- CEO
- Keita Araki
- Full Time Employees
- 97
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Real estate investment trusts
- Address
- Tokyo Building Tokyo TY Japan 100-6420
- IPO Date
- Mar 12, 2002
- Business
- Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corporation primarily operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on acquiring and managing a diversified portfolio of urban commercial real estate in Japan. Its core products and services include investment in retail facilities, office buildings, and hotel properties concentrated in major metropolitan areas such as Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, and Fukuoka. JMF manufactures value through asset management services, property acquisition, redevelopment, and lease management, targeting sustainable growth and stable mid- to long-term income for unitholders. The company's portfolio consists of approximately 158 properties with a total acquisition price exceeding 1.3 trillion yen. It emphasizes metropolitan life support from the perspectives of living, working, and consuming through urban real estate assets.
In the last 1-2 years, the company has undertaken significant strategic acquisitions, notably the purchase of a 14-property portfolio—comprising 12 office buildings and 2 land leasehold assets—from Fujisoft Incorporated and Cyber Com Co., Ltd. for approximately 68.7 billion yen. This transaction, completed in 2025, includes key assets such as the Fujisoft Shiodome Building and others located in Tokyo's Minato-ku and Koto-ku, as well as properties in Nagoya, Fukuoka, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba prefectures. JMF has also entered an asset management agreement with KJR Management, a subsidiary of KKR following KKR's 2025 acquisition of MC-UBSR, giving it enhanced asset management capabilities and scale in Japan's competitive real estate market. This partnership supports JMF’s strategy to capture rental growth and actively manage assets amid evolving market conditions, including rental revisions linked to office market fluctuations.
Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corporation was formerly known as Japan Retail Fund Investment Corporation before rebranding to reflect its broader investment scope beyond retail properties to include office and diverse commercial real estate. The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under the ticker 8953.T and maintains a strong financial position with an occupancy ratio of around 99.3%, supporting consistent distributions to unitholders. Its operational and investment focus serves institutional investors and capital markets with an emphasis on urban metropolitan commercial real estate in Japan for sustainable income and asset value appreciation.
This comprehensive suite of real estate investment services, recent strategic acquisitions, and enhanced asset management partnership positions Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corporation as a leading diversified REIT in Japan’s urban real estate sector. Its major product segments include retail, office, and hotel property investments, supported by active asset management and redevelopment initiatives primarily in Japan’s key metropolitan regions.
All information is current as of late 2025 and reflects the corporation's latest acquisitions, management agreements, and operational metrics.