Abstract
In the densely built-up residential area, especially the Inner Area of Osaka, the officially supported improvement projects have improved the residential environment to some level. On the other hand, a lot of wooden rental apartments in that area are rebuilt to detached houses for sale by local developers. This smallscale residential developments may have a lot of effects on the residential environment entirely in various respects. But, we have not reached the full understanding on that rebuilding tendencies until now. This paper intends to examine the actual conditions of the small-scale residential developments in the wooden rental apartments area, and to analyze local developer's business pattern and building types.
