Affordable holiday flats remain scarce in the Alps
Evolène and Goms top the list of the most affordable Alpine destinations analysed for 2026. According to UBS, prices for holiday homes there stand at 6,600 and 6,700 Swiss francs…
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San Bernardino is reviewing objections to Acuforta
In San Bernardino, objections are delaying the next phase of the Acuforta site development process. The municipality of Mesocco must now review more than five but fewer than ten submissions…
Arbon Lake Project Remains Stalled for Now
On the shores of Lake Arbon, the development of the former Metropol site continues to face delays. The design plan for the two 43-meter-tall Riva Towers will still not be…
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Schaffhausen Is Becoming a Laboratory for the Future
Climate change, resource scarcity, and the energy crisis are taking a toll on society. An international research team sees robotics as an untapped lever for change. In the journal *Nature…
Lerchenfeld Plans to Build Denser and Taller
In St. Gallen’s Lerchenfeld district, the city is establishing the framework for an increase in gross floor area from 65,000 to approximately 185,000 square meters. In certain areas, buildings up…
New replacement development combines housing, commercial use and urban regeneration
In Rapperswil-Jona, the redevelopment of the vacant centre on Untere Bahnhofstrasse is set to deliver not only 77 flats and new retail space. The project will also alter the street…
St. Moritz gets Du Lac back on track
Following the withdrawal of an appeal, St. Moritz can now continue with the construction of the Du Lac residential block, comprising 31 flats for local residents. The case illustrates just…
St. Gallen is refining its vision for the future of Lerchenfeld
In the west of St. Gallen, Lerchenfeld is set to become denser, taller and more diverse over the next two decades. The new development strategy links additional residential and commercial…
Vaz/Obervaz is putting more pressure on the housing market
It is not Zurich, but Vaz/Obervaz that has the most acute housing shortage in the latest municipal ranking. For the Graubünden housing market, this is more than just a curiosity:…
Luxury Market Loses Momentum in the Lowlands
Swiss luxury real estate prices rose again by more than 3 percent in 2025. However, while mountain communities continued to see growth of 6 percent, many primary residence markets along…
Madness or Vision: 300 Million Francs for a Village in Graubünden
An entrepreneur from Ticino is transforming a forgotten mountain village in Graubünden into a year-round destination. What sounds like a crazy idea is taking shape. The numbers are impressive, the…
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Frauenfeld Becomes the Heart of Package Logistics
On June 14, 2026, Swiss Post broke ground in Frauenfeld on a new regional parcel center. The 200-million-franc investment is not a response to an immediate problem; rather, it is…
Switzerland regulates data centers
Data centers are the invisible infrastructure of the digital economy. They are booming in Switzerland, but their hunger for electricity, water and building land is growing faster than regulation. Schaffhausen…
Wil plans its future
The town of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen is planning the biggest urban planning relaunch ever. On May 29, 2026, around 60 representatives from districts, businesses, the real…
St. Gallen trims its construction processes
Building in the canton of St. Gallen requires strong nerves. The government now wants to streamline the procedures, above all with digital processes and better coordination. However, it can hardly…
DGNB certificate for deconstruction in Switzerland
Where until a few years ago there was a grain silo tower from the 1930s, today an elegant residential tower with a 30-metre-high solar façade rises into the Prättigau sky.…
80 centimeters slow down 63 million project
In September 2025, almost 60 percent of school citizens voted in favor of the new Lärche school center in Arbon. Now a single objector is threatening to torpedo the timetable.…
Graubünden builds bigger, more expensive, longer
Anyone driving through Graubünden after Easter will need patience. This year there are 128 roadworks on 1360 kilometers of cantonal road. That's one every ten kilometers. Sounds like a lot,…