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     Sekisui House, Ltd. is engaged in the construction, sale, purchase, and administration of real estate properties. It operates through the following segments: Detached Houses, Rental Housing, Remodeling, Real Estate Fee, Houses for Sale, Condominium, Urban Redevelopment, International, and Other. The Detached Houses segment includes the design, construction, and contract operations of detached homes. The Rental Housing segment comprises of rental housing design, construction, and contracting projects. The Remodeling segment consists of housing renovation works. The Real Estate Fees segment comprises of real estate management, sublease, and brokerage operations. The Houses for Sale segment provides housing and residential land sales services. The Condominium segment offers condominiums for sale in urban areas. The Urban Redevelopment segment develops office buildings, commercial facilities, and real estate properties. The International segment involves the overseas development and sale of residential lands, condominiums, and commercial facilities. The Other segment involves overseas exterior business. The company was founded on August 1, 1960 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

    “Sekisui House, Ltd. History

    1960
    Apr
    Model A marketed
    Aug
    The Company incorporated with capital stock of ¥100 million and Jiro-o Ueno as President & Representative Director-stemming from the housing division of Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    1961
    Jul
    • Shiga Factory opened in Shiga Pref.
    • Model B marketed
    1963
    Jun
    Masaru Tanabe named President & Representative Director
    Oct
    Company name changed to present one
    1970
    Aug
    • Stock listed on 2nd Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange
    • Kanto Factory opened in Ibaragi Pref.
    1971
    Jun
    Stock listed on 1st Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange
    1972
    Mar
    Stock listed on Amsterdam Exchanges’ Stock Market as CDR
    Aug
    Stock listed on 1st Section of Nagoya Stock Exchange
    1973
    Aug
    Yamaguchi Factory opened in Yamaguchi Pref.
    Nov
    Encouragement Prize of the Year awarded for our steel-frame construction method
    1974
    Apr
    Model B certified by Minister of Construction (MOC) as having performances required for factory-made homes pursuant to regulations
    1975
    Jan
    Stock recognized as margin trading issue on 1st Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Osaka Securities Exchange, and Nagoya Stock Exchange
    May
    Model E certified by MOC as having performances required for factory-made homes
    Jun
    Head Office moved to Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka
    Dec
    Model NC (concrete structure) marketed
    1976
    Nov
    DM50 million convertible bond issued
    1977
    Mar
    Stock listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange as GBC
    Jul
    Floating hotel delivered to ARAMCO, Saudi Arabia
    Sep
    GRANDE MAISON Nagahori (Condominium) put on sale
    Nov
    • SFr50 million convertible bond issued
    • Model W (wooden home) marketed
    1978
    Oct
    1st unsecured convertible bond, ¥12 billion issued
    1979
    Jan
    Sekisui Deutschland Bau GmbH founded
    May
    Model S certified by MOC as having performances required for factory-made housing
    Jul
    SFr70 million convertible bond issued
    1980
    Oct
    Shizuoka Factory opened in Shizuoka Pref.
    1981
    Apr
    Pro-Renta Haus-u. Wohnungsvermietungs GmbH founded
    Aug
    Stock listed on Luxemburg Stock Exchange as EDR
    1982
    Apr
    SFr70 million bond with warrant issued 2nd unsecured convertible bond, ¥8 billion issued
    Sep
    FAUBOURG (rental home) marketed
    Oct
    Shizuoka Factory certified by MITI as excellent plant for quality control of factory-made homes etc
    Nov
    Model PSH 21 (passive solar home) marketed
    1983
    Apr
    SFr100 million straight bond issued
    1984
    May
    US$50 million convertible bond issued
    Jul
    IS FLAT (light-weight concrete home) marketed
    1985
    Apr
    ¥15 billion convertible bond issued
    Jul
    • Tie-up with Tong-ji University, Shanghai, China
    • Hyogo Factory opened in Hyogo Pref.
    1986
    Mar
    3rd secured bond with warrant, ¥15 billion, issued
    May
    ROKKO-ISLAND-CITY Development Headquarters set up
    Sep
    • Our model house in Osaka certified by MOC as complying with its CHS (Century Housing System) regulation
    • GRENIER EX (steel-frame single-family home) marketed
    • APIA (high-grade urban low rise apartment) marketed
    Nov
    US$300 million bond with warrant issued
    1987
    Jan
    • Contract awarded for building Dalian Shanzhuang Village (foreigners’ residential district) in Dalian, China
    • Construction Phase 1 of ROKKO-ISLAND-CITY Project started
    • IS STAGE (light-weight concrete home) marketed
    Apr
    CRETE MAISON (urban middle-rise rental condominium) marketed
    May
    FRAGRANCE (low rise apartment) marketed
    Jun
    Sekisui House America, Inc. founded in Washington
    1988
