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A large key made of pretzel dough symbolises the next important step towards the new health department building: Tina Badrot, F. Albrecht Graf von Pfeil and Christian Schupp (J. Molitor Immobilien GmbH) along with Ralf Sadowski and Franz von Ditfurth (Mainzer Aufbaugesellschaft mbH) handed over the key for the new building to District Administrator Dorothea Schäfer on behalf of the Kisselberg joint venture project company, which means that the district of Mainz-Bingen is now officially the master of the house at Isaac-Fulda-Allee 2d in Mainz. The building cost around 20 million euros – including taxes and additional expenses. The state is on board with funding of 2.1 million euros.

‘This brings us close to the end of a long journey,’ explains Schäfer. She reminds us of the story: before the district was able to buy the building in the immediate vicinity of the Europakreisel roundabout at the end of last year, several years had been spent searching for a new property and many options were examined. For one thing, the old building on Große Langgasse in Mainz is no longer modern enough. Plus it had been getting increasingly cramped. ‘That’s all behind us now. The team at the public health department can now enjoy state-of-the-art offices, consulting rooms and laboratories.’

This is a view echoed by the councillor responsible for the health department, Erwin Malkmus: ‘The new building fully meets the requirements of a modern healthcare service, which we offer both for the Mainz–Bingen district and for the city of Mainz.’ District councillor Steffen Wolf, responsible for building management, added: ‘This means that we now have a state-of-the-art workplace that is ideally equipped in terms of ambient conditions. Accordingly, we have positioned ourselves for the challenges that lie ahead.’

‘A new era is now dawning for the health department following the handover of the key, and we wish to congratulate it on this,’ adds Ralf Sadowski, Managing Director of Mainzer Aufbaugesellschaft. ‘We are delighted that we were able to offer the district of Mainz-Bingen this attractive location, which will see huge development in the coming years – embedded between industry, service providers, the science community and research in the field of health.’

‘The public health department is paving the way for the new life sciences location at the entrance to the city of Mainz. Just a pedestrian bridge away, Molitor is working with partners to develop Mainz Innovation Park with laboratory and office buildings,’ says Tina Badrot, Managing Director of J. Molitor Immobilien GmbH, adding: ‘We would like to thank the district and our partner Mainzer Aufbaugesellschaft for their quick, goal-driven and professional cooperation at the new health department.’

The fixtures and fittings are already in place, with the district’s IT department currently still busy with the cabling. More than 100 employees from Langgasse in Mainz and Kreuzhof in Nieder-Olm are scheduled to move to the new site after Easter, which will take a few days. The Kisselberg location, which boasts outstanding transport connections by both bus and tram, as well as by motorway and Saarstrasse, will then go into operation. There are also 40 parking spaces available.