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  • Memox acquires 2.8 million euros

    Memox acquires 2.8 million euros

    Proptech company Memox has successfully closed a Series A financing round, raising €2.8 million in capital. According to a media release, the financing round was led by Swiss Prime Site and 41 Group as well as other key players from the real estate, technology and investment banking sectors. Zurich-based Memox intends to use the sum raised to expand its positions in the so-called DACH region.

    Memox specialises in the design of meeting and conference rooms as well as the organisation of conferences in the business world. In doing so, experience as well as innovations after the Corona pandemic have been incorporated into Memox’s offers. Following the successful launch of 14 new rooms in the first half of 2023, Memox’s portfolio now comprises a total of 31 rooms in six locations in three cities. Memox is now active in Zurich, Basel and Frankfurt. The company’s operations currently generate annual revenues of €7 million, Memox announced in the statement.

    “Memox is already preparing a second round of financing to fund further market entries in Germany and Switzerland,” Dirk Reiner, CEO at Memox, is quoted as saying in the release. “With the current trends in the working world and in the real estate environment, Memox is ideally positioned to conquer the market.”

  • Relocatees are looking for a long-term home

    Relocatees are looking for a long-term home

    Extending a family is the most common reason for moving in Switzerland, explains the Zurich University of Applied Sciences(ZHAW) in a press release. It has investigated the relocation behaviour of the Swiss population in a study conducted jointly with the Federal Office of Housing, the Fédération Romande Immobilière, the Swiss Homeowners’ Association and Raiffeisen Switzerland. According to the results, around 45 percent of 1094 respondents in German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland are currently considering a move.

    “In general, housing satisfaction is high among the Swiss population,” co-project leader Holger Hohgardt of the Institute of Wealth and Asset Management at ZHAW is quoted as saying in the statement. According to the study’s findings, people are kept at their place of residence in particular by their spatial and social environment. “People in Switzerland move on average 5 to 6 times in their lifetime and want a long-term home,” Hohgardt explains.

    An increase in living space or a change from renting to owning their own home were most frequently cited as reasons for a change by respondents who were willing to move. Behind the desire for more living space is often starting a family or expanding. Conversely, the departure of children or retirement are rarely associated with a move. Only a minority is prepared to give up home ownership. According to co-project leader Selina Lehner from the ZHAW School of Management and Law, the respondents probably find it difficult “to part with what they already have, even though they recognise that their housing needs have changed”.

  • Renewal of the Läbespark retirement home

    Renewal of the Läbespark retirement home

    The four existing main buildings and other auxiliary buildings in the Läbespark retirement home in Biberist are getting on in years: they were built between 1969 and 1995. In order to improve the quality of life for around 100 residents, the cooperative had a refurbishment project drawn up. Phalt Architekten AG, Wam Planer und Ingenieure AG and Neuland ArchitekturLandschaft GmbH were commissioned for this. A committee consisting of representatives of the Biberist community, the responsible cooperative and various experts accompanied the process.

    The alignment project forms the basis for the design plan process and the further project elaboration. The oldest house at Blümlisalpstrasse 12 will be replaced by a new building. The height of this is based on the existing building. Compact small apartments based on the Bonacasa building standard are planned. The 1.5 to 3.5 room apartments will have a wet room with a laundry tower and a loggia facing the park-like inner courtyard. A reduit complements the larger apartments. «The existing restaurant / café Pintli will move into the new building. To do this, we are revitalizing the premises of the former Pintli with commercial and service uses, ”says Ronny Fluri from Bonainvest AG, which takes on the building owner function for the cooperative. A common room is also planned, which should also promote social contact among the residents. The new building will have a parking garage.

    So the previous parking lot can give way to a piazza. “We are thus creating another meeting zone and upgrading the area. Our green park with a small pond will have a herb garden, more seating and various exercise elements that are intended to provide incentives for the residents, ”explains Fluri. The surrounding quarter will be better networked by footpaths. But there is still one problem to be solved: “The building that is being replaced has heating for two more houses. We would like to work with geothermal probes in the future. However, various investigations are still ongoing, ”says Fluri. When this has happened, the other buildings can at least be refurbished in terms of energy. There is still some time until construction begins: work is scheduled to start in 2023. The new building should be ready for occupancy at the end of 2024.