion ofexisting business

ARCH Incubation center @Toranomon Hills
ARCH is an incubation center that helps large enterprises
reform existing operations and create new businesses. Mori
Building, which is building a “global business center” at its
Toranomon Hills complex, will handle planning andoperational management. US Silicon Valley-based WiL willcontribute venture-capital expertise. ARCH provides both hardand soft resources, focusing on opportunities and challenges
unique to large enterprises possessing abundant resources
and networks.

Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) @Toranomon Hills
CIC has 13 sites in nine cities on three continents including
Boston, Cambridge and Miami in the US and Rotterdam in the
Netherlands. CIC established its first Asian base at Toranomon
Hills Business Tower as a hub for startup companies in 2020.
As a world-class innovation campus with a powerfulcommunity for accelerating startup growth, plus flexible officespaces and and a global network, it has become a significant
platform for diverse business creation.

TOKYO NODEInteractive communication facility @Toranomon Hills
Here, new experiences, value, content and information—
created through collaborations that transcend the boundaries
of business, art, entertainment, technology, and fashion—will
be promoted from Tokyo to the world via this facility.

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■Hills Network
Hills Network
Enriching Urban Life and Customer Experiences
through Urban Digital Transformation (DX)
Hills Network is a city digital platform (Urban OS) that realizes more convenient and richer urban life and customer
experience through the promotion of urban digital transformation (DX). It is a system that will allow seamless use ofeach facility in Azabudai Hills, where various urban functions will be concentrated within walking distance of eachother.
Users in various Hills complexes can use their Hills ID and Hills App to arrange a variety of services online and receive
information about Hills offerings optimized for their user attributes, complex and facility usage, and location
information. Moreover, considering the overall city and taking into account the usage patterns of services, it can beutilized to create a more convenient and comfortable urban environment.
Azabudai Hills will more than ever realize a seamless urban life (“Hills Life”) by implementing various cutting-edge
technologies based on the services and usage data of each facility integrated by the Hills Network. Furthermore, by
linking and fusing ”Hills" such as Roppongi Hills, ARK Hills, and Toranomon Hills, we will create a new cultural andeconomic zone in the city center.

Hills Network (Urban OS)

Optimize area services

Enhance customer experiences

Personalized services

Information matching and customization
Service updates based on learned data

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The Evolving Hills Network at Azabudai Hills
Up to now, the Hills ID and Hills App have been used as a one-stop platform enabling users to access information
about events and stores at various Hills locations, seamlessly log in to various services, and utilize Hills Points andvarious privileges. With the opening of Azabudai Hills, new services and features such as ticketless parking will be
introduced to further enhance the platform.

Major new services and features
New ticketless parking by Hills App
Users will register their car number and credit card details with the Hills App allowing ticketless parking in theparking lot. Parking fees will be settled automatically and even discounted based on store purchase amounts ormembership status.

Hills ID integrated with Azabudai Hills Gallery ticket reservations
Integration of the Hills ID and ticket reservation system will make it possible to earn Hills Points (not applicable forcertain events) and enjoy various privileges. Furthermore, from ticket purchases to event entry, one seamlessprocess will be possible using the Hills App.

Expanded services for residents
In addition to existing resident services offered via the resident portal, handy new daily-life services will include,for example, delivery box confirmations, delivery scheduling, valet reservations and various service reminders.

Expanded services for office workers
At Hills House, office employees will use their Hills ID to reserve events and shared facilities, place orders for lunch,and more. Additionally, in collaboration with the complex, companies will use the Hills App to provide employeeswith access to amenities throughout the complex for enhanced employee wellness.

Worker support program (tentative)
The program aims to improve working conditions within thecomplex and increase employee engagement with theircompanies by enabling tenant companies to maximize
resources across the complex.
In the past, companies had to prepare in-house cafeterias
and lounges for their employees, but with this program,
employees of tenant companies in the housing complex canuse Hills Network facilities such as Hills House and various
restaurants.

