Sanggye Jugong Complex 7 in Sanggye-dong, Nowon District, Seoul, received a D grade in the precise safety assessment for reconstruction, clearing the first hurdle to push the redevelopment project forward. The complex, which currently has more than 2,600 households, plans to pursue reconstruction into a large-scale complex with up to 49 stories and 3,500 households.
According to Nowon District and the maintenance industry on the 15th, Nowon District on the 12th notified Sanggye Jugong Complex 7 of the D grade result in the precise safety assessment for reconstruction. The score was 49.54 points, a "conditional reconstruction" decision. Nowon District conveyed this to the Sanggye Jugong Complex 7 reconstruction promotion committee.
The precise safety assessment is a key procedure required to promote a reconstruction project. It comprehensively evaluates structural safety, building finishing condition, facility aging, and residential environment, and classifies them into grades A through E. Among these, a D grade or lower is required to proceed with reconstruction.
Residents of Sanggye Jugong Complex 7 applied for the precise safety assessment in January. Nowon District conducted the safety assessment procedures from March through this month. A Nowon District official said, "By passing the safety assessment, it has become possible to push for reconstruction," and added, "Follow-up procedures, including designation as a maintenance zone, will proceed after a review by the Seoul Metropolitan Government."
Sanggye Jugong Complex 7 is located around 692 Sanggye-dong near Nowon Station on Seoul Subway Lines 4 and 7. It was completed in 1988 with a scale of up to 15 stories, 21 buildings, and 2,634 households. It is one of the approximately 30,000 households in Sanggye Jugong Complexes 1 through 16, which were sequentially created from 1985 to 1989 through the government's new town dwellings project.
With this safety assessment passed, Sanggye Jugong Complex 7 also has a greater chance of benefiting from the Seoul Metropolitan Government's station area mixed-use development policy. In December last year, the city finalized the district unit planning zone for the "Sanggye Phase 1 and 2 housing site development districts" around Nowon Station and Madeul Station. Sanggye Jugong Complex 7 is included in this zone.
At that time, the city designated 131,678.6 square meters, or 5% of the total area of 2,657,677.2 square meters, as a quasi-residential zone. A quasi-residential zone has the highest floor area ratio cap among residential zones, allowing up to 500%. Accordingly, Sanggye Jugong Complex 7 was upgraded in zoning from a Type 3 general residential zone to a quasi-residential zone.
The zoning upgrade reflects its accessibility to Nowon Station. Sanggye Jugong Complex 7 is within 250 meters of the subway station and is included in an area where the city allows mixed-use development that creates not only housing but also commercial and office facilities. If floor area ratio incentives are applied, Sanggye Jugong Complex 7 can pursue reconstruction with up to 49 stories and 3,500 households.
Kim Chan-sik, head of the Sanggye Jugong Complex 7 reconstruction preparation committee, said, "We expect it to be designated as a maintenance zone around the end of the year."
Reconstruction in the Sanggye Jugong area is also gaining speed. Among Sanggye Jugong Complexes 1 through 16, Complex 8 has already been rebuilt as "Forena Nowon" and completed move-ins. Except for Complex 15, which is rental dwellings for homeless public officials, Complexes 1 through 7, 9 through 14, and 16 are promoting maintenance projects.
Among them, Complex 5 has received approval for project implementation. The remaining complexes are proceeding with integrated fast-track planning consultations, reconstruction safety assessments, and collecting consents for proposals to initiate maintenance plans.
Ko Jun-seok, a professor at Yonsei University Sangnam Institute of Management, said, "As the city has allowed mixed-use development in station areas and upgraded them to quasi-residential zones to raise the floor area ratio, Complexes 3, 6, and 7 are included," adding, "Large-scale maintenance projects are proceeding together focusing on these complexes."
However, some note that profitability may vary depending on the level of public contribution, such as the share of rental dwellings. Ko said, "Since the city has raised the floor area ratio, it may demand an expansion of the share of rental dwellings," and added, "The extent of that share will have a decisive impact on the reconstruction's profitability."