History

1992
Established Urban Design System Co. as a small LLC under pre-2006 business laws
1993
Started cooperative house business operations
1994
Organizational structure changed to Urban Design System Co. Ltd.
1999
Began cooperative housing business operations (detached cooperative housing)
2002
Began fee-based elder-care home business operations
2003
Opened Hotel CLASKA*
2004
Established Japan's first fee-based elder-care home investment fund (for revitalization development business projects)
2005
Began investment fund-related residential development (for revitalization development business projects)
2006
Opened “diage”, a commercial facilities complex in Shanghai*
Opened KidZania Tokyo, undertaking sponsor development, content development and design work*
2009
Established Urban Design System Co. Ltd. as a corporate entity with Kokuyo Co. Ltd. as a wholly-owned subsidiary; obtained business concession rights in March
2010
Began Relax Shokudo business operations
Began hotel restaurant business operations (starting with Hotel Kanra Kyoto)
2011
Began shared house business operations (starting with Anteroom Apartment Kyoto)
2012
Changed company name from Urban Design System Co. Ltd. to UDS Co. Ltd.
2013
Began Co-working space business operations (starting with LEAGUE)
Established UDS CO. LTD. (China) in Beijing
2014
Undertook contract planning, design and operation project for Satsumasendai, Kagoshima prefecture (starting with the Satsumasendai Smart House project) *
2015
Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd. acquired 90% of UDS shares from Kokuyo Co. Ltd.
Undertook JV PLAYTANK public park operations on contract for Nerima ward, Tokyo (opening Nerima-ku Kodomonomori municipal children’s forest park)*.
Began hostel management business operations (starting with GRIDS Akihabara)*
Began Afterschool operations (starting with Ricoh Coscie)*
2016
Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd. acquired 10% of UDS shares from Kokuyo Co. Ltd.
Established OKINAWA UDS Ltd.
2017
Accuired seven LEGO®clickbrick stores and one LEGO®school from Sanmalta Co.,Ltd.and began business operations*
Began local speciality shop business operations (starting with COCOSHIGA)*
2018
Began student residence operations (starting with NODE GROWTH SHONANDAI)
Began book cafe with coworking space operations (starting with Jimbocho book center with Iwanami Books)
Opened MUJI HOTEL BEIJING in Beijing, China.
Established UDS Korea Ltd. *Currently the capital relationship is dissolved by transferring stocks.
2019
Established Museum division.
Began chocolate shop operations (starting with nel CRAFT CHOCOLATE TOKYO)
Began Japanese onsen ryokan operations (starting with ONSEN RYOKAN YUEN SHINJUKU)
2020
Began student residence operations (starting with SHIMOKITA COLLEGE)
2021
Established construction team and began contracted interior design and construction work.

*Currently closed or finished the contract