April 6, 2018
Real Estate Investment Trust Securities Issuer
1-31 Minami Aoyama 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Sekisui House Residential Investment Corporation
Representative:
Osamu Minami, Executive Director(Securities Code: 8973)
Asset Management Company
1-31 Minami Aoyama 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Sekisui House Asset Management, Ltd.
Representative:
Osamu Minami,President & Representative Director
Inquiries:
Yoshiya Sasaki, General Manager
IR & Financial Affairs Department
TEL: +81-3-5770-8973 (main)
Notice Concerning Acquisition of DBJ Green Building Certification
Sekisui House Residential Investment Corporation (“Investment Corporation”) hereby announces that it today received
DBJ Green Building Certification for the following 21 properties of its owned properties from Development Bank ofJapan Inc. (“DBJ”).
1. Certification Rank and Assessment Points of the Properties Certified by the DBJ Green Building Certification SystemCertification Rank

Certified Property

Main Assessment Points

Esty Maison GINZA
Prime Maison ODORI KOEN
Prime Maison HATSUDAI
Prime Maison
SHIROKANE-TAKANAWA

 Environmentally friendly: Applying LED
lighting in all public areas among otherenergy-saving facilities.
 Comfort: Ample facilities contributing tocomfort of residents such as electronic bidet
toilets and bathrooms with dryer functions inaddition to indoor hallways design.

Esty Maison EBISUⅡ
Esty Maison KYOBASHIPrime Maison
MUSASHINONOMORIiv) Prime Maison KAYABAKOENv)
MAST HAKATAvi) Prime Maison TAKAMIvii) Prime Maison TERIHAviii) Esty Maison NISHITENMAix) Esty Maison SHIROKANEDAIx)
Esty Maison AKABANExi) Prime Maison MINAMI 2-JOxii) Prime Maison KAMOKAMOGAWAxiii) Prime Maison CENTRAL PARKxiv) Prime Maison EBISUxv) Prime Maison SHIBUYAxvi) Prime Maison
ICHIGAYAYAMABUSHICHOxvii) Esty Maison MORISHITA

 Environmentally friendly: Features LED
lights in public areas among otherenergy-saving facilities.
 Comprehensive safety/security system:
Considers safety and security of residents byinstalling self-locking system and videointercom, and establishing 24-hour security
guard system.

i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
Properties withexceptionally highenvironmental & social
awarenessi)
ii)
iii)

Properties withexcellentenvironmental & social
awareness

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the Japanese version shall prevail.

12. Overview of the Properties Certified by the DBJ Green Building Certification System
Prime Maison

Esty Maison
GINZA

Prime Maison
ODORI KOEN

Prime Maison
HATSUDAI(four stars)(four stars)(four stars)(four stars)

Location
Completion Date
Acquisition Date

Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Feb. 7, 2005
Aug. 2, 2005

Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido
Dec. 15, 2008
Nov. 4, 2014

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Dec. 11, 2014
Apr. 1, 2016

Minato-ku, Tokyo
Jun. 15, 2015
Nov. 1, 2016

Certified Property

Esty Maison
EBISUⅡ

Esty Maison
KYOBASHI

Prime Maison
MUSASHINONOMORI

Prime Maison
KAYABAKOEN(three stars)(three stars)(three stars)(three stars)

Location
Completion Date
Acquisition Date

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Jun. 13, 2003
Aug. 2, 2005

Osaka-shi, Osaka
Mar. 2, 2006
Apr. 3, 2006

Kodaira-shi, Tokyo
Dec. 19, 2007
Oct. 1, 2010

Nagoya-shi, Aichi
Nov. 7, 2006
Oct. 1, 2010

Certified Property

MAST
HAKATA

Prime Maison
TAKAMI

Prime Maison
TERIHA

Esty Maison
NISHITENMA(three stars)(three stars)(three stars）(three stars)

Fukuoka-shi, FukuokaJan. 15, 2005
Feb. 1, 2012

Nagoya-shi, Aichi
Aug. 27, 2008
Oct. 1, 2012

Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka
Aug. 31, 2005
Oct. 1, 2012

Osaka-shi, Osaka
Nov. 30, 2007
Mar. 1, 2013

Certified Property

SHIROKANETAKANAWA

Certification Rank

Photo of theAppearance

Certification Rank

Photo of theAppearance

Certification Rank

Photo of theAppearance

Location
Completion Date
Acquisition Date

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the Japanese version shall prevail.

