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Can converting disused office spaces into flats solve Berlin's housing crisis?

By District Energy posted 10-02-2024 17:31

  

Yahoo! News

Summary

Over the past several years, veritable housing horror stories have become all too prevalent in most European cities as housing crises shape entire generations.

As property markets boom and construction is kept at bay by soaring material and labour costs and burdensome bureaucracy, the situation has become the main cause for concern for many young people in Europe.

But two German property entrepreneurs have been getting creative with former factories and disused office spaces for nearly 15 years, giving them a new lease of life as affordable apartments.

The pair took great care in transforming some of the car parking spaces into a well-maintained playground, and making sure the building was up to the latest energy standards, including through district heating and soundproofing.

"We’ve taken an old building and, through modernisation, brought it into a very modern state. Additionally, the building is wheelchair accessible, which is something not often seen in Germany," Lakomski said.

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