Basel: Roche submits building application for "Bau 2
Roche is continuing the modernization and densification of its Basel headquarters. The pharmaceutical group recently submitted the building application for "Building 2".
Building 2" will be located next to "Building 1", which was inaugurated just over a year ago, and will tower over this high-rise by around 30 meters. Initial preparatory work has already begun, and the actual construction work is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2018.
Roche is investing a total of three billion CHF in its headquarters, with "Building 2" alone accounting for 550 million CHF. When completed, the high-rise will be 205 meters high and house a total of 2,400 on 50 floors. In contrast to "Building 1," "Building 2" will be a pure office building.
In addition to the spectacular high-rise, other buildings are being constructed: Three new office and service buildings are being built on the western edge of the site, plus a warehouse building for site logistics on the eastern edge towards Schwarzwaldallee. A research and development center is planned along Grenzacher Strasse. The complex consists of four buildings up to 112 meters high which, when completed, will provide workplaces for 1,900 scientists. A test and control laboratory is being built on Wettsteinallee, and at the same time other office buildings will be modernized starting in 2018. (ah)
