Chapter 5 Transformation

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Section 1. Becoming a Consolidated Subsidiary of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Promoting Management Plans

6. Establishing Daibiru-3D Project Phase II, a New Medium-Term Management Plan

Under Daibiru-3D Project Phase I, we achieved our target for ordinary income with 26.6 billion yen (the target was also 26.6 billion yen) despite falling slightly short of our cumulative three-year operating revenue target of 101.9 billion yen with just 99.4 billion yen. On the basis of these results, we formulated a new medium-term management plan, Daibiru-3D Project Phase II (covering fiscal 2010 through 2012) in July 2010. This plan included the slogan “Enhancing services unique to Daibiru and taking on new business domains,” and the basic strategy it outlined consisted of aggressively developing the Daibiru business model and taking on new business domains. The plan established an operating revenue target of 38.0 billion yen for fiscal 2012, the final year of the plan, and it established the following six action plans.

  • Granda Shakujii-Koen

  1. Investing in new assets within Japan
  2. Increasing the value of existing assets
  3. Expanding into growth markets
  4. Pursuing services that are unique to Daibiru
  5. Tackling environmental issues
  6. Training and enhancing human resources

For the “expanding into growth markets” item, the company devised a plan to enter the senior citizen care business, a market expected to see major growth due to population aging. The first step was to acquire Clara Saginuma, a private fee-based assisted-living facility in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, in December 2011, followed by the acquisition of Granda Shakujii-Koen, a fee-based assisted-living facility in Nerima, Tokyo in October 2012.

The area where Clara Saginuma was located was a commuter suburb of Tokyo with a great living environment and good access to the city center. Facility management was to be handled by Benesse Style Care Co., Ltd., the largest company in the industry and a top-notch operator. This was expected to help ensure a stable revenue stream from the property. Granda Shakujii-Koen was also located in a quiet residential neighborhood with excellent access to central Tokyo and was surrounded by medium-sized detached homes. Here as well, facility management would be handled by Benesse Style Care with the expectation of long-term revenue generation.

One more means of expanding into growth markets was to expand into overseas markets, and so Daibiru acquired Saigon Tower Co., Ltd., the company that owned Saigon Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in January 2012. This was the company’s first property outside Japan.

Section1. Becoming a Consolidated Subsidiary of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Promoting Management Plans