Uncertainties about transforming workshop into a service center
The rundown on the old department store oughta be a total demolition job, but there's no master plan for it yet – and a good chunk of the city council wants toTransform the site into the House of Cultures instead.
Frank Nopper, Stuttgart's City Mayor (CDU), and Tomas Brause, the chairman of the works council, had penned an open letter to the staff back in April detailing issues with the planning of a contemporary customer service center on the site of the former railway directorate between Heilbronner, Jaeger, Ossietzky, and Kriegsberg streets. The planned "Front Office Hub" includes two new administrative buildings for over 2,000 workers, a refurbished railway directorate, a cafeteria, a daycare for staff's kids, and staff apartments. However, the project is temporarily stalled by Nopper after three years of joint planning with investor P+B.
While thestatus of the House of Cultures at the former railway directorate's site or the nitty-gritty of the earlier plans' issues hasn't been updated recently, it's clear there have been questions about the local government's Internal real estate policies arising from town hall circles. For up-to-date information on the project's progress or any roadblocks encountered, diving into official Stuttgart city planning resources or tuning into local news outlets would be wise moves.
In the midst of a standstill in the Front Office Hub project, some city council members are advocating for a different approach, such as transforming the old department store site into the House of Cultures. Despite the lack of recent updates on the specifics, questions regarding the city's internal real estate financing and investing strategies in real-estate developments have emerged in town hall circles.
