Former National Institute of Health site, a target for balanced development preliminary negotiations
Large performance halls, science museums, libraries… Initiating a ‘Cultural Renaissance’ in the Northeast and Northwest,
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon is speaking at the ‘Reviving the Golden Age of Gangbuk’ press conference held on the morning of the 26th at the Seoul City Hall briefing room. 2024.3.26/News1 ⓒ News1 Reporter Lee Jae-myeong,
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, “(Seoul=News1) Reporter Kwon Hye-jeong = Seoul City announced on the 12th that it is achieving results such as introducing a balanced development preliminary negotiation system, activating housing environment improvement projects, and starting large-scale cultural facilities through the ‘Gangbuk Big Remodeling – Reviving the Golden Age of Gangbuk’ urban remodeling project,”
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, “In March, the city launched the ‘Gangbuk Big Remodeling – Reviving the Golden Age of Gangbuk’ project aimed at transforming the Gangbuk area into a ‘job-centered new economic city.’ The project covers eight districts in the Northeast (Gangbuk, Gwangjin, Nowon, Dobong, Dongdaemun, Seongdong, Seongbuk, and Jungnang) and three districts in the Northwest (Mapo, Seodaemun, and Eunpyeong), focusing on three key tasks: ‘future-oriented jobs,’ ‘pleasant living environment,’ and ‘cultural spaces of emotion.'”,
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, ‘The city selected the former National Institute of Health site as the first target for balanced development preliminary negotiations. The balanced development preliminary negotiation system is an improved version of the existing system to expedite project implementation in the Gangbuk area of Seoul,’
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, ‘The area is a large public unused land of 48,000 square meters adjacent to the Bulgwang Station on subway lines 3 and 6 and will be transformed into a creative town by 2033. The site was selected as a balanced development preliminary negotiation target with conditions for attracting companies related to creative industries, such as digital media and content.’
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, ‘In May, Seoul City, Nowon District, and HDC Hyundai Development Company signed a memorandum of understanding to relocate the headquarters of HDC Hyundai Development to the logistics site at Gwangwoon University Station and create a regional economic base. In October, a groundbreaking ceremony for the development of the logistics site at Gwangwoon University Station was held,’
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, ‘The Seoul Digital Bio City (S-DBC), which aims to commence construction in 2027, is also a significant achievement of the future-oriented job policy along with the National Institute of Health site.’
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, ‘Most universities in the Gangbuk area will be developed into intellectual property bases supporting the Reviving the Golden Age of Gangbuk. The city has started the full-scale creation of an innovation campus with various integrated research spaces by boldly deregulating, including 1.2 times floor area ratio relaxation, parking lot installation standards ease, and the lifting of height restrictions in natural scenery districts.’
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, “Seoul City is also implementing flexible redevelopment policies to improve the residential environment. By introducing tailored regulatory relaxation policies for the Gangbuk region, such as improving the 2030 Urban and Residential Environment Reconstruction Master Plan and recognizing status floor area ratio, the city finalized the rapid integrated planning of redevelopment in Miae-dong, Gangbuk District in July, relaxing height restrictions for the first time. The ‘housing redevelopment project around 33 Seogye-dong, Yongsan District’ in November was the first to apply the ‘status floor area ratio recognition’ criteria.”
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, “The Gangbuk area is preparing for a ‘Cultural Renaissance’ in the Northeast and Northwest, based on the creation of large-scale cultural facilities.”
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, “Seoul’s first K-POP-focused complex cultural facility, ‘Seoul Arena,’ held its groundbreaking ceremony in July with a goal to complete by 2027. The ‘Seoul Robot Artificial Intelligence Science Museum’ opened in Chang-dong, Dobong-gu in August, and the groundbreaking ceremony for the ‘Kim Byung-Ju Library,’ the first municipal library in the Northwestern area as part of the regional library construction project, was held in November.”
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, ‘Seoul’s performance and cultural facilities are expected to consistently increase by 2025, and the waterfront activity base project is also expected to accelerate. The Baekryeon Neighborhood Park, which will house the Nature Play & Learning Center and Eunpyeongjeong, is scheduled to begin construction in 2025, and the forest healing facility installation project at Yongmasan, promoted as part of the Seoul Dulle-gil project, is expected to be completed next year.’
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, ‘Kim Seung-won, head of Seoul City’s Balanced Development Headquarters, stated, “Through customized regulatory innovation and bold incentive provision for the Gangbuk region, we will continue to enhance the future competitiveness of the area and create a new milestone for balanced development across the Han River.”‘