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Re:Berlin rent cap overturned by Germany's top court by flohofwoe on Thursday April 15, 2021 @04:41AM (#26817765)
That's already happening with two Edeka markets in my neighbourhood, they teared down the old markets, and replace(d) them with new buildings with the market on the bottom floor, and flats on top. Drop in the bucket though I think.

I don't think the city is giving out new building permits for this type of stuff, and many of those markets have either been there "forever", or have been built after the reunification (and in the 90's city planners were expecting that the city would shrink further, not grow).

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Re:Berlin rent cap overturned by Germany's top court by llampx on Thursday April 15, 2021 @05:51AM (#26818336)
You hit on the major problem. That it's hard to build in the city. So many ugly buildings under Denkmalschutz, so many empty concrete spaces and people still want to live where the facilities are, not in the outskirts if they have the choice.
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