Builder of mainland's tallest tower dies
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March 13, 2012, Tuesday
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PROPERTY tycoon Minoru Mori, one of Japan's most influential developers who built the Chinese mainland's tallest building, has died.
Company officials said yesterday that Mori, chairman of Mori Building Co, died on Thursday of heart failure. He was 77.
The company said Mori had been receiving medical treatment for some time but gave no further details.
Mori, from Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, co-founded Mori Building with his father Taikichiro in 1959 and became president in 1993. With his visions of a "vertical garden city," Mori transformed Tokyo's landscape with mammoth mixed-use development projects such as Roppongi Hills, Ark Hills and Atago Green Hills. Many buildings around the city bear his family name.
His 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center opened in 2008.
Survivors and funeral details were not disclosed in accordance with his wishes, the company said.
Company officials said yesterday that Mori, chairman of Mori Building Co, died on Thursday of heart failure. He was 77.
The company said Mori had been receiving medical treatment for some time but gave no further details.
Mori, from Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, co-founded Mori Building with his father Taikichiro in 1959 and became president in 1993. With his visions of a "vertical garden city," Mori transformed Tokyo's landscape with mammoth mixed-use development projects such as Roppongi Hills, Ark Hills and Atago Green Hills. Many buildings around the city bear his family name.
His 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center opened in 2008.
Survivors and funeral details were not disclosed in accordance with his wishes, the company said.
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