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Corporate History
Success of Daibiru indicates a new age of building construction.
In 1925, two years after its foundation, Daibiru constructed Daibiru Building, one of the major office buildings in western Japan, foreseeing the concentration of businesses in cities. In 1927, construction of Hibiya Daibiru Building in Hibiya, Tokyo, was completed.
The 8-story Hibiya Daibiru Building adopted the "core system" used for skyscrapers in New York.
Numerous architects were impressed by Hibiya Daibiru Building's elegant external form, which was the crystallization of Daibiru's passion for urban development.
With the core system, common use areas of a building, such as elevators, corridors, hot water supply systems and water-supply facilities, are located at the center of the building. Its rationality and cost efficiency contributed to the progress of the building concepts and were highly regarded by the Architectural Institute of Japan. The history of the Japanese office buildings is synonymous with the history of Daibiru, an enterprise that responds to the needs of the era.
History
1923 October Osaka Building Co., Ltd. (capital: 3 million yen) is established by joint capital investment of three companies: O.S.K. Line, Ujigawa Electric Power Co., Ltd. and Nippon Electric Power Co., Ltd.
1925 September Construction of Daibiru Main Building in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, is completed.1
1927 July Construction of Hibiya Daibiru Building No. 1 in Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, is completed.
1931 April Construction of Hibiya Daibiru Building No. 2 next to Hibiya Daibiru Building No. 1 is completed.2
1937 July Construction of the Annex next to Daibiru Main Building is completed.
1945 October The company name is changed to Osaka Tatemono Co., Ltd.
1950 December Listed on Osaka Securities Exchange.
1954 November Listed on Kyoto Securities Exchange.
1958 April Construction of the South Wing of Shin Daibiru Building in Dojimahama, Kita-ku, Osaka, is completed.
1.Daibiru Main Building after completion
2.(Old) Nibiya Daibiru Building after completion of the No.2
1963 October Construction of the North Wing of Shin Daibiru Building is completed.3
1968 June Construction of Yaesu Daibiru Building in Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, is completed.
1975 March The Company acquires Midosuji Daibiru Building in Minami-kyuhoujimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka.
1976 September Construction of Kojimachi Daibiru Building in Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, is completed.
1983 January Construction of Uchisaiwaicho Daibiru Building in Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, is completed.
  December Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1984 September Construction of Dojima Daibiru Building (ANA CROWNE PLAZA OSAKA) in Dojimahama, Kita-ku, Osaka, is completed.4
1986 February Construction of Eifuku Women's Student Hall in Eifuku, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, is completed.
  May Construction of Awajimachi Daibiru Building in Awajimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, is completed.
  September Construction of Mita Nitto Daibiru Building in Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, is completed.
1988 November The Company acquires all stocks of Volkart Japan Ltd. (and changed it's name to Dojima Estate Corporation[dissolution on November 2006]) and leases Dokita Daibiru Building.[acquires on November 2006]
3.Shin Daibiru Building after completion of the North Wing
4.Dojima Daibiru Building (ANA HOTEL OSAKA)
1989 October The first phase of the Hibiya Daibiru Building reconstruction project is completed and construction of a new building is completed.5
1990 March Construction of Higashi-Matsubara Women's Student Hall in Daita, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, is completed.
1991 July Construction of Daibiru Kugayama Dormitory in Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, is completed.
  November The second phase of Hibiya Daibiru Building reconstruction project is completed.
1992 January The Company changes its name to Daibiru Corporation.
  September Construction of Estate Edobori in Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka, is completed.
1993 February Construction of Select Yoga in Tamagawadai, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, is completed.
1997 January Construction of Kita-Umeda Daibiru Building in Nakatsu, Kita-ku, Osaka, is completed.
  February Construction of Yodoyabashi Daibiru Building in Koraibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka is completed.
  August Construction of Estate Deiribashi Building in Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka, is completed.
  October Construction of Estate Tosabori Building in Tosabori, Nishi-ku, Osaka, is completed.
1998 August Construction of Violette Takarazuka in Takarazuka-shi, Hyogo Prefecture, is completed.
2000 February The Company acquires Shinjuku Daibiru Building (Shinjuku Alta) in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
  May Construction of Umeda Daibiru Building in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, is completed.6
2001 February The Company acquires Shiba Daibiru Building (the former Natsume Shoji Head Office Building) in Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
  February Construction of a condominium building, Renee Blanc-Cour Kitasenri Furuedai in Suita-shi, Osaka, is completed and sold.
2002 March The Company acquires Estate Naniwasuji Building (the former Japan Research Institute Tosabori Building) in Tosabori, Nishi-ku, Osaka.
2004 October The Company becomes a consolidated subsidiary of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
2005 March Construction of Akihabara Daibiru Building in Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo is completed.7
March The Company acquires Shosen Mitsui Building (Toranomon Daibiru Building) in Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
March
-June
The Company acquires Lanterna Koishikawa,and four other apartment buildings.
2007 July The Company made Mitsui O.S.K. Kosan Co.,Ltd. a subsidiary.
2009 March Construction of Nakanoshima Daibiru Building in Nakanoshima, kita-ku, Osaka, is completed.7
  July Construction of Tosabori Daibiru Building in Tosabori, nishi-ku, Osaka, is completed.7
2010 January The Company acquires Akihabara DaibiruˇEkimae Plaza Building in Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
  April The Company acquires beneficiary rights to trust which make fiduciary estate a little more than 80 persent of land and building of Aoyama Rise Square in Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
2012 January The Company makes Saigon Tower Co., Ltd. which owns Saigon Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a subsidiary.
 
5.(New) Hibiya Daibiru Building after completion of the first phase of reconscruction project
6.Umeda Daibiru Building
7.Akihabara Daibiru Building
8.Nakanoshima Daibiru Building
8.Nakanoshima Daibiru Building
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Corporate History
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