Heimberg: Bernese pension fund and Frutiger develop Rigips site
The more than 30,000-square-meter company site of Rigips AG in Heimberg, Bern, is to become a neighborhood. A good 300 residential units and 200 jobs are planned.
The Bernische Pensionskasse and Frutiger AG, as project promoters, want to realize a mixed use with residential, commercial and generally accessible open spaces on the former Rigips AG site. The 30,600 sqm site is located in the northern district of Untere Au in a central, well-developed location in the immediate vicinity of Heimberg train station.
As can be seen from the guideline concept for "Louelipark", individual, manageable residential units are to be built as point houses or short row buildings. Public uses are planned on some first floors. A low commercial building is planned facing Stockhornstrasse, which will reduce noise emissions. According to the concept, the building height varies from two to seven stories and a ten-story building volume. A total of approx. 300 apartments are planned, 60 of which in the condominiums and around 240 as rental apartments.
The public consultation process is currently underway, and the large-scale project is to be put to the vote in the summer of 2024. (ah)
