Building project on Kennedyallee Hidden villa in Bad Godesberg to make way for new buildings

Bad Godesberg · A Bonn investor wants to demolish the abandoned house in Hochkreuz and build new apartments there for 15 million Euros. The city is preparing to disclose the building plans.

The plot on Kennedyallee still looks like a scene from a horror film. Behind a rusty iron gate, an overgrown path leads to house number 41. If you follow the path, overrun with leaves and undergrowth, after a short time you reach an unoccupied villa that has stood empty for many years. There could soon be 60 new apartments on this block – a Bonn investor wants to build a large housing complex there. The city is now planning to publish the plans and to consult the public.

“The design and number of the buildings have still not been finalised,” says Lutz Kelle, managing director of property developer Rhegio Plus. “According to current plans, there will be a complex of three buildings with an area of around 4000 square metres.” There will also be an underground car park with one parking space for each unit as well as places to leave bikes. “The entrance and exit should be on the Kennedyallee side,” says Kelle. “But that depends on the fire brigade and their security plan.”

According to the project sponsor, the buildings are to be two to three storeys with penthouses set back. “When everything works, it would be our wish to be able to start the build in autumn 2019 and to demolish the villa, which has stood empty for decades but which is still privately owned,” says Kelle.

Neighbourhood has mixed feelings

The project should cost 15 million Euros, including the price for the site. The plan had already been approved in principle by the Bad Godesberg district council and the planning committee in autumn 2016. “We support the plans,” says Marc Hoffman, deputy spokesman for the city. The new draft resolution states there is a shortage of housing in the city, but demand is steadily increasing. “The event at which we will present further plans as well as architectural drawings and perhaps also a model, could take place in February,” says Kelle. The district council is to make a final decision on 6 December, after the environmental committee meets.

In the meantime, the news that the rundown site is to have a new lease of life has spread in the surrounding neighbourhood. The plans have been met with mixed feelings from residents. “I think it’s good that something is finally happening there,” says Anneliese Appel, for example. “I live on the third floor of the neighbouring building and can no longer see the villa from there as the site is so overgrown.” Another resident is not so thrilled by the idea that apartments are to be built there. “I enjoy the green view,” she says. “When a construction site is there, that will be the end of our peace and quiet.”

Original text: Dennis Sennekamp. Translated by Kate Carey.

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