The Japanese company DAIWA House will build a residential facility in Lviv for patients who travel to the city for chemotherapy and other stages of cancer treatment. The building will be constructed using modern Japanese modular technology, and the surrounding space will be made максимально accessible for everyone. Today, company representatives visited Lviv for the first time and inspected the site where the housing will be built.
First, the guests met with First Deputy Mayor Andrii Moskalenko at City Hall. They then visited the UNBROKEN Center, the Oncology Center at St. Panteleimon Hospital, and inspected the land plot designated for the future construction.
According to Lviv’s Chief Architect Anton Kolomiytsev, the building is planned for a site on Vira, Nadiia, Liubov Street near Orlyka Street, opposite Zamartynivskyi Park. It will be a single-story building with modern rooms and shared spaces for residents, as well as high-quality public space around it, which will be arranged by the city.
“This is a very good location for such housing, as it has direct access to Zamartynivskyi Park, where inclusive playgrounds and rehabilitation facilities have recently been created, including for children. The area will also be accessible for wheelchair users, with direct connections via a linear park to municipal housing on Mykolaichuka Street and directly to the hospital, so people can easily reach it. Modern technologies will be used in construction: a metal frame and proprietary engineering connections developed by the company. Overall, the building will include about 15 rooms, a common area for leisure, and other infrastructure. This is an important project both for the city’s development and for future joint initiatives,” said Anton Kolomiytsev.
The project is being implemented by DAIWA House, a company specializing in fast and high-quality construction of social housing in various countries around the world.
“Our company was founded with the motto of helping people — this is our mission. In Japan, we face many natural disasters, such as earthquakes and tsunamis, so we know how important it is to restore buildings quickly and efficiently. Today, I saw how you do not give up. I am confident that our capabilities will be very useful to you. We cannot stop the war, but we can do something to help you today,” said Keiichi Yoshi, President of DAIWA House Industry.
According to Nataliia Motrynets, Deputy Medical Director of the First Medical Association, the new facility will help speed up access to therapy for patients awaiting treatment.
“To receive treatment, patients are hospitalized for chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Many patients from other cities and regions cannot afford hotel accommodation while undergoing outpatient treatment, so they become inpatients. For 20 minutes of radiation therapy over 2–3 or even 4 weeks, a patient must remain hospitalized throughout the entire course and cannot be discharged until it is completed. This increases waiting lists for treatment. If patients had a comfortable place to stay outside the hospital, it would significantly improve their treatment experience and help reduce queues for other patients,” explained Nataliia Motrynets.
In 2025, the Oncology Center of the First Medical Association treated 3,800 patients, providing radiation and chemotherapy as well as oncological surgery. The center offers a full range of oncology services — from diagnostics to surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
According to the Department of Investment and Projects of the Lviv City Council, cooperation with DAIWA House began in October 2025 with a visit to the company’s production facilities in the Netherlands. In December 2025, during Mayor Andrii Sadovyi’s visit to Japan, a memorandum on project implementation was signed.
The first phase of the project, financed by DAIWA House together with the Japanese Federation of Modular Building Manufacturers, предусматриває the construction of one building with 15 rooms.
As part of the visit to Lviv, the Japanese delegation also toured the UNBROKEN Prosthetics and Orthotics Center, municipal social housing on Mykolaichuka Street, and the reconstruction site of the UNBROKEN rehabilitation center in Briukhovychi. They also paid tribute to fallen defenders of Ukraine at Lychakiv Cemetery.
