It was once thought to be the first apartment complex to be constructed in Korea, but this is not true according to KBS, which claims that idea was based on an incorrect assumption that the building was completed in 1930.

[4] During the colonial period, the building had some Korean residents, including Hwang San-deok [ko], who later became Minister of Justice of South Korea.

[2] Upon the escalation of the Second Sino-Japanese War in the late 1930s, the Government-General of Chōsen set a price ceiling on rents.

Toyota Apartment received approval to be converted into a hotel in 1940. Business went poorly after the conversion.

[a] Kim renovated the interior, added an extra floor to the building, and renamed it Korea Tourist Hotel (코리아관광호텔).

[5] In 2018, a safety analysis of the building gave it a D grade, and claimed that significant repairs and reinforcements urgently needed to be made.

[6] By this point, the complex was considered the oldest extant apartment building in South Korea.