Chronicle

2022 

• 5th survey on customer satisfaction in Jena-Winzerla.
• jenawohnen opens new customer centre together with the Stadtwerke Group at Saalstraße 8a.  
• Demolition work for "neues Saaltor" has begun. Completion is planned for 2025. 
• The high-rise building at Schützenhofstraße 91 is nominated for the German Bauherrenpreis (architecture award) in the area of refurbishment. 

2021

• jenawohnen plans new housing and commercial building in Saalstraße 6-8 - Completion scheduled for 2015 
• 5th survey on customer satisfaction in Jena-Lobeda
• Termination of project "Ausbau des Multimedia-Netzes" (expansion of multimedia-network): between 2016 and 2021, the broadband cable network was changed to modern and sustainable technology in more than 12,000 apartments  
• Awarded the Customer Crystal in the category "best new leasing process" at municipal housing companies by the international customer portal AktivBo
• jenawohnen plans construction of 46 family friendly apartments in Hufelandweg, Jena-Nord, starting in 2022 

2020

• jenawohnen plans to build 150 new flats in Theobald-Renner-Strasse, Lobeda-West, starting 2023 
• Completion of modernisation of high-rise building at Schützenhofstraße 91
• Completion of the new building project "Residential Centre for People with Dementia" and handover to AWO
• Completion of the "K1" residential and commercial building in Kastanienstraße in Lobeda-Ost
• Keeping an eye on climate protection goals: jenawohnen becomes a member of Initiative Wohnen 2050 (Housing 2050 Initiative)
• Start of modernisation work "Smartes Quartier Jena-Lobeda" in Ziegesarstraße

2019

• Completion of new construction project "Wohnen am Paradies" in Neugasse / Knebelstraße
• Three tenants strengthen the advisory board of jenawohnen
• Award for the "Schützenhof" residential quarter project with the Award Deutscher Wohnungsbau 2019 in the "Neighbourhood Development" category
• Start of modernisation of high-rise building at Schützenhofstraße 91
• Award for "jenaFREEstyle - unabashedly unrefurbished" with the Real Estate Marketing Award 2019 in the category Special Award 
• 4th survey on customer satisfaction in Jena-City
• "Smartes Quartier Jena-Lobeda" receives award in the federal competition "Stadt.Land.Digital" (City.Country.Digital)
• Topping-out ceremony for the "K1" residential and commercial building in Kastanienstraße
• Topping-out ceremony for the new building project "Wohnen am Paradies" in Neugasse / Knebelstraße

2018

• Completion of the "Gas Grid Conversion" project: 3,500 flats converted from cooking gas to electricity from 2014 to 2018
• Topping-out ceremony for new construction project of jenawohnen, "Residential Centre for People with Dementia" in Lobeda East
• 4th customer satisfaction survey in Winzerla
• Completion of the new building project "Schützenhofstraße" in Jena-Nord
• Laying of the foundation stone for the residential and commercial building "K1" in Kastanienstraße in Lobeda-Ost
• Topping-out ceremony for new hospice building in Lobeda
• Award of the new building "Friedensberg-Terrassen" for the German Bauherrenpreis 2018
• Laying of the foundation stone for the new building project "Residential Centre for People with Dementia" in Lobeda-Ost
• Groundbreaking ceremony for the new residential and commercial building "Kastanienstraße 1" in Lobeda-Ost
• 60th anniversary of our company

 
2017

• Ground-breaking ceremony and laying of the foundation stone for the new hospice building project for the Hospice and Palliative Foundation Jena
• Groundbreaking ceremony for "Residential Centre for People with Dementia" in Lobeda East, the new construction project of jenawohnen,
• Change of managing director: Tobias Wolfrum replaces Stefan Wosche-Graf
• Nomination of "Friedensberg Terraces" for the German Bauherrenpreis 2018 (architecture award)
• 4th survey on customer satisfaction in Lobeda
• Topping-out ceremony for the new building project "Schützenhofstraße" in Jena-Nord
• Completion of the new building project "Social Housing - Naumburger Straße"

