25.09.2025

Cureus and Vitanas lay foundation stone for Senior Centre in Büchen with 121 care places 

• Review of the laying of the foundation stone on 25 September 2025
• Modern building with 121 care places for full-time, short-term, and respite care
• Hairdresser, laundry, fireplace lounge with library, and therapy room in the building
• Building constructed using KfW-55 (KNN-WG) construction method
• Cureus specializes in care properties with a focus on operators and residents
• Care specialist Vitanas is the operator
• Completion and handover planned for spring 2027
• Over 70 new, crisis-proof jobs are being created for Büchen; interested employees can already find out more and apply 

Hamburg/Berlin/Büchen, 25 September 2025. Cureus, an integrated property company that specialises in developing and actively managing its own care home portfolio, laid the foundation stone for the Büchen Senior Centre today together with the future operator Vitanas. The ceremony took place in the presence of Holger P. Reimer, 1st Deputy Mayor of the municipality of Büchen and Bert Müller, Deputy Citizen Representative. Representatives from the administration as well as from the operator and the building contractor were also present. In addition to the actual ceremony with the ceremonial sinking of the time capsule, the participants were also presented with in-depth information on the new senior residences and initial insights into the construction site. The physical well-being was well catered for. Construction is underway at Am Bahndamm 3 in 21514 Büchen (Schleswig-Holstein). Cureus itself is acting as general contractor for this project. 

“Following extensive soil improvement measures, construction work on a modern senior center has been underway on the site since July of this year. The floor slab has already been completed and the walls on the ground floor are also in place,” explains Lilli Braunagel, project manager at Cureus, adding: “We wish everyone involved in the construction continued success and, after a total construction period of around one and a half years, we plan to hand over the center to our professional operating partner Vitanas in spring 2027.”

Nicol Wittkamp, managing director of the Vitanas Group, is also enthusiastic: "We see a growing demand for nursing care places in Büchen and the surrounding area in the future and are very pleased about this new location. Thanks to our extensive experience in operating nursing and residential facilities for seniors, we can already promise our future residents high-quality care and our future nursing staff modern workplaces and an appreciative working atmosphere at this location. The Senior Center will offer full-time nursing care places as well as short-term care places. Meals will be freshly prepared in our in-house kitchen, and we attach great importance to individual social and therapeutic care in our facilities," Wittkamp continues.

In Büchen, the new Senior Center will create over 70 new, crisis-proof full-time and part-time jobs in the areas of nursing, administration, housekeeping, and building services. We will also create a team-oriented working atmosphere at this location for our qualified and dedicated employees, where they can also develop personally. Interested parties and applicants can now register at bewerbung@vitanas.de.

Modern senior centre with restaurant, hairdresser, laundry, fireplace lounge with library and therapy room

On the approx. 5,660 square metre site, a roughly Z-shaped building will extend from the street side to the rear of the property, which will be complemented by a spacious and park-like outdoor area. The entire complex of the Vitanas Senioren Centrum Büchen was planned to be barrier-free and in accordance with the energy-optimised requirements of the KfW-55 (KNN-WG) programme. Heating is provided by district heating and a solar system generates environmentally friendly electricity on the flat roof, which is also greened. The building will also be designed to harmonise with its surroundings: In particular, the linear cubature with a mixture of light-coloured and beige plaster will create an eye-catching feature.

The senior centre building will have a gross floor area of around 6,470 square metres on three full storeys and a staggered storey. The centre will welcome residents and guests with a hotel-style lobby, a lounge with a fireplace and a library. A hairdresser, therapy room and in-house laundry complete the range of services on offer. The restaurant's sun terrace creates a pleasant connection to the park-like outdoor facilities.

On the three upper floors, residents can expect 121 single rooms for inpatient care with en-suite bathrooms to the latest standards, each with its own telephone, internet and television connection in addition to a nurse call. 84 rooms – or 70 per cent – are wheelchair accessible. Individual furnishing is possible in order to create a cosy atmosphere and a private retreat. The division into seven residential groups, each with its own lounge with kitchen and terrace or balcony, creates a homely, family atmosphere. A special residential area for people with dementia completes the offer.

Suitable location and optimal accessibility

The Vitanas Senioren Centrum is centrally located in Büchen in a mature residential area. In addition to direct access to the green surroundings and the river Stecknitz, shopping facilities, doctors and social amenities are also in the immediate vicinity. The centre of Büchen, with its cafés, churches, railway station and several bus stops, is within easy reach of the surrounding towns and communities.

A park-like outdoor area with circular paths, shaded rest areas and regional planting of deciduous trees and fruit trees will be created on the grounds of the senior centre, serving as a meeting place and inviting people to exercise and linger outdoors. In addition, 26 car parking spaces with infrastructure for e-mobility are provided on the site, two of which are accessible for the disabled, as well as 20 bicycle parking spaces. This ensures excellent accessibility for visitors, residents and care staff.

Buildings with high-quality, customized standards

The new building is being constructed in accordance with the Cureus standard for system care properties. This places great importance on uniform, high quality standards and is oriented, among other things, towards the requirements of the operators, focusing on the residents and care staff. In this way, the structural processes and all properties are optimised from the inside to the outside: This concerns, for example, the size and arrangement of rooms to optimize space and walkways. Cureus care homes are also designed and equipped for maximum utility: interior corridors benefit from as much daylight as possible, every room has floor-to-ceiling windows that provide attractive views of the surrounding area, and the modern bathrooms and window fronts always follow the same standardised system approach. Each complex’s architecture and facade incorporate individual touches and are constructed to the highest quality standards, integrating seamlessly into their surroundings. The Cureus system approach also prioritises sustainability, both in terms of a care home’s long-term economic viability and its impact on the environment. All Cureus care homes are, for example, constructed in accordance with the ‘Effizienhaus-40-Standard’ (former KfW 40 energy-efficiency standard), while the bulk procurement of floor coverings or elevator systems, for example, ensures cost synergies and long-term maintenance contracts covering several properties also reduce costs for care home operators. The constant review and optimisation of the Cureus system care home standard guarantees the construction of care homes that truly meet demand. This approach fits in perfectly with Vitanas' mission statement “People take centre stage”.