New system offering cross-facility benefits and privileges
Redeem benefits app (for facility/store staffers)
People who work in the complex will scan their Hills App at various Hills facilities, such as restaurants and shops, toreceive coupons and benefits for discounts and other perks.
HILLS SHOP app
In-store readers have been completely redesigned to facilitate one-stop service, allowing users to add/receive Hills
Points, receive coupons and take advantage of special offers for staffers working in the complex.

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■Safety and Security“A city where people escape to, rather than flee from”
Built to Withstand the Great East Japan Earthquake
As part of Azabudai Hills’ initiatives to strengthen the safety of urban infrastructure, Mori Building is making great
efforts to create urban refuges that people can run to in the event of a disaster.
The three towers of Azabudai Hills incorporate earthquake-resistant features that will allow businesses tocontinue operating even in the event of an earthquake of the magnitude of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Highstrength steel and concrete components are deployed to balance the structures, and vibration-control devices areplaced in core areas where vibration during earthquakes can be efficiently reduced, resulting in high resistance toshaking. In addition, large-scale vibration-control devices known as "active mass dampers" will help reduce theswaying that occurs at the tops of buildings during strong winds.
Oil dampers (304 in Mori JP Tower, 172 in Residence A)
The fluid resistance of oil is used to absorb energy during shaking, reducing the swaying caused by winds andearthquakes.
Viscous wall dampers (302 in Mori JP Tower, 220 in Residence A, 535 in Residence B)
The shear resistance of a high-viscosity material absorbs vibrations caused by winds and earthquakes.

Buckling restraint braces (1,200 in Mori JP Tower, 8 in Garden Plaza A, 130 in Garden Plaza B,
9 in Garden Plaza D)
These are braces made of soft, ductile steel that effectively absorb energy during large earthquakes.
Brake dampers (12 in Garden Plaza B)
Energy from building shaking is absorbed by stainless-steel plates sliding over friction plates.
Active mass dampers (4 in Mori JP Tower, 4 in Residence A, 4 in Residence B)
Weights are moved electronically in the opposite direction of a building's motion for stability during strong windand earthquakes.

Oil damper

Viscous wall damper
Mori JP Tower

Residence B

Seismic control
equipment(AMD)
Residence A

Buckling-restrained brace
Active Mass Damper System
Building vibration

Seismic control
equipment(AMD)

Building vibration

AMD

AMD

WeightWeightRail

Rail
Seismic control
equipment

Seismic control
equipment

Garden Plaza
Seismic control equipment

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Co-generation system for 100% power supply even in times of disaster
Mori JP Tower is equipped with a co-generation system and district heating/cooling systems in its basement. Mori
Building will be able to supply 100% of the electricity and heat required in the entire Azabudai Hills complex in theevent of a disaster, using emergency generators that run on medium-pressure gas supplied in flexible, ruptureresistant pipes.

100%

100%
Emergency
generator

CGS

50%
Electricity
forcommercial
supplyNormalpower supply

50%

Gas engine power generator (rendition)

CGS

Emergency
generator

Interrupted
power supply

Interrupted
power supply

Electric power supply system (image)

Monitor room (rendition)

Providing shelter for people stranded during disasters
Azabudai Hills will have about 6,000m² of shelter that can temporarily accommodate up to 3,600 stranded people
in the event of an emergency.
Mori Building has signed an agreement with Tokyo’s Minato City to accept people in times of disaster at its
Roppongi Hills and Toranomon Hills complexes, part of the company's willingness to serve as a disaster-relief base.
Under similar public-private partnerships, Azabudai Hills will serve as a disaster-response facility for its surrounding
areas.
When Toranomon Hills Station Tower and Azabudai Hills are entirely completed, total facilities managed andoperated by Mori Building will be capable of accommodating approx. 14,000 stranded individuals and providing
around 360,000 meals.
・ Temporary accommodation for stranded people (approx. 6,000m² for up to 3,600 people)
・ Emergency supply warehouse (approx. 150m² for provisions to support about 3,600 people for 3 days)
・ Emergency wells will provide water for flushing toilets

Training in sheltering stranded people

Emergency supply warehouse

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Various emergency supplies

■Environmental Initiatives
Reducing Environmental Impact through Efforts
Recognized by Multiple International Environmental Certifications
Renewable energy throughout the complex
Energy efficiency throughout the Azabudai Hills complex will be optimized on a comprehensive basis by using zeroemission renewable energy in compliance with the international RE100 initiative. From the time construction iscompleted, all electricity used on the property, including offices, retail facilities, residences and event venues, will
be powered by renewable energy. For example, if a visitor charges their EV at one of the quick chargers installed inan Azabudai Hills parking lot, they can drive away confident that they are CO2-free.
Furthermore, a system will be introduced to automatically provide tenants with documentation, confirming that
their energy is fully renewable based on tracking information collected with Mori Building’s proprietary Energy Web
System.

