Becomes bank headquarters

Two months after closing: demolition of furniture store begins

The construction fences are up and demolition of the old furniture store will begin on Monday.(Bild: Dostal Harald)

On May 4, XXXLutz on Goethestrasse in Linz closed for good as the furniture retail giant moved to a new location on the Danube. What will happen to the old store? It will be demolished! From Monday, the excavators will be rolling in to make way for the new headquarters of Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich.

When will the construction of the new headquarters of Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich in Goethestrasse in Linz begin? Since the laying of cables began months ago and then XXXLutz pulled the plug on its furniture store at the beginning of May because the retail giant from Wels was moving into the new location next to the railroad bridge, questions have been piling up for RLB Managing Director Heinrich Schaller. He remained evasive, leaving it open as to whether the excavators would be rolling in this year or next year.

Wooden construction fences have been erected
But now there is movement in the project: the XXXLutz lettering still hangs on the façade of the building, next to it a banner with information about the sale, which had run until closing time. The furniture retailer's flags are also still flying. In the last few days, wooden fences have been erected behind which the garage entrance, ground floor and entrance have disappeared.

And: demolition work on the empty furniture store will start on Monday. How long will it take? It is expected to take four months, they say. This means that the former retail store will be razed to the ground by the end of the year.

Start of construction not yet fixed
It is not yet clear exactly when construction of the RLB headquarters will begin on the site, but it will probably not be until next year.