once Again, Karl field, the municipal Council dealt with derFläche of the former Bayern work. The investors presented a new development concept. It rained Kritikvon all sides.
The large open space on the site of the former Bavaria’s work moves the Karl fields. The meeting room of the town hall was Packed with listeners, as the group of investors Erl and strings presented their new concept for the site in the recent Council meeting. The hope of all present: A neighborhood store should pull on the free surface. The presentation of the investors fulfilled this desire, however, only partially.
A Declaration of intent by Feneberg sun, said Wolfgang Haider of the Erl group, a firm commitment of the Nahversorgers is, however, subject to one condition: It more people would have to live in the catchment area. Therefore, the investors, have changed the use of space in your new concept, in comparison to the original development plan. The commercial space has been reduced, will now be more room for apartments.
The new concept envisages, as a first step the construction of a building complex, in the ground floor of the much-desired Grocery store to move in. The floors one to four, however, be used as a Hotel. The completion is planned for the year 2021. In the second phase of the construction of a kindergarten on the ground floor and the upper floors, facilities for inpatient and intensive care is to be created in the centre of the site, a building for social use.
Step number three was taken by all present with a great surprise: There is a car Park with up to 660 Parking spaces is planned, in addition to the single-storey garages, and any other building complex. The car Park could also be for public use and managed released. Who should do this? “We will offer a priority of the municipality,” says Haider. Management is by a professional operator.
In the implementation of phases four and five will then be between 2023 and 2026, two other building complexes are being built, some of which are declared as living space, and partly as a commercial space. A total of up to 180 dwellings with an average area of about 60 square meters to be created.
Really happy none of the councillors showed up and also from the audience statements was Displeasure. Not without reason, have designed the plan so that the site is mainly a Grocery store and still trades should be settled, said, among other things, Mechthild Hofner from the Alliance for Karl field: “We need more commercial tax revenue!” A statement that could financial officer Holger Linde (CSU) only. However, the investors were only a few of hope that you could locate in the originally planned extent of there trades. The demand is simply not available, and Wolfgang Haider was contrite: “We have presented to us, the search for tenants.”
the trust of the local councils in such statements but it is there. Bernd Wanka (CSU) spoke of “the impression of a Salami tactic,” in which slices of the original plans was waived. How many other Board members he demanded a vote of confidence from the investors. “So far I see no progress”, said Hofner. The let the investors not to sit: “We have already carried out Development activities, the complete Baufreimachung and the entire contaminated site cleanup on the overall site. That costs more than 1 Million euros. The didn’t have to do that, we need to the time, but us first to the Assisted Living area can be limited,“ said Rainer Leneis, one of the investors representative. Alois Erl, Jun., once again stressed that the Many feared further conversion of commercial space into flats could in any case be effective only with the consent of the municipal Council. A alone of the investors was not possible.
A decision has been taken in the meeting. “Now once in the groups, and then we put the subject in one of the next meetings on the agenda,” said mayor Stefan Kolbe. For Karl fields, it remains so exciting to see how it goes with the former Bayern factory premises.
