First they resided in Kawata, and then constructed the Tsutsujigasaki-yakata (Tsutsujigasaki Mansion) in Fuchu (present Kofuchu, Kofu City) and developed a castle town (Takeda castle town), and gathered his vassals to live there ("Kohakusaiki" [a recorded diary on the history of the Sengoku period supposedly written by Masatake KOMAI]).
はじめ川田に館を置き、のちに府中（現在の甲府市古府中）に躑躅ヶ崎館を築き城下町（武田城下町）を整備し、家臣を集住させた（『高白斎記』）。