New student residence THE FIZZ Darmstadt

New student residence in Darmstadt “THE FIZZ Darmstadt” to be partially opened for the winter semester

• The first building section of the student residence in the Verlags­viertel district is to be completed by mid-September, with the second phase expected to be completed by the begin­ning of the 2016 summer semester
• It offers a total of 342 fully furnished single and double apart­ments with modern bath room and kitchenette
• Rental of the apart­ments has already started

Inter­na­tional Campus will parti­ally open the new “THE FIZZ Darmstadt” student residence in the centrally located Verlags­viertel district with 97 apart­ments on 14 September 2015, right in time for the begin­ning of the 2015/16 winter semester. The first building section, the listed and comple­tely restored building on the former Graphia Nothnagel site, will be ready for students to move in. The second construc­tion phase with 245 student apart­ments will open at the start of the 2016 summer semester. Students interested in renting these apart­ments can now contact: darmstadt@the-fizz.com.

“We are delighted to be able to open the first section of our new student residence in Darmstadt in time for the begin­ning of the winter semester“, commented Horst Lieder, CEO of Inter­na­tional Campus AG. “With “THE FIZZ Darmstadt” on Schöf­fer­straße, we have created urgently required, contem­po­rary and highly attrac­tive living space for students. All student apart­ments are fully furnished and have a modern bath room and kitchenette. Our residents can move in straight away from mid September and get down to their studies,” added Lieder.

The student residence is located on a property encom­pas­sing some 7,000 square metres on Schöf­fer­straße near the Albert Schweitzer Park, directly opposite the Hochschule Darmstadt. The city centre and TU Darmstadt are within just a few minutes’ walking distance. “THE FIZZ Darmstadt” offers access to public areas for barbe­cuing and leisure activi­ties, 342 cycle stands and 80 parking spaces, a generous cooking lounge, two seminar and study rooms, a laundry and drying room, a central entrance with a full house manager service and a lounge with a TV projector. All 342 single and double apart­ments are fully furnished with a bed, desk and cupboards, a modern shower room and a kitchenette over an average living space of around 21 square metres. The all-in-rents start at EUR 450 – inclu­ding electri­city, high-speed internet access, ancil­lary costs and the use of common facili­ties.

During the 2014/15 winter semester, some 45,000 students studied at the Techni­sche Univer­sität Darmstadt, the Hochschule Darmstadt and the Evange­li­sche Hochschule Darmstadt. The Darmstadt student services associa­tion offers around 2,800 places in halls of residences in 15 diffe­rent locations. The city has more than 150,000 inhabi­tants, and the figure is rising. In 2014 alone, the number of residents grew by around 2,000.

Inter­na­tional Campus AG operates and develops student accom­mo­da­tion in Germany under the “THE FIZZ” brand in Berlin, Bremen, Darmstadt, Frank­furt am Main, Freiburg, Hamburg, Hanover and Cologne, compri­sing a total of more than 3,000 apart­ments.