Interview with building contractor Christoph Gröner: Insights and controversy

Interview with building contractor Christoph Gröner: Insights and controversy

Christoph Gröner, a leading client in Germany, has built his business focus in Berlin, but has not built anything new in the capital for two years. Gröner generously supported the Berlin CDU and described itself as a convinced social democrats at a future forum. Its mobility in the construction industry is due to the exploding property prices in Berlin, which restrict the profitability of construction projects. Already in 2021 he stopped the acquisition of real estate in the capital.

The challenge is not only in the increasing construction costs, but also in speculation with land. The development in Berlin shows a drastic increase in real estate prices, which makes it difficult to create affordable living space. Gröner emphasizes the importance of a city's purchasing power for real estate prices. Accordingly, its construction activities have reduced in the past two years, since the affordability of new buildings in Berlin is no longer available.

Gröner's suggestions for solving the lack of housing in Berlin include the more efficient use of building land and innovative ideas such as covering highways for housing. He criticizes politics for their ideological restrictions in housing construction and demands a stronger focus on creating affordable living space. Gröner advocates a master plan that is developed across partys in order to quickly create more living space in Berlin and to avoid social inequality.