Le mie ricette per la real estate community
Shell and core of a six-story building on Pappelallee in Berlin’s district of Prenzlauer Berg are virtually complete.
Yesterday,
Trei Real Estate (Trei), a property developer and property asset holder
specialising in residential and retail real estate, celebrated the
topping-out ceremony for its first project
of overbuilding a single-story structure in Berlin together with the
planning firms and project partners involved. On Pappelallee—at a
central location in Prenzlauer Berg—the real estate arm of the
Tengelmann group is developing 240 rental apartments, roughly
40 of which will be handicap-accessible. The supermarket on the ground
floor will be let to the REWE grocery chain upon completion. The total
investment costs add up to c. 88 million euros. The building was
designed by the Berlin-based architectural firm of
J.MAYER.H und Partner, Architekten mbB.
Pepijn Morshuis, the CEO of Trei Real Estate, thanked the project
stakeholders for their reliable input and highlighted the significance
of infill densification projects in Berlin: “This plot used to be
occupied by just a supermarket. Once completed, our project
will provide 240 new-build apartments plus a supermarket and retail
units of 2,600 square metres on the same footprint. So, we are making
much better use of the available area.” Overbuilding flat-roofed
single-story structures contributes seriously to the
creation of urgently needed housing in the German capital.
Ruth Meister, Head of Project Development, spoke about the challenges
involved in overbuilding single-story buildings. Not least, the concept
requires combining two different types of use—residential and retail—in a
single property. “A major issue, for example,
is noise abatement. We had to find a way to accommodate deliveries to
the supermarket. We found a low-noise solution by enclosing the delivery
zone.” Customer parking was moved to the underground car park. The
solution also creates an opportunity to install
greenery and play areas in the car-free inner courtyard. “A total of 70
underground parking spots will be made available to future residents
(40 car parking spots) and supermarkets shoppers (30 car parking
spots),” Meister went on to say.
Jürgen Mayer H. of the architectural firm J.MAYER.H und Partner,
Architekten mbB elaborated: “The building’s signature aspect is the
sinuous façade design with its curved balconies and floor-length
windows. The compact arrangement of the building envelope blends
smoothly into the surrounding urban structures and permits a high
structural density while admitting plenty of light into the interior
areas at the same time. The roof surfaces will be greened and were
largely planned with a view to their future use by the
building’s residents. As a result, a generous amount of open space is
being created despite the high building density.”
The site on Pappelallee is just one of several projects that Trei
pursues in Berlin as part of a plan to replace single-story retail
properties with newly constructed buildings. Over the next few years,
additional mixed residential/retail buildings will be
developed on Fürstenberger Strasse and on the corner of Winsstrasse and
Marienburger Strasse. For yet another project, this one on Köpenicker
Strasse, the municipal development planning process is under way.
All
things considered, the company is investing c. 250 million euros in the
development of around 750 rental flats and 8,000 square metres of
retail units.
Photo
credit Cathrin Bach
Source : Company