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A new development is emerging at Marienhain in Berlin’s Köpenick district. On a disused site, Deutsche Wohnen is building “Marienufer” – a new neighbourhood that will offer a new home to people of all generations. The property is right on the banks of the Dahme at Wendenschloßstraße and offers a few special features that will benefit the general public, as well as future residents: a small woodland that will be home to a public garden, the listed Villa Bolle, a park with play facilities and a riverside promenade.

Deutsche Wohnen announced today the publication of its 2019 Sustainability Report, in which it provides information on its various sustainability-related activities.

Gropiusstadt is a city of superlatives. It all starts with Walter Gropius, who gave the building his name and is one of the most influential architects in the world. His mission was to quickly create a lot of new housing in West Berlin, still very much affected by the Second World War. The GEHAG, which later merged into Deutsche Wohnen, also commissioned him to do so.

The pandemic has changed what we need to live and work. However, aside from the crisis, the property sector is already facing megatrends, such as digitisation and an ageing society, that are set to impact the future of living and housing. Deutsche Wohnen picked up on this early on and has already been working with proptech firms for several years. Now we’re going a step further and working with Zukunftsinstitut, who are set to advise us on recognising and taking advantage of key trends.

What does the digital building of the future look like? At bautec, the Berlin trade fair, eight digital service providers will present their integrated solution for a smart building – based on Deutsche Wohnen’s specifications.

Refurbishing listed buildings is a real challenge. As one of the biggest private owners of such properties, it is Deutsche Wohnen’s responsibility to balance laborious building preservation works, sustainability and economic viability.

The Weisse Stadt in the Berlin district of Reinickendorf is one of six estates of Berlin Modernism (Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne). It was designed and built in the late 1920s by the architects Otto Rudolf Salvisberg, Bruno Ahrends and Wilhelm Büning. It is seen as an icon of early 20th-century estate construction.

Six Berlin housing estates were made UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2008. Four of these Estates of Berlin Modernism (Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne) are owned by Deutsche Wohnen. The purpose of these world-famous architectural marvels, built in the 1920s and 1930s, was to meet the needs of the people who lived in them. They were designed to offer flexible solutions, built to last. That’s why they still work today.

A key criterion at Deutsche Wohnen for evaluating the success of the company is the satisfaction of our tenants. This is why, starting today, the company is posting a survey to around 28,000 households Germany-wide, giving them the opportunity to report back on their experiences and suggestions. In this year’s survey, which is being conducted in partnership with the market research institute AktivBo GmbH, the households receiving the survey are in Frankfurt/Main, Mainz and Berlin-Steglitz. Deutsche Wohnen has conducted an annual tenants’ survey since 2019. With this year’s survey, which is now the fourth, a so-called full survey has been achieved, i.e. all the households across the entire holdings of Deutsche Wohnen have been consulted once.

Deutsche Wohnen welcomes the rulings of the Higher Regional Court of Berlin of last Thursday. In two appeal proceedings, the court decided to reject the appeals with which the housing association Friedrichshain mbH [Wohnungsbaugeselleschaft Friedrichshain – WBF] had once again sought to obtain interim injunctions against the purchase of Blocks B-North and C-South by Deutsche Wohnen. In the third set of proceedings, the court intends to reject the appeal of WBF by means of a simple decision, i.e. without an actual hearing, on the grounds that the appeal is clearly unfounded.