At Schäfergasse 33 in Frankfurt am Main, a former office building is being converted into 64 social homes. The redevelopment replaces underused commercial space with housing in the city centre.
The plans include 13 accessible apartments and a wheelchair-accessible shared home. A café is planned on the ground floor as a meeting place; it is also intended to provide jobs for people with disabilities. Caritas is expected to offer advice services there, alongside other planned meeting spaces.
The project retains most of the existing building structure, a measure the article says is intended to conserve embodied energy and reduce resource use. Planned environmental features include a solar façade, rooftop photovoltaic panels and greenery.
The article, published on 26 May 2026, reported that construction was ongoing and the conversion was not yet complete. Barriers and fencing were still affecting the pavement and parts of the street. The article names hausInvest and Commerz Real as its sources, but does not explicitly identify the project developer or provide a project founding date or named project leaders.