CeresByen

CeresByen
Neighborhood
Construction in CeresByen
CeresByen
Coordinates: 56°09′20″N 10°11′28″E / 56.155480°N 10.190993°E / 56.155480; 10.190993
Country	Kingdom of Denmark
Regions of Denmark	Central Denmark Region
Municipality	Aarhus Municipality
District	Aarhus C
Postal code	8000

CeresByen (English: CeresCity) is a neighborhood in the district Midtbyen in the city of Aarhus, Denmark. The neighborhood is a planned mixed use community developed on a former industrial site which was rezoned in 2008. CeresByen is delimited by the streets Thorvaldsensgade, Silkeborgvej, Dollerupvej and Ceres Allé. