THE FIZZ Bremen – the first property of the brand – refurbished and reopened

The Inter­na­tio­nal Cam­pus Group (IC), one of the lea­ding inves­tors, deve­lo­pers, owners and ope­ra­tors of stu­dent housing and urban living con­cepts in Euro­pe, cele­bra­ted the com­ple­ti­on of the refur­bish­ment of THE FIZZ Bre­men at Uni­ver­si­täts­al­lee 1 last Fri­day. Ori­gi­nal­ly ope­ned in 2012, the stu­dent resi­dence was the very first pro­per­ty under the THE FIZZ brand and marks the start­ing point of what has sin­ce beco­me Inter­na­tio­nal Cam­pus’ pan-Euro­pean port­fo­lio. Over the past months, the buil­ding has under­go­ne an exten­si­ve refur­bish­ment. With the com­ple­ti­on of the­se mea­su­res, Inter­na­tio­nal Cam­pus is inves­t­ing in the long-term future of the pro­per­ty while crea­ting a con­tem­po­ra­ry living envi­ron­ment tail­o­red to the needs of today’s stu­dents. The com­ple­ti­on of the pro­ject was cele­bra­ted tog­e­ther with resi­dents and num­e­rous invi­ted guests.

Loca­ted direct­ly on the cam­pus of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Bre­men, the resi­dence ope­ned for the 2012/13 win­ter semes­ter and offers 335 ful­ly fur­nis­hed apart­ments, which are curr­ent­ly ful­ly occu­p­ied. Around 75 per­cent of resi­dents are inter­na­tio­nal stu­dents, while the remai­ning 25 per­cent come from Ger­ma­ny.

The refur­bish­ment focu­sed on a com­pre­hen­si­ve upgrade of the qua­li­ty of living and com­mon are­as. All apart­ments were moder­nis­ed and tech­ni­cal­ly upgraded. This included new beds and mat­tres­ses, new desks and desk chairs, modern light­ing, new curta­ins and addi­tio­nal TV side­boards. The kit­chens were also refur­bis­hed, inclu­ding new work­tops, fronts, sinks, fit­tings, cut­lery sys­tems and induc­tion hobs.

A key ele­ment of the refur­bish­ment was the repla­ce­ment of 76 bay win­dows, which were com­ple­te­ly rede­si­gned and recon­s­truc­ted. In addi­ti­on, the apart­ments were fit­ted with modu­lar pic­tu­re rails fea­turing inte­gra­ted pin­boards, giving resi­dents grea­ter fle­xi­bi­li­ty to per­so­na­li­se their living spaces.

At the same time, all com­mu­nal are­as were com­ple­te­ly rede­si­gned. The refur­bish­ment intro­du­ced a modern com­mu­nal kit­chen, a new stu­dy room with shared workspaces, a dedi­ca­ted gam­ing area, a new­ly desi­gned laun­dry lounge, a con­tem­po­ra­ry recep­ti­on area, and new lounge spaces that encou­ra­ge social inter­ac­tion and com­mu­ni­ty.

The out­door are­as were also com­pre­hen­si­ve­ly upgraded. The land­scaped gar­den now fea­tures, among other amen­i­ties, a table ten­nis table, a new BBQ area, addi­tio­nal ter­race fur­ni­tu­re and a calis­the­nics rig for out­door exer­cise. A fur­ther high­light is the per­ma­nent Com­mu­ni­ty Bus – a con­ver­ted vin­ta­ge bus that ser­ves as a uni­que social hub and mee­ting place for resi­dents.

“The refur­bish­ment of THE FIZZ Bre­men is a tar­ge­ted invest­ment in the long-term attrac­ti­ve­ness and qua­li­ty of this loca­ti­on. The pro­per­ty holds a spe­cial place in our histo­ry, as it was here, around 15 years ago, that the Inter­na­tio­nal Cam­pus sto­ry began,” says Geral­di­ne Lade, Mar­ke­ting Mana­ger at Inter­na­tio­nal Cam­pus. “Our goal is not only to pro­vi­de stu­dents with con­tem­po­ra­ry accom­mo­da­ti­on, but also to crea­te an envi­ron­ment that fos­ters com­mu­ni­ty, well-being and aca­de­mic suc­cess. The­se exten­si­ve impro­ve­ments ensu­re that we con­ti­nue to meet the high expec­ta­ti­ons of our resi­dents while fur­ther enhan­cing the over­all living expe­ri­ence for the long term.”

With 335 apart­ments, THE FIZZ Bre­men is one of the lar­gest pri­va­te­ly ope­ra­ted stu­dent housing pro­per­ties in the imme­dia­te vici­ni­ty of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Bre­men. Month­ly rents start at appro­xi­m­ate­ly €800 and include all uti­li­ty cos­ts as well as high-speed inter­net.