Tag: Wohnungen

Andermatt Swiss Alps AG sells a third more apartments

Andermatt Swiss Alps AG continues to see high demand for holiday apartments in the new Andermatt Reuss part of the village. The Andermatt-based company has completed a total of 420 units since construction began in 2007. 408 of them have been sold, 100 of them in the current year alone, according to a press release . That is another increase in sales of more than a third compared to 2020.

In the coming months, the company will hand over 130 new apartments around Piazza Gottardo to the owners. The place is on an infrastructure base called a podium. This is to be expanded to 20,000 square meters in order to be able to build more houses.

“This is one of the largest construction projects in the Alps and enables us to expand the Andermatt Reuss part of the village by a further 16 apartment buildings and two shopping streets with retail and gastronomy offers,” CEO Raphael Krucker is quoted as saying in the media release.

Two houses will go on sale this winter. Haus Elva will accommodate eleven apartments, each with up to four bedrooms. 18 apartments with one and two bedrooms are being built in Haus Mira.

Andermatt Swiss Alps AG plans, builds and develops the year-round destination Andermatt in the Alps. At the end of the day, the project should encompass a total of 2000 residential units with up to 10,000 beds in apartment buildings, hotels and chalets.

November 2021
Inventx can expand its headquarters in Chur

Inventx has received the green light to expand its headquarters in Chur, according to a press release . The IT service provider wants to build a new building on the area of the old forestry workshop in the city center. This should offer space for more than 200 employees. In addition, there will be space in the new building for apartments, restaurants, a daycare center and the Chur city archive.

Inventx has been planning to expand its headquarters for four years. However, the project was delayed due to “objections from the neighborhood”. Ultimately, the complaints landed before the federal court. But she rejected this.

“We are pleased that the project can now finally be realized and that the fallow area in the city center is revitalized,” says Mayor Urs Marti (FDP) in the press release. “In addition, the project strengthens Chur as a business location in the long term and thus also strengthens the city’s position as an attractive ICT location,” he adds.

October 2021
Baden's tallest building is called Akara Tower

In addition to other projects, the tallest residential and office building in the city is being built on the former ABB site near Baden's train station. In the meantime, the name for the 66 meter high tower is also known: Akara Tower. The client is Akara Funds based in Zug, planning and construction are carried out by HRS Real Estate from Frauenfeld TG. The real estate company Markstein AG , based in Baden, has been commissioned to market the commercial and office space in the Akara Tower and the rental apartments.

In terms of traffic, 150 rental apartments are being built in the Akara Tower in the best traffic location, just a four-minute walk from the train station. They have 1.5 to 4.5 rooms. Office and service space can be rented on floors two to four. There are two commercial spaces on the ground floor. Marketing of the office space will start this autumn. The apartments will be advertised for rent from summer 2022. The move into the Akara Tower is planned for the fourth quarter of 2023.

The planning also includes the establishment of parking spaces. Next to the high-rise building and under the future town square, an underground parking garage with almost 500 parking spaces is being built. The parking spaces provided for the high-rise are also located there. There are also around 350 bicycle parking spaces available.

September 2021
City Pop: New app for microliving

City Pop combines the need for microliving apartments with social living. This is how City Pop differs significantly from other microliving providers. «Our app should meet the needs of our guests and meet the requirements for sustainable living. All services relevant to everyday life can be accessed centrally in one place and are easy to use. We also want to provide tenants with an uncomplicated platform on which they can network and exchange ideas. The aim is to create a real community that helps new tenants to integrate into the respective city, ”explains Manuel Sassella, CEO of City Pop.
Innovation and flexibility
The app is the heart of City Pop and the key to the City Pop apartments and the associated services. For example, the apartment can be viewed autonomously before booking. A time slot can be reserved via the app during which individual access to the apartment is possible. Booking and management of the rental agreement for the apartment, ancillary rooms and services are also carried out directly via the app. City Pop confirms the conclusion of the contract in just under 30 minutes and unlocks the virtual house key. «Last year we focused on creating a new and leaner user interface – using solid, secure and scalable technologies. A brand new, engaging and interactive experience that adapts to the needs of our guests, not the other way around. The focus is on innovation and maximum flexibility, ”says Alex Sassella, City Pop's Chief Technology Officer and responsible for the development of the app. The experiences and needs of the guests are continuously integrated into the further development of the entire City Pop concept via the app's feedback functions and thus also flow into the future design of the houses and apartments.
Community idea in the foreground
In addition to the additional services such as laundry and cleaning service, delivery service or car and bike sharing, the app also offers "house chat" – the opportunity to easily get in touch with neighbors, to meet up and exchange ideas. The “Around you” column shows what offers and activities are available in the area. City Pop's social living concept includes not only virtual, but also physical spaces that are intended to promote exchange, such as common rooms for events and coworking spaces.
City Pop is expanding nationally and internationally
City Pop is the first provider in Switzerland to have developed a holistic microliving concept in which living space, innovative technology and social community ideas go hand in hand. The implementation takes place at national and international level. In Switzerland, the Swiss company offers apartments in Zurich and Lugano. The occupancy rate in the apartments is over 98% on average. Further projects in Lausanne, Zurich, Geneva and Basel are under construction and will be ready for occupancy over the next two years. In addition, City Pop took over around 1,300 apartments in Switzerland and Europe last year, which are currently being converted in accordance with the City Pop concept. Including cities like Milan, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Dublin, Berlin, Frankfurt and Prague. City Pop aims to operate 15,000 apartments in 57 major European cities by 2025.
Further information on City Pop's innovative living concept is available at: www.citypop.com
Download the app from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store

