Interview with building contractor Christoph Gröner: Why he has not been building in Berlin for two years

Interview with building contractor Christoph Gröner: Why he has not been building in Berlin for two years

Christoph Gröner, a well -known client in Germany, has his business focus in Berlin, but has not been building anything in the capital for two years. Despite his commitment to ecological building, Gröner is faced with exploding construction costs that make affordable apartments a rare good. The rising property prices in large cities like Berlin have led to the construction of being economically unprofitable.

In the past, it was possible to build at affordable prices in Berlin, but with the enormous increase in property prices, the costs have multiplied. Nowadays, the property costs make up a large part of the rent, which makes it difficult to build affordable living space. Groener points out that the scarcity of land plays speculators in their hands and that the building contractors are often presented unjustified as Buhmänner.

Gröner has built over 5000 apartments in Berlin in the past, including projects such as the Lichtenberger Lofts and an apartment house in Charlottenburg. However, due to the exploding property prices, the company has withdrawn from the Berlin market in the past two years. The lack of purchasing power of the population contradicts the high rental prices and forces building contractors and Groener to rethink their construction projects.

The challenges in Berlin could be mastered by more efficient use of existing resources such as converting one -story buildings into apartment buildings. Gröner also suggests overbuing motorways to make room for new apartments. Despite these innovative ideas, there is often a lack of political willingness to cooperate, since construction projects are often blocked for ideological reasons.

Overall, the problem of lacking housing in Berlin is not only due to the lack of living space, but also because of political decisions and many years of ideological discussions. In order to improve the situation, all political forces would have to work together and develop a clear master plan for housing in order to prevent disillusionment and housing shortage from promoting extremist political views.