Green roofs, solar systems and three large inner courtyards: In the long term, affordable apartments and jobs are to be created on the site of the former “Selgros” wholesale chain in Bahrenfeld. A visualization now shows for the first time what the residential area and the office-laboratory campus could look like in the future. Before that, something else is planned for the area.
The property owner “Captiva Investment Management” had already acquired the 2.8 hectare area on Tasköprüstrasse in 2018. “Selgros” operated a wholesale market there until the end of 2023 – now around 450 publicly funded apartments and an office-laboratory campus are to be built by 2027/2028.
Former “Selgros” area: These are the plans
The plans in detail: In the northern part, “Captiva” is planning the seven-story residential buildings with green courtyards, an underground car park, daycare center and playgrounds. On the ground floor there are areas intended for retail and crafts.
The now closed “Selgros” branch in Bahrenfeld Florian Quandt
The now closed “Selgros” branch in Bahrenfeld
An “international technology company is to be located in the southern part,” according to the real estate company’s statement. This wants to expand in Hamburg with around 1,000 employees and needs offices and laboratories for this.
On Wednesday, the plans by the Hamburg architectural firm “Schenk Fleischhaker” were presented in the Altona town hall. The builder and owner of the buildings should therefore become “a housing industry company”.
The site should previously be used for refugee accommodation
There is support for the project across all parties at the district political level. “The planning shows how we can use fallow land for sustainable and socially just urban development,” says Altona’s SPD parliamentary group leader Sören Platten. Gesche Boehlich (Greens), chairwoman of the urban development committee, described the project as a “stroke of luck for Altona”. Katarina Blume, parliamentary group leader of the FDP, recalled that “large investments from the real estate industry” are currently very rare. “It’s good that we experience things differently here.”
Construction is scheduled to start in spring 2026. Before that, however, the currently empty halls will be temporarily used as emergency accommodation for up to 650 refugees for a year from mid-December.
