The Chang-dong–Sanggye area, a bedroom community in the city center, is transforming into a hub of the bio industry. As a core project of the Seoul city-led "Great remake of northern Seoul – golden age of Gangbuk," it is expected to generate an induced production effect of 5.91 trillion won.
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon on the 24th at 2 p.m. introduced a new vision for the northeastern part of Seoul, where future high-tech industries, culture, and green spaces come together, at the "Bio industry and Seoul's role, Chang-dong·Sanggye S-DBC (Seoul Digital Bio City) conference" held at City Hall.
The Chang-dong rail yard is pushing for transfer to the Jinjeop rail yard. When the Jinjeop rail yard officially opens in June next year, development of the Chang-dong rail yard site, which has been used only as a rail yard for more than 40 years, is expected to begin in earnest. The city plans to start the full development process in January next year with an application to designate it as a research and development (R&D)-centered industrial complex, with a goal of breaking ground in 2028.
The city plans to build a "mega bio belt" by linking the source technologies of Hongneung Seoul Bio Hub, planned development sites in the northeastern Seoul metropolitan area, and knowledge-based manufacturing facilities, and attract more than 800 corporations. According to the city, S-DBC will bring 85,511 jobs and an induced production effect of 5.91 trillion won.
Near the Jungnang Stream, the city will arrange mixed-use land that blends jobs with cultural and commercial facilities to make it a signature place for "waterfront-emotion city Seoul." When the undergrounding of the Dongbu arterial road and the construction of a park on top are completed, S-DBC is expected to be reborn as a place consolidated to the Jungnang Stream through the park above the Dongbu arterial road. On the lower floors along the Jungnang Stream, shopping, leisure, and cultural facilities will move in, and a specialized street will be created by linking them to the waterfront with a multi-level pedestrian deck.
In the area around Nowon station, the city will place support-facility sites that can accommodate hotels, conventions, and complex cultural facilities to induce high-density mixed-use development and create a "live-work-play complex living environment." It will install open spaces such as a sky observatory and rooftop garden so any citizen can enjoy views of the Jungnang Stream and Seoul Arena. The city plans to create an integrated green network around the Jungnang Stream the size of 13 Seoul Plazas (about 170,000 square meters).
In addition, the city will connect Nowon station to Chang-dong station with a pedestrian-only specialized street, and from the sunken plaza at Nowon station to the central park near the Jungnang Stream, it will create an integrated underground space to establish a three-dimensional circulation system that allows convenient movement both inside and outside the complex, above and below ground.
Mayor Oh said, "S-DBC will become a strategic base that will fully expand Seoul's future industry axis from Hongneung to Chang-dong·Sanggye," adding, "Corporations will conduct research, talent will stay, and citizens will enjoy culture, implementing a live-work-play city model while becoming the completed model of balanced development that Seoul must achieve."