The completion ceremony was held in February 2003, and JR Tower opened to the public on March 6, 2003.

Sapporo JR Tower is separated in three sections: West, Center, and East.

In the West section, is where Daimaru Sapporo branch store, a nine-storey building, is located.

The Center section also has nine floors and one floor in the basement, and is a complex building comprising the Sapporo Stellar Place, a shopping mall, and the Sapporo Cinema Frontier, a movie theater complex.

[4] The underpass of the East section connects to the Sapporo ESTA, a commercial building complex neighboring to the JR Tower.