Section 2. Expanding Our Business

The completed 31-story building had offices (floors 5 to 31), commercial facilities (floors 1 and 2), and rental conference rooms and a cafeteria (floor 4). It had around 1,650 m² of column-free office space and was equipped with a variety of state-of-the-art equipment, including a 72-hour emergency power generator and all-LED lighting to achieve high BCP readiness and environmental performance. In recognition of these efforts, the building received a “2014 five stars” accolade under the DBJ Green Building Certification from the Development Bank of Japan as a top-class building in Japan that shows exemplary consideration for environmental and social concerns. It also received an S rating, the highest rank possible, from CASBEE Osaka Mirai (the Osaka Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency).
The original Shin-Daibiru Building was a pioneer in building greening with a rooftop garden that was enjoyed for about 50 years. The premises of the new Shin-Daibiru Building have a garden called Dojima-no-mori roughly 3,300 m² in size to which some of the trees from the original rooftop garden have been transplanted. The completed Dojima-no-mori has received high acclaim as a garden that is beneficial not just for people but for living creatures. The Shin-Daibiru Building was the first building in western Japan to receive an AAA rating—the highest possible—as a JHEP certification, which is awarded by the Ecosystem Conservation Society–Japan (ECSJ) to initiatives that contribute to the conservation and restoration of biodiversity.

The tenants included Marubeni Corporation, IT Holdings Group (now TIS INTEC Group), and Hitachi, Ltd.