Rathenauplatz: Stone planned construction project - what is coming now?

Rathenauplatz: Stone planned construction project - what is coming now?

An ambitious new construction project in Halensee has failed: the planned office tower on Rathenauplatz, which was to be built with a height of 59 meters on the area of an ESSO petrol station, was stopped due to the financial problems of the investor, the Berlin Spree Group. The Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district office has stopped the development plan procedure, which means that the property is now for sale and the future of the area is uncertain. City Councilor Christoph Brzezinski (CDU) explained that there was no possibility to continue the project without secure financing, such as Developmentstadt.de

The stop of the project has triggered a discussion about possible alternative uses of the property. While representatives of the SPD and the left demand to use the area for housing, the concerns about the original plans are not low. Residents and urban development experts had already expressed doubts as to whether a state -of -the -art office building at this location would make sense, in particular against the background of a possible oversupply of office space and the current work realities. Also the SPD parliamentary group Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf expressed resistance to the construction project and emphasized the dangers of speculative projects, which also did not solutions for affordable living space Bring.

With the current uncertainty about the future of Rathenauplatz, there are central questions about urban development in the region. The district office must now discuss how to proceed and which new usage concepts can be considered. In particular, a complete revision of urban planning is required by many in order to create an open urban space with a high quality of stay instead of falling into the case of another unfortunate building ruin.