Enhancing area-wide energy efficiency
A high-efficiency energy center operated by Toranomon Energy Network Co., Ltd. will be established in Mori JP
Tower to supply energy to the entire Azabudai Hills complex. Energy consumption will be smoothed out by
integrating the varied energy uses of offices, residences and hotels in the complex, each of which has its own
energy usage patterns, helping to make more efficient use of energy. In addition, AI will be deployed in the energy
center to maximize the efficient management of this large complex’s unique mixed-use energy consumption.

Utilizing sewage heat for heating and cooling
Sewage heat, an underutilized renewable energy source, will be incorporated into the heating and cooling systemthroughout Azabudai Hills. The heat from sewage, which is cooler in the summer and warmer in the wintercompared to ambient air temperatures, will be recovered and utilized to reduce CO2 emissions by about 70 tons a
year.
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Reuse of rainwater, etc. throughout the complex
Rainwater that falls on the site will be stored and treated for reuse in watering greenery. In addition, green
spaces have been designed to make maximum use of rainwater.
Also, wastewater from residences will be recycled and treated for use in toilets at Mori JP Tower. Furthermore,water-saving faucets and showers throughout the complex will help to reduce water usage to 40% just of the
LEED standard.

Collaborating with partners to recycle resources
Along with Mori Building’s existing efforts to reduce the total amount ofwaste generated at its properties, the company has created a web-based
system to help tenants visualize their waste volumes and waste sorting.

Mori Building is also working with a beverage manufacturer on acomplex-wide bottle-to-bottle model for horizontal plastic recycling.
In addition, the company is preparing to install water servers for bottle
refilling to reduce plastic consumption, among other environmental
plans that are in line with a circular economy.

LEED and WELL precertifications
Azabudai Hills has received preliminary Platinum certification, the highest ratingin the Neighborhood Development (ND) category of the LEED program. Azabudai
Hills was highly evaluated as a mixed-use development with diverse urban
functions, a walkable town centered around a plaza, and power supply featuring
renewable energy. Azabudai Hills is the first property in Tokyo to be precertified
for Platinum in the ND category.
In addition, the office and retail portion of Mori JP Tower has received
preliminary Platinum certification, the highest level in the BD+C (CS), a building
certification program for newly constructed tenant buildings. The facilities werepraised for their comprehensive use of energy, the visualization and reduction ofenvironmental impact during the framework construction stage, andmechanisms for energy conservation in cooperation with tenants, such as
demand-control in tenant spaces following construction.

Extensive greenery in the Central Green and high indoor-air quality were alsofavorably evaluated as wellness initiatives that supported WELL precertificationof office and retail space in Mori JP Tower. At present, the property is theworld's largest registered site in terms of preliminary certifications and official
receipt of top-level Platinum certifications after construction is anticipated.
Moreover, if the Tower receives the envisioned top-ranking Platinum
certifications from WELL, in addition to LEED ND and LEED BD+C certification, it
is expected to become the world's first skyscraper to achieve all three.

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Circular economy concept(image)■Strengthening Local Infrastructure
Traffic Flow throughout Entire Area to be Greatly Enhanced
by Integrating Fragmented Roadways
Although Azabudai Hills is well served by Sakurada-dori, Gaien-higashi-dori and Azabu-dori avenues on the area’s
perimeter, the original east-west roads were fragmented and the main north-south street, commonly known as
Onemichi, did not merge with Gaien-higashi-dori, resulting in a highly inefficient traffic network that had plagued
the area for decades.
With the development of Azabudai Hills, however, the long-held dream of an efficient road network will be
realized through the creation and integration of east-west and north-south streets. In addition, construction of abarrier-free underground walkway connecting Roppongi-itchome station and Kamiyacho station will further
improve circulation in the area and its surrounding neighborhoods.

