In the PFI project to redevelop Nara Prefecture's central wholesale market, the winning bid in the comprehensive-evaluation general competitive tender exceeded approximately ¥40 billion, with the contract awarded to a consortium led by 大和ハウス工業.
Nara Prefecture announced that its central wholesale market redevelopment promotion project would be carried out as a PFI project under the BT scheme, with the winning bid exceeding ¥400.8 billion including tax. The winning bidder was a consortium led by 大和ハウス工業, with 久米設計, 福本設計, ウエスコ, 村本建設 and 矢作建設工業 among its member companies. A consortium led by 奥村組 also submitted a bid.
The new market complex will be large in scale, comprising the new fruit and vegetable building and the new fishery building. The management-related building will be a three-storey steel-framed structure with a total floor area of 17,411 square metres, while the new market building will be a single-storey steel-framed structure with a floor area of 30,747 square metres. A waste collection facility will also be newly built.
Design and construction are scheduled to commence in December. The project aims to open the new market in fiscal 2031 and complete the market area in fiscal 2033. The project period runs through 31 March 2034. The construction site is 957-1 Tsutsui-cho, Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture.