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  • SNBS certifications in Basel for sustainability

    SNBS certifications in Basel for sustainability

    On March 30th, Stefanie Steiner, project manager of the certification organization SNBS, presented the certificate to the new cooperative housing project on Schorenweg in Basel and thanked the builder of the Northwest Housing Cooperative for the good work and handling of the certification.

    In particular, great importance was attached to social values such as a multi-purpose room or residents’ café. The SNBS building standard is a building standard that covers the building itself and the site in the context of its surroundings. It enables the needs of society, the economy and the environment to be equally and comprehensively included in planning, construction and operation. The prerequisite for this is the view of the entire life cycle of a property.

    The winning project, which emerged from a competition, is the final building block to close a vacant lot that resulted from the demolition of a former Novartis office building on Schorenweg. 94 apartments can be found in the buildings, which impress with their permeable structure and clearly defined outdoor spaces and passageways. The latter connect the different uses of the public, semi-public and private areas. The roofs accommodate a photovoltaic system with an output of approx. 230,000kWp, the settlement draws the electricity as a group for self-consumption (ZEV).

    Due to the central location near the train station, the number of parking spaces tailored to the use and the numerous bicycle parking spaces, the requirements for mobility from the energy efficiency path can be met. A spacious bicycle storage hall and numerous above-ground parking spaces encourage the use of fuel-free means of transport and support the sustainability concept of the client and the canton. By taking into account the social and economic aspects, which are checked in addition to the energetic criteria in the SNBS building certification, the SNBS building certification is a perfect supplement to the Minergie-P-ECO certification. As a building standard, the SNBS building allows the Comprehensively incorporating the needs of society, the economy and the environment into planning, construction and operation.

  • University of Basel gets new research building

    University of Basel gets new research building

    The University of Basel is planning to build a new building for the Department of Biomedicine on the site of today's Biozentrum on the Life Science Campus Schällemätteli, the university informs in a message . The department's 70 research groups, which are currently spread across five locations, are to be brought together in the new research building.

    Researchers from basic medical research and from university hospitals are active at the Department of Biomedicine. In the new research building, they will be provided with “the most modern infrastructure and the best framework conditions for high-performance research”, according to the announcement. In this way, the university wants to promote scientific and interdisciplinary exchange and strengthen its own competitiveness.

    The planned building will have around 35,000 square meters of space on two basement and nine upper floors, writes the university. It will be directly adjacent to the pharmaceutical center and offer space for around 700 employees and 200 students. The close proximity to the new buildings for the Biozentrum of the University of Basel and the Department of Biosystems of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich also enables researchers on the Schällemätteli life science campus to “share complex and costly key technologies”.

    The University of Basel will raise the funds for the new building on the financial market, the communication further explains. Construction is scheduled to start in 2023, and the building should be ready for occupancy in 2029. The building application was submitted to the building and transport department of the canton of Basel-Stadt on August 4th. The total contractor responsible for the new building will soon be determined via a public tender.

  • Steiner celebrates the topping-out ceremony in the new industrial park in Basel

    Steiner celebrates the topping-out ceremony in the new industrial park in Basel

    The new Werkarena business park in Basel celebrated topping-out on Friday. After construction began in autumn 2019, Steiner AG was able to complete the shell of the building complex, according to a media release.

    The first tenants should be able to move in from autumn. The Werkarena is designed for different types of companies. The lower floors offer a ramp system for small vans especially for the storage and logistics industry. Tenants can also use the existing office, meeting and conference rooms jointly.

    The upper floors offer a marketplace, a forum and rooms for new business models. They are primarily intended to address startups and small and medium-sized companies that are expanding their network and looking for a place for inspiration and exchange. The trade association Basel-Stadt and the Business Parc Reinach operate part of the commercial and business park, which particularly want to promote start-ups.

    The Werkarena is being built near the border with Germany, the A3 motorway and the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse airport. It is an initiative of the trade association Basel-Stadt , Immobilien Basel-Stadt , Business Parc Reinach , Steiner AG, smeyers AG and Picard Angst AG as well as other large companies.

  • Coop turns a Basel department store into a luxury hotel

    Coop turns a Basel department store into a luxury hotel

    The BâleHotels group, which belongs to Coop, is opening a 4-star boutique hotel in the middle of Basel's old town. The Hotel Märthof will open its doors on July 28, 2021. The renovation of the historic building began in 2019. Its neo-baroque facade will be preserved and will be combined with generous window fronts, according to a message from Coop . From 1983 a department store was housed in the complex.

    In the Märthof there will be space for 68 high-quality rooms as well as the Bohemia restaurant with a spacious bar and a terrace directly on the market square. The hotel also has a fitness and wellness area, a banquet room and a roof terrace.

    The BâleHotels Group is thus continuing to invest in the Basel location, according to Coop. The BâleHotels Group operates five hotels in Basel, Muttenz BL and Bern.

  • Parcel system should reduce delivery traffic

    Parcel system should reduce delivery traffic

    In the pandemic, the already growing online trade continued to grow, write the construction and transport department of the canton of Basel-Stadt , the association Pro Innenstadt Basel and the logistics cluster Region Basel in a joint message . The provider-neutral parcel systems they have developed are intended to remedy this. As part of a pilot project, the first of the so-called Smart Boxes has already been set up on Claraplatz.

    Another smart box is to be set up at St. They want to test the acceptance and effectiveness of the parcel systems by February 2023. "The current pilot project is intended to show how much the offer is being used and how much the daily traffic volume can be reduced with it," said Deborah Strub, chairwoman of the Basel region logistics cluster, quoted in the press release.

    The project is financed by the Office for Mobility of the Canton of Basel-Stadt and the Pro Innenstadt Basel association. “Residents of Basel can conveniently have the parcels they have ordered delivered to the Smart Box Basel, where they can pick them up around the clock,” explains the managing director of the association Mathias F. Böhm. The package systems are manufactured and operated by Huber AG . She has also developed a digital application for using the Smart Boxes.

  • Visionapartments offers 500 new apartments

    Visionapartments offers 500 new apartments

    Visionapartments will open three new buildings this year and next, according to a media release . The opening for the project in Basel is planned for July 2021. In a central location behind the Basel SBB train station, 125 studios in five different furnishing styles will then be available. A gym, restaurant, communal office and swimming pool will also be set up in the building.

    The projects in Glattbrugg and Lugano will follow in the coming year. 316 new apartments are being built in Glattbrugg alone. These are located in the immediate vicinity of Zurich Airport. In addition to the new apartments, a restaurant, a communal kitchen and a fitness and wellness area will also be built there. The property in Lugano will also open next year, on the shores of Lake Lugano. 55 new apartments are being built there. "Despite the current global crisis, we are following our mission to expand further," said Anja Graf, CEO and chairwoman of Visionapartments, in the press release. "We are proud of our growth and look forward to the completion of these real estate projects," she says of the projects in Glattbrugg and Lugano.

    Visionapartments was founded in Switzerland in 1999 and specializes in the rental of furnished temporary apartments. The company offers corresponding properties at 850 international locations.

  • Westhive wants to expand further

    Westhive wants to expand further

    Westhive sees an increasing demand for flexible office space. The Zurich-based provider, founded in 2017, therefore plans to open new locations in Basel, Zurich-Stettbach and Zug at the beginning of 2022. Geneva is to follow a year later, Westhive writes in a statement. The location there is to be set up in the new Alto Pont-Rouge and cover an area of 4500 square meters. It will also have its own fitness center, two restaurants and an event conference center.

    A total of around 1,000 jobs will be created at the four locations on 10,000 square meters. "All locations have a high proportion of private offices, for which we are seeing the greatest demand," Westhive co-founder Andreas Widmer is quoted in the press release.

    Westhive continued to see strong growth in 2020. The number of tenants has risen by over 50 percent. "We are seeing continuous demand for flexible offices and workplaces, even now that the home office is mandatory," says Widmer. "But most of all we are pleased that we have lost practically no members."

  • Basel begins converting to electric buses

    Basel begins converting to electric buses

    Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe ( BVB ) are planning to procure a total of 126 electric buses by 2027. The BVG are thus implementing the statutory mandate to operate their public transport services in the canton of Basel-Stadt with 100 percent renewable energy by 2027. In the coming days, BVB will tender the first procurement phase for 62 e-buses. They are scheduled to go into operation in 2022. "I am pleased that after a long planning phase we can finally take the first concrete steps towards an environmentally friendly and modern e-bus system", BVB director Bruno Stehrenberger is quoted in a media release .

