International BIDs Conference (hosted by ATCM)
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MIKI YASUI
Transcript of International BIDs Conference (hosted by ATCM)
MIKI YASUI
+ Change in Japanese city and town centres,
+ Policies regarding city and town centres,
+ Recent challenges in major ci@es, and
+ BIDs discussion and expecta@on.
PAST + ‘YUI’-‐Together + Coopera@ves, associa@ons linked property owners and merchants together.
CHANGE + WTO dispute in 1990s and aboli@on of small shop protec@on policy
+ Never stopping suburbaniza@on
+ TMO (Town Management Organiza@on) + Integra@on of capital improvement and commercial support
+ Dependent on governmental subsidy
+ No subsidy = No ac@vi@es
Global Compe@@on among Metropolis
Compe@@on also exists within the city.
Consumers’ preference is rapidly changing.
Business areas have been changed into mixed use – business, commercial and residence.
+ It was clear that urban district management was cri@cal to keep, promote the city centers a\rac@veness.
+ Although the na@onal government has not introduced BIDs legisla@on, business and property owners started.
In Marunouchi, property owners renewed pedestrian way and changed it into urban amenity.
“We are going to have Marunouchi Merchant Associa@on”
BID was a PPP model to keep their underground pass from the sta@on.
Land re-‐adjustment and development project of 30.7ha using post-‐railway yard.
In the @me of fiscal austerity, TMO did not want to develop costly underground way, which is now managed by private district management organiza@on, SIO-‐SITE.
Gorgeous Christmas illumina@on
BID model was adopted to renew their strategic planning/implementa@on body.
Fukuoka is proac@ve to establish their status as ‘Gateway to Asia.”
Profit all goes to area-‐based management body.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP U@lizing vacant spaces for added-‐value shops or residences (YAMORI)
KITAKYUSHU UOMACHI Renova@on of old buildings promote new district management.
Post-‐industrial city in south-‐western Japan with about 800,000 people.
Vacant rate around the main sta@on was about 20%. This was a complete vacant 5 stories building.
Alterna@ve thought using urban spaces. ‘Fragmenta@on of @me and space’ to let young ar@sts and women use this as their shop/studio.
To expand renova@on projects, they decided to educate property owners and young local architects.
Projects have increased – renova@on heaven.
Finally BIDs legisla.on discussion started -‐ not on na.onal level, but on local level.
Ski Resort Area where 1.5million tourists visit and 15 thousand people live.
Beau@ful YOTEI montain. A lot of investment came firstly from Australia, followed by Hong Kong, Singapore and other countries.
Not just ski resort but also all season sports resort.
As foreign investment comes, they lost tradi@onal neighborhood structure that maintained their infrastructure.
Main Street will dras@cally change with underground snow melter soon.
Private safety and informa@on service office is provided for tourists.
+ Discussion started in 2011 when Hokkaido government promised to develop underground snow-‐melter on their main street. (They need to maintain it.)
+ Tradi@onal neighborhood organiza@on was almost dead since 1990s when former property owners lek and sold their land to foreign investors.
+ They needed new district management body that is accountable to new comers.
+ Steering commi\ees were always held in both Japanese/English.
+ Two kinds of assessment are discussed. 1) CID assessment for maintaining infrastructure. This is posi@oned as subs@tute for the tradi@onal neighborhood associa@on fee.
2) BID assessment for more proac@ve ac@vi@es such as promo@on, economic development.
An idea of combina@on of na@onal law and local act.
Redevelopment projects in Umeda area Grand Front Umeda
Osaka Sta@on North Plaza, owned by the city managed by district management organiza@on.
Looking at the A block from the Osaka Sta@on side.
Osaka Sta@on
Hankyu Umeda Sta@on
Subway Umeda
Subway Higashi-‐Umeda Hanshin
Umeda
Grand Front Osaka
Umekita District
Subway Nishi-‐Umeda
JR Kita-‐Shinchi
Subway Nakatsu
Hanshin Nakatsu
+ An idea of combina@on of na@onal law and local act.
+ Urban Renaissance Special Act – Urgent urban regenera@on area – Agreement on coopera@ve management of urban public spaces.
– No rule about ins@tu@on and fund Local BID Act
+ Assessment to property owners + Process of ins@tu@onalizing and authoriza@on + Special rights and requirement to management ins@tu@ons
+ Incen@ves
+ Japan will have at least 2 legalized BIDs soon. + This will lead more BIDs, and expect na@onal government to link this to na@onal urban planning framework.
+ BIDs must be a symbol of recent trend of localism in which people can decide and act for what they need.
+ Japan is in the phase of aging and shrinking. We need to be more crea@ve to make our ci@es add-‐ valued.
+ Localism and entrepreneurship We need more flexibility and entrepreneurship in urban management.
+ World level Accountability We need more accountability in neighborhood management, which BID could being.
+ Enthusiasm We need more enthusiasm in urban management to call more people and skills, which can be realized with BID's assessment as secured finance.