Aazabudai Hills streetscapes before redevelopment

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Key improvements addressing traffic issues
1. North-south and east-west streets (Onemichi and Sakura-asa streets, respectively) connecting to major avenues
 Improved accessibility and smoother traffic flow throughout the area
2. Approx. 700m east-west underground walkway and decks connecting Roppongi-itchome and Kamiyacho stations
 Barrier-free passages providing improved safety, convenience and circulation for all pedestrians
3. Approx. 1,000m2 plaza in front of Kamiyacho station
 Symbolic space for resting and serving as an urban hub node for the surrounding area

The area's road network initiatives

Sakura-asa Street in July 2023

Onemichi Street in July 2023

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■Reference: Mori Building’s Creation of Cities with Magnetism
Since its founding, Mori Building’s underlying philosophy from era to era has remained the same: “Create Cities,
Nurture Cities.” This philosophy has formed the basis for compact but sophisticated complexes that offer diverse
urban functions for living, working, recreating, learning and relaxing. Complexes in which all such functions arewithin walking distance generate a “magnetism” that attracts diverse people, and the accumulated energy drives
further magnetism.
To realize a compact urban environment in the middle of a city, it is necessary to combine subdivided plots of land
to create a huge building with a single large floor plate. This approach is called the “Vertical Garden City” model. A
lush open space filled with greenery is created at the ground level by aggregating small plots of land into a single,
large city block and placing a skyscraper there. The Vertical Garden City approach enables Mori Building to create
magnetic complexes that concentrate highly diverse urban functions.

300 two-story houses
Building coverage ratio: 50%

One 50-story building
Building coverage ratio: 3%(Vertical Garden City)

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It is important not only to create cities, but also to nurture them over time. Mori Building has nurtured
communities through consistent organization and know-how from development to town management. Just
erecting a building doesn't create a multipurpose complex, because the true power derives from the people
who assemble there.
Mori Building will continue to enhance the magnetism of each new Hills property by nurturing theircommunities based on proven methods established during previous Hills projects, such as ARK Hills, Roppongi
Hills, and Toranomon Hills.

Bon Odori (Roppongi Hills)

Marche (ARK Hills)

Yoga (Toranomon Hills)

Rice planting event (Roppongi Hills Rooftop Garden)

Christmas illumination (Roppongi Hills)

Morning tai chi (Roppongi Hills)

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■Reference: Mori Building’s Strategic Area (Aiming to Create a New International Hub)Connecting Hills properties to create a new cultural and economic zone in the heart of Tokyo
Mori Building’s strategic geographical areas, including Azabudai Hills, all located in central Tokyo’s Minato
City, is an area rich in greenery and home to numerous foreign-affiliated companies and an overwhelming
number of residents from overseas. Rich in international flavors, diversity and culture, this area has
extremely high potential to become a new international hub of Tokyo.
Azabudai Hills lies adjacent to ARK Hills and sits at the midpoint between the “Cultural Heart of Tokyo”
Roppongi Hills and the “Global Business Center” Toranomon Hills, in an area with strong cultural andbusiness personalities.
By the end of 2023, when the Hills area is connected, a wide range of urban functions will be concentrated
here; they will include a total of 982,000m² of office space, some 640 retail shops and restaurants, approx.
4,440 residential units, and multiple cultural facilities, along with abundant greenery. By linking andintegrating existing Hills properties in Mori Building's strategic area, Azabudai Hills will serve a key role increating a new cultural and economic zone in the heart of Tokyo.
“Intelligent City”
ARK Hills“Global Business Center”
Toranomon Hills“Cultural Heart of Tokyo”
Roppongi Hills“Green & Wellness”
Azabudai Hills

ARK Hills (1986)

Atago Green Hills (2001)

ARK Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower (2012)

Toranomon Hills(completed October 6, 2023)ⒸThe Boundary

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Roppongi Hills (2003)ⒸDBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd.

