Overview

• Bavaria’s building ministry recently announced it intends to sell the soon-to-be-vacant Strafjustizzentrum, citing strained public finances.
• Minister Christian Bernreiter argues sale proceeds could deliver more affordable units elsewhere in the Munich region.
• The ministry says it will explore contractual conditions with the city for affordable housing by a private buyer, which the Rathaus rejects.
• Mayor Dieter Reiter’s open letter asks for publication of a feasibility study on housing at the site and warns a top-bid sale could fuel displacement in Maxvorstadt.
• Courts and prosecutors are moving to the new Leonrodplatz complex with first trials expected next year, freeing roughly 17,500 square meters on Nymphenburger Straße.