June 2021
Rental prices drop slightly in March

The prices for rents fell in March compared to the previous month by 0.4 percent. This short-term development is only reflected in the national averages. In the most expensive and densely populated regions, rents rose in March, according to the latest data from the Swiss Real Estate Offer Index. In the long term, too, prices have increased on average.

Tenants in the Lake Geneva region had to pay 0.2 percent more in March, and even 0.9 percent in the greater Zurich region. According to a press release, rents in north-western Switzerland also rose by 0.3 percent, in eastern Switzerland by 0.2 percent and in Ticino by 1.9 percent. In Central Switzerland, on the other hand, rents fell by 1.2 percent. Over the year as a whole, rental prices rose by an average of 0.6 percent for the country.

In the case of home ownership, prices have also developed differently, depending on the type of residence. While those interested in condominiums benefited from an average of 0.4 percent lower prices in March, buyers of single-family homes had to add 1 percent.

In the past twelve months, home prices even rose by a record 7.2 percent. While the square meter cost 6398 francs in March 2020, it was 6857 francs in March of this year.

In the case of condominiums, the plus of 3 percent was somewhat more moderate. Here, the price per square meter rose from 7,366 francs in March 2020 to 7,587 francs in March 2021.

The data of the Swiss Real Estate Offer Index is created in real time on the basis of advertisements on the real estate platform ImmoScout24 and in cooperation with the real estate consultancy IAZI AG .

April 2021
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.

March 2021
Apartments close to the center on the brewery area

The premises of the H. Müller AG brewery and the Burger heirs are directly adjacent to the Baden train station and are within walking distance of Baden's old town. Beer has been brewed on the site since 1897. Today the areas are densely built with commercial uses. The brewery H. Müller AG intends to build the centrally located company
to develop the area and to make better use of it. The area to be built corresponds to the size of a football field. Five multi-storey buildings with 145 apartments are planned, offering space for around 250 people as well as various commercial spaces and services. Plots A, B, C and E are in the planning phase. The brewery garden and beer production will be retained. Likewise the malt silo, the boiler and brewhouse, which are classified as historical. A beer hall is to be built next to it. The logistics, operation and administration of the brewery are outsourced to Lupfig. Otherwise the area will appear almost completely new.
Apartments close to the center
In addition, the Burger Heirs are planning an increase in the building adjoining the brewery garden to the south. The realization of apartments close to the center as well as the preservation of the brewery garden and the new connection through the future Brauereigasse were essential public interests, for which the city was committed. For the implementation of an overall project that was convincing in terms of urban planning, architecture and marketability, the preliminary work was ultimately transferred to the present design plan. The builders – the H. Müller AG brewery and the Burger heirs – expect that the first planning applications can be submitted in the course of autumn 2020. ■

October 2020
Almost all of the new apartments in Würenlos have been sold

In the middle of the center of Würenlos, the new Steinhof settlement with eight apartment buildings is being built directly on the Landstrasse. They offer 85 apartments and the community is expected to have around 200 residents. The first tenants or buyers should be able to move in in August 2022. Most of the two and a half to five room apartments have already been sold, according to an article in the “ Badener Tagblatt ”. However, there should also be buyers of an entire house among the investors, so that rental offers can also be expected in the future. “We expected a run on the apartments. But we would never have thought that things would go so well, ”said architect Martin Thalmann , whose company is located in Wettingen AG.

