Sunshine 60

Sunshine 60
サンシャイン60
Record height
Tallest in Japan from 1978 to 1991[I]
Preceded by	Shinjuku Mitsui Building
Surpassed by	Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
General information
Type	Mixed-use
Location	3-1-1 Higashi-Ikebukuro Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates	35°43′46.5″N 139°43′4″E / 35.729583°N 139.71778°E / 35.729583; 139.71778
Construction started	July 1973
Completed	1978
Opening	March 1978
Owner	Mitsubishi Estate Co.
Height
Roof	239.7 m (786 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	60 above ground 4 below ground
Floor area	241,546 m2 (2,599,980 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	41 (33 by Toshiba Elevator, 8 by Mitsubishi Electric)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Mitsubishi Estate Co.
Developer	Mitsubishi Estate Co.
Main contractor	Joint-venture led by Taisei Construction

Sunshine 60 (サンシャイン60, Sanshain rokujū) is a 60-story, mixed-use skyscraper located in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, adjoining the Sunshine City complex. At the time of its completion in 1978, the 239.7 m (786 ft) building was the tallest in Asia,^[1] a title it held until 1985 when it was surpassed by the 63 Building in Seoul. Sunshine 60 was also the tallest building in Tokyo and Japan until the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building was completed in 1991,^[2] and housed the world's fastest elevators (at 600 metres per minute (2,000 ft/min)) until the opening of the Yokohama Landmark Tower in 1993; Mitsubishi Electric installed the elevators at the former's highest-rise bank as well as the latter, and Mitsubishi Estate owns both buildings.