OSAKA UMEDA TWIN TOWERS SOUTH

OSAKA UMEDA TWIN TOWERS SOUTH is a very prestigious building just above the Hanshin Electric Railway's Osaka-umeda station. This building is a large-scale complex with thirty-eight (38) floors and three (3) basements, which is located at a northern point of Midosuji, one of Osaka’s main streets.

There are three zones in this building. One is a shopping zone occupied by the head department store of Hanshin Department Store, Ltd. The second zone is occupied by functional offices. And, the third zone is the conference rooms equipped with a state-of-the-art facility, "Umeda South Hall".
In this three-zone building, there are seventeen (17) Fujitec elevators and thirteen (13) Fujitec escalators.The six (6) elevators of the said ones are shuttle elevators. These shuttle elevators can accommodate eighty (80) passengers, which is the largest capacity in the Kansai area of Japan. These elevators are also equipped with touchless buttons named "Air Tap" and an air purifier "Plasmacluster?” to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

  • Elevator
  • Escalator
  • Office
  • Commercial facility
  • Japan
  • Lantern
  • Capacity:over 1150kg
  • Capacity:under 1150kg
  • Speed:over 150m/min
  • Step:1000mm
  • Rise:over 8000mm
  • 2020s
Building name
OSAKA UMEDA TWIN TOWERS SOUTH
Address
Osaka Prefecture
Client
Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. /Hankyu Corporation Acting Proprietor: Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp.
Design and supervision
Basic design: NIHON SEKKEI, INC. ; Design and supervision: Takenaka Corporation
Construction
Takenaka Corporation
Completion
2022

Specifications

Elevator Total units 17
Model Use Loading (kg) Capacity (person) Speed (m/min) Stop number of
floors (floor)
unit
XIOR passenger 750 11 60 3 1
Order XIOR passenger 2000 30 105 10 2
PM-GL passenger 5200 80 210 4 4
PM-GL passenger 5200 80 210 3 2
PM-GL passenger 1600 24 105 9 6
PM-GL service 3200 49 105 12 2
Escalator Total units 13
Model Type Step width (mm) Floor height (mm) Incline (degree) unit
GS-NX F 1000 8000 30 2
GS-NX F 1000 7670 30 2
GS-NX F 1000 5660 30 2
GS-NX F 1000 5650 30 2
GS-NX F 1000 5500 30 2
GS-NX F 1000 4170 30 1
Slimfit F 1000 3160 30 2
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