Transgourmet New Building in Vienna West Will Not Happen After All
The project will "not be pursued further" due to a lack of planning security, announced the subsidiary of the Swiss Coop Group. The company criticizes that "the nationwide legal situation in Austria allows projects of this kind to be delayed or blocked over a very long period."
Transgourmet Sees No Implementation Perspective for New Construction Despite Intensive Preparations
Manfred Hayböck, Managing Director of Transgourmet Austria, speaks plainly: "This is reality, and we as a company must acknowledge it. As proper businesspeople, we know: Those who take responsibility must also have the courage to draw a line - especially when central framework conditions remain unclear permanently." The planned project would have activated a commercial area unused for decades and set a signal for sustainable urban development.
"Despite intensive preparations, no viable implementation perspective has been created so far," said Hayböck. Due to legal uncertainties and the possibility of further delays and potential - currently unforeseeable - objections in further approval procedures, the decision was made to "withdraw from the project."
The construction industry now misses out on investments in the range of a high double-digit million amount. "Furthermore, we would have created 250 secure jobs," emphasized the company head on Thursday in a press release. A former large gas station, a "run-down hotel," and traffic areas over more than 24,000 m2 have been unused for many years on the site in Vienna Auhof.
Existing Transgourmet Locations at Capacity Limit
The supply of gastronomy and hotel businesses in Vienna continues from the existing locations in Vienna North, Brunn am Gebirge, and Krems/Lower Austria. However, these are increasingly reaching their capacity limits. "We still believe in Vienna as an attractive logistics and economic area and do not rule out realizing a similar project elsewhere in the future," emphasized Hayböck.
Transgourmet Austria increased its revenue by 2.7 percent to 896 million euros in 2024. The number of employees rose by five percent to 2,298. Transgourmet started the current year with a construction offensive in Graz. There, the "Transgourmet Central Warehouse Graz" is being built on more than 14,000 square meters. From March 2025, it is expected to become the central distribution hub for fruits and vegetables as well as parts of the dry goods assortment for the Transgourmet and Cash & Carry locations, according to the Europe-wide active gastronomy group in February 2025.
(APA/Red)
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