2016

• jenawohnen is planning a new commercial building in Kastanienstraße as a joint project with the university hospital
• jenawohnen is planning a dementia centre at Salvador-Allende-Platz with the AWO (German welfare organisation)
• Completion of apartment building at Paraschkenmühle in Jena-West
• Completion of new construction project "himmelreich" in Händelweg, Jena-Zwätzen
• Completion of the "Living with a view - Friedensberg Terraces" housing area
• Completion of the "Immergrün" housing area - the garden quarter on Camburger Straße
• Topping-out ceremony "Social housing - Naumburger Straße"
• Start of construction of the housing estate in Schützenhofstraße
• Dual management at jenawohnen - Tobias Wolfrum becomes managing director alongside Stefan Wosche-Graf
• Laying of the foundation stone for the residential complex in Schützenhofstraße
• jenawohnen plans to build an inpatient hospice in Lobeda-Ost together with the Hospice and Palliative Foundation.
• Completion of the new building project "Family-friendly living in Naumburger Straße"
• Topping-out ceremony for the senior citizens' housing complex in Blankenhain

2015

• Topping-out ceremony of the new building project "Wohnen an der Tonnenmühle" (living at Tonnenmühle)
• Agreement signed for senior-friendly housing complex in Blankenhain
• Topping-out ceremony "Central living in climate-friendly wooden house" in Hermsdorf "Living in Harmony"
• Topping-out ceremony at Händelweg in Jena-Zwätzen
• Topping-out ceremony of the housing estate "Living with a view - Friedensberg Terraces"
• Topping-out ceremony of the "Immergrün" housing estate - the garden quarter in Camburger Straße
• Topping-out ceremony of the apartment building at Paraschkenmühle in Jena-West
• Renovation of our residential buildings at Binswangerstrasse 1 - 33 and Stauffenbergstrasse 37 - 43
• Completion of the new building project "Central living in a climate-friendly wooden house" in Hermsdorf
• Completion of the new building project "Living at Tonnenmühle"
• Laying of the foundation stone for "Social Housing - Naumburger Straße"

2014

• Demolition of the buildings at Am Rähmen 3/5 for the new construction of the residential quarter "Wohnquartier an der Tonnenmühle".
• Completion of conversion work on "Haus Wettin" in Erfurter Strasse
• Start of construction of "Immergrün" in Camburger Straße, Jena-Nord
• 11th anniversary and inauguration after extensive renovations of the Service-Centers-Winzerla
• The 10th anniversary of the Service-Centers-Stadtmitte is celebrated at the Saalstraßenfest (Festival in Saalstraße).

2013

• 3rd survey on customer satisfaction in the urban area
• Innovationspreis Zukunft Stadt 2013 (innovation award)
• Nomination of our modernisation programme "wohnenplus" for the immobilienmanager.Award

2012

• Occupation of our city villa at Botzstraße 4a after complete refurbishment
• Completion and occupation of our multi-family passive house at Kunitzer Straße 12c
• Architectural competition for the new residential quarter in Camburger Straße
• Nomination of our social project "wohnschirm" for the immobilienmanager.Award
• Pilot project for Thuringia: Pigeon house on a roof at Stauffenbergstraße 16 goes into operation
• 3rd customer satisfaction survey in Winzerla
• Continuation of the extensive modernisation of our lifts

2013

• Entire housing stock equipped with smoke detectors (approx. 50,000 units).
• Submission of the design concept for a partial development of Eichplatz
• Completion of the refurbishment work at Werner-Seelenbinder-Straße 16-24
• Start of construction of the residential complex "Wohnen an der Tonnenmühle" 
• Completion of renovation work on the head office at Löbdergaben 19
• Inauguration of the shared flat for trainees at Erlanger Allee 106
• Establishment of an outpatient assisted living group with the DRK (German Red Cross) at Ernst-Schneller-Straße 10
• Architectural competition "Friedensberg Terraces" for 100 new flats
• Start of our residential area magazine "Leben in der Platte" on JenaTV
• Start of our thank-you campaign for existing tenants

2010

• 60. edition of our tenant newspaper 
• Installation of photovoltaics system on an 11-storey residential building for the first time in Germany 
• Laying of the first stone of the first multi-family passive house in Thuringia
• Investment of the 600 millionth euro (since 1990) in our properties

2009

• Handing over the keys to the tenants of the renovated low-energy house in Mühltal
• Completion of the renovation work and ceremonial inauguration of Villa Rosenthal
• Inauguration of the new Service Centre Lobeda in Matthias-Domaschk-Straße 1
• Foundation of the "wohnschirm" project for tenants in emergency situations
• Change of procuration at jenawohnen GmbH: Cornelia Bergner becomes new authorised officer
• Introduction of the first electronic garbage recording system

