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  • Swiss Prime Quartier Riverside is ready for occupancy

    Swiss Prime Quartier Riverside is ready for occupancy

    In Zuchwil, the new residential and work area Riverside is now ready for occupancy. According to a press release , the first tenants will move into the Widi Huus and Sulzer Huus in October. The project of the Swiss Prime Investment Foundation is characterized by modern energy supply and traffic management as well as recreational opportunities. It was also developed by the Swiss Prime Investment Foundation in Olten as a “living space”. As a location in the country with all the amenities of an urban place. The new Riverside district combines living and working. The Aare in turn connects nature with the city. The quarter has direct access to the river.

    According to Jérôme Baumann, President of the Board of Trustees of the Swiss Prime Investment Foundation, “120 apartments have already been rented. Only a few are available. ”The apartments offer a lot of quality of life. The Solothurn architect Benedikt Graf from gsj architects and agps architecture was quoted as saying that the choice of materials was "extremely careful". The heat generation for heating and water takes place sustainably via a groundwater heat pump. Natural cooling is in operation in summer.

    All apartments are designed according to the guidelines of Procap Switzerland and are wheelchair accessible. There are individual charging stations for e-vehicles at the visitor parking spaces. The parking spaces in the underground car park can also be equipped with a charging station. All five houses of the first stage should be occupied by autumn 2022.

  • Riverside benefits from pop-up pickling

    Riverside benefits from pop-up pickling

    The Riverside in Zuchwil combines the best of both worlds: urban amenities and rural tranquility. The owner is the Swiss Prime Investment Foundation, which not only attaches great importance to careful treatment of the environment, not only in this sensitive development. "For us, a holistic, sustainable development of this former Sulzer industrial area also includes regular exchange with the surrounding area and the community in order to be able to respond to the current needs of society in the further development of the existing master plan," says Tobias Hossfeld, Head Development at of Swiss Prime Site Solutions AG, the asset management team of the investment foundation. Markus Hauri, a genuine Solothurn native and his team from mha GmbH, is responsible for the structural developments. At the same time, Andreas Brunner and his team from Wincasa MUSM are working on the best possible management and marketing of the new quarter, which offers space for a wide variety of uses such as living, leisure and business. Seen in this way, around 20 people are permanently busy with the riverside area.

    Lots of momentum
    Last year the RiverYard garden pub was created in an industrial look, which not only received a lot of popularity from the region, but also works wonderfully as a marketing tool. Many guests were already interested in renting an apartment, even though the shell was not even finished. "We did not expect such a rapid momentum of its own", says Leo Smeets, Head Letting at Swiss Prime Site Solutions AG. He believes this development will continue in the future. The restaurateur would also like to stay on the site for the long term and is already working on new ideas with the development team. In the area of living, too, development is being advanced with care and continuity. Various projects are being worked out in line with ongoing demand and will be implemented in the coming years.

    Proximity to the quarter
    Riverside management is currently looking forward to inquiries from other interested parties, for example from the retail and service sectors or the catering industry. Seen in this way, the development from a former industrial area to a lively, diverse quarter is working very well. According to Hauri, more and more people are recognizing the qualities of the area and are able to establish a closeness. The effects of the pandemic have also resulted in only a few changes in rental inquiries.

  • Less cheap electricity consumption!

    Less cheap electricity consumption!

    The Riverside Zuchwil represents the sustainability strategy of the Swiss Prime Investment Foundation and the energy-efficient, future-oriented energy policy of the energy city of Zuchwil, which has been awarded gold status: "We have a district heating pipe at this location to which all existing buildings are attached," explains Markus Hauri from mha GmbH the energy concept. “In 2014 it turned out that this area could easily be developed into a 2000-watt district. Because in addition to district heating, we have river and groundwater here. In addition, in 2015 we put one of the largest photovoltaic systems (PV systems) into operation on an industrial hall. It has an area of around 37,000 square meters and marks the sustainable development of the area. " Newly built and renovated buildings all have a PV system, which in some cases is even built into the facade. There are also groundwater heat pumps, which also increase comfort during the summer months. For example, the groundwater can be used for free cooling by means of pumping operations in order to lower the internal temperature by two to three degrees.

    Clean electricity for the price of dirty electricity
    For several years, the development team under the leadership of Swiss Prime Site Solutions AG has been looking for an energy concept with the highest possible self-consumption value. The cleanly generated electricity should be made available to the residents and users of the quarter directly. This is possible with the help of its own medium-voltage network, called RiverGrid, which the Sulzer company previously operated on the site. "Thanks to this internal power grid, we can primarily distribute the clean PV electricity to our tenants and thus perhaps one day supply the entire area with energy", says Hauri, formulating the energy strategy of the Swiss Prime Investment Foundation. In order to be able to guarantee this throughout the year, it must be possible to store the excess PV energy not only for a short time, but also for a long time. In addition to license / ion and salt water batteries, alternative solutions based on hydrogen or with compressed air are also being tested. “Our goal is to be able to supply the tenants on the riverside with 'clean electricity' at a cheap price from 'dirty electricity' at all times,” concludes Hauri, following the slogan “Less” formulated by Solothurn rocker Chris von Rohr and Greenpeace Dräck ».

  • Swiss Prime Site Solutions is developing a new quarter

    Swiss Prime Site Solutions is developing a new quarter

    Swiss Prime Site Solutions is developing a new “living space” for the Swiss Prime Investment Foundation, as stated in a press release by Swiss Prime Site Solutions . The foundation stone for the Riverside project was laid on July 10, 2020. The development is under the motto "Urban living – surrounded by nature". Construction work will begin in the northwest, where the area is located directly on the Aare and closest to the city of Solothurn. From there, the new quarter will develop in further construction stages to the south and east.

    "Anyone who lives and works in the Riverside has, in addition to a chic apartment or a modern workplace with modern infrastructure, a multi-faceted quarter including local recreation on the Aare that meets the highest demands," explains Anastasius Tschopp, CEO of Swiss Prime Site Solutions. He speaks of a "lighthouse project for our client Swiss Prime Investment Foundation (SPA) and at the same time important for the entire Solothurn region".

    Initially, 140 rental apartments are to be built directly on the banks of the Aare. The first tenants should be able to move in in winter 2021. More than 280 Swiss pension funds are both financiers and investors in the SPA. "We are currently carrying out the sixth emission for the SPA," said Tschopp. The subscription period lasts until July 22, 2020. The development program of the customer SPA currently amounts to around CHF 600 million and includes projects and real estate across Switzerland.