Development plan: Further development of the Sprendlinger Landstraße industrial estate
11.12.2022
The city of Offenbach wants to strengthen the importance of the Sprendlinger Landstraße industrial estate and preserve it in the long term with a development plan. The municipal council has approved the draft of development plan no. 643 - the draft will now be put to the vote at the December meeting of the city council. The draft will then be put on public display for inspection and participation. "The commercial area on Sprendlinger Landstrasse is an indispensable development area for Offenbach for existing and future companies," explained Lord Mayor and Head of Economic Affairs Dr. Felix Schwenke. "This is why the Masterplan 2030 provides for the further strengthening and preservation of these commercial areas. The development plan provides the city with the necessary instrument to implement the objectives of the Offenbach master plan for this area and to control the future use and development of the areas," Schwenke continued.
The commercially used areas in the south of Offenbach - south of the Taunusring and the Odenwaldring - form a classic, mature commercial area with an industrial past. There are still long-established companies there today, some of which have been based there for over a hundred years. Just this year, for example, the Offenbach construction company Friedrich Wilhelm Müller celebrated its 125th anniversary. Jahns-Regulatoren, a company that develops drive solutions and pump technologies, has also been based there for over a hundred years. Other long-established companies include Bühler & Sell Elektromotoren GmbH, which has been based on Sprendlinger Landstraße since the late 1990s and is now an important supplier of refrigeration, heating and drive technology. The VDE testing and certification institute is also located on Sprendlinger Landstrasse.
Numerous companies have already settled in the business park
With the support of the city, other companies have settled here in recent years in addition to the familiar offerings such as local suppliers and car dealerships and services (for example the Weinbrenner saddlery). For example, Morphisto - one of the largest and growing histological research and service laboratories in Germany, which specializes in the production of chemicals for medical and industrial purposes. Walter Bauer GmbH, a craftsman's business specializing in building decoration and the renovation of old buildings, is currently moving to the site. Electrical wholesaler Moster offers electrical engineering services such as planning building systems technology. Another company from the drive technology sector is Chemsun Europe GmbH. The Fredenhagen event location in the south of Sprendlinger Landstrasse is also well known and has been the venue for nationally significant corporate events, trade fairs and events for the commercial sector for many years. This is where the company Weiler Tief- und Rohrleitungsbau has relocated the headquarters of some of its subsidiaries from Frankfurt.
"The urban development concept should provide a framework for future commercial uses, but not restrict them to an undesirable extent. Due to its location along the important Sprendlinger Landstrasse main traffic axis and its convenient connection to the freeway network, the industrial estate is interesting for manufacturing and services," emphasized Paul-Gerhard Weiß, Head of Planning and Construction. He continued: "We only have very limited space like this in Offenbach, which is why it is important to preserve it in the long term. That is also the aim of the master plan: With the development plan, we can exclude or restrict uses. This applies in particular to retail, as there are already a large number of retail businesses in the immediate vicinity, especially in the food sector. We also consistently apply our amusement arcade concept to prevent such establishments in this area."
B-Plan No. 643 applies to the area between Taunusring/Odenwaldring and Merianstraße and Kurt-Tucholsky-Straße, which faces out of the city. It covers the smaller-scale commercial areas along Sprendlinger Landstrasse, but is intended to help secure the entire commercial area along this north-south axis in the long term and keep it attractive for businesses and companies.