The settlement is close to the town center and the train station and also close to a forest, so that leisure time in close proximity to nature is possible. The client is Immopuls AG. The modern buildings also have underground parking garages.

The settlement is named after the traditional Steinhof inn . It was closed for a long time and only reopened as a hotel and restaurant in August after modernization. “Gasthof Steinhof, founded in 1850, has always been a veteran of hospitality and conviviality in Würenlos. In the middle of the 20th century it developed into a popular excursion destination in the region, not least thanks to a huge lawn for sunbathing and the associated zoo, ”says a self-portrait on the hotel’s website. This is now run by the Lisa and Juan Rodriguez family.

October 2020
The hotel construction site in Geroldswil has been secured

With more than 60 percent, the Geroldswilers approved an additional loan of 650,000 francs, which increases the project planning loan, which was too tight in 2017, to around 2.6 million francs. This means that work on the project can continue. A center development with a lower level garage, a major distributor in the basement and apartments on the upper floors are to be created. According to a media release by the municipality of Geroldswil , 872 voters voted for the approval of the additional funds. In contrast, there were 559 no votes with a participation of 50.45 percent.

The leases for the Hotel Geroldswil and the pizzeria on Dorfplatz are limited in time and will expire on December 31, 2021, the municipality announced when the project was presented . Based on an economic and feasibility study, the two floors with the hotel rooms are to be converted into apartments. As a supplement, a new building with family apartments is to be built as a so-called point building in the north-western part of the property. The current community hall is to be demolished and a new, modern and well-equipped community hall will be implemented as a connecting wing between the current Hotel Geroldswil and the apartment building. There should be space for one or two restaurants on the village square, it said.

The independent mayor Michael Deplazes is quoted in an article in the “Limmattaler Zeitung”: “The voters recognize the necessity of the project and understand why we are investing in age-appropriate apartments and in new buildings.” According to Deplazes, the planners and architects can now do their work again record: "We put a project freeze until the additional loan was approved because we cannot spend money that we don't even have."

The next ballot will take place on June 13, 2021. Then the people should decide on the building loan. "We expect an estimated 26 million francs," said Deplazes.

October 2020
St.Gallen receives future-oriented development

Previs Vorsorge is responsible for the new development in St.Gallen, according to a media release from the pension fund. The wooden superstructure will consist of two buildings with space for 110 rental apartments. The focus is on future viability and sustainability.

Certified wood and recycled concrete are used as building materials. Since the components are prefabricated, the construction time can also be reduced. It will be possible to move in as early as autumn 2021. There are numerous different apartment sizes available to those interested, from studios to 5.5 rooms.

A roof system contributes solar power, in principle the apartments are supplied with 75 percent renewable energy via district heating. There is a car sharing service available to residents, and they can also charge their electric cars in underground parking spaces. In addition, they can read their personal electricity consumption in real time via a so-called smart home system. A green space will be created between the two buildings, which will contribute to biodiversity with birdhouses and insect hotels.

Interested parties already have the opportunity to view the apartments in advance using VR (virtual reality) glasses.

August 2020
Pandemic slows the housing market

The coronavirus pandemic has left its first traces on the housing market, writes SVIT Switzerland in a message on the current online housing index ( OWI ). It is determined every six months by the Association of the Real Estate Industry in cooperation with the Zurich School of Economics ( HWZ ).

According to the current OWI, the number of advertisements for rental apartments placed on Swiss real estate marketplaces increased by 4 percent year-on-year to around 380,000 rental apartments between April 2019 and March 2020. A simultaneous decrease in the number of days on the market indicates a further increase in demand for rental apartments, explains SVIT.

However, the lockdown officially ordered in March to contain the coronavirus pandemic led to a 31 percent decline in the number of advertisements across Switzerland compared to the first half of March, SVIT further informs in the press release. “Despite this massive drop in supply”, the time on the market only fell by just under 5 days or 12 percent. This means that "the demand has also decreased by more than a third," writes SVIT.

In the twelve largest cities in Switzerland, the decline was "even more striking", explains the real estate industry association. In Lugano, the number of advertisements fell by 75 percent in the reporting period, while in Bern, Zurich and Winterthur there were 40 percent fewer advertisements than in the first half of March. A simultaneous only below average decrease in the time on the market shows that “the demand has collapsed even more or has come to a complete standstill,” writes SVIT. The association assumes that there could possibly be a catch-up effect in the second half of this year.

July 2020