Projects & Urban Development

Selected construction projects in the city of Innsbruck

Here you can find articles about selected construction projects in the city of Innsbruck:

Projects involving architectural competitions

Find out more about projects involving architectural competitions. You can use the filter to select projects from Innsbruck.

Studies & Concepts

In addition to forward-looking spatial planning, studies are a prerequisite for well thought-out and orderly urban development. They show development trends and goals and prepare strategic decisions , which in turn feed into local spatial planning (e.g. studies on protected zones, high-rise studies, retail studies, spatial development studies, ...).

Location offensive Roßau

Since spring 2022, the largest commercial and industrial area in Western Austria has been being made fit for the future in close collaboration with and with a team of external experts based at the Vienna office of RAUMPOSITION. Through an integrated planning approach, issues such as mobility, energy and site development are being further developed collaboratively and in an interlinked manner.

What might an existing commercial estate look like in the future? What qualities does an attractive working environment need? How might mobility function in the future? All these questions and many other aspects are to be explored in greater depth through the broad participation of business owners, employees and specialist staff from the City Council, as well as interested members of the public, via field trips, workshops, surveys and public information events.

The aim is, upon completion of the two-year process, to present a development strategy for Roßau that will lay the foundations for the business park of the future. However, short-, medium- and long-term solutions are also to be developed during the project phase itself.

To provide the best possible support for the implementation of these measures, a neighbourhood management team will be established directly in Roßau to act as a ‘point of contact’. Similar to the existing neighbourhood centres in other districts, the neighbourhood management team is set to become the central point of contact, coordination and networking for Roßau – with a focus on the economic development of the area. The plan is to establish the pilot project – initially scheduled to run for three years – as a new, expanded business area for Innsbruck Marketing GmbH (IMG).

High-quality construction in industrial estates

Building in industrial estates is a complex and much-discussed topic. On the one hand, there are legal requirements, such as development plans, which regulate development on properties. On the other hand, buildings in industrial estates are also increasingly subject to design quality requirements. In the information brochure you will find information and inspiration on the subject of site development and high-quality construction in our Innsbruck business parks.

Roßau Densification Study

A comprehensive densification study was carried out to better assess the development potential in Roßau. The aim was to identify undeveloped potential within the existing area and to gain concrete insights into the sustainable use of the available land. The results show that around 40 per cent of the current Roßau area remains suitable for development, meaning there is considerable scope for future development. The study serves as a basis for forward-looking site planning and is intended to provide impetus for the high-quality and efficient further development of the industrial estate.

Retail structure analysis

Since autumn 2020, the City of Innsbruck has had access to the updated, overarching retail structure analysis for the Innsbruck, Rum and Völs area. The study was commissioned jointly by the Tyrolean Chamber of Commerce and the City of Innsbruck. The aim is to continue the time series that began in 2002, thereby enabling long-term monitoring of the various changes in the retail sector. Factors under consideration include, for example, the intensifying inter-regional competitive environment, the growing importance of online retail for consumers, population growth, changes in product ranges at certain retail locations, and expansion plans by shopping centres, etc. The findings are intended to document changes in the retail landscape and to provide a sound, up-to-date basis for further decisions regarding retail developments in Innsbruck.

Inventory Climate Innsbruck & City Climate Modeling Innsbruck

You can find more about all climate-related studies and projects under Climate Projects.

Student housing in Innsbruck 2019

Students account for a high proportion of Innsbruck's total population and are therefore of great importance for the Innsbruck housing market. The City Department Urban planning, mobility and integration therefore dealt with student housing in a study. The focus was on a current inventory, a needs analysis and suitable locations for attractive affordable forms of housing.

The results and recommendations of this study are to form the basis for future investments by public institutions in new student housing. The goal is to relieve the rental and housing market in Innsbruck.

Hotel study 2017

As early as 2005/06, a market and potential analysis of the hotel and accommodation sector (the ‘hotel study’, for short) was carried out. In 2017, the study was revised by CONOS GmbH. The study was commissioned by City Department Urban planning, mobility and integration and by [ Service Unit Investments and the Economy

The study outlines the current situation in Innsbruck as a hotel destination; it analyses key trends, tendencies and developments in the national and international hotel industry and provides an assessment of the potential of Innsbruck’s hotel and accommodation market based on current market developments.

Cooperative planning procedure Hötting West, Kranebitten and Harterhofplateau

In 2014, a team of experts developed potential development areas and various possible uses for the Hötting West, Kranebitten and Harterhofplateau districts and presented them to the public. On 10 August 2016, the City Senate took note of and approved the results of the detailed planning for the so-called ‘Development Area 1’ (the areas at the bottom of the valley west of the university and on the southern Harterhof Plateau). Subsequently, on 6 October 2016, city councillors, the commissioned team of experts and the relevant municipal departments provided details of the planned development at the Kolpinghaus Hötting-West. At an exhibition covering the topics of urban development, open spaces, urban water management, nature conservation and transport, the approximately 220 visitors were then able to obtain further information through direct discussion and to submit suggestions, requests or criticisms in writing.