700+ Apartment Units Supplied Through Gaebong Station Area Complex Development and Long-Term Jeonse Housing

About 700 apartment units will be built through transit-oriented complex development and long-term rental housing around Gaebong Station on Subway Line 1. Despite being a transit-oriented area, it was a region urgently needing redevelopment due to numerous old and deteriorated residential areas.

A bird's-eye view of the area around 170-35, Gaebong-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul. [Image provided by Seoul City]

On the 26th, Seoul City announced that it had approved with modifications the "District Unit Plan Amendment and Special Planning Zone? Detailed Development Plan Amendment" for the construction of long-term rental housing in the area of 170-35, Gaebong-dong, Guro-gu, at the 16th Seoul Metropolitan City Urban and Architectural Joint Committee held the previous day.

The target site corresponds to the transit-oriented area of Gaebong Station on Subway Line 1 according to the "Transit-Oriented Long-Term Rental Housing Construction Operation Standards," and plans to improve the poor residential environment caused by the concentration of old and deteriorated buildings and to renovate the urban environment of the Gaebong Station transit area.

First, through the district unit plan amendment, a total of 564 apartment units (including 175 public rental housing units) will be constructed, ranging from 7 basement floors to 42 floors above ground. Additionally, parts of Gyeongin-ro 40-gil and Gaebong-ro 23-ga-gil roads will be widened, and the previously abolished small roads Soro 2-9 and Soro 2-10, which were unexecuted urban planning roads, will be newly established to alleviate congestion caused by increased traffic volume due to development.

Furthermore, to secure pedestrian resting spaces and green spaces for citizens, public open spaces will be created on the north and south sides of the site, and pedestrian safety will be ensured through an open public pedestrian passage plan directly connecting the north and south public open spaces.

On the same day, the city also approved with modifications the "Gaebong Station District Unit Plan Amendment" for the transit-oriented revitalization project in the area of 170-33, Gaebong-dong, Guro-gu.

The target site is located at a major junction leading from Gyeongin-ro to Gaebong Station, but the narrowest sidewalk width is about 1 meter, making the pedestrian environment poor and urgently in need of improvement. The need for development has also been raised as a large-scale apartment complex (Gocheok I-Park, 2,205 units) was occupied last year on the site of the former Seoul Southern Correctional Facility in nearby Gocheok-dong.

With this district unit plan amendment, the city aims to strengthen the lacking living service functions at the center of the Gaebong district through mixed development of neighborhood commercial facilities and apartments (158 units) ranging from 7 basement floors to 34 floors above ground. Additionally, the pedestrian environment will be greatly improved through street activation use plans connecting Gaebong Station and Gyeongin-ro and designation of front open spaces, transforming this area into a regional vitality hub.

As for local necessary facilities, the plan includes securing spaces such as "Seoul-style Kids Cafes" and shared infant rooms where children and families with infants can safely play, expanding the public child facilities that are lacking in the area.

Jo Nam-jun, Director of the Seoul City Urban Planning Bureau, said, "With this plan decision, the area will be reborn as a growth hub of Gaebong Station, and together with the redevelopment of old residential areas, it is expected to create synergy effects and revitalize the region."

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