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Road map for

the future

A vision, persistence and cooperation turn a pro-
ject into reality that Berlin needs urgently: new
commercial spaces in the so-called Gleislinse area.
In the future, the area between the urban railway
stations of Schöneweide and Adlershof will be a
great source of inspiration for the entire district.

It was a hurdles race that began almost ten years
ago. However, most obstacles have since been overcome
and the finishing line is now in sight. Three partners –
Deutsche Bahn, the Berlin Senate Department for Urban
Development, and their provider, Adlershof Projekt GmbH
– are livening up the 45-hectare Gleislinse wastelands.
The development plan for the land with a listed round-
house has been created and is progressing at full steam
as regards providing the area with a vibrant future. There
will be public roads and green spaces for companies to
set up on 33 hectares over the coming years. Additionally,
the Schöneweide train station will not only be accessible
from two sides via a new bridge for cyclists and pedestri-
ans, but will also be home to new buildings and a large Neue Heimat: Die geschützten Zauneidechsen werden in Engagiertes Team: Frank Wittwer (Adlershof Projekt GmbH), Dominique Sandten (Senatsverwaltung für
Ausweichhabitate umgesetzt
Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt) und Wolfgang Stahnke (Deutsche Bahn)
courtyard – the Gustav-Hertz square – an urbanisation of New home: the protected sand lizards are being transferred Dedicated team: Frank Wittwer (Adlershof Projekt GmbH), Dominique Sandten (Senate Department for Urban
a former “dysfunctional” location. to alternative habitats Development and the Environment) und Wolfgang Stahnke (Deutsche Bahn)

The preparatory work was immense: “We have built a three- A customer can ask for as much meat as they want” says
kilometre-long track on the outskirts of the site”, states Stahnke.
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Wolfgang Stahnke, a Project Manager at DB AG. As a result,
the Wagner-Régeny street that spans the entire length of On the whole, Adlershof will benefit: the northern part of
the area can be extended to four kilometres, making the plot the development area is connected to the centre of Adlers-
Schlau mieten, accessible. “A part of the area can be connected with the hof. A bridge that goes over the tracks and main road will
shorten the way from the Johannisthal landscape park to
railway line using feeder tracks so all goods do not have to
wo die Klugen wohnen be transported by road”, says Stahnke. The railway invested Köllnische Heide. The green area along the railway line is
public and is one of the new homes to the protected sand
17 million euros into developing the area. The state of Berlin
contributed a further 16 million euros, 90 percent of which lizards. The animals have had the team run off their feet as
- 55 Wohnungen / ca. 4600 qm came from the fund for improving regional economic struc- no alternative habitats with sufficient room were available
- Wohneinheiten von 43 bis 140 qm ture (GWR). Money well invested: “Gleislinse is currently one for a long time. After years of searching, debates with the
- Maisonettes mit eigenem Garten of the most significant commercial spaces with potential in authorities and conservationists organisations meant that a
- Tiefgarage mit 50 Stellplätzen the city. Here the big new commercial areas are currently solution was found: The sand lizards are being collected and,
developed, which the growing city needs”, states Dominique to create a natural habitat for them, colonized at a number
Sandten, a Project Manager in the Senate Department for of newly furbished areas in Berlin as well as at the nearby
Beginn der Vermietung: Urban Development and the Environment. “Ten years ago, railway trail where thorne bushes were planted, sand ram-
parts constructed and neglected grassland seeded. The ani-
no one would have expected that there would be such high
wwww.plusbau.de Februar 2017 demand for commercial spaces in Berlin today”, adds Frank mals no longer live right in the middle of the Gleislinse. This
means that there will be a new commercial centre, which
Wittwer, a Project Manager of the Adlershof Projekt GmbH.
Meanwhile, Stahnke tells of many purchase requests. The has excellent transport connections.
plot sizes will be made to measure: “It’s like a meat counter.

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