Britannia Centre Spandau
The former Britannia Centre Spandau, known as the British Forces Families Centre earlier ( BFFC ), was built in 1990 by the Property Services Agency ( PSA) for the British forces on the course of the war Spandau prison.
It summed up the main shopping, welfare, labor and broadcasting facilities for the British military community in Berlin.
The Britannia Centre consisted of the new Shopping Complex and the new Cinema Complex and five pre-existing, but completely outdated two - and three-story buildings. It was opened in stages from September 1990 to mid-1991.
The buildings are located at the junction of William Street in the Gatower road, next to the former Smuts Barracks, also known as Train barracks known in the Wilhelm town in the district of Spandau.
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Facilities
Shopping Centre
SSVC - Sound and Vision Centre British Forces Post Office - Branch NAAFI Financial Services His & Hers Hair Studio YMCA - Book and Gift Shop NAAFI - "A- type" Store Burger King Restaurant and public. toilets
Cinema Complex
Jerboa Cinema ( with 230 seats) Public Information Area Bus Waiting Area Cash Machine (ATM) and public. toilets
Pre-existing buildings
NAAFI - Administration Area NAAFI - Imperial Staff Club Wool shop HIVE YMCA Administration and Staff Facilities Child Minding Centre BMW's - British Military Welfare Services Brigade Travel Office Thrift Shop RAOC Tailor Facility Complex Manager Station Staff Office (SSO ) Community RMP Office PCLU Anglo - German Club SSVC Engineering Workshops and BFBS Studios and Offices
History
On August 1, 1946, the Summit House was opened as a NAAFI Club at Theodor- Heuss-Platz and adapted over the years gradually changing needs. 1977, the construction of a new facility was proposed in a study. At the same time diplomatic talks on the future of the Spandau Prison were performed. 1982, a Four-Power agreement was reached, which contained a statement by the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Richard von Weizsäcker, after the prison after the death of the only prisoner Rudolf Hess should be demolished as soon as possible.
Five weeks after Rudolf Hess had died on August 17, 1987 at 16:10 clock, the demolition of the Spandau prison began. On November 4, 1987, the demolition was completed.
In May 1988, construction began on the new facility and was completed on 18 September 1990. The name Britannia Centre was selected in a competition from more than 40 proposals.
After the withdrawal of British
After the Berlin Infantry Brigade was disbanded in mid-1994, the Britannia Centre Spandau lost his name, and thus became the only nameless shopping center in Berlin. It was used until the end of 2011, only Kaiser's and a few small businesses.
The end of 2008 left the former Shopping Complex Media Markt. In 2011 applied for the new owner, a development company, a demolition permit for the former Cinema Complex, which was in use until October 2011 by ALDI. The contracts for both buildings ( the Cinema Complex and Shopping Complex ) with Kaiser's that time were already terminated. Kaiser's left the last company the Shopping Complex on December 31, 2011.
As of May 2013, the Cinema Complex is completely gone and the Shopping Complex has been heavily remodeled, which has remained very little left. Also, the glass dome was demolished. As of June 20, 2013 opened there a " Kaufland Center".
Conservation
The multi-storey outbuilding of the former Britannia Centre Spandau, which house a medical center among other things today, all are listed buildings. The two, however, not the main building, so the building department of the district office Spandau also has no way to deny a demolition permit.