Grand Opening of ‘Grand Green Osaka’: Celebrating a New Urban Oasis with Special Events and Live Performances

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At the opening ceremony held to commemorate the provisional opening of the town, we celebrated the birth of a new town in grand style together with local residents and visitors, accompanied by a performance by a brass band. Furthermore, the opening events scheduled from today, the 6th (Friday) to the 8th (Sunday), will feature a special live event and various street events at the large-roofed event space “Rothart Square Umekita,” which will become a symbol of Umekita Park, adding vibrancy to the provisional town opening.

“Grand Green Osaka” is a complex facility that includes offices, hotels, core functional facilities, commercial facilities, urban parks, and residential areas. The planning concept is anchored in the creation of “Osaka MIDORI LIFE” – a fusion of “green” and “innovation” – and aims to promote urban development where encounters in the town create various values and continuously improve the community and society as a whole.

Starting today, the 6th (Friday), the “General Incorporated Association Umekita MMO,” formed by a joint venture of operators, will begin park management and area management as the designated administrator of Umekita Park for the next 50 years. Through a variety of participatory programs and seasonal events that offer extraordinary experiences, we plan to develop initiatives that allow visitors to feel a sense of attachment and pride for their park. Additionally, the core functional facility “JAM BASE” also opened today. By bringing together diverse players such as companies, universities and research institutions, startups, and venture capital, we will support the transformation of new ideas into reality and the challenges of social implementation and commercialization.

Even after the town opening, we will continue to co-create new values towards the realization of “Osaka MIDORI LIFE” aimed at improving the QOL of people, creating opportunities for self-realization, and promoting new sustainable initiatives and innovations by companies.

※1: The Umekita Development Special Purpose Company, one of the nine joint venture companies, is an SPC funded by Obayashi Corporation.

※2: For details on JAM BASE, click here

Opening Schedule

“Grand Green Osaka” is a complex facility that includes offices, hotels, core functional facilities, commercial facilities, urban parks, and residential areas. At the preliminary town opening, part of Umekita Park (full South Park and part of North Park), the northern building’s hotel “Canopy by Hilton Osaka Umeda”※3, commercial facility “SHOPS & RESTAURANTS,” and core functional facility “JAM BASE” have opened. The southern building is scheduled to open around Spring 2025, and the Umekita Park post-construction area (part of North Park) is planned to open around Spring 2027.

※3: For details on Canopy by Hilton Osaka Umeda, click here

Grand Opening of ‘Grand Green Osaka’: Celebrating a New Urban Oasis with Special Events and Live Performances

Grand Green Osaka Project Specifications

Project Name

Umekita Phase 2 District Development Project “Grand Green Osaka”

Location

Within the Osaka Station North Daifuku West District land readjustment project area

District Area

Approximately 91,150 square meters (including urban parks)

Private Land

Urban Park

・General Park Area (Developed by: Osaka City and the Urban Renaissance Agency ※Upgrade: Operator JV)

Park Name

Umekita Park

Park Area

Approximately 45,000 square meters

Design

〇 Base Grade (Public)
Basic Design: Nikken Sekkei Ltd. & Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Co., Ltd.
Detailed Design: Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
〇 Upgrade
Design proposals, etc.: Operator JV
Design Lead: GGN
Designer: Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
Lighting Designer: Tomofumi Uchihara Design Office
Signage Designer: Rian Ihara Design Office
Signage Project Management: MEC Design International

Construction

Obayashi Corporation, Takenaka Corporation, and Takenaka Civil Engineering Joint Venture

・Park Facilities (Developed by: Operator JV)

Total Floor Area

Approximately 11,000 square meters

Design

〇 Overall Park Facilities (excluding the large roof)

Basic Design and Detailed Design: Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
※VS. Design supervision: Tadao Ando Architectural Research Institute
〇 Large Roof
Basic Design and Detailed Design: SANAA

Supervision

〇 Overall Park Facilities (excluding the large roof)
Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
〇 Large Roof
SANAA

Construction

Umekita Phase 2 Joint Venture (Takenaka Corporation & Obayashi Corporation)

※The park facilities within the urban park are facilities subject to installation permits based on the Osaka City Park Regulations, and details of operational plans and other matters will be determined in consultation with the city in the future.

※The contents of this release may change due to future considerations and discussions.

Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp.

Release

Issued by: Hankyu Hanshin Holdings

    1-16-1 Shibata, Kita-ku, Osaka

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