Overview

• About 2,200 residents must vacate by 8 a.m. Sunday as streets close and bus lines reroute under the city’s safety plan
• Preparations completed include asbestos removal and the installation of charges for a 12 p.m. Kipp-Kollaps-Faltung controlled explosion
• The 63-metre high-rise contained 160 apartments and has stood empty since July 2020 following ongoing security and social-fraud issues
• This is the third demolition in the phased teardown of six Weiße Riesen towers, following blasts in 2019 and 2021, and marks the 'for now' final explosion
• State and federal grants totaling about €12 million will fund the transformation of the cleared site into a 6.5-hectare city park while three privately owned towers remain standing