Diamond City (shopping centers)

Diamond City Prou in Sakai in 2005

Diamond City was a chain of over 14 shopping centers located throughout the nation of Japan. Diamond City shopping centers were owned and operated by Diamond City Co., Ltd.

Diamond City Co., Ltd. had been in operation since 1969. The company was merged into Æon Group in August 2008.

Corporate history

Diamond City

Company type	Limited
Founded	1969
Headquarters	Tokyo , Japan
Key people	CEO Yozo Tai
Number of employees	247 (as of February 2006).

Founding

Diamond City Co., Ltd. was founded on the March 20, 1969.

Personnel

As of February 28, 2006, Diamond City Co., Ltd. employed 247 personnel.

Shareholders

As of February 28, 2006, Diamond City Co., Ltd. had 4,653 shareholders.

Corporate strategy

Diamond City's corporate strategy centered on constructing, not just shopping centers, but communities. Their goal was to provide a range of services that create a unique way of life for the communities surrounding their shopping centers.

Social responsibility

Diamond City had defined, contributing to the sustainable development of local communities, to be their corporate social responsibility [1].

Environmental Policy

There were four parts to Diamond City's stated Environmental Policy.

1. Throughout Diamond City's activities they are working to minimize the load on the environment and to protect the environment and prevent pollution.

2. In Diamond City's protection activities through business activities they try for continual improvement by setting goals and targets which are periodically revised.

3. Diamond City complies with the requirements of the regulations concerning environmental protection.

4. In addition to carrying out and sustaining Diamond City's policy, they have made their policy well known to all of their employees.

Development Flow

Diamond City's Development Strategy was a four-part process: Research and Marketing, Planning, Construction, and SC (Shopping Center) Opening

Stage 1 Research and Marketing	Stage 2 Planning	Stage 3 Construction	Stage 4 Shopping Center Opening
Location survey	Creation of a development concept	Design
Market survey	Core store plan	Consultation with local residents and related government departments
Trade area survey (trade area setting)	Function and facility plan	Building and construction
Competition survey	Design and environment plan	Construction management
Regulation check	Tenant mix plan
	Business plan

Management

Chairman: Naoki Hayashi

Chief Executive Officer,(CEO) : Yozo Tai

Senior Managing Director: Chitoshi Yamanaka

Managing Director: Makoto Sakamoto

Managing Directors: Kenzo Fujitsuka and Yoshishige Ikeda

Directors: Motoya Okada, Masayuki Yoda, Masahiro Sakabe, Masayuki Moro, and Masato Murai

Standing Auditor: Aritsune Hayashi (full-time)

Auditors: Hisateru Taniuchi, Seiji Fujii, Norimitsu Yamaguchi

Location

Offices

Diamond City Co., Limited's Head Office was located within the Shibuya Minami Tokyu Building in Tokyo's busy Shibuya district.

Address: 4F, Shibuya Minami Tokyu Building 12-18, Shibuya 3-chome, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0002, Japan

Diamond City Co., Ltd. also maintained an office within the Kurabo Annex Building in Osaka.

Address: 12F, Kurabo Annex Building 4-11, Kyutaro-machi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka.

Shopping Centers

Name	Location
Diamond City CLAIR	2232, Aza-Nagaike, Oaza-Uejima, Kashima-machi, Kamimashiki-gun, Kumamoto, Japan
Diamond City prou	1-12, Higashi Asakayama-cho 4-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka, Japan
Diamond City Lucle	192-1, Aza-Oinoki, Oaza-sakado, Kasuya-machi, Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka, Japan
Diamond City KiRiO	25-1, Aza-minamiyatsugaike, Kuroda, Kisogawa-cho, Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi, Japan
Diamond City ARURU	20-1, Mawarikawa-cho 7-chome, Kashihara-shi, Nara, Japan
Diamond City SOLEIL	1-1, Osu 2-chome, Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, Japan
Diamond City Hana	25-1, Saiinoiwake-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan
Diamond City Terrace	1-1, Fujinoki 1-chome, Itami-shi, Hyōgo, Japan
Diamond City carat	1-11, Maekawa 1-chome, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama, Japan
Diamond City VALUE	1-1, Gonoe, Ogawa-machi, Uki-shi, Kumamoto, Japan
Diamond City Fujiidera Shopping Center	10-11, Oka 2-chome, Fujiidera-shi, Osa, Japan
Diamond City mu	1-3, Enoki 1-chome, [Musashimurayama-shi] Tokyo, Japan
Diamond City Leafa	17-1, Tsurumi 4-chome, Tsurumi-ku, [Osaka-shi] Osaka, Japan
Diamond City airy	scheduled to open in March 2007