"Hanam Emerges as the Core of Eastern Seoul Metropolitan Area"… Mayor Lee Hyun-jae Delivers Special Lecture at Real Estate Agents Association

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Um In-yong] Hanam City Mayor Lee Hyun-jae delivered a special lecture to approximately 200 real estate agents operating in the city on the 14th at the main auditorium of City Hall's annex building.

On this day, the mayor presented a lecture on the theme of "Hanam: The Economic Hub of Eastern Seoul Metropolitan Area," introducing major development projects the city is actively promoting—including ▲K-Starworld ▲Camp Humphreys Urban Development Project ▲Gyosan New City Self-Sufficient Land Development—and shared Hanam's future vision.

The K-Starworld project is a mega-project that will develop a K-pop dedicated concert venue (K-Arena), film studios, and other facilities on a 1.7 million square meter site in the Misa Island area, and was introduced as a core strategy to lead Hanam as a "global cultural tourism city centered on K-culture."

In particular, the city announced plans to begin full-scale corporate recruitment efforts from this year to attract high-tech industries such as software and AI to the Gyosan self-sufficient land project, which spans 570,000 square meters in total, positioning Hanam as a hub city leading future industries.

Mayor Lee Hyun-jae stated, "K-Starworld is a project expected to create approximately 30,000 direct jobs and generate 2.5 trillion won in economic benefits. This year, we will enter the full implementation phase through private sector project recruitment. This project is the central axis of a future self-sufficient city strategy that goes beyond simple development to elevate Hanam to a global K-culture hub city," and emphasized, "According to the Korea Real Estate Board's May 2025 composite housing transaction price index, the national average is 99.96 and the Seoul metropolitan area is 100.17, while Hanam City stands at 100.36, exceeding both national and metropolitan averages."

Regarding the Gyosan New City development, he said, "In line with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's announcement of a city where commuting to downtown Seoul is possible within 30 minutes, a city that creates jobs, a city good for raising children, and a city developed together with the community, we will develop it as a 'city growing together' with comprehensive transportation, employment, residential, and childcare environments."