Focus on development of attractive urban facilities to provide an ideal place to live, work, and relax.
The Abeno District is the southern entrance to Osaka. The district's geographical advantages will be utilized to develop business and residential areas and provide convenient access to attract more visitors.
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Panorama of district and transport access
- From Kansai International Airport: 35-50 min. by road or rail
- From JR Shin-Osaka Station: 25-30 min. by road/JR rail or subway
- By rail: 1-2 min. on foot from JR Tennoji Station and Tennoji Station on the Midosuji Subway Line, Kintetsu Abenobashi Station, and the Tanimachi Subway Line's Abeno Station
Potential
The Abeno District is the south entrance to Osaka. About 900,000 passengers embark and debark at the subway, JR, and private railway stations here every day.
Commercial facilities/Office buildings
Abeno Belta, Abeno Marche, Hoop, Abeno Lucias, Kintetsu Department Store, Abeno Medics
Major public facilities
Tennoji Zoo, Tennoji Park, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka City University Medical School, Public Health Consultation Center, Abeno Center for Disaster Mitigation (Abeno Forza)
Integrated Work, Home, and Recreational Surroundings
Urban development will create ideal work, home and recreational surroundings and make the area more attractive to visitors.
In the Abeno District, a hub of south Osaka, we plan to develop integrated work, home and recreational surroundings by promoting businesses around the revamped station building and constructing high-quality housing. We will also make this district more attractive by providing convenient access to the recreational and commercial facilities around the terminal and by developing large areas into exciting new facilities.
Abeno District: Community Planning and Future Projects
In the Abeno Urban Redevelopment Project, the district to be redeveloped is divided into two zones: the eastern zone will be a business and commercial center, and the western zone will be the site of sophisticated high-rise condominiums.
- The Abeno Urban Redevelopment Project is being accelerated, with the "specified constructor" appointed in June 2006, who is responsible for the construction and operation of the A1-2 building, a large commercial facility that constitutes the core of the redevelopment project.
- The new 30m-wide Kanazuka North-South road that runs north-south through the near center of this zone is scheduled to open in 2006.
Development of this zone focuses on extending the Tennoji and Abeno terminal facilities southward to facilitate commercial and business activity.
- The Kintetsu Department Store purchased the former site of the Osaka Prefectural Government's staff housing, where commercial and business facilities will be constructed to enhance the appeal and raise the profile of this zone. With the addition of these new facilities, the area south of Hoop will be developed as another urban center, and is expected to contribute to the revitalization of the local community.
- The "Study Group on Community Development," established by local shop owners, community groups and companies, has been working to energize local redevelopment efforts since 1998.
