Section 2. Expanding Our Business

In October 2009, following the completion of the Nakanoshima Daibiru Building, Daibiru announced plans for the construction of the Nakanoshima Daibiru West Building (tentative name), which would be the rebuilt Daibiru-Honkan Building as the third phase of the project. The Daibiru-Honkan Building had been one of Osaka’s most distinctive office buildings since the early 1900s, and it was well-known as a building with significant historical value with respect to the history of modern architecture. Although there was much regret about its demolition, rebuilding it in order to improve the value of the 3 Nakanoshima neighborhood was judged to be unavoidable. Even so, Daibiru reused the bricks and stone ornaments from the original building as much as possible during the rebuild in order to recreate the look of the old Daibiru-Honkan Building. Furthermore, in conjunction with completion of the Daibiru-Honkan Building, Daibiru and Kanden Realty jointly developed Nakanoshima Shiki-no-oka on the west side of the property as a space for relaxation and experiencing nature throughout the four seasons.

Nikken Sekkei designed the building and supervised the project, and Obayashi Corporation was responsible for construction, which got underway in November 2009. The Nakanoshima Daibiru West Building had 22 aboveground floors, two underground floors, and two penthouse floors. A completion ceremony was held for the “Daibiru-Honkan Building” on March 21, 2013, and the commercial zone opened in July of that year. Obayashi Corporation and other major companies decided to occupy the office zone.

Nakanoshima Shiki-no-oka and the Daibiru-Honkan Building were highly acclaimed and received numerous awards as an area where the city and natural environment were in harmony.

Later, in September 2013, the company constructed the Nakanoshima 3-Chome Pedestrian Bridge, which connects Nakanoshima Shiki-no-oka to the Dojima River promenade, as a joint project with Kanden Realty & Development, and transferred it to the City of Osaka. Furthermore, in January 2014, the company constructed a pedestrian bridge in 3 Nakanoshima that connects to the Tosabori River promenade as a joint project with Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. and Kanden Realty & Development. In June 2021, the company upgraded the pedestrian bridge that connects to Nakanoshima 4-Chome as a joint project with the City of Osaka and Kanden Realty & Development. These projects completed the pedestrian path network in the Nakanoshima 3-Chome area (covering the western Nakanoshima area).