DP-Lab KOBE, a rental laboratory built by 大和ハウス工業 in Minatojima-Minami-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, was completed on 31 August 2026. It will begin operating as the company’s first rental laboratory in the Kansai region.
The rental laboratory facility DP-Lab KOBE in 6-chome Minatojima-Minami-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, was completed on 31 August 2026. Its completion marks the company’s first expansion into the Kansai region through a rental laboratory in Kobe.
The facility is named DP-Lab KOBE and is located at 6-3-10 Minatojima-Minami-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo. The nearest station is Keisan Kagaku Center Station on the Kobe New Transit Port Liner, a four-minute walk away. Construction began on 28 May 2025. The facility has six floors above ground and steel-frame construction, with a maximum floor load of 1 tonne per square metre, a site area of approximately 936 tsubo, total floor area of approximately 2,766 tsubo and leasable floor area of approximately 1,664 tsubo. 大和ハウス工業 handled the design and 淺沼組 the construction.
Occupancy rates for wet laboratories in the Kobe Medical Industry Development Project have remained high, while several other companies are also advancing construction of research and development facilities in 6-chome Minatojima-Minami-machi.
These developments suggest growing demand for research and development facilities in the Kansai region and expansion of the rental laboratory market.