    The services for the general planner of Garage Rank are also being put out to tender these days. It will be completely rebuilt between 2023 and 2027 because it no longer meets today's requirements. At a later point in time, living space is also to be realized there. During this construction phase, the buses will be parked on two replacement areas.

    Industrielle Werke Basel ( IWB ) is responsible for setting up a corresponding charging structure in Garage Rank and in the provisional parking areas. In addition, the IWB will install so-called occasional charging points at five terminal stops, where buses can recharge electricity while they are waiting. This increases their range and makes the entire bus network more flexible.

    Converting the bus fleet will cost a total of around 360 million francs. Of this, around 147 million Swiss francs go to the procurement of the e-buses. The construction of the new Garage Rank, the temporary fixtures and other minor infrastructure adjustments cost around 161 million francs. The costs for setting up the charging infrastructure by IWB amount to around 52 million francs. The corresponding loan application is now with the Grand Council.

  • Pandemie verzögert Erholung im Schweizer Hochbau

    Pandemie verzögert Erholung im Schweizer Hochbau

    Die Bautätigkeit im Hochbau werde in diesem Jahr um 3,1 Prozent geringer als im Vorjahr ausfallen, prognostiziert BAK Economics in einer Mitteilung zur aktuellen Bauprognose des Wirtschaftsforschungsinstituts. Im kommenden Jahr wird ein weiterer Rückgang um 1,8 Prozent erwartet. Als Begründung weist BAK Economics auf im Jahresvergleich gesunkene Zahlen bei im Bau befindlichen Projekten, Baubewilligungen und Baugesuchen hin. „Diese Indikatoren sprechen dafür, dass sich die Hochbautätigkeit in einem zyklischen Abschwung befindet“, erläutern die Analysten.

    Sie gehen von einem Abschwung in allen Sparten des Hochbaus aus. Dem Wohnbau käme dabei allerdings aufgrund des besonders hohen Anteils eine besondere Rolle zu, heisst es weiter in der Mitteilung. Hier hätten steigende Leerstände zu einem Rückgang der Baubewilligungen seit 2018 geführt.

    Der Betriebsbau werde hingegen vor allem von den Auswirkungen der Pandemie gebremst, da in dieser Sparte Bauprojekte von besonders betroffenen Branchen wie dem Tourismus erfasst werden, erläutern die Analysten. Den Abwärtstrend beim Infrastrukturbau führen sie hingegen eher auf zyklische Effekte zurück.

    Mittelfristig gehen die Analysten von einer wieder steigenden Hochbautätigkeit in allen Sparten und Landesregionen aus. Dem Wohnbau werden dabei schwächere Wachstumsraten als in der Vergangenheit prognostiziert. Gute Perspektiven sehen die Analysten aufgrund gewachsener Bedeutung von Transport- und Logistik für den Lager- und Hallenbau. Regional weisen sie der Region Zürich/Aargau sowie dem Genferseeraum die höchsten Wachstumsperspektiven zu.

  • Primeo Energie is planning two wind turbines in Muttenz

    Primeo Energie is planning two wind turbines in Muttenz

    Primeo Energie intends to build two wind turbines by 2023 in one of the six wind farm areas that the district administrator identified in the Basel structure plan in 2015. The location is in the Muttenzer Hard between the A2 motorway and the tracks of the Swiss Federal Railways ( SBB ). According to a press release , the electricity provider will be working with the municipality of Muttenz and the canton of Basel-Landschaft .

    With an annual output of 4.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity, the new wind turbine could supply an average of 1200 households with ecological energy. Primeo Energie is thus following the guidelines of the federal government's energy strategy and that of the canton of Basel-Landschaft.

    "All necessary preliminary investigations" have already been carried out for the construction. "The location of the two turbines is ideal," says the message. The area is not in a landscape protection area. In addition, consumers in industrial and residential areas are close. Therefore, a network connection can be implemented with little effort.

    In the trinational region of Basel there are not yet any wind farms except in the Black Forest. Primeo Energie cites the good ecological balance of wind turbines as a further plus point. In addition, they only had a minor impact on flora and fauna.