Tegel Projekt GmbH

Tegel Projekt GmbH, now operating under the brand Berlin TXL Management GmbH, is a wholly state-owned development company of the State of Berlin. It was founded in 2011 to plan and steer the reuse of the former Tegel Airport (TXL), which closed in 2020. The company is responsible for transforming the roughly 500-hectare airport site into Berlin TXL, one of Europe's largest and most ambitious urban development projects. The redevelopment has two main pillars: the Urban Tech Republic, a research and industrial park focused on urban technologies, and the Schumacher Quartier, a smart and social residential neighborhood. A landscape area is being developed by Grün Berlin. The company owns a large share of the Urban Tech Republic land, acquires investors, leases space, and handles marketing and public relations. It employs around 120 people. After 2020, the company moved from concept development to implementation. In 2021, the State of Berlin transferred responsibility for the former airport area to the company, and construction preparation began. The project aims to create a model district for sustainable urban innovation, combining housing, work, research, mobility, digital solutions, energy concepts, and circular economy approaches. As a 100% subsidiary of the State of Berlin, Tegel Projekt GmbH is not publicly listed. Its work is closely tied to Berlin's urban policy and long-term development goals. The company publishes annual management reports and a sustainability program, reflecting its public accountability.

Tegel Projekt GmbH was founded in 2011 under the name Tegel Projekt GmbH to develop the reuse of the former Tegel Airport in Berlin. Until 2020, it steered a broad development process for ideas and concepts with extensive participation from experts and the public. In 2020, Tegel Airport closed, freeing up an unusually large area of about 500 hectares. In 2021, the State of Berlin transferred responsibility for the former airport area to the company, along with the mandate to implement the Urban Tech Republic, a research and industrial park for urban technologies, and the Schumacher Quartier, a smart and social residential neighborhood. Construction preparation measures began the same year. The company was renamed Berlin TXL Management GmbH and operates under the Berlin TXL brand. It is a 100% subsidiary of the State of Berlin and owns a large part of the Urban Tech Republic area. It employs around 120 people and continues to plan, build, and operate the district while developing a strategic stakeholder network, acquiring investors, leasing spaces, and handling marketing and public relations.

• 2021

  State of Berlin transfers responsibility for the former airport area to the company; construction preparation begins.

• 2020

  Tegel Airport closes, freeing about 500 hectares for redevelopment.

• 2011

  Founded as Tegel Projekt GmbH to develop the reuse of Tegel Airport.

Model district for sustainable urban innovation on the former Tegel Airport site.

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