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Luxury Tokyo Penthouse Sold for Over $65 Million in Booming Market

Luxury Tokyo Penthouse Sold for Over $65 Million in Booming Market

Bloomberg26-05-2025
A Tokyo penthouse developed by Swedish buyout firm EQT AB has sold for about ¥9.5 billion ($67 million), shedding light on the cost of buying into the city's booming high-end property market.
The four-bedroom apartment at Marq Omotesando One, a luxury low-rise development near the bustling shopping district of Harajuku, went for more than ¥50 million per tsubo, the highest on record in Japan by that measure, EQT said in a statement.
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