Hankyu Hanshin REIT, Inc. (hereinafter HHR) is an integrated real estate investment trust that invests mainly in real estate properties for retail or office use throughout Japan with the purpose of securing stable income over the medium-to-long-term and achieving the best possible returns for unitholders. HHR will focus on investments in the retail-use zone (zone in which visitors receive goods and services in return for payment) and the Kansai Region (the six prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Shiga and Wakayama). In principle, the ratio of investment each in the retail-use zone and the Kansai Region will be 50% or more of the total investment portfolio (based on acquisition prices) as of the end of each fiscal period. HHR will utilize the planning and management capacities in the real estate business of the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group (a corporate group formed under Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. as the holding company; hereinafter the sponsor group).