What does 建て mean?
建て is a Japanese suffix meaning “~ storied, separate housing” in English. It is written as 建て in kanji, ～だて in hiragana, and ～date in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.
Example sentence
これはおよそ５００年前に建てられた。
This was built some 500 years ago.