Azabudai Hills(opening November 24, 2023)

The Toranomon-Akasaka-Roppongi area, including Azabudai Hills, is in central Tokyo’s Minato Ward. This area has a highdegree of internationality due to many foreign companies and residents having gravitated to the area, resulting in a richand diverse culture. Residents also enjoy the area’s ample greenery, which promotes healthy lives, both physically andmentally. Rich in international flavors, diversity and culture, this area has extremely high potential to become a newinternational hub of Tokyo.

Green coverage ratio

The number of foreign companies

Toranomon,
Akasaka,
Roppongi

Toranomon,
Akasaka,
Roppongi

Source: Calculated from the green coverage ratio data on each city's website

Source: Comprehensive list of foreign companies by TOYO KEIZAI INC. (2023)

The number of foreign residents

The number of beds at general hospitals

0
Toranomon,
Toranomon,
Akasaka,
Akasaka,
Roppongi
Roppongi

Toranomon,
Akasaka,
Roppongi

Source: Calculated from the data of certificated hospitals by Japan Council for

Source: Data from each city on Oct. 1, 2022

Quality Health Care

The number of foreign embassies
The number of foreign embassies

The number of top restaurants

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6

2

2

1

0
Toranomon,
Akasaka,
Toranomon,
Roppongi
Akasaka,
Roppongi

Otemachi,Marunouchi,
Yurakucho,
Nihonbashi,
Hacchobori,Kyobashi

ShibuyaHamamatsu-cho,Tamachi

Shinagawa

Toranomon,
Akasaka,
Roppongi

Source: “List of foreign embassies,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Source: Starred restaurants, MICHELIN Guide Tokyo

Areas targeted in research◆Toranomon, Akasaka, Roppongi Area (320ha):
Nishi-shimbashi 1 to 3, Atago 1 to 2, Toranomon 1 to 5, Roppongi 1 to 7, Akasaka 1 to 2,6,9, Azabudai 1, Shiba ko-en 3◆Otemachi, Marunouchi, Yurakucho, Nihonbashi, Yaesu, Kyobashi Area (248ha):
Nihonbashi-hongokucho 1 to 4, Nihonbashi-muromachi 1to 4, Nihonbashi-honcho 1 to 4, Otemachi 1 to 2, Marunouchi 1 to 3, Yurakucho 1 to 2, Yaesu 1 to 2, Nihonbashi 1 to 3,
Kyobashi 1 to 3
◆Shibuya Area (147ha):
Nanpeidaicho, Sakuragaokacho, Dougenzaka 1 to 2, Udagawacho, Jinnan 1, Shibuya 1 to 3, Higashi 1◆Hamamatsu-cho, Tamachi Area (232ha):
Kaigan 1, Hamamatsu-cho 1 to 2, Shiba 1, 4, 5, Shibaura 1 to 4, Mita 3◆Shinagawa Area (220ha):
Kounan 1 to 2, Takanawa 2 to 4

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■Reference: Mori Building’s Strategic Area (Aiming to Create a New International Hub)
Accepting people stranded during disasters
Offering “cities to escape to, rather than flee from,” during urban emergencies
Mori Building, which has long regarded earthquake preparedness as a critical urban issue, is turning certain major
properties into “cities to escape to, rather than flee from,” in the event of a disaster. This has included a variety of
initiatives, both hard and soft, from strengthening the earthquake resistance of buildings to measures for day-today preparedness, with the aim of creating disaster-prevention centers that contribute not only to development
area but also to the neighborhood. The completion of Toranomon Hills and Azabudai Hills will enable the company
to accept approx. 14,000 stranded people and stockpile approx. 360,000 meals, in the facilities managed andoperated by Mori Building.

Stockpile capacity approx. 360,000 meals,
can accept 14,000 stranded people

Roppongi Hills:
5,000 people

Toranomon Hills:
5,200 peopleⒸThe Boundary© DBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd - Azabudai Hills

Azabudai Hills:
3,600 people*Includes facilities which will be formally agreed with Minato City to accept stranded people.

