Nankai Railway turns the old Takashimaya Sakai site into an 87,000 sqm "direct SC"
Nankai Corporation is rebuilding its Sakai-Higashi station building, formerly home to Takashimaya's Sakai store, into an 87,048-square-metre commercial complex called HiViE Sakai-Higashi, with a Life supermarket opening in early December ahead of a full opening in spring 2027.
Nankai Corporation, the railway operator, said in a release dated 21 July that it is rebuilding its Sakai-Higashi station building in Osaka — previously home to Takashimaya's Sakai department store — into an 87,048-square-metre commercial complex it is calling HiViE Sakai-Higashi.