Authorities approve station project and allow senior rentals in plan
LOS ANGELES: Seniors rental housing has been approved as part of a high-rise regeneration project being built around a transport hub.
Low-rise, aging homes around Nodeul Station in Dongjak District, Seoul, will be redeveloped into an apartment complex up to 42 stories with 938 units.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said on the 12th that it handled four agenda items, including approving with amendments a proposal to change the district unit plan to build long-term jeonse housing in the Nodeul Station area of Dongjak District, at the 19th Urban and Architecture Joint Committee meeting held on the 11th.
The site around 402-1, Bondong in Dongjak District is an aging low-rise residential area adjacent to Nodeul Station. It was designated a district unit planning zone in September last year, but the city revised the plan about a year later to expand the supply of long-term jeonse housing.
Four apartment buildings will rise from five basement levels to 42 stories above ground. Of the 938 units, 224 will be offered as long-term jeonse housing.
The CBS site in Mok-dong, Yangcheon District, will be reborn as a mixed hub that blends housing and culture while keeping its media facilities. The original plan was to build a Knowledge Industry Complex, but the plan was changed due to oversupply and an economic downturn.
Accordingly, the main use of the buildings will shift from a Knowledge Industry Complex to a work-residential complex, and, to respond to a super-aged society, the project will introduce long-term general private rental housing for seniors.
At least 35% of the total floor area will be secured for office use, and the residential portion will be supplied as long-term general private rental housing aimed at seniors.