    May
    ONE’S ONE TAKE-3 (3-story home in platform construction) marketed
    Jul
    Construction of Seaside Momochi Project (Fukuoka) started
    Aug
    US$300 million bond with warrant issued in Europe
    Sep
    IS URBAN (light-weight concrete home) marketed
    Oct
    IS PERSON (light-weight concrete home) marketed
    Nov
    VANTAGE 3 (3-story steel-frame home) marketed
    1989
    Jan
    GRENIER GX (steel-frame single-family home) marketed
    Apr
    Capital stock increased by ¥85,850 million (50 million shares offered at market price)
    Nov
    • BE-ATTIC (3-story steel-frame home) marketed
    • AD-XAX (high-grade multi-family home) marketed
    • LORA (steel-frame single-family home) marketed
    1990
    Mar
    Sekisui House America, Inc received Chairman’s Award from the America-Japan Society of the State of Washington
    Apr
    Comprehensive Housing R&D Institute opened
    Sep
    CENTRAGE OR (steel-frame single family home) marketed
    1991
    Jun
    Some ¥47,500 million bond with warrant issued in London and Frankfurt
    Aug
    ¥50,000 million bond with warrant issued in Japan
    Oct
    IS STAGE designated as a Good Design Product (GDP), first in the factory-made home category
    Nov
    DIAS (low rise apartment) marketed
    1992
    Apr
    Isao Okui named President & Representative Director
    Oct
    URBIS-3 (3-story urban home) marketed
    1993
    Mar
    ORIGINAL SQUARE(light-weight concrete home) marketed
    May
    Umeda Sky Building completed in Oyodo-naka, Kita-ku, Osaka where Head Office moved
    Nov
    Sekisui houses built total one million
    1994
    Apr
    • CENTRAGE FR (steel-frame single family home) marketed
    • CENTRAGE LR (steel-frame single family home) marketed
    1995
    Jan
    GRENIER EX NEW(steel-frame single-family home) marketed
    Aug
    • Sekisui House-W Co., Ltd. (specializing in wood-frame home) merged with us
    • SHA-WOOD Department set up to start wood-frame home business
    Nov
    URBIS-3-IN II (3-story rental home of concrete structure) marketed
    1996
    Jan
    CENTRAGE Σ(steel-frame home) marketed
    Apr
    ORIGINAL SQUARE-NEO(light-weight cocrete home) marketed
    1997
    Apr
    • SOLAR-ΣA (house with solar photovoltaic cells installed on the roof) marketed
    • GIO-TRISTAGE (3-story urban home) marketed
    Aug
    Tohoku Factory opened in Miyagi Pref.
    Oct
    GRANCEED (high-grade urban low rise apartment) marketed
    1998
    Mar
    Nishinomiya Marina Park City opened
    Apr
    • Isami Wada named President & Representative Director
    • GRENIER-DYNE series (light-weight concrete home) marketed
    Sep
    ISO 9001 certification obtained
    1999
    Feb
    The Company awarded prize by International Council for Caring Communities, a U.N. fringe organization, for its consideration for the aged and handicapped through its Lifelong House
    Mar
    CENTRAGE GRANZ series (steel-frame single-family home) marketed
    Apr
    BIENA (3-story urban home) marketed
    Oct
    GRANVERIE (low rise apartment) marketed
    Nov
    Sekisui House Action Program for the Environment launched
    2000
    Feb
    Heat insulating window sashes and heat insulating and repelling double-glazing adopted as standard items on single-family homes
    Mar
    • Sha-Maison GRANVERIE G3 (low rise apartment) marketed
    • CENTRAGE GALLERY (single-family steel-frame home) marketed
    Jun
    DYNES VALUE (single-family home of concrete structure) and SHELTEQ VALUE (3-story urban home of concrete structure) marketed
    Oct
    M’CHANTOA VALUE (wood-frame home) marketed
    2001
    Feb
    Four affiliated companies in the Hokuriku, Yamanashi, Shikoku and Sanin regions merged with Sekisui House
    Mar
    • All six factories certified under ISO 14001 environmental management standard
    • “Gohon no Ki” gardening concept announced
    • Trading of sponsored American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) begun
    Oct
    Japan’s first condominium with Medicare services, EAST COURT 11, completed in ROKKO-ISLAND-CITY
    2002
    Apr
    • WE’S DYNE (concrete home) marketed
    • Sekisui House management board adopts executive officer system
    May
    Zero-emission status achieved by all six factories nationwide
    Oct
    • Sales of residential anti-crime systems for use in all homes begun
    • Full-scale implementation of universal design in homes announced by Sekisui House
    Nov
    Sales of residential anti-crime systems for use in all homes begun
    2003
    May
    The Heart-ful Living R&D Institute established
    Jul
    Air environment standards at the highest level in the industry standardized for all homes.
    Aug
    • Azai Factory established at Azai-cho, Shiga Prefecture and operation started
    • Next-generation energy-saving technologies standardized for all homes
    • The MAST Club, a tenant support system, established
    Sep
    DYNES VALUE II (concrete home with solar power system) marketed
    Dec
    Full-scale implementation of seismic isolation system to steel-framed 2-story homes begun
    2004
    Jan
    The Energy-Conservation Center Japan Award earned by Hybrid Ventilation System III
