The GALILEO infrastructure project is bringing offices, retail, restaurants, a campus church, a hotel and conference center and guest apartments to the Technical University of Munich campus in Garching, putting new life into the education and research landscape.
Oliver Soini later joined the project as an investor and as managing partner of Neue Mitte am Hochschulcampus Garching GmbH & CO.KG, working together with his partners to complete the development. “Living and working are becoming increasingly interwoven,” Oliver Soini comments. “We are also seeing new trends towards people looking to spend time together. Take the new auditorium, for example, which can seat almost 1,400 students. Thanks to the auditorium’s exceptionally good acoustics, the university is planning to hold more than just lectures there. The space will become one of the places to be on campus with concerts, theater performances and movie nights.”
A section of the building has also been rented out as office space. Automotive supplier Dräxlmaier, for example, has been working in the space for over two years. “The environment is innovative and very inspiring,” Tobias Nickel, press spokesman for Dräxlmaier, praises the development. He continues by explaining that company employees enjoy being at a location that is close to green spaces, with underground access and bicycle paths towards Munich. He adds that the space is a great place to work, not to mention the rooftop terrace with lounge chairs and a barbecue. The perfect way to end a hard day at work.
“GALILEO combines five developments in one: serviced apartments, a hotel, a conference center, a shopping mall and offices. I had a wonderful time working with a world-renowned university, the State of Bavaria and private investors to coordinate this extensive project. This blend of uses is unique to the market and was new for me as well. The result is proof that this model is truly effective and we have created something unique and very special that over 28,000 people at the campus can enjoy every day. The development is something that will last, the new heart of the campus. This project is not something I have been dreaming of for years. It is so unique that it is not even something I could have imagined in my wildest dreams.”
Oliver Soini, SOINI ASSET
“New space for creative ideas – GALILEO: a lighthouse development on Munich’s TU campus”
Business Traveler, March 2020
“The GALILEO building is unique, both in terms of visual aesthetics as well as well as its offers. There’s a supermarket, a fitness center, apartments and a variety of restaurants, all designed to help improve quality of life on campus.”
Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 2020
“Oliver Soini: The man behind it all. His company was initially involved as an investor in the GALILEO project. Bringing extensive expertise to the table, Oliver Soini later became managing partner and co-owner of the GALILEO development and is now working with Peter Möhrle Holding to bring the project to completion.”
Otto Profil – the magazine for trade, commerce and industry, 2019
Mixed-use
GALILEO TUM
Bavaria – Garching
Office, hotel, retail, campus & research, restaurants, conference center, serviced apartments.
Property developer, shareholder, financial investor
28. March 2023
