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Private Initiatives in Urban Center Development: New Impulses for Real Estate and Location Communities (ISGs)
Partner(s):Ministry of Regional Identity, Communities and Local Government, Building and Digitalization of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MHKBD NRW)
Time frame:01/2024 – 06/2026

The joint activities of local retailers, property owners and other stakeholder groups can make an important contribution to the development of inner cities and other centers. In order to establish a high degree of commitment for such cooperation, the instrument of Real Estate and Location Communities (Immobilien und Standortgemeinschaften, ISGs) exists In North Rhine-Westphalia in order to create a high degree of commitment for such cooperation. The model for this instrument was provided by the widely established Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in the Anglo-Saxon world.

The Act on Real Estate and Location Communities (ISGG NRW) came into force in 2008. More than 15 years later, a revision of this legal framework is now pending (including an adjustment of the assessment basis for a new levy due to the property tax reform). In preparation for this, the ILS carried out a study comprising the following components:

  • an inventory of the distribution, design and current situation of ISGs in North Rhine-Westphalia
  • a Synopsis of the structure of legal frameworks and their changes in Germany, and
  • a cross-analysis of contributions on the impact of BIDs and ISGs in Germany.

This project is carried out by ILS gGmbH.

Project leader:
  • Frank Osterhage

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