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Quarters & Developments

Military Site in Mannheim

Client

MWS Projekt­entwicklungs­gesellschaft mbH

Location

Mannheim, Germany

Projektduration

July 2012 – December 201

Plot area

144 ha

Net floor area

670.000 m²

New residents

ca. 6.000

Development volume

ca. 220 Mio. €

By 2015, US forces in Mannheim will hand back six barracks. Drees & Sommer development consultants are formulating a conversion strategy for the vacated sites, which have a total area of some 500 hectares. They are also supporting the local authority with the definition of basic design data and purchase processes.

Among these barrack facilities are for example the Hammonds Barracks, the Taylor Barracks, the Spinelli Barracks, the Funari Barracks, Benjamin Franklin Village and Sullivan Barracks.

Additional value

  • Technical expertise at a very early stage of development
  • Transparency of budget and schedule
  • Profitability of the project secured
  • Support for acquisition and planning processes
  • Targeted conduct of negotiations
  • Cost saving when buying land
  • Significant reduction of administrative Workload

Individual services

  • Determination of basic design data and inventory
  • Development of land-use concepts/urban master plan
  • Strategic consulting on the purchase of the barracks from the Federal Office for Real Estate Management
  • Investor services/investor selection process
  • Scheduling
  • Profitability analysis/development of business plans
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