For many years, we at Landmarken have been creating vibrant neighborhoods that add value. Our holistic approach spans the entire process, from the initial concept to completion. This results in innovative and sustainable urban spaces that prioritize climate protection, mixed-use development, digital technologies, and active stakeholder participation.
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“We want to become the best residential developer in North Rhine-Westphalia.”
From affordable housing to complementary amenities such as daycare centers, neighborhood community centers, and local retail services, all the way to mobility solutions: Our projects consistently enhance the quality of urban life while making a social impact. Many of them have won awards.
With new tools like the so-called “Bau-Turbo” and other legislative changes that can simplify the creation of housing, the process may even move faster in some areas in the future. Whether with or without the Bau-Turbo: In this article, you’ll read about how we take responsibility for fostering a good, fair, and healthy community—today and in the future.
Living in Düsseldorf – from about 300 to around 760 apartments
We aim to become the leading residential developer in North Rhine-Westphalia—and we are already one of the most prominent in Düsseldorf. It is now official: We are developing a neighborhood with approximately 55,000 square meters of gross floor area on Mindener Straße in the Oberbilk district. Around 450 new apartments will be built here—50 percent of which will be publicly subsidized.
This is made possible by a unanimous decision by the city’s planning committee, which allows the conversion of previously commercially used land into residential space. The basis for this is not the “Bau-Turbo” (building acceleration program), but rather Section 31(3) of the Building Code, which permits residential development without the need to initiate a zoning plan procedure.
“In Düsseldorf, we are demonstrating in various locations how effective housing development can be achieved.”
Nils Perpeet, Landmarken Partner and Head of Commercial Development
“This will make us a major residential developer in Düsseldorf,” says Landmarken partner Nils Perpeet, delighted by this major opportunity in his hometown, and project manager Peter Hempel adds: “In coordination with the city, we will create a wonderful neighborhood here that makes a positive social impact.” Seventeen buildings with approximately 43,000 square meters of living space are planned. In addition, a four-classroom daycare center will provide essential childcare services for families across approximately 1,000 m² of space.
Along Mindener Straße, space on the ground floors is also designated for commercial and social uses. A cultural and educational center, for example, is a possibility. The company Soeffing, which vacated its headquarters there in the spring, also wishes to maintain a presence with a showroom. Further commercial uses are possible in a neighborhood garage spanning nearly 10,000 square meters, which is also intended to serve as a mobility hub offering car-sharing services for the low-traffic neighborhood.
Land parcels have been secured
Over the past few years, Landmarken has secured approximately 20,500 square meters of land for neighborhood development in a central location. Landmarken acquired the majority of this land in 2022 from Soeffing, which remained housed in the commercial building stock with approximately 100 employees until March 2025. An additional plot—acquired from CA Immo—was added this year.
For us, this will be our third—and largest to date—residential development in Düsseldorf. Together with our other projects, “Gold:Eck” on Lütticher Straße and “Leben am Sonnenpark” on Kölner Straße, we are thus developing a total of more than 760 residential units in the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The housing market in the state capital is under intense pressure. The approximately 450 new apartments built on what was once commercial land are a godsend for many people looking for a place to live.
Fifty percent of the housing units are publicly subsidized. This creates a neighborhood for people of all income levels that provides space for cultural, educational, and childcare services.
The neighborhood is being developed on a site that is largely paved and partially built up. Instead of creating new paved areas for the apartments, additional green spaces are actually being added here.
