Overview
- The planning committee, backed by the Green–SPD coalition, directed the investor to produce lower and slimmer design variants with visualizations, signaling a rework of MVRDV’s stacked-cubes concept.
- The city council allowed formal planning to continue for the north-side redevelopment, which would retain medical services and add offices, retail, gastronomy and leisure uses.
- Consideration of building on the city-owned south side, including affordable or starter housing, was deferred until open questions linked to the stadium are resolved.
- The proposed ‘Candidtor’ envisions a roughly 64‑metre tower and upgrades to the 1980s Ärztehaus, including energy renovation and some housing for trainees and students.
- Ownership of the north-site plot lies with Values via Candid GmbH & Co. KG, which bought it in 2020 for €58.2 million, as local tensions grow with the ‘Candidplatz für alle’ initiative opposing new construction.