Berlin is Germany’s perfect mixed-use development case study

There is no other city in Germany where the diametrically opposed development between robust economic growth and a lack of space is so evident as it is in Berlin.

It is therefore important for Berlin’s development to have vibrant, mixed-use districts for today’s world of work and play. As a consequence, says Joshua Abadayev is CEO of the Atrium Development Group, other major German cities such as Hamburg, Munich and Frankfurt should be looking at the metropolis on the River Spree to learn how Berlin deals, both positively and negatively, with its shortage of space and future building plans.

Many new developments — both in Germany and elsewhere — have been designed to allow residential, office and hotel space to coexist alongside each other, with gastronomy and leisure facilities in direct and functional proximity. The idea is to make these areas a place for people from different backgrounds to meet up — such as locals encountering tourists, for instance.