Opening Schedule
September 2024 Some facilities open
Spring 2025 South building open
Spring 2027 Opening all park areas
FY 2027 Full opening
The Osaka Station area is west Japan’s largest terminal and home to an extensive public transportation network. As the heart of Osaka, this area has been the focus of numerous development projects in recent years.
Among these is the Umekita development area to the north of Osaka Station, which covers approximately 24ha and is considered as the last prime location available in Osaka. Capitalizing on its excellent location, the city is carrying out projects with the help of industry, government, and academia to form a base for creating new industries. The Osaka Station District has also been designated as a special zone by the government, offering businesses who meet specific conditions a variety of support and services including tax incentives.
Grand Green Osaka: Umekita Phase 2 Development
～Where Nature, Innovation, and Creation come together～
A large, high-quality urban park of approximately 45,000 m2 created in front of one of the world's largest terminal stations. The Umekita phase 2 development area project, under development on the north side of JR Osaka Station, is a large-scale, multiple-use redevelopment project centered on this park that will create a space surrounded by lush greenery that will offer a diverse range of activities.
We will create a vital urban space that blends with nature, a facility that serves as a starting point for activities around innovation, and a mechanism where citizens, businesses, and various other people can take on new activities. We will communicate the “Osaka MIDORI LIFE” creative life model, full of vitality, from Umekita to the Kansai region and beyond.
Grand Green Osaka
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JAM BASE
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Photo courtesy of Grand Green Osaka Developer
Grand Front Osaka: Umekita Phase 1 Development
～A Collective Center of Knowledge Uniting Global Technology and Awareness to Create New Value～
In April 2013, Grand Front Osaka, a multi-purpose building complex, which equip itself with a convention center, hotel, offices, commercial facilities, apartments, and more, was opened as part of the area’s 1st development project and today accommodates around 55 million visitors annually. Grand Front Osaka’s core facility, Knowledge Capital, is equipped with showrooms, offices, laboratories, and centers for exchange and offers businesspersons, researchers, university staff, creators, and the public the opportunity to meet and discover cutting-edge technologies and information. Through this interaction of ideas and perspectives, Knowledge Capital hopes to help create the products and services of the future. At the membership-based Knowledge Salon, a total of 4,700 members of diverse backgrounds and abilities come together to exchange knowledge across professional fields. And at the Osaka Innovation Hub, technicians and entrepreneurs looking to take on the global market receive support in building networks and getting their businesses off the ground.
Knowledge Capital
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