Mitsubishi Corporation Urban Development, Inc. (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Kenji Morita; hereinafter "MCUD"), Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (Location: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director President and CEO: Katsuhito Ozawa; hereinafter "Tokyo Tatemono"), The Sankei Building Co., Ltd. (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazunobu Iijima; hereinafter "Sankei Building"), IHG Hotels & Resorts (Headquarters: U.K.; Japan: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Operating company in Japan: IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan LLC; Representative: Managing Director - Japan & Micronesia at IHG Hotels & Resorts and IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan LLC CEO Abhijay Sandilya; hereinafter "IHG") have announced that Holiday Inn Express Sapporo Susukino(tentative name) is scheduled to open in the summer of 2026 at Minami 5-jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido (hereinafter the "project site").

In the project, MCUD, Tokyo Tatemono, and Sankei Building will jointly renovate a hotel at the project site and will reopen the hotel as "Holiday Inn Express", a brand operated globally by IHG. Positioned within the "Essential" category at the core of IHG's 21 hotel brands, Holiday Inn Express offers refined, simple, and smart stays that energize the day at the destination, through a free warm breakfast, fresh-ground coffee, comfortable rooms that invite sound sleep, and other amenities. Its comfortable, no-frills, attentively-considered hospitality is perfect for family trips as well as business stays. With 3,292 operating hotels and 655 hotels in its scheduled-opening pipeline worldwide, the brand is set to open the renovated hotel as its first hotel in Hokkaido and its second in Japan following Holiday Inn Express Osaka City Centre - Midosuji.

The project site is located in central Susukino, one of Sapporo's leading commercial and entertainment districts. Situated within walking distance of Susukino Station on the Sapporo Municipal Subway Namboku Line and Hosui-Susukino Station on the Sapporo Municipal Subway Toho Line, the site offers excellent transportation convenience and outstanding access for both tourism and business. Restaurants, retail facilities, and entertainment facilities are concentrated in the surrounding district, making it an area that appeals to and attracts domestic and international tourists. It also offers excellent walkability to the Sapporo Station environs and the Odori area, great convenience as a base for tourism, and easy access to business destinations, making it an attractive hotel location that meets the needs of domestic and international guests for both leisure and business.

Taking “To nurture the future of urban spaces through our power to imagine and realize change” as its stated Purpose, Mitsubishi Corporation Urban Development, Inc. engages in real estate and urban development unbound by convention, primarily in the industrial, retail, and entertainment domains. In the industrial domain, the company works in the area of dry logistics warehouses as well as the development of automated and other refrigerated and frozen warehouses, multi-tenant life sciences R&D facilities (iPark Kobe), and multi-tenant manufacturing/R&D facilities under the innoba brand. In the retail and entertainment domains, the company engages in the development of urban commercial facilities, Neighborhood Shopping Centers (NSCs), and hotels, as well as event projects at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse and other sites. The company also undertakes large-scale urban development centered on arenas and other features.

Fully leveraging the comprehensive strengths of the Mitsubishi Corporation Group, which interfaces with a vast range of industries and customers in Japan and overseas, Mitsubishi Corporation Urban Development will continue to open up the potential of cities together with customers and partners.

Founded in 1896, Tokyo Tatemono is the oldest comprehensive real estate company in Japan. The company's wide-ranging business fields include urban development, buildings, housing, retail facilities, logistics facilities, leisure facilities including golf courses, and overseas real estate development.
In the hotel business, the company develops and operates varied types of hotels through its know-how as a developer and through collaboration with diverse operators.
In September 2024, the company opened the Hilton Kyoto, the first entry into Kyoto by Hilton's flagship brand Hilton Hotels & Resorts. In 2028, the company plans to open Raffles Tokyo, the first entry into Japan by Accor Hotels' highest-end luxury brand Raffles. In this way, Tokyo Tatemono is working to maximize its business value and guests' experience value through an optimum mix of hotel operators and hotel types, matched to the characteristics of locations and projects.

Since its founding in 1951, The Sankei Building Co., Ltd. has worked to create business value aligned with changes in society and the times, accurately capturing the characteristics of cities and communities. Operating six businesses – the Building Business, Residential Business, Hotel and Resort Business, Senior Business, Logistics Business, and Overseas Business – the company is expanding its business domain from its core Tokyo and Kansai metropolitan areas to all of Japan from Hokkaido to Okinawa, and on to overseas regions as well.

Sankei Buildings' group company GRANVISTA Hotels & Resorts operates hotels, aquariums, and other facilities throughout Japan. In 2024, the company opened Kobe Suma Sea World and Kobe Suma Sea World Hotel. In July 2026, the company is scheduled to open the BLISSTIA SUITES & RESORT Okinawa Onna Village hotel condominium.

In its role as a "Culture Developer", Sankei Buildings continues to construct buildings while also proposing activities and valuable experiences unique to locations, nurturing new culture that envisions the future.

IHG Hotels & Resorts [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global hospitality company that provides "True Hospitality for Good." The operator of 21 hotel brands and IHG One Rewards, the world's largest loyalty program with 160 million members, IHG Hotels & Resorts has over 6,963 operating hotels, over 1 million guest rooms, and over 2,300 hotels in its scheduled-opening pipeline, spanning over 100 countries.

• Luxury & Lifestyle: Six Senses, Regent Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotels and Resorts, Vignette Collection, Kimpton Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo  
• Premium: Noted Collection, voco hotels, Ruby, Hualuxe Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, EVEN Hotels  
• Essentials: Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Garner Hotels, avid hotels
• Suites: Atwell Suites, Staybridge Suites,  Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Candlewood Suites  
• Exclusive Partners: Iberostar Beachfront Resorts  

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