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JR West and JR Kyushu convert shared under-track parking into their first joint commercial project

JR West Real Estate Development and JR Kyushu are converting shared under-track parking near Hakata Station into a six-shop dining terrace opening 18 September — the pair's first joint development, with a larger second phase already flagged for spring 2027.

Illustration of a low retail terrace built into the space beneath elevated railway tracks near a train station, with silhouetted figures walking past lit shopfronts in the evening.
Illustration by floortok.com

JR West Real Estate Development and JR Kyushu said in a joint release dated 27 July that they will open a commercial facility called VIERRA Hakata Terrace on 18 September, in space beneath the elevated tracks near Hakata Station's Chikushi-guchi (west) exit — the pair's first joint development, according to the release, which was issued together with West Japan Railway Company (JR West).