05.08.2025

Cureus completes Vitanas Senior Centre Am Mühlenteich in Uetersen with 117 care places

• 117 barrier-free single rooms for inpatient and short-term care have been created
• Public restaurant, hairdresser with pedicure, care bath in the building
• Timely completion in sustainable KfW-40NH construction
• Cureus is a specialist in care properties with a focus on operators and residents
• Care specialist Vitanas is the operator
• Around 75 new full-time positions for up to 90 employees will be created; staff can continue to apply
• Those interested in one of the care places can continue to apply

Hamburg/Berlin/Uetersen, 5 August 2025. Cureus, an integrated property company that specialises in developing and actively managing its own care home portfolio, has completed the Senioren Centrum Am Mühlenteich at Denkmalstraße 14 in 25436 Uetersen (Schleswig-Holstein) on schedule and recently handed it over to Vitanas, a care specialist that has been secured as an operating partner. Cureus acted as the general contractor for this project.

‘We are delighted to now be able to provide residents in and around Uetersen with important and urgently needed care facilities that meet the latest standards and feature attractive architecture,’ says Wiebke Reichel, project manager at Cureus. "With the new senior centre, the site where a play store once stood has been significantly upgraded, creating an important place for residents to live and feel at home, which is now a central part of the neighbourhood in the centre of Uetersen. We are confident that we have gained an experienced and renowned operator in Vitanas, which stands for individual care and support, and we wish the future residents and the Vitanas team all the best in this new senior centre. A big thank you goes to everyone involved in the construction of this project," Reichel continues.

‘Our new Senioren Centrum Am Mühlenteich will open its doors this summer,’ says Nicol Wittkamp, Managing Director of the Vitanas Group.’This will expand our offering to six locations in Schleswig-Holstein and set new standards for modern care nationwide. Our concept combines high-quality inpatient and short-term care with individualised support – close to the people, tailored to actual needs on site. Our residents can look forward to a warm atmosphere, loving care, a varied leisure programme and regional cuisine. The dedicated start-up team is ready, and the first residents will be moving in shortly. And: we are continuing to grow – motivated professionals are very welcome to join us!’

Living and working at Vitanas in the Senioren Centrum Am Mühlenteich

Those interested in one of the care places can obtain information and register by telephone (04122) 46 04 - 0 or by email: am.muehlenteich@vitanas.de.

In future, around 90 employees will find modern and crisis-proof full-time and part-time jobs in the areas of nursing, care, housekeeping, administration, catering and building services at the Vitanas Senioren Centrum Am Mühlenteich. Those interested in a job can apply to Vitanas via express application (link here) or obtain information by telephone (04122) 46 04 – 0 or by email at bewerbung@vitanas.de.

The Senior Centre can be found online at: www.vitanas.de/ammuehlenteich.

Modern senior centre with public restaurant, hairdresser, chiropodist and nursing bath

Starting at the Großer Sand intersection, the new Vitanas Senior Centre Am Mühlenteich in Uetersen was built on a plot of approx. 3,450 square metres along Denkmalstraße with a gross floor area of approx. 6,800 square metres.

The partially basemented building comprises a ground floor, two full storeys and a penthouse floor. It is completely barrier-free in accordance with the highly energy-efficient and sustainable KfW-40NH construction standard. The building, which has a partial basement, comprises a ground floor, two full storeys and a penthouse floor. It is completely barrier-free and built in accordance with the highly energy-efficient and sustainable KfW-40NH construction standard. Heating is provided in an environmentally friendly manner by a combined heat and power plant (CHP), which also generates electricity for the senior citizens' centre. The flat roof is greened and covered with gravel, which has a positive effect on the microclimate. The linear and modern façade is an architectural eye-catcher that blends harmoniously into the surrounding buildings with its colour scheme.

On the ground floor of the Senior Centre, in addition to the hotel-style lobby with reception, there is also a public restaurant with a sun terrace, a hairdressing salon offering pedicures and a nursing bath.

The Senior Centre is divided into seven residential groups, one on the ground floor and two on each of the upper floors. The residential group concept will ensure a homely, family-like atmosphere. To this end, each residential group has an attractively designed common room as its centrepiece, with a kitchen and dining area as well as a terrace, balcony or roof terrace, which will strengthen social contacts among the residents.

Each of the 117 single rooms is built to modern standards and has its own bathroom, telephone, internet and TV connection, as well as a nurse call system. 81 rooms are wheelchair accessible. Residents are welcome to bring their own familiar furniture with them if they wish. There is also a double room on the ground floor, which is connected by a connecting door. The beautifully landscaped garden is available to residents of the senior centre for exercise, relaxation and socialising.

Suitable location and optimal accessibility

The new Senioren Centrum Am Mühlenteich is located in the centre of Uetersen, within walking distance of the local recreation area around the Rosarium, the harbour and the Pinnau river. Shopping facilities, doctors and social services are just a few minutes' walk away. The nearby bus stop provides ideal connections between Uetersen and the surrounding area, including Hamburg. Twelve bicycle parking spaces and 16 car parking spaces, one of which is wheelchair accessible, have been created on the grounds of the senior centre. This ensures excellent accessibility for visitors and nursing staff.

Buildings with high-quality, individual standards

The new Vitanas Senioren Centrum Am Mühlenteich in Uetersen has been 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”.