Sekisui Heim Tohoku Co., Ltd. (Head office: Miyagino-ku, Sendai; President and Representative Director: Shinjiro Yamaji) will open the first three locations of its new comprehensive consultation facility, “SEKISUIHEIM Sumai Design Lounge,” on Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Aomori, Fukushima and Akita. Additional openings are planned in Furukawa in late June and Aizu in late July. The Sekisui Heim Group aims to create homes for the future and has promoted housing that allows residents to live safely and comfortably for more than 60 years while remaining environmentally friendly. As part of this effort, the company is opening a comprehensive consultation facility covering new homes (building and buying), remodeling (maintenance and improvement), and real estate (selling and leasing), helping customers live with confidence after construction and maintain the long-term value of their homes. Japan’s new Basic Plan for Housing, approved by the Cabinet in March, emphasizes improving “housing literacy,” enabling residents to make informed choices based on an understanding of housing performance, prices and future lifestyles. The new facility is designed to explain housing value and lifestyles from a long-term perspective and promote integrated understanding of new construction, remodeling and real estate. Each location will have specialists in new construction and remodeling on site to handle a wide range of housing consultations. The lounges will explain architectural knowledge, financial planning and key points for homebuilding so that customers can continue living safely over the long term, rather than simply ending the process at construction. They will also introduce regional space and floor-plan trends, key planning points and building examples to support more informed homebuilding decisions. The main features of SEKISUIHEIM Sumai Design Lounge are: resident specialists in new construction, remodeling and related fields; a one-stop consultation desk through cooperation am