I know someone who wants to rebuild his one level apartments into a four level apartment block. Good district in Hamburg. Exactly the kind of thing the city nee

I know someone who wants to rebuild his one level apartments into a four level apartment block. Good district in Hamburg. Exactly the kind of thing the city needs. More apartments, increased density, private investment. He's trying to get the allowance to do so for up to two years by now. Every plan his architect makes gets denied for different, petty reasons. Once he manages to fulfill all requirements of the bureaucracy, the true battle will begin. Residents in the area have already said they will do everything in their power to stop this rebuilding from happening. No matter the outcome of this legal battle, that'll add another couple of years until this apartment building becomes reality. Germany has a problem. It's becoming impossible to execute in physical space.