Initial situation
Where military use shaped the site for many years, one of Berlin’s largest new residential neighborhoods is now set to grow. With the adoption of the development plan in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district in 2024, the legal planning basis for implementing the new Neulichterfelde urban quarter was established.
The previous owner of the site and the project partners degewo, as well as the joint venture between degewo and WÖHR + BAUER, concluded all major agreements for the partnership-based development of Neulichterfelde in March 2026.
Concept
Directly next to the Lichterfelde Süd S-Bahn station, the realization of one of Berlin’s largest new residential neighborhoods is beginning. It will bring together housing, natural areas, and social infrastructure. Around 2,700 housing units, 3 daycare centers, a primary school, a sports field as well as a sports hall, local amenities, and generous green spaces will create a neighborhood in which several thousand people will find a new home.
The project also represents a central task of Berlin’s urban development: creating urgently needed housing while developing livable, diverse neighborhoods. Neulichterfelde will therefore not only be a new neighborhood – it also demonstrates that Berlin can implement major urban development projects collaboratively. Municipal and private companies are working together as partners on this scale and pooling their respective strengths: long-term land development, social responsibility for affordable housing, and professional implementation. It is precisely this cooperation that makes the project an example of how urban development can succeed in a growing metropolis.
June 3 marks the launch of the development of a modern and socially balanced urban quarter in southwest Berlin with a high quality of life. It is of importance to the entire city, because a new home for more than 5,000 Berliners is being created here in a natural setting, including many apartments with affordable rents. This is roughly the size of the Hansaviertel neighborhood in Mitte. Projects like this are essential if we are to create the urgently needed housing in our growing city.
Christian Gaebler, Senator for Urban Development, Building and Housing, Berlin
The details
The details
Approximately 2,700 housing units are being created in Lichterfelde Süd on a total development area of around 36 hectares, including:
- more than 1,000 apartments in degewo’s portfolio, more than 50% of which are subsidized,
- around 850 apartments in the joint venture between degewo and WÖHR + BAUER,
- around 430 apartments by WÖHR + BAUER as commissioned developer (Service Development),
- around 420 terraced houses.
Approximately 61 hectares, including the “Lichterfelde pasture landscape,” will be preserved as an important natural area.
Architects:
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Address:
12203 Berlin-Lichterfelde Süd
