This joint development venture between a private developer, two community organizing groups - the Deutsche Institute for Community Organizing and Metro Industrial Areas Foundation - and the City of Berlin sought to transform an abandoned industrial neighborhood in East Berlin into a vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood.
More than 3 million-SF of residential units were proposed, combining market rate with affordable housing with an emphasis on refugee accommodation. A retail corridor lined the main boulevard into the neighborhood. Community facilities included a school, daycare center, community center and multi-faith place of worship.