Lessons learned from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
Following the destructive Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in western Japan in 1995, Mori Building strengthened
the seismic design of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower by adding more vibration-control devices, including viscous semiactive oil dampers and unbounded steel dampers. Thereafter, Mori Building adopted its own extra-high standards
for the earthquake resistance of large buildings, exceeding those set forth in Japan's existing Building Standards
Law.
In addition, the tower was outfitted with its own underground power-generation plant running on mediumpressure gas, which is supplied via flexible lines that proved their resilience in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake,yet another way that the tower helps to support tenants' business continuity planning (BCP).

Semi-active oil dampers

Gas engine power generator

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Fully stocked with some 270,000 meals and other supplies (as of August 2023)
After the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, Mori Building built a new emergency supply warehouse and beganstoring food, supplies and other essential items required after an earthquake. Currently as of August 2023, wehave stockpiled some 270,000 meals, including 100,000 in Roppongi Hills. Each facility also stocks blankets,medical supplies, materials and equipment, portable toilets, and other items needed in the event of a disaster.
The provisions include some 100,000 meals for stranded commuters, consisting of 9 meals per person (3 meals
per day for 3 days), amounting to about 1,600 to 1,700 calories per person each day.

Selected foods and supplies

Emergency supply warehouse

Disaster-preparedness measures for Mori Building employees
Twice a year, the company conducts a large, comprehensive earthquake drill for all employees, aiming to ensurethat in the event of an emergency the company's workforce of some 1,600 employees can promptly support
people living and working in their respective complexes, including tenant companies dependent on maintaining
business continuity.
Mori Building is also prepared to take prompt initial action if a natural disaster occurs outside of working hours,
including at night and on holidays. Several living facilities for company personnel engaged in disaster prevention
and management have been set up within about 2.5 kilometers of the business area, and the residents of thesefacilities receive special training to ensure that they are thoroughly prepared to respond to disasters.

Drill to practice the distribution of provisions

Employees participating in a disaster drill

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■Reference: Mori Building’s Strategic Area (Aiming to Create a New International Hub)
Greenery nurtured for over 30 years at Hills properties
Mori Building has been promoting various environmental and green initiatives under the theme of “Environment
and Greenery” for urban development. Mori Building has continuously contributed to urban greening through its
redevelopment of large urban complexes that are covered in greenery and function in harmony with nature.

Green coverage ratio: 43.2% as of 2022

Approx. 12 ha(Average green coverage ratio in Minato City: 22.6%)2023

Beginning with ARK Hills (1986), later Roppongi Hills (2003) and Toranomon Hills Mori Tower (2014), Mori Building
has steadily increased greenery in central Tokyo by pursuing urban development with an awareness of greening.
In terms of size, total green coverage at the company's major complexes is expected to increase from approx. 1.2 hain 1990 to approx. 12 ha in 2023. By planning for greenery in the initial stages of development and then managing
greenery over 30 years, Mori Building has expanded total green coverage at its major complexes to a combined areathat exceeds the massive size of the Roppongi Hills site (approx. 9.3 ha).
In addition, the green coverage of ARK Hills has risen from 23% in 1990, soon after its completion, to 42% today. The
green coverage of Hills properties greatly exceeds the average ratio (22.6%) in Minato City as a whole.

Yoga event (Toranomon Hills)

Environment education event (Roppongi Hills)

Steadily expanding green coverage ratio
・ARK Hills:
23.3% in 1990 → 42.1% in 2022
・Atago Green Hills: 44.4% in 2006 → 53.0% in 2022
・Motoazabu Hills: 44.3% in 2006 → 54.9% in 2022

・Roppongi Hills:
26.5% in 2006 → 30.8% in 2022
・Sengokuyama Mori Tower: 37.0% in 2014 → 47.1% in 2022
・Toranomon Hills Mori Tower: 24.8% in 2014 → 31.0% in 2022

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Growing Greenery
Mori Building puts a lot of effort into plant maintenance and nurtures plants with care. For example, the average
diameter of the cherry trees at ARK Hills was 28cm when the complex was completed in 1986, but by 2023 thisaverage had grown to 148cm. To this day, more than 30 years after the trees were planted, they continue to grow,slowly but steadily year by year. ARK Hills and Roppongi Hills have become two of the most popular locations inTokyo for viewing cherry blossoms, attracting large numbers of people every year.

