Even after this, the station building, to be described later, has been constructed as well as a bicycle-parking space, and then in December 1996 the construction of the Keihan Uji Building--which is now used as a concourse and accommodates commercial facilities--started at full scale in front of the station, and the building opened in August 1997.
この後も後述の駅ビルの建設と駐輪場の設置を進め、本格的に1996年12月から、駅前に駅コンコース兼、商業施設が入る、京阪宇治ビルの建設を開始、翌年の1997年8月にオープンした。