Gröner: Why Christoph Gröner has not been building anything in Berlin for two years

Gröner: Why Christoph Gröner has not been building anything in Berlin for two years

Christoph Gröner, one of the leading builders in Germany, has his business headquarters in Berlin, but has not been building anything in the capital for two years. In 2020, he generously supported the Berlin CDU with a donation of 820,000 euros. At a Future Forum of his Gröner Group in Berlin, he confessed to the Social Democrat. Gröner talks about the challenges regarding the construction costs and emphasizes that the actual problem is not the construction costs, but the increasing property prices.

In cities like Munich and Hamburg, the property prices are high, which makes it difficult to create affordable living space. Berlin has experienced an enormous price increase in building plots in recent years. The rents in the new building are 20 to 25 euros per square meter, with the majority of the property costs no longer apply. Gröner criticizes speculation with scarce plots that puts developers in a bad light.

Despite the great potential of Berlin, Gröner has severely restricted his construction activities in the past two years. The exploding property prices have made the new building business unprofitable. The purchasing power of the Berliners is no longer sufficient to cover the high rental prices and property costs. Therefore, Gröner is increasingly active in other cities such as Cologne, Leipzig and Karlsruhe, where purchasing power is higher.

GRÖNER advocates optimizing resource use in Berlin to combat the lack of housing. He suggests replacing one -story buildings with multi -storey people and overbuing the highways to make room for new apartments. Despite solutions, he criticizes the lack of willingness to create living space and emphasizes the need for a master plan that overcomes the ideological hurdles.

The discussion about affordable living space in Berlin requires a comprehensive and constructive approach to meet the needs of a diverse population. Gröner's insights show the complexity of the current challenges and the urgent need for a coordinated approach of all political parties to improve the living situation in Berlin.