Trunk growth of cherry and zelkova trees(ARK Hills and Roppongi Hills)

ARK Hills' verdant garden

Urban development that respects biodiversity
Extensive greenery at large-scale "Hills" complexes developed by Mori Building plays an important role as a core
part of central Tokyo's ecological network. In particular, the network organically is formed of large green areas,
which serve as permanent habitats for living creatures. Those areas are linked together by small-scale green
areas and streetside trees, which animals use as places of refuge as they move around the busy city.

To make it easier for creatures to inhabit Tokyo's urban environment, Mori Building has placed a special focus
on biodiversity since around 2007. Beyond merely expanding the amount of greenery at its properties, thecompany also focuses on creating high-quality green spaces. ARK Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower, completed in2012, was Japan's first urban development to fully incorporate a biodiversity perspective. As proof of thecompany's effectiveness in managing eco-friendly green spaces, a survey conducted at Sengokuyama Mori
Tower in 2016 confirmed the presence of 14 species of birds and 10 species of butterflies, including theJapanese pygmy woodpecker, which is rarely seen in central Tokyo, and the varied tit, which is on the Tokyo
Metropolitan Government's list of endangered species.

Central Tokyo’s ecological network

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■Reference: Mori Building’s Strategic Area (Aiming to Create a New International Hub)
Embracing culture and art into urban development to enhance the magnetism of Tokyo
Mori Building, which embraces culture and art as a key business theme, has long incorporated both in its urban
development initiatives. An excellent example is the Roppongi Hills complex, also known as the “Cultural Heart ofTokyo.” As a beacon of culture, the complex has continuously showcased artworks at a variety of venues, including
Mori Art Museum (one of Asia‘s leaders in contemporary art), public exhibitions that allow people to enjoy art intheir daily lives, and art events organized in collaboration with nearby facilities. In the 20 years since its opening,
Roppongi Hills has flourished as the cultural hub of Tokyo. Also, through other Hills properties, Mori Building has
contributed to the city’s vibrancy through diverse cultural facilities and public art, thereby enhancing themagnetism of Tokyo.
Cultural Venues (examples)Mori Art Museum Exhibition Scenery

Mori Art Museum (Roppongi Hills 2003)

Suntory Hall (ARK Hills 1986)

依頼

TOHO CINEMAS Roppongi Hills (Roppongi Hills 2003)

TOKYO CITY VIEW (Roppongi Hills 2003)© teamLabⒸDBOX for Mori Building Co., Ltd.

MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: EPSON teamLab Borderless(Opened in Palette Town in 2018, closed in 2022)

TOKYO NODE (Toranomon Hills Station Tower, opening in 2023)© teamLab

MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: EPSON teamLab Borderless(Azabudai Hills, opening in 2023)

Azabudai Hills Gallery (Azabudai Hills, opening in 2023)

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Public Art (examples)

LOUISE BOURGEOIS
2002(1999) / Bronze, stainless steel,marble.
9.27 x 8.91 x 10.23(h)mMaman (Roppongi Hills)

Rose (Roppongi Hills)

CAI GUO-QIANG
2003/Stone, water.
10.1 x 26.8 x 4.0(h)mHigh Mountain Flowing Water:
3-D Landscape Painting (Roppongi Hills)

JEAN-MICHEL OTHONIEL
2013/Bronze,gold leaf, stainless steel.
3.3 x 3.6 x 1.69(h)m

ISA GENZKEN
2003(1993)/ Steel, aluminum, lacquer.
8.0(h)m Hollywood Beauty Group Collection

Kin no Kokoro (Roppongi Hills)

Tommier Otake
2012 / Steel10.4 x 11 x 4.7 (h) mSponsorship: VareCHOI JEONG HWA
2003/FRP, stainless steel, optical fiber.
1.0×1.0×12.0(h)mroboroborobo (roborobo ko-en)(Roppongi Hills)

Sun K. Kwak
『Untying Space_Toranomon Hills
Mori Tower』2014

infinite(ARK Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower)

Satoshi Uchiumi“New Walter / Floating Colors” 2014

Untying Space(Toranomon Hills Mori Tower)

