The haunted parking lot of 7 million euros – Why no one parks

A multi-storey car park that everyone thought would be filled with cars is constantly empty.

Only a few are not cases in which projects which were accompanied by Great Expectations they never succeeded in justifying them, as a result of which they became haunted just a few days after their grand opening.

This is a phenomenon that we have observed many times in Greece, without however being limited within the narrow borders of our country. A infrastructure which did not manage to bring out… its initiators are white-faced and what is depicted garage in the Regensburgin the heart of Bavaria.

It was inaugurated in 2022 in the shopping complex “TechCampus Regensburg” and caused wave of excitement with its modern architecture, as well as its green facade that harmonizes perfectly with the surrounding area.

The garage includes 377 parking spaces, with 50 of them hosting electric car chargers, which draw “green” energy from photovoltaics on the roof of the building.

As for why the five-story garage is haunted, looking for cars with the… well, that’s certainly not related to the charging costs that are 1.20 euros/hour and 5 euros for the whole 24 hours.

The infrastructure’s misfortune appears to be due to location selected to be built, something many residents had warned against.

This is because almost two thirds of the workers of the shopping complex “TechCampus Regensburg” they don’t use their cars in order to go to work, while those who belong to the remaining one third use the underground garage available to them free of charge.

Its construction cost amounted to 7.3 million euros, with the initiators of the project estimating that it will be covered over time by the hundreds of cars that will be stacked daily on the 5 floors. They fell, however, far outside.

Councilor Stefan Christoph explains to the regional online newspaper Regensburg-digital that there is average park occupancy 10% since the garage opened. The parking lot is simply growing and is being kept alive by some long-term parking contracts.

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