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Esty Maison
SHIROKANEDAI

Esty Maison
AKABANEPrime Maison
MINAMI 2-JO

Prime Maison
KAMOKAMOGAWA(three stars)(three stars)(three stars)(three stars)

Location
Completion DateAcquisition Date

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Sept. 16, 2003
Mar. 1, 2013

Kita-ku, Tokyo
Nov. 25, 2009
May 1, 2013

Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido
Nov. 30, 2009
Nov. 4, 2014

Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido
Oct. 30, 2009
Nov. 4, 2014

Certified Property

Prime Maison
CENTRAL PARK

Prime Maison
EBISU

Prime Maison
SHIBUYA

Prime Maison
ICHIGAYAYAMABUSHICHO(three stars)(three stars)(three stars)(three stars)

Location
Completion Date
Acquisition DateFukuoka-shi, Fukuoka
Feb. 3, 2011
Nov. 4, 2014

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Jun. 5, 2014
Jan. 15, 2015

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Jul. 4, 2014
Apr. 1, 2016

Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Oct. 13, 2015
Nov. 1, 2016

Certified Property

Esty Maison
MORISHITA

Certified Property
Certification Rank

Photo of theAppearance

Certification Rank

Photo of theAppearance

Certification Rank

(three stars)

Photo of theAppearance

Location
Completion Date
Acquisition Date

Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Feb. 9, 2017
Mar. 17, 2017

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the Japanese version shall prevail.

33. Status of Other Properties Certified by the DBJ Green Building Certification System
Other than 21 properties which acquired the certification this time, the Investment Corporation has received DBJ
Green Building Certification for following 6 residential properties as of today, meaning it has received the certificationfor 27 properties out of the total of 112 residential properties it owns.
Certification Rank

Certified Property(five stars)

Properties with the best classenvironmental & social awareness(four stars)

Properties with exceptionally highenvironmental & social awareness(three stars)

Properties with excellent
environmental & social awarenessPrime Maison SHINAGAWA
Prime Maison GINZA EAST
Prime Maison GOTENYAMA EAST
Prime Maison YOKOHAMA NIHON-ODORI
Esty Maison OJIMAKOBE Women’s Student Housing(Note) For details on the acquisition of DBJ Green Building Certification for the 6 properties which acquired the certification, please refer to the press
releases titled “Notice Concerning Acquisition of DBJ Green Building Certification for Residential Properties for the First Time among J-REITs”
dated January 27, 2015, “Notice Concerning Acquisition of DBJ Green Building Certification” dated April 28, 2016 and “Notice Concerning
Acquisition of DBJ Green Building Certification” dated March 31, 2017. Furthermore, the certification ranks of Prime Maison SHINAGAWA,Prime Maison GINZA EAST and Esty Maison OJIMA have been upgraded as a result of the periodic monitoring for fiscal year 2016. For details
on the change in certification rank, please refer to the press release titled “Notice Concerning Change in Certification Rank of DBJ Green
Building Certification” dated March 23, 2017.

4. Future Efforts by the Investment CorporationSince establishing environmental basic policy and sustainability policy and objectives on March 31, 2015, theInvestment Corporation has been promoting initiatives for energy saving and environmental awareness in response to
the requirements of the times through such measures as enhancing energy efficiency of its owned properties andacquiring environmentally friendly properties. To do so, the Investment Corporation has been cooperating with Sekisui
House, Ltd., the sponsor, which has been certified as an Eco-First Company* by the Minister of the Environment for
the first time in the housing industry.
Furthermore, although an absorption-type merger, with May 1, 2018 as the effective date, whereby the Investment
Corporation will be the dissolving corporation and Sekisui House Reit, Inc. will be the surviving corporation in themerger (“Investment Corporation Merger”) is scheduled to be executed as announced on January 24, 2018, the policies,etc. mentioned above will be adhered to even after the Investment Corporation Merger and we will further promotesustainability activities such as implementation of measures to mitigate environmental impact.
For details of the “Environmental Policy”, “CSR and Environmental Activity Case Studies” and “Examples ofEnvironmental Certification, etc. from External Agencies”, please refer to “CSR and Environmental Activities” on theInvestment Corporation’s website.
* Eco-First Company refers to a company that has made a pledge to the Minister of the Environment about its
commitment to environmental preservation, including countermeasures against global warming and waste reduction
and recycling measures, and has been recognized by the Minister as being engaged in “advanced, original andindustry-leading business activities” in environmental areas. As of today, 40 companies have been certified as Eco-First
Companies. For more details, please refer to the website of “Ministry of the Environment” (Japanese only).
(Reference) Overview of DBJ Green Building Certification System
The DBJ Green Building Certification System is designed to mark buildings by using a scoring model originallydeveloped by DBJ and to select blue-chip real estate that meets the demands of the times. Its purpose is to promote real
properties that demonstrate environmental performance as well as security measures and disaster prevention measuresand take into account social requirements from various stakeholders surrounding the properties (“Green Building”).
Properties withthe best classenvironmental &social awareness

Properties withexceptionally highenvironmental &social awareness

Properties withexcellentenvironmental &social awareness

Properties with highenvironmental &social awareness

Properties withsatisfactory
environmental &social awarenessfive stars

four stars

three stars

two stars

one star

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the Japanese version shall prevail.

4For details of the DBJ Green Building Certification System, please refer to “Website jointly operated by DBJ andJapan Real Estate Institute.”* Address of the website of the Investment Corporation:

http://www.shi-reit.co.jp/eng/

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the Japanese version shall prevail.

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