Overview

• The Bogensee site spans 16 hectares and includes the former Goebbels villa and a defunct FDJ youth high school that have been unused since 2000.
• Annual upkeep costs are estimated at €250,000 to €300,000 while full restoration and development would require at least €300 million.
• Out of 253 expressions of interest, Berlin Immobilienmanagement GmbH has shortlisted 13 bidders and asked them to submit detailed usage and financing plans.
• Facing potentially prohibitive investment costs, the agency is obliged to explore demolition of the historic buildings, with teardown expenses likely running into tens of millions of euros.
• Brandenburg’s Barnim district and the Wandlitz municipality are pushing for a democracy-focused reuse to convert the former propaganda site into a civic education hub.