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Anjo City × Deloitte Tohmatsu — Legal Constraints and Scheme Design for a Historic Park Kominka
…ally designated historic site, and the Small Concession target facility is located within this designated area. Under Article 125 of the Cultural Properties Protection Act, permission from t…
Small Concession Financing — What Municipalities Paid in the Handbook's Cases, the Caps on the Two Study-Cost Subsidies, and the Interest Subsidy Rate and Term
…ation easier . The money question in a small concession does not start with a list of available subsidies. It starts with deciding how far the municipality will pay. This article sets out, f…
Small Concession Latest Trends [2026 Edition] — One Year of the Platform: Achievements and Challenges
Platform's First Year in Review The "Small Concession Platform" (hereafter: Platform or PF) — the central infrastructure supporting the spread of Small Concession — was established in Decemb…
Traditional Townhouses and Small Concessions — Why 4 of 7 Projects Involve Kominka [2026 Edition]
… become the de facto primary arena for Small Concession projects. Five structural reasons explain this concentration. Reason 1: Locational Advantage Most traditional townhouses were built at…
Latest Trends and Statistics in Abandoned School Revitalization【2026 Edition】
…ications infrastructure as a baseline. Small Concession The PPP/PFI Promotion Action Plan (2024 revision) uses Small Concession for public-private projects with a budget under roughly ¥1 bil…
Park-PFI in Kanagawa Prefecture — Cases from Yokohama, Yokosuka, and Manazuru [2026 Edition]
…ed that leverage support programs like Small Concession. Yokohama City Cases Yokohama City is one of Japan's largest designated cities, with roughly 2,700 parks large and small as of June 20…
Park-PFI in 2026: 203-Park Statistics, New Cases, and Policy Outlook
…renewable energy," "decarbonization," "Small Concession," and "abandoned school" appear zero times in the body of the 30 May 2025 edition. Nor does it draw any size line at a population of 5…
Comparing Park Revenue Facility Business Types — Café, BBQ, Glamping, and Welfare【2026 Edition】
A four-axis comparison of revenue facility types for Park-PFI projects (café, BBQ, glamping, sports, and welfare), covering profitability, area efficiency, community needs, and administrative review suitability. A guide for selecting the right business type.
Park-PFI and the Municipal Assembly — When Ordinance Revision Is Required and How to Explain It [2026 Edition]
…e park." Q10: "What is the difference from a concession arrangement?" Response : "A concession (operating rights system) involves selling or granting private entities the right to operate a …
Park-PFI vs. the Designated Manager System: Which Should You Choose? [2026 Edition]
…s in Maebashi City's Kokorun City Park Small Concession : Combining with other underutilized public facilities to reach a viable project scale Designated manager system : Focusing on managem…
Small Concessions vs. Park-PFI: Which Should You Choose? [2026 Edition]
…amenity building ( Guidelines , §2.3). Small Concessions and Park-PFI are frequently discussed together as approaches to "activating public spaces and public facilities through private-secto…
Consortium vs JV vs SPC: What Actually Differs, and the Five Functions a Winning Park-PFI Team Needs [2026 Edition]
…ies — but you cannot win a Park-PFI or Small Concession on your own. This guide helps you decide whom to team with and how to divide roles. Executives of prospective lead companies : you nee…
READING GUIDE
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ROUTE 01
For municipal planning
Start with the basics, then move through cases, process and dialogue design.
- What Is Public Facility Management? Challenges, Concepts, and Next Steps
- Sapporo Yurigahara Park Park-PFI LiLiLi — Sapporo's First Case, Community-Led SPV Park Operation
- The Complete Park-PFI Process — A Four-Year Roadmap from Concept to Opening [2026 Edition]
- Market Sounding for PPP: 8-Item Question Template and Step-by-Step Guide
ROUTE 02
For prospective operators
Understand the system, test viability and prepare a proposal.
- What Is a Small Concession? A Complete Guide for Local Government Officials [2026 Edition]
- Higashi Yuenchi URBAN PICNIC — Kobe Sannomiya Redevelopment and Park-PFI After 8 Years of Citizen-Led Social Experiments
- How to Build a Park-PFI Revenue Plan — With Simulation Template [2026 Edition]
- How to Write a Park-PFI Proposal — Working Backward from the Scoring Criteria [2026 Edition]
ROUTE 03
Learn from setbacks
See how projects stall and which conditions to avoid.
- Abandoned School Reuse Failures — Why Repurposed Schools Become Idle Again: Structural Causes of Withdrawal and Business Collapse
- 5 Patterns of Park-PFI Project Failure — Structural Analysis of Contract Termination, Financial Deterioration, and Resident Opposition
- The Zero-Response Sounding Problem — 5 Reasons Private Operators Don't Participate and How to Fix It