Overview
- CDU parliamentary leader Dirk Stettner said on Sunday that the party will insist on 'Randbebauung' of Tempelhofer Feld as a condition in coalition talks after the 20 September election.
- An architects' draft published this week proposes roughly 21,000 apartments on about one third of the site, and CDU figures say the edges could hold between 20,000 and 30,000 homes.
- A representative IHK poll reported 59 percent support for a moderate edge build to create housing, giving the CDU a public backing argument for the proposal.
- The 2014 Volksentscheid that legally bans building on the former airport remains in force, and Stettner rejects a new referendum, saying any change should come through parliament and legal adjustment.
- Mayor Kai Wegner has tasked Finance Senator Stefan Evers with a financial feasibility study and said the state could develop the project itself, a step that would shape costs, timelines and public control.