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Abandoned School Mixed-Use Development — The Best Pattern Combining Welfare, Education, and Café [2026 Edition]
…ted employment + Level 2 — after-school childcare + gymnasium open to community sports," or "school building for welfare + schoolyard café + farm produce sales outlet." Why Abandoned Schools…
Operating Public Facilities Through Disability Welfare Reimbursements — The Stability of Statutory Revenue [2026 Edition]
Disability Welfare Reimbursements as Statutory Revenue When evaluating private sector activation of public facilities, revenue stability is one of the most critical criteria. Attracting priv…
Is MEXT's 'Minna no Haiko Project' Actually Useful? — Turning Listed Closed Schools into Real Projects [2026 Edition]
…sinesses whose main income comes from public reimbursement (disability welfare, elderly care), check expected users and whether staff can be recruited, site by site. Counts by Use Counting s…
Abandoned School Proposal Design — Selection Flow and Evaluation Criteria [2026 Edition]
…mmunities : Add-on points for "securing eldercare/welfare functions" may appear Buildings with heritage value : Weighting for "building preservation and adaptive reuse" may be added The key …
Abandoned School × Welfare Facility Revenue Model — Estimating Type B Employment Support Fees and Facility Costs [2026 Edition]
…and the renovation costs of welfare and childcare facilities in the case collection, are covered in "Closed School Renovation Costs: Breakdown by Cost Item and Case Examples." Construction S…
How to Repurpose an Abandoned School — A Complete Step-by-Step Guide from Site Selection to Proposal [2026 Edition]
…. 1. Welfare and Medical Conversion to elder care facilities, disability employment support centers, nurseries, after-school day services for children with disabilities, and small multi-func…
READING GUIDE
Choose a starting point.
Follow a short route through the basics, examples and practical steps. Community groups, researchers and students are welcome.
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