By the autumn of 2012, modern and sustainable office space with rental effective area of approximately 17,500 sqm will be created within the ten-storey building.

According to Bernhard H. Hansen, the CA Immo Management Board member responsible for development: “Following on from the new headquarters for Österreichische Post, we are creating an architectural highlight in the new Lände 3 district with our core refurbishment work on this building. Even now, the transformation of the site into a thriving urban space is obvious. In the next few years, the bar will be raised even higher as new usages come to the area, including residential units, hotels, restaurants and retail outlets. Investing some € 30 mn in the Silbermöwe project, we´re showing our commitment for the Lände 3 site as well as for the high potential of the entire third district.”

District director Erich Hohenberger has also emphasised the prime quality of the location: “The site is of key importance to the district around Landstrasse. A location by the Danube canal and close proximity to Wiener Prater and the city centre make this the ideal place to live and work. We are giving rise to a new neighbourhood here in the third municipal district, one that is sure to have a positive knock-on effect for the residential quarters it borders.”

Silbermöwe scheduled for completion in 2012
The revitalisation project is expected to be completed by the autumn, providing 17,500 sqm of usable office space. The project comprises two sections: a ten-level lengthwise edifice with arcades in the front area, neatly enclosing the second U-shaped section of seven levels. In addition to full renovation of the interior, the facades of both structures will be completely refurbished. The light grey and white colour scheme lends the building by the canal a silver sheen, an observation that inspired the name Silbermöwe, which means ‘silver seagull’.

Stringent sustainability criteria have been observed throughout the core refurbishment of the building. Amongst other things, an energy-efficient aluminium and glass facade is being installed, combining economic sustainability with climate control; a chilled ceiling system combined with radiators will also be integrated. These optimisation measures alone will roughly halve the previous heating and cooling energy requirement while cutting the building’s carbon emissions by 280 tons per year. When the refurbishment work has been completed, CA Immo will seek to attain green building certification for the building in line with ÖGNI/DGNB standards.

The Lände 3 site: mixing office, residential, hotel and retail usages
Early in 2010, CA Immo launched a large-scale development and restoration project on the Erdberger Lände site in Vienna’s third municipal district. The aim of the project, entitled Lände 3, was to establish a future-proof blend of residential, hotel, office and retail usages. Advantages of the construction site, which spans 5.5 hectares, include rentable effective area currently totalling some 80,000 sqm, excellent infrastructure (connections to the U3 underground line and airport link motorway), proximity to the city centre and a location close to the Donaukanal and Wiener Prater recreation areas. Having defined the concept for the site through a competition inviting ideas on urban planning in 2009, the city development commission approved further development in November 2010. The principal objective of the competition was to produce a future-focused plan encompassing residential, hotel, office and retail usages to be realised in several stages.

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About CA Immo
CA Immo was founded in 1987. The company develops and invests in commercial real estate (and in particular offices) in Austria, Germany and Eastern Europe. As at 31 December 2011, the company’s total property assets amounted to some € 5.2 bn. CA Immo is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange, with free float of around 83 % at the present time.

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