People are becoming increasingly isolated as connections between people diminish in society, and open innovation, which connects companies with each other in the face of global competition, is becoming increasingly important. Against this backdrop, a movement has emerged in multi-tenant large-scale logistics facilities located between highway interchanges and residential areas in the suburbs of large cities to support community building by involving the surrounding residents, and to promote innovations among the companies occupying the facilities. This paper reports on the background behind these developments and what is actually being done in such a logistics facility, and finally consider the implications of these activities for community buildings including “area management”.