>>407Yeah, a lot of construction was going on the city actually, all over.
I'm sure Barasui just used the location as an architectural/scenic reference, it's not actually meant to be set there and I doubt there's any connection to who lives there... or lived, since perhaps some new owners decided to re-develop the lot or something. That seems the most likely reason for construction for me.
The Noto Peninsula earthquake was over 400 km away, in a very different part of Japan.