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Japanese OEM Fujitec Exploring Sale to Private Equity

Japanese OEM Fujitec is in talks with private equity groups, including Sweden’s EQT, about a potential sale of its approximately US$2.1-billion elevator and escalator business, the Financial Times reports. The...

Japan Elevator Service Announces Absorption-type Merger, Branch Restructuring

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Co., Ltd. (JES), a Tokyo-headquartered provider of maintenance and repair for elevators and escalators, announced an absorption-type merger between two of its subsidiaries and a restructuring...

39-Story Apartment Building Under Construction in Osaka

Updates on Osaka City Yodogawa Ward Jusanhigashi Plan, a tentatively named project located near Hankyu Juso Station in Osaka, Japan, were recently reported by Blue Style. In August 2022, construction...

20-Story Luxury Hotel Planned Near Osaka Castle in Japan

Capella Hotel Group plans to open the second hotel worldwide under the Patina Hotels & Resorts brand near Osaka Castle in Osaka, Japan, by 2025, Japan Property Central reports. Following...

Otis API Technology Connects Robots and Elevators in Japan

Otis' Integrated DispatchTM application programming interface (API) technology successfully integrated Nippon Otis elevators via the cloud with AIM Technologies service robots at the Hotel Keihan Universal Tower in Osaka, Japan,...

Hotel/Condo Tower Planned in Osaka

Tokyo Tatemono and Hotel Properties, Ltd. is developing a 195-m-tall, 49-story combined condominium and hotel highrise just south of the Osaka/Umeda Station district, Japan Property Central reported on April 12. Known as...