A sleek 54 stories, the tower would rise in trendy Flagler Village in a spot that’s now a parking lot between Nola Lofts, a 12-story condo, and The Rise Flagler Village, a 30-story apartment tower.

Tokyo Golf Club, which opened in Tokyo’s Komazawa in 1914, was moved in 1932 to Asaka, where movers and shakers built an international first-class golf course. Prince Asakanomiya Yasuhiko (1887 ...