Eunma Reconstruction Maintenance Plan Passed... Project on Track After 20 Years (Update)

Existing Maintenance Plan Keeps Maximum 35 Floors
Established 2003 Promotion Committee... 5 Years Since 2017 Dogae Committee Suspension

The area around Eunma Apartment in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyemin] The reconstruction maintenance plan for Eunma Apartment in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul has passed the Seoul city review. It has been 19 years since the Reconstruction Association Promotion Committee was established and 5 years since it was submitted to the Urban Planning Committee.

On the 19th, Seoul held the 11th Urban Planning Committee meeting and announced that the Eunma Apartment housing reconstruction maintenance plan establishment, maintenance zone designation, and landscape review were approved with modifications.

Eunma Apartment, located in the 316 area of Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, is an aging apartment complex completed in 1979. It is directly adjacent to Daechi Station and Hakyeoul Station on Subway Line 3, has a nearby academy district, and is conveniently accessible to Yangjaecheon, making it highly rated for its location. The complex currently consists of 28 buildings and 4,424 households, and through this review, it will be transformed into 33 buildings and 5,778 households (including 678 public housing units). A building coverage ratio of 50% or less and a maximum floor area ratio of 250% or less will be applied.

Since 1996, Eunma Apartment has been pursuing reconstruction projects, and in 2003, the Reconstruction Association Promotion Committee was established to actively promote reconstruction. However, the project repeatedly stalled, failing safety inspections three times since 2002. Later, in 2010, it received a conditional reconstruction D grade, and in 2017, the maintenance plan was submitted to the Urban Planning Committee but was deferred, preventing the project from gaining momentum. At that time, a maximum of 49 floors was proposed but was blocked by Seoul's '35-floor rule.' The promotion committee subsequently proposed revisions lowering the maximum floors to 35, but the plan failed to pass the Urban Planning Committee review for several years.

A Seoul city official said, "This Eunma Apartment maintenance plan was submitted to the Urban Planning Committee after five years, following advisory reviews by a subcommittee," and added, "It will give momentum to reconstruction maintenance projects in the Gangnam area going forward."

The Eunma Apartment Promotion Committee plans to accelerate the establishment of the association immediately.

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