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Thank you for your continuous support for the Nikkei Real Estate Market Report.

In order to better serve our readers and more accurately depict the meaning for real estate professionals, we have implemented the following changes in terminology and any related expressions from January 2012.




Japanese Former Terminology New Terminology
yuka menseki floor space floor area
nobe yuka menseki total floor space gross floor area (GFA)
chintai kano yuka menseki rentable floor space net leasable area (NLA)
chintai yuka menseki renting floor space leased floor area
kijunkai menseki standard floor space typical floor plate
jukyo hyoji residence indication building address
chiban lot number lot address



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Jun Homma - Nikkei Real Estate Market Report