INIK Strategy: 
The goal will be the preservation, appreciation and change of use of this valuable building from the founding era of the industrial park Schwarze Pumpe. As part of this process, the TKO-building, built during the 1950s, will undergo an exemplary change of use back to its original function as a laboratory for applications-oriented research and development. The future Schwarze Pumpe Research Center will have a total of 10 to 15 laboratory units and will be able to pay for itself after an initial phase of three years.

Background:
The former TKO building has been vacant since the mid-1990s. The present owner is Vattenfall Europe, a mining company. The building is situated five kilometers south of the town of Spremberg in the western periphery of the economically successful Schwarze Pumpe industrial park. Circumstances and conditions for development are very good. The interests of the owners, subsidy and financing options as well as the involvement of local actors represent good conditions for real estate development.