Urban Development Department

Overview

The Urban Development Department promotes businesses through three businesses: Urban Infrastructure, Urban Development and Asset Finance.

The Urban Infrastructure Business engages in the development and management of infrastructure projects that form the foundation for a city, including data centers, airports and roads. Through these businesses, we will help to address the challenges facing each region by supporting economic and societal development.

The Urban Development Business is engaged in the development of industrial facilities, retail facilities and residential properties in Japan and Asia. We will also promote high value added urban development projects that offer convenience and low environmental impact, with a focus on the ASEAN region. In addition, we create and manage a number of real estate funds, through which we are engaged in environmental and energy conservation measures as well as efficiency improvements for energy use in our properties.

The Asset Finance Business offers a wide variety of financial services, such as asset financing through Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc., and is also involved in automobile leasing services, private equity businesses and infrastructure fund management.

Our Department's mission is to address social and environmental needs, such as responding to increased urbanization and reducing our environmental footprint, while comprehensively fusing the expertise we have accumulated in these sectors to promote large-scale and high value-added urban development projects both in Japan and worldwide.

Core Business

1. Urban Infrastructure Business

The mission of the Urban Infrastructure Business is to develop and operate infrastructures globally in the digital and transportation.

Main Products and Services

  • Data center operations, development and management of transportation infrastructure such as airports, railways and toll roads.

2. Urban Development Business

The mission of the Urban Development Business is to develop and invest in a wide range of real estate projects such as retail, industrial facilities, housing and industrial parks in Japan, ASEAN and China. It also engages in differentiated real estate asset management business through growing its listed REIT and private funds. In ASEAN, the Urban Development Business focuses on urban development projects that combine transportation infrastructure and real estate.

Main Products and Services

  • Urban development mainly in emerging ASEAN markets, real estate development for industrial facilities, retail facilities, office buildings, housing and other structures, and the creation and management of real estate funds through MC Group companies.

3. Asset Finance Business

The mission of the Asset Finance Business is to leverage its access to MC's wide-ranging industries and extensive global network to develop MC's asset finance business throughout the world. This access is provided by way of MC's partners in Japan and overseas, including Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc.. We engage in private equity fund management business in Japan, ASEAN region and other parts of the world, working with our partners to address challenges faced by business enterprises and helping them to enhance their corporate value over the medium to long term. The Asset Finance Business also engages in raising and managing infrastructure funds, to invest in infrastructure assets on behalf of institutional investors.

Main Products and Services

  • Private equity business, infrastructure fund management and leasing business.