International Campus has started construction work on the HAVENS LIVING conversion project ‘The OSA’ on Otto-Suhr-Allee in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Plans involve 265 fully equipped apartments, 530 bicycle parking spaces and extensive common areas with co-working spaces, gym, café and more. The apartment building will later be supplied with district heating. The general contractor is W. Markgraf GmbH. LEED Platinum certification is being targeted. Construction is scheduled to end in May 2025.
“With the next HAVENS LIVING located in a prime Berlin location, we are launching our next conversion project. The building will be our third property in the German capital and our third property of the HAVENS LIVING residential offering operating under the local name ‘The OSA’,” says Gawain Smart, CEO of International Campus Group. “Berlin is seriously undersupplied for both regular and temporary housing. We are creating attractive, sustainable and demand-driven housing for all people who want to live and work in prime location of Berlin.”
“We are putting full focus on sustainability for ‘The OSA’ and are aiming for LEED Platinum certification,” adds Benjamin Albrecht, Director Development Europe at International Campus. “We will retain a large part of the existing building and continue to use its ‘grey energy’. The OSA will impress with excellent consumption figures in operation, as the apartment building will be connected to the district heating network. Measures such as smart flow controllers will significantly reduce water consumption compared to conventional systems.”
