Archive: The Capital City of Berlin - Documentation

Building law explicitly states that a local authority or state may commission a development agency to complete its duties. The State of Berlin followed this path as well. In the middle of 1993, it appointed the DSK Deutsche Stadt- und Grundstücksentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH as the fiduciary development agency, acting on its behalf to implement the "Development Measure for the Capital City of Berlin - Parliamentary and Government Quarter". This choice was made together with the National Ministry of Building. The DSK convinced by way of its experience and engagement, succeeding in competitive selection. The main terms of reference for the DSK as fiduciary development agency were the monitoring of the technical and infrastructure activities, the preparation of construction measures and the co-ordination of land transactions. In parallel, the Capital City Department of the Senate Department for Urban Development concentrated on planning strategy, urban development and design issues.

The cost and finance planning in combination with the annual finance plans together with Berlin is first and foremost strategic finance planning. This means that the development agency monitors the effective allocation of resources as well as the cost reduction for all projects. The economic and sparing use of the financial resources made available by the Federation and the State of Berlin is controlled by the Federation and State during the audit of intermediate use, submitted annually by the DSK. The development agency ensures that the budget set out by the Federation and the State of Berlin is met. All revenues and expenditures are managed and administered through the development agency trust assets. The trustee is subject to the rules of the Berlin household regulations.
The Senate Department and the DSK as development agency can already draw a positive balance from their co-operation: the timetable could be followed to a very large degree and the project finances are under control. One after another the development measure projects are entering their last phases.

2005
The Spreebogenpark
Its official opening is followed with great interest by the city's residents

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