Citizens in concern: Sale of the Borg Warner building causes excitement!

Citizens in concern: Sale of the Borg Warner building causes excitement!

The current developments in the Donnersberg district around the Borgwarner AG office building have provided controversy. The building, which was built twelve years ago by the city of Kirchheimbolanden for around 4.7 million euros, is the focus of a planned sale to the Donnersbergkreis. This happens against the background that the district administration urgently needs additional space, since it currently employs over 250 employees, although the building was originally only designed for 125. An old district house has not only become too small, but also energetically inefficient, which entails additional problems.

city and district were asked to comment on the concerns of the citizens, which are primarily about the legality and transparency of the sale. The district administrator Rainer Guth said that the administration "bursts out of the seams". In this case, a structural expansion would be more expensive, which is why an alternative in the form of the Borgwarner building came into play. After the termination of the rental agreement by Borgwarner, the district administration wants to convert the building and move the various departments there.

financing and spatial planning

The state of Rhineland-Palatinate plans to provide around 3.5 million euros to support the acquisition and conversion of the Borgwarner building. Appropriate jobs as well as specific rooms for the health department and the veterinary office are to be set up in order to meet the requirements of the administration. The move to the new premises could be accompanied by a modernization of the structure and jobs, which not only addresses the space requirement, but also to raise the administration on a contemporary digital level.

The administration originally tried to negotiate an extension to the existing district house before the Borgwarner office building was available. This shows the urgent need for a solution that meets both the spatial and functional requirements. The managing director of the Borgwarner development center, Hans-Joachim Retzlaff, confirmed that his company now focused on a neighboring location, which further favored the availability of the office building.

savings potential through office space reform

The Federal Audit Office has also pointed out the savings potential of office space in the public sector. According to analyzes, a third of the office space could be saved, which could enable savings of over 450 million euros in terms of cold rent annually for the federal government. The need for modernization and consolidation of public office use is becoming increasingly clear. Innovative space concepts could help reduce office space by up to 30 percent.

This context shows that the Donnersberg district with the consideration of using the Borgwarner building reacts to the general trend to make office space more efficient and to counter the challenges of modern administration. A well thought -out restructuring could not only meet the spatial, but also the economic and ecological requirements of the future.

Overall, it can be stated that the Donnersbergkreis is based on existing properties in the search for solutions for its space problem and hopes for support from the state government in order to be able to implement the upcoming conversion of the Borgwarner building.