'Student Apartment' Immediately Fully Booked in a Town of 5,000. Create Lemon Completes 'Uniterrace IV' in Collaboration with Funagata Town
Create Lemon Co., Ltd. completed the 'Uniterrace IV' student apartment in Funagata Town, Yamagata. Built under a public-private partnership to combat depopulation, it reached full occupancy immediately.
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Create Lemon Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, Representative Director and CEO: Tomokazu Oba) completed the third building of the student apartment "Uniterrace" series (the fourth building cumulatively, including those for faculty and staff) in Funagata Town, Mogami District, Yamagata Prefecture, in March 2026.
This project is being promoted jointly by the town and the company based on the "Partnership Agreement concerning the Operation of Apartments for Students, etc. of the Tohoku University of Agriculture and Forestry" concluded with Funagata Town. In this town, which faces severe depopulation and a youth exodus, the project aims to create an environment where young people want to live by providing high-quality housing suited to modern lifestyles. By linking it with the adjacent regional exchange facility "Funapon" and the existing "Uniterrace" series, the goal is an "area development type" regional revitalization model where young people and local residents naturally interact.
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Background: Why is a "Student Apartment" Needed in a Town of 5,000 People?
Funagata Town, Mogami District, Yamagata Prefecture, while blessed with rich nature, faces the serious challenge of depopulation and youth outflow. Although there are educational institutions and workplaces in the town, there was a shortage of high-quality rental housing suited to modern lifestyles that young people would want to live in.
Based on the belief that "housing is local infrastructure," Create Lemon started developing apartments in Funagata Town. As the track record grew with the first and second buildings, the number of student and faculty residents increased, and new vitality began to emerge in the town. The reverse thinking that "young people can choose this town because there is a place to live" led to the achievement of completing this fourth building.
This project is being promoted jointly by the town and the company based on the "Partnership Agreement concerning the Operation of Apartments for Students, etc. of the Tohoku University of Agriculture and Forestry" concluded with Funagata Town. In this town, which faces severe depopulation and a youth exodus, the project aims to create an environment where young people want to live by providing high-quality housing suited to modern lifestyles. By linking it with the adjacent regional exchange facility "Funapon" and the existing "Uniterrace" series, the goal is an "area development type" regional revitalization model where young people and local residents naturally interact.
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Background: Why is a "Student Apartment" Needed in a Town of 5,000 People?
Funagata Town, Mogami District, Yamagata Prefecture, while blessed with rich nature, faces the serious challenge of depopulation and youth outflow. Although there are educational institutions and workplaces in the town, there was a shortage of high-quality rental housing suited to modern lifestyles that young people would want to live in.
Based on the belief that "housing is local infrastructure," Create Lemon started developing apartments in Funagata Town. As the track record grew with the first and second buildings, the number of student and faculty residents increased, and new vitality began to emerge in the town. The reverse thinking that "young people can choose this town because there is a place to live" led to the achievement of completing this fourth building.