New Water / Floating Colors(Toranomon Hills Mori Tower)

Zhan Wang“Universe 29”2014

Universe 29(Toranomon Hills Mori Tower)

Tsang Kin-Wah『 Blow If You Will
Float in the Wind
2020

Jaume Plensa“Roots” 2014
Mori Mariko“Cycloid V” 2018

Roots
(Toranomon Hills Mori Tower)

Cycloid V(Toranomon Hills Business Tower)

Sam Falls ”Untitled” 2021
Carriage porch
Photo: Kato Ken

Untitled(Toranomon Hills Residential Tower)

Blow If You Will Float in the Wind
(Toranomon Hills Business Tower)

completion image
Larry Bell, "Pinky," 2022 Glass, silicone gel,
244x244x183cm (4 pieces)*Commission work for Toranomon Hills Station Tower

N.S. Harsha, "Matter," 2014 Bronze,
2.78×1.37×1.65m

Matter (rendition)(Toranomon Hills Station Tower)

Pinky (rendition)(Toranomon Hills Station Tower)

Nara Yoshitomo
Miss Forest
2017
Urethane on bronze500.4 x 139.7 x 158.8 cm
Installation view: N's YARD, Tochigi
Photo: Morimoto Mie

Olafur Eliasson
A harmonious cycle of interconnected nows
2023

A harmonious cycle of interconnected nows (rendition)（Azabudai Hills）

Miss Forest in Tokyo (rendition)(Azabudai Hills)

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■Reference: Global Power City Index (GPCI) 2022
The Global Power City Index, published annually by The Mori Memorial Foundation, a research arm of Mori Building,evaluates and ranks 48 major cities according to their “magnetism,” or their overall power to attract creative
individuals and enterprises from around the world. Cities are rated on the basis of 70 indicators spread across six
basic urban functions: Economy, R&D, Cultural Interaction, Livability, Environment, and Accessibility.

The ranked order of the top 5 cities has remained unchanged since 2016: No. 1 London, No. 2 New York, No. 3
Tokyo, No. 4 Paris and No. 5 Singapore. Nevertheless, scores in GPCI 2022 were significantly impacted by how cities
responded to the three-year COVID-19 pandemic. Tokyo, which implemented a cautious COVID-19 policy, scoredlower in “Number of Foreign Visitors” in the Cultural Interaction category and “Number of Air Passengers” inAccessibility. Paris, meanwhile, improved its overall score to greatly narrow the city’s gap with Tokyo. Muchattention is now being focused on Tokyo to see if it can once again build on its urban strengths as the pandemic
subsides.

2020/1
Brexit2015/11
COP21(Paris Agreement)
Paris Terrorist Attacks
2013/9
Tokyo wins bid to host2020 Olympic Games

2021/7
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games2017/9Paris wins bid to host 2024 Olympic Games2018/6
North Korea – United States Summit

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A comparison of Tokyo's GPCI 2018 and GPCI 2022 scores shows that its strengths in “Total Employment” and“Number of Hotel Rooms” increased during this five-year period, but traditional strengths such as “Number ofWorld’s Top 500 Companies,” “Number of Researchers” and “Research and Development Expenditures” declined.
Although Tokyo improved weaknesses such as “Waste Recycle Rate,” scores fell further in areas such as “Urban
Greenery.”Looking at changes in various indicators for Tokyo over the five-year period, the numbers of those with declining
scores increased. It must be noted, however, that the pandemic had a significant impact on many declines, so as
the pandemic is brought under control it is highly possible that scores will recover sharply in areas susceptible tofluctuating visitation, such as “Number of Foreign Visitors,” “Attractiveness of Shopping Options” and“Attractiveness of Dining Options.”
Also, Tokyo’s multiple urban redevelopment projects planned through 2030 should help to boost indicators suchas “Number of Restaurants,” “Urban Greenery,” and “Number of Foreign Residents.” Furthermore, if morefavorable “Corporate Tax Rate” and increased “Availability of Skilled Human Resources” ratings can be achieved,
Tokyo will be in an even better position to improve its global competitiveness as the pandemic subsides.

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