Heiwa Real Estate to Open FinGATE SAPPORO, Its First FinGATE Base in Sapporo, in July 2026

Heiwa Real Estate Co., Ltd. announced that it will open FinGATE SAPPORO on July 1, 2026, marking the first FinGATE location in Sapporo. The new base will draw on the company’s experience and know-how from operating financial hubs in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi Kabutocho and Kayabacho areas since 2017. It will serve as a hub for independent asset management firms, financial startups, and other stakeholders interested in projects across Hokkaido. In June 2024, Hokkaido and Sapporo were designated as a Special Zone for Financial and Asset Management Businesses, alongside Tokyo, Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City, and Fukuoka Prefecture and Fukuoka City. In addition to promoting GX industries, initiatives to strengthen and concentrate financial functions in the region are accelerating. Heiwa Real Estate said it aims to enhance the exchange of people, information, and capital between Sapporo and Tokyo, contributing to the sophistication and diversification of Japan’s financial industry and to Sapporo’s development as a financial city. FinGATE SAPPORO will include nine private office units for teams of two to six people. It will provide an office security environment equivalent to that of Tokyo’s FinGATE, which accommodates companies licensed for financial instruments business. The facility will also feature a lounge space suitable for coworking and events, encouraging interaction among tenant companies and people in the financial and startup communities. The facility, named FinGATE SAPPORO, is scheduled to open on July 1, 2026. It will be located on the 9th floor of Keiwa Odori Building 38, 1-1 Odori Nishi 5-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, one minute on foot from Odori Station on the Sapporo Municipal Subway. Facilities will include private offices, coworking space, a lounge, event space, and shared meeting rooms. Tokyo’s FinGATE currently operates six facilities in the Nihonbashi Kabutocho and Kayabacho areas, hosting 114 companies and organizations including domestic and overseas independent asset management firms, fintech and other financial startups, VC/PE firms, a support office for establishing Financial Services Agency and Local Finance Bureau bases, FinCity.Tokyo, and industry groups such as the Fintech Association of Japan. In addition to office and event infrastructure, FinGATE provides multifaceted support tailored to the growth stages of tenants and users, including information-sharing opportunities, business matching, and support for introducing middle- and back-office services.