The tower was first designed to be used as a hotel. Then, with the rise of real estate prices in Tokyo, people bought the capsules and now the managing is made by the private owners. In 2007, the owners decided to destroy the building and to build at his place a 14 storey tall tower, which would increase the floor area by 60%. Some groups of architects tried in vain to avoid the demolition of the building by proposing the architecture to the UNESCO.
