Building contractor Gröner: Why he no longer builds in Berlin

Building contractor Gröner: Why he no longer builds in Berlin

Christoph Gröner, a well -known building contractor in Germany, has its business in Berlin, but has not been building anything in the capital for two years. In 2020 he generously donated to the Berlin CDU, but he describes himself as a convinced social democrats. Despite its commitment to ecological building, the construction costs have increased drastically, which makes it difficult to create affordable living space. The immense property prices in cities such as Munich and Hamburg have strongly influenced the total costs of a construction site.

Berlin has experienced a significant increase in property prices in recent years, which makes it difficult to create affordable living space. Gröner emphasizes that the main factor for rising rental prices in Berlin are the extremely high costs for land. The construction costs, on the other hand, only make up part of the total costs. Although the construction costs have increased in the past two decades, Gröner sees the real Problem in speculation with scarce plots.

GRÖNER has restricted the construction of new real estate in Berlin in recent years because the exploding property prices impair the profitability of the new building. He emphasizes that the purchasing power of the Berliners is not sufficient to cover the high rental prices and at the same time to cover the property costs. For this reason, his company retired from the Berlin real estate market in 2022.

The experienced building contractor makes suggestions to cope with acute lack of apartment in Berlin. He pleads for more efficient use of available areas and suggests that former motorway sections to overstrain to make room for residential units. Despite the challenges through ideological discussions and political resistance, Gröner is committed to creating a master plan to advance housing in Berlin and to remedy the lack of living space.