Osaka Umeda Twin Towers North

"Hankyu," founded by Ichizo Kobayashi, is a brand that has continued to lead urban development, extending far beyond its origins as the Minoh-Arima Electric Railway.“ Osaka Umeda Twin Towers North” (formerly the Umeda Hankyu Building)—which can be described as the linchpin of the entire regional development—is the flagship store of “Hankyu Department Store,” which opened in 1929 as Japan’s first terminal department store. It has continued to stand as a symbol of “Hankyu” and as a landmark representing Osaka and Umeda.This project aims to continue operations at the “Umeda Main Store” on-site while creating “a department store with the largest possible sales floor area” and “offices with the largest possible standard floor area,”"the reconstruction of the Grand Concourse—an urban intersection where 200,000 people pass through daily," and "making the connections to the subway station and underground shopping arcade barrier-free"—all within a floor area ratio of 1,800%. It represents the revitalization of the "Umeda Hankyu Building" as a space that embodies the new "Hankyu."