Withdrawal of Sintong Plan Sparks 'Ogeum Hyundai Reconstruction' Restart, Reborn as 2,436 Households

Reborn as 19 Buildings with 2,436 Households
Including 404 Rental Housing Units
Creation of Public Pedestrian Path Connecting School and Station

Ogeum Hyundai Apartment in Songpa-gu has revised its maintenance plan for the first time in three years and passed the Seoul city review. It is a redevelopment project that was withdrawn due to resident opposition after being promoted as the first project under the Rapid Integrated Planning.

On the 18th, Seoul City announced that it held the first Urban Planning Committee meeting of 2024 the previous day and approved the revised maintenance plan establishment, designation, and landscape review for the housing reconstruction maintenance project of Ogeum Hyundai Apartment in the 43 area of Ogeum-dong, Songpa-gu.

Ogeum Hyundai Apartment is a complex consisting of 24 buildings and 1,316 households, completed in 1984. It received a D grade (conditional reconstruction) in the safety inspection in July 2016 and has been promoting the reconstruction project since then. In May 2020, it was selected as a public planning reconstruction (currently Rapid Integrated Planning) project site, but the project was withdrawn due to strong resident opposition caused by a higher-than-expected rental housing ratio (20.6%). The plan at that time was to build a total of 2,625 households (541 rental units).

The revised maintenance plan shows that Ogeum Hyundai Apartment will be reborn as 19 buildings with 2,436 households. The number of rental housing units is 404.

A Seoul city official explained, "Most of the standards presented in the public planning guidelines, such as public pedestrian paths, upgrading to quasi-residential zones, and inclusion of buffer green spaces, have been reflected."

A public pedestrian path connecting the low-rise residential area near Ogeum Hyundai Apartment, schools, and subway stations will also be created. The city plans to build a new public parking lot to alleviate parking difficulties in the surrounding area and improve the local residential environment. Ogeum-ro 35-gil is planned to be designated as a bicycle road.

Han Byung-yong, Director of the Seoul City Housing Policy Office, said, "With the revision and approval of the Ogeum Hyundai Apartment housing reconstruction maintenance plan, which was deferred by the Urban Planning Committee in March 2020, it is expected to accelerate the long-awaited reconstruction project for residents."

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