2008

• Conclusion of the one-thousandth modernisation agreement at "wohnenplus"
• Move-in after the refurbishment works at Ernst-Schneller-Straße 1 in Lobeda-Ost
• 50th anniversary of our company
• Move-in of the 114 one- and two-room flats at Spitzweidenweg 20 after complete refurbishment

2007

• Maiden trip of the "Family Tram", as a joint project of the Jena Alliance for the Family and the sponsors from the Stadtwerke Jena Group (Stadtwerke Energie Jena-Pößneck, Jenaer Nahverkehr, jenawohnen, Jenaer Bädergesellschaft) and KWS Außenwerbung.
• Opening of our new Service Centre in Blankenhain

2006

• Completion of the housing estate "An der Weidigsmühle" and occupation of the 45 flats and 3 terraced houses with a high standard of furnishings 
• Takeover of 300 municipal flats in Blankenhain
• Opening of our service centre "wohnenplus

2005

• Spin-off of wohndienstjena GmbH as a wholly-owned subsidiary of jenawohnen GmbH to look after the properties of third-party owners.
• Inauguration of the play and leisure area in Ebereschenstraße
• Completion of the refurbishment of the entire old building stocks

2004

• 1st Arena Overture with "Carmina Burana" in front of 1,500 spectators
• Redevelopment of Hans-Berger-Strasse 2 and 4 with 72 flats
• Laying of the foundation stone for the housing estate "An der Weidigsmühle" in Jena-West
• Start of demolition work at Ebereschenstraße 2-20 with 420 flats
• Change of name of the "Städtische Wohnungsbau- und Verwaltungsgesellschaft Jena mbH" to "jenawohnen GmbH".

2003

• Change of managing directors: Stefan Wosche-Graf replaces Günter Mai ab

2002

• Sale of 94 percent of the company shares to Stadtwerke Energie Jena-Pößneck, leaving 6 percent of the company in the possession of the city of Jena via Kommunale Immobilien Jena (KIJ).
• Repayment of the security deposit to our tenants
• Inauguration of the Lobdepark in Lobeda East
• Prize for greening of the façade of Unterlauengasse 3

2001

• Construction of the terraced house complex "Am Marstall" with 17 houses in Jena-Ost.
• The model project "Vital Living" is awarded the Bauherrenpreis (German architecture award)

2000

• Inauguration of the residential project "Vitales Wohnen" and occupation of 22 freehold flats and 79 rental apartments 

1999

• Start of gutting and demolition of 248 flats at Lindenstraße 7-11 and Kastanienstraße 1-7.
• Renovation of 509 flats and construction of three underground garages as part of the Expo 2000 project "Quartier 1", investment volume of DM 62 million (period 1994-1999)
• Start of the model project "Vital Living" at Paul-Schneider-Strasse 2, 4 and 6 with 101 flats
• Start of the refurbishment programme for old buildings, including Sophienstraße 45 (built 1909) and Mühlengässchen 8 (built 1937)

1998

• Administration of 15,940 residential and 288 commercial units
• 40-jähriges Jubiläum der Städtischen Wohnungsbau- und Verwaltungsgesellschaft Jena mbH
• Neugestaltung der Fassaden von 13 Objekten

1997

• Fassadenpreis (facade award) of the city of Jena for the refurbishment of the buildings at Grietgasse 9 and Paradiesstraße 2 
• Termination renovation works at "Tonnenmühle"

1994

• First privatisation of a property (Michael-Häußer-Weg 5-35) under the Act on Old Debt Assistance, sale of rental flats to tenants

1992

• First issue of our tenant journal 

1990

• Conversion of the "VEB Gebäudewirtschaft" into the "Städtische Wohnungsbau- und Verwaltungsgesellschaft Jena mbH" as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the City of Jena.
• Definition of the areas of responsibility: Refurbishment and modernisation of the existing housing stock, housing and condominium management, new housing construction, tenant services and residential environment design

1988

• 30. anniversary of VEB Gebäudewirtschaft 
• Administration of 26,000 residential units in Jena

1981

• First occupancy of the "Jena-Haus" Lobeda-Ost, Erlanger Allee 110/112

1972

• Change of name from "VEB Kommunale Wohnungsverwaltung Jena" to "VEB Gebäudewirtschaft" for the administration, repair, maintenance and housing construction in Jena.

1967

• Key-handover to first tenants in Neulobeda

1964

• Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Neulobeda district

1958

• Foundation of the "VEB Kommunale Wohnungsverwaltung Jena" for managing 2,000 housing units in Jena.