A new mixed-use development in Osaka that promises to facilitate innovation, well-being and a challenge-mindset for residents, visitors and businesses is set to partially open within weeks.
Grand Green Osaka aims to transform the north part of the city into a contemporary district with a wide range of facilities, improved transport links and 45,000m² of green space. Facilities will include shops, restaurants, a spa, a museum, sports and edutainment cubes, an information centre and a 120m-long canopy-covered event space.
Grand Green Osaka will feature lush greenery spaces and lifestyle facilities when opened (Photo: Grand Green Osaka)
It will also house three hotels catering to different markets: the luxury Waldorf Astoria Osaka with 252 rooms, the upscale Hotel Hankyu Gran Respire Osaka with 482 rooms and Canopy Osaka Umeda, a lifestyle property with 308 rooms.
The complex will be opened in full within fiscal year 2027 and a new train station under the development with a direct connection to Kansai International Airport will be opened by JR West in 2023. By 2031, this new train line will extend to Shin-Osaka Station, a gateway to the Shinkansen lines, thereby boosting access to other parts of Japan.
Designed to improve the quality of life of residents and visitors alike, Grand Green Osaka will centre around the new Umekita Park (a tentative name). It will feature abundant spaces for visitors to relax and interact with nature, such as the Reflection Lawn, which will host various activities and events for up to 10,000 people.
The park will also act as an a sustainable ecosystem to support biodiversity and an evacuation space to boost the city’s disaster resilience.
AloJapan.com