The former Pacific Hotel in Ottobrunn has been vacant for two years.
The community had already made big plans with the old owner.
The building was to be demolished and given way to a new commercial and residential building.
But now there is a new owner who has signed a contract with the Free State.
The building is now being renovated and, according to the district office, will serve as refugee accommodation.
Ottobrunn
- What lies between the Pacific and the Atlantic?
No, it's not America, it's Rosenheimer Landstrasse.
At least in Ottobrunn.
The new owner of the Hotel Pazific has this joke in store, who is sprucing up the building and making it fit for a conversion into high-quality apartments and possibly a café on the ground floor.
The roof was renewed, new lines laid and much more that is necessary for modernizing the building.
According to a spokeswoman for the Munich District Office, the former hotel will "be used in future to accommodate refugees".
According to the district office, a corresponding contractual agreement has been made with the owner.
The building is currently being remodeled.
Information on capacity is only possible after the work has been successfully completed and the premises have been handed over.
“We are also in contact with the community regarding the project.
Lastly, the scene of vandalism
The Hotel Pazific experienced a heyday after its construction in the 1970s, when business travelers from all over the world came to Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm in Ottobrunn, where high-tech history was made.
Gerlinde and Dietmar Tafelmeier bought the hotel as a shell.
At that time there was still a bank branch on the ground floor, the reception was on the first floor.
Two years ago it had to be sold.
There were also rumors that drugs were occasionally used on the square.
After the demolition of the hotel, it became the scene of vandalism and wild parties, some of which were interrupted by the police.
Even in the past few months, young people are said to have made their way over the roof.
But that should end now.
Church had other plans
However, the congregation is not entirely happy with the current development. The municipality had developed a development plan with the former owner of the hotel and signed an urban development contract. The aim was to replace the hotel with a new commercial and residential building. Additional building permits were created for this. An apartment binding as a condition included. This would have enabled the community to secure around 400 square meters of affordable living space. But then the property was sold. It was offered to the Free State for rent and, according to Mayor Thomas Loderer, the District Office as a state sub-authority is willing to accept the offer in order to accommodate people there. “He does not know anything about the clientele that is being accommodated. But from the area of migration. "
A building application must be submitted for the conversion. It has not yet arrived at the town hall. The mayor regards the process as an affront, "not because of the people who come", but because a successful step in the internal development of the community is null and void.