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Corporate History
- Mar. 1972 Established Area Service Co., Ltd., our predecessor company, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyu Land Corporation
- Jul. 1978 Changed the company’s name to Tokyu Land Area Service Co.
- Oct. 1978 Adopted Aoisora (meaning “blue skies”) as Tokyu’s brokerage brand name
- Apr. 1980 Successively transferred metropolitan sales offices of Tokyu Land Corp. (until Oct. 1984)
- Oct. 1982 Opened sales offices in Sapporo, Sendai, and Fukuoka
- Jul. 1983 Introduced the Sales Guarantee System
- Apr. 1987 Opened Nagoya sales office
- Oct. 1987 Merged with Tokyu Land Kinki Area Service Co. and opened Kansai Branch office
- Jan. 1988 Changed the company’s name to Tokyu Livable, Inc. and revised its brand name to Livable
- Oct. 1990 Complete transfer of Tokyu Land Corporation’s entire sales agency operations related to newly constructed properties to Tokyu Livable, Inc.
- Oct. 1993 Launched full-scale sales agency operations related to newly constructed properties of companies other than Tokyu Group companies
- Jul. 1994 Started selling our first self-developed condominiums: Willive Nakanofujimicho
- Apr. 1995 Launched a rental brokerage business on a full-scale basis
- Dec. 1999 Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section
- Apr. 2000 Entered the wholesale market on a full-scale basis
- Mar. 2001 Admitted to the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section
- Apr. 2002 Established the Solutions Business Headquarters
- Feb. 2003 Established Livable Asset Management Inc., an affiliated company that carries out rental businesses (currently a consolidated subsidiary)
- Feb. 2008 Received the 2007 JMA HRD Excellence Award sponsored by the Japan Management Association, a general incorporated association
- Oct. 2012 Started the Livable Safe Agent Guarantee, an existing home assessment and guarantee program
- Jul. 2013 Launched the Inheritance Tax Temporary Payment Service, a service for advance payments of inheritance tax
- Oct. 2013 Established the holding company, Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corporation, which comprises three companies: Tokyu Land Corporation, Tokyu Community Corporation, and Tokyu Livable, Inc.; Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section (these three companies were delisted in September 2013)
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Apr. 2014
Established TOKYU LIVABLE (TAIWAN), INC. in Taipei, Taiwan
Acquired the Kurumin mark, the symbol of a company that supports childcare - May 2014 Made capital contributions to Orange Tee Holdings Pte. Ltd. (currently REALION GROUP PTE. LTD.), a major real estate company in Singapore
- Aug. 2014 Launched Livable Advisory Service on Vacant Houses, a vacant house assessment and proposal service
- Apr. 2015 Integrated the rental home management operations of three companies (Tokyu Community Corporation, Tokyu Livable, Inc., and Tokyu Relocation Co., Ltd.) into Tokyu Housing Lease Corporation
- Oct. 2015 Received the Tokyo Labour Bureau Excellence Award in the Category of Enterprises Promoting Equal Employment/Work-Life Balance. This award is sponsored by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Apr. 2016 Established the L’Gente Business Headquarters (currently Asset Business Headquarters)
- Jul. 2016 Started selling Lideas, a new brand for renovated condominiums
- Jul. 2016 Established First Inspection Service Co., Ltd., a new company that conducts building and housing facility inspections
- May 2017 Started disclosing both positive and negative customer evaluations on our website, including our responses
- Jul. 2017 Launched GRANTACT to specialize in brokerage services for urban high-grade condominiums
- Sep. 2017 Launched Active Sales Package (also named Akuseru-kun), a sales proposal service focusing on enhancing asset value
- Jun. 2018 Received the 7th HR Challenge Grand Prize for the Toranomaki Project (early education project for employees)
- Jun. 2019 Started selling Legacia, a sub-divided real estate product.
- Dec. 2019 Established Livable Senior Relocation Salon, a consulting service dedicated to helping senior citizens to choose their next home.
- Apr. 2020 Established the Wealth Advisory Headquarters
- Feb. 2021 Included in the ranking of companies offering the best workplaces for the fourth consecutive year
- Apr. 2021 LIVABLE network exceeded 200 locations nationwide
- Oct. 2021 Launched Tokyu Livable leaseback service
- Aug. 2022 AI-based exterior wall crack inspection application "CRACK SCANNER" patented.
- Feb. 2024 Obtained patent for “Real Estate Price Assessment AI System”
- Jul. 2024 Livable Anshin (worry-free) Brokerage Guarantee "Building Warranty" exceeded 100,000 total applications for inspection
- Mar. 2025 Launched "Tellus Talk: β-version," an interactive chat service using generative AI