Planning in Geneva: a difficult exercise
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immo!nvest+ Construction delays are also holding back the business sector
In Switzerland, lengthy procedures, objections and missed deadlines do not only affect residential construction. A new sector study on speeding up procedures in commercial construction confirms that the same obstacles…
Objections are holding up the planned expansion of the quarry
Seven objections are holding up the planned third phase of quarrying at the Zingel quarry in Seewen. This complicates a project which, according to the planning documents, is intended to…
The Digital Real Estate Summit is entering its next phase
On 4 March 2027, the construction and property sectors will come together for the eleventh time at the Digital Real Estate Summit at Trafo Baden. DRES27 brings together decision-makers from…
immo!nvest+ Geneva is seeing a boom in timber-framed housing
In Vernier, a nine-storey timber-framed building comprising 100 social housing flats is ready for occupancy. At the same time, another nine-storey residential block made of Swiss timber is taking shape…
Berlin Faces a Harsh Crackdown on Expropriations
Berlin has put the socialization of large housing stocks back on the political agenda. Now the federal government wants to rein in the states through federal legislation. Little will change…