600 Million for the Forum of the Future
A new phase of construction is beginning at the University of Zurich campus. After two years of demolition and excavation, the cornerstone for the FORUM UZH was laid on September…
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What Will Become of Chur’s Most Famous Residential Tower?
At Aspermontstrasse 19, a new chapter is beginning for one of Chur’s most famous buildings. The Lacuna high-rise is undergoing extensive renovation after approximately 70 tenants were forced to vacate…
Switzerland’s Most Densely Populated Neighborhood Looks Ahead to 2050
What might a dense urban neighborhood look like in 2050 if cars no longer set the pace? Architecture students at the FHNW have developed visualizations for this in the Matthäusquartier…
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Wittenbach is making significant progress in the rental housing sector
In Wittenbach, the Widenbach project and the Bächipark site are set to create almost 130 new rental flats. The largest part of this comprises 62 units, which are due to…
Home ownership in Switzerland continues to lag behind
The OECD is sounding the alarm. Whilst the affordability of home ownership in Germany and France has improved noticeably since 2021, the price-to-income ratio in Switzerland continues to rise. For…
More flats, but no real cause for relief
Housing construction in Switzerland is picking up again, but the bottleneck remains a persistent problem. Wüest Partner forecasts around 50,000 new flats in 2027, following a low of 39,000 in…
Lex Koller poses a threat to agios in property funds
Bern is targeting a sensitive area of the Swiss property market. The Federal Council wants to ban people living abroad from purchasing fund units and listed residential property shares. This…
immoTable Lucerne – Growth Requires Quality
At the 110th immoTable Lucerne, it became clear that the canton’s development cannot be measured solely by the number of new housing units or jobs. What matters most are available…
Frauenfeld’s structural plan is coming under pressure even before it has been approved
56 submissions received during the public consultation process have forced Frauenfeld into the next stage of the revision of the structural plan. The cantonal preliminary review is also expected by…
Basel is expanding its pharmaceutical facilities at a cost of 790 million
Building 51 marks the launch of a major project in Basel that is gathering significant momentum. At a cost of around 790 million Swiss francs, new production capacity for synthetic…
Allmend Lucerne loses grass pitch to make way for a new sports hall
A four-hall sports centre with after-school care places for around 150 children is to be built on the Luzerner Allmend. The City Council intends to secure 3.9 million Swiss francs…
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Kloten scraps plans to expand the Spitz care centre
Kloten is pulling the emergency brake on a major project that had already been approved. The expansion of the Spitz Care Centre, funded by a loan of 24.9 million Swiss…
Zurich removes three railway stops from the regional plan
Höri, Regensdorf-Industrie and Zürich-Herdern are set to be removed from the cantonal structure plan. This move affects not only transport projects but also development areas, as the canton is now…
275 flats on track following an injection of fresh capital
Vier Standorte, rund 275 geplante Mietwohnungen und 80 Millionen Franken neues Geld. Die HIG Immobilien Anlage Stiftung nutzt die frische Kapitalaufnahme, um zugekaufte Grundstücke, ein bewilligtes Bauprojekt und die Weiterentwicklung…
Zurich climbs to the top of the bubble risk rankings
In 2026, Zurich tops the global list of overheated housing markets. The UBS index has risen to 1.69 points, up from 1.55 points the previous year, whilst purchase prices, rents,…
SMG Replaces Key Figures
SMG Swiss Marketplace Group is restructuring its real estate management. Daniel Hendel, currently CEO of ImmoScout24 Germany, will take over as head of SMG Real Estate effective February 1, 2027.…
Roche is investing 790 million in its Basel location
Roche is investing 790 million Swiss francs in the future of its Basel headquarters campus. With Building 51 and the modernization of the adjacent Building 50, a new production infrastructure…
When Solar Roofs Become a Cyber Risk
Photovoltaics have become indispensable to Switzerland’s electricity supply. At the same time, every new grid-connected system creates a new digital vulnerability. An analysis by the National Cybersecurity Testing Institute shows…