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Daiwa House-led group opens Osaka's 29-storey Yodoyabashi Gate Tower, most of its shops already trading

A Daiwa House-led group opened the 29-storey Yodoyabashi Gate Tower in Osaka on 9 July with 26 of its planned 29 shops already trading — a finished street level on day one, while the office floors above fill on a schedule the developers haven't disclosed.

A stylised cutaway illustration of a tall Osaka tower, its ground and basement levels glowing with small shopfronts beneath rows of quieter office-floor windows.
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A 29-storey tower connected directly to Yodoyabashi Station opened in central Osaka on 9 July, with 26 of its planned 29 ground-and-basement shops already trading, according to a release from the group behind it — Daiwa House Industry, Sumitomo Corporation, Kansai Electric Real Estate Development and the Yodoyabashi Station West District Urban Redevelopment Association.