    Apr
    • BE FREE (steel-frame home), a “PERSONAL ORDER-MADE” series, marketed
    • M’CHANTOA (wood-frame home) marketed
    Jun
    Heat insulating, laminated gless standardized for all detached homes
    Aug
    Comprehensive implementation of disaster mitigating housing introduced
    Sep
    BE DYNE’S (concrete home), a “PERSONAL ORDER-MADE” series, marketed
    Oct
    The Sekisui House Group Medium-term Management Vision (to FY2008) announced
    Nov
    M’GRAVIS VILLA (wood-frame home) marketed
    Dec
    ENERGY-SAVING, DISASTER-MITIGATING HOUSING marketed
    2005
    Feb
    • 6 Sekiwa Real Estate companies wholly owened subsidiaries
    • Remodeling operations saparated to be Sekisui House Remodeling, Ltd.
    Apr
    • Shareholder Special Benefit Point System introduced
    • Declaration of Sustainability
    Jul
    Zero-emission status achieved at new housing construction sites
    Nov
    ECO-Life Model series marketed
    2006
    Jan
    Akasaka Garden City (office building) completed
    Mar
    The Sekisui House Group Medium-term Management Plan announced
    May
    • M’Natura IORI (wood-frame home) marketed
    • Sustainable Design Laboratory (for housing verification testing) launched
    Nov
    The Minister of Environment Award for Global Warming earned by Action Plan 20
    2007
    Apr
    • IS ORDER (concrete home) marketed
    • BE ECORD (steel-frame home) marketed
    • VILLACE (low rise apartment) marketed
    • YUKARI NO IE (wood-frame home) marketed
    Sep
    Construction of HOMMACHI GARDEN CITY (Osaka) started
    Oct
    • Shareholder Complimentary Gift System introduced
    • CRAVIE (low rise apartment) marketed
    • Zero-emission status achieved at remodeling sites
    • The Minister of Environment Award for Global Warming earned by “Develop Communities sustainable into the future”
    2008
    Mar
    • The Sekisui House Group Medium-term Management Plan announced
    • PERSONAL ORDER-MADE ROOMORE (wood-frame home) marketed
    Apr
    • CARBON NEUTRAL HOUSE marketed
    • Isami Wada named Chairman & CEO
    • Toshinori Abe named President & COO
    Jun
    Recognized by the Environment Minister as the housing and construction industry’s first “Eco First Company”
    Jul
    Collaborated in the construction of the “Zero Emission House” (a futuristic residential house planned by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan for the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit)
    Sep
    IS ORDER J (concrete home) marketed
    Nov
    Unveiled the “Zero Emission House” to the public at the “Zero Emission Center” in the Kanto Factory
    2009
    Mar
    • Construction of HOMMACHI MINAMI GARDEN CITY (tentative name) started
    • Construction of the A block of the GOTENYAMA PROJECT (tentative name) started
    • GREEN FIRST models (ecological home) marketed
    Jul
    Housing Business in Commonwealth of Australia announced
    Aug
    RIRAKU (wood-frame home) marketed
    2010
    Jan
    • The Sekisui House Group FY2010 Medium-term Management Plan announced
    • Sekisui House surpassed two million homes sold since foundation
    Jun
    HOMMACHI GARDEN CITY (Osaka) completed
    Aug
    The company celebrated its 50th anniversary of foundation
    Sep
    • BE SAI+E (steel-frame home) marketed
    • THE GRAVIS (wood-frame home) marketed
    2011
    Feb
    Long-term residence test started for the Smart Energy House, which combines fuel cells, solar cells, and storage batteries
    Apr
    • Large-scale urban development projects started in Shenyang and Suzhou, China
    • Real estate development projects started in Singapore with Far East Organization and Frasers Centrepoint Limited
    • Cascadia real estate development project started in Seattle, USA, with Newland Real Estate Group, LLC
    Jun
    Contract concluded with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company for Sekisui House to newly construct the building for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, scheduled to open in Spring 2014
    Jul
    • Central Park joint development project started in Sydney, Australia with Frasers Centrepoint Limited
    • AIRKIS (an air environment-friendly system) marketed
    Aug
    GREEN FIRST HYBRID (ecological home featuring a power supply system combining fuel cells, solar cells, and storage batteries) marketed
    Oct
    • IS ROY+E (concrete home) marketed
    • GRAVIS VILLA (wood-frame home) marketed
    Dec
    • SMART COMMON CITY AKAISHIDAI subdivision sales started
    • Became the first housing manufacturer to exhibit at the Tokyo Motor Show
    2012
    Jan
    The 2011 New Energy Award from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry earned by GREEN FIRST HYBRID
    Feb
    New production line started in the Shizuoka Factory for Bellburn to be used on the exterior walls of SHA-WOOD wood frame homes
    Mar
    SMART COMMON STAGE – KEYAKIDAIRA subdivision sales started
    Apr
    Steel-frame housing production plant established in Shenyang, China”

    *Information from Forbes.com and Sekisuihouse.co.jp

    **Video published on YouTube by “Sekisui House Australia

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