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Bavaria Plans Sale of Redundant Munich Justice Complex

The state will hand over the 1970s Nymphenburger Straße site to private redevelopment so it can focus its limited budget on housing projects elsewhere

Overview

  • The Bavarian cabinet approved on August 14 to sell the old Strafjustizzentrum after its courts move to the new Leonrodplatz facility next year.
  • Building minister Christian Bernreiter argued that investing state funds in other locations can deliver more affordable homes than converting the existing complex.
  • The government has begun talks with the City of Munich to secure non-luxury housing conditions in the sale contract without directly funding redevelopment.
  • Private investors and developers will determine the final use of the 17,500 m² site under zoning and municipal planning rules, with pure luxury apartments explicitly ruled out.
  • The architects and climate advocates behind the Abbrechen abbrechen initiative are pushing to preserve and adapt the structure to avoid demolition emissions and create a low-commercial civic space.