The demolition excavators are at work on the former Zurich Insurance office campus. After the preparatory tree felling work at the beginning of the month, the demolition of the former office building in the area between Worringer Strasse and Oppenheimstrasse has now begun. The row of office buildings at Worringer Strasse 3 to 9 has already been closed; where the buildings used to stand, there is a broad view of the area.
The red brick office building at Worringer Strasse 11 to 13 is also to be laid down in a later construction phase, with the office buildings at Oppenheimstrasse 2 to 14 on the other side of the site.
The demolition work on the former Zurich site is well advanced.
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Zurich has moved to Cologne-Deutz
The three buildings at Riehler Strasse 88 to 92, with the striking Agrippina statue above the entrance, are listed and will remain. Zurich Insurance moved to Deutz Messe-City at the beginning of September, and the Zurich branch in Bonn was also relocated there.
The project developer Corpus Sireo is planning 284 new apartments with a size between 45 and 160 square meters, 30 percent of which are publicly subsidized. The first apartments are to go on sale from spring 2021; the overall project completion is planned for the end of 2024.
Residents criticize construction plans
The residents who are members of the IG Neustadt-Nord / Villenviertel continue to criticize the project: Above all, they criticize the flat roof construction of the planned multi-family houses which, in their opinion, does not fit into the neighborhood, as well as traffic and development problems and the loss of greenery. The neighborhood association has meanwhile turned on the Cologne district government to check whether the administration was allowed to get the project off the ground by means of an urban development contract under Section 34 of the Building Code, without a development plan and regulated public participation. The association is aiming for a citizen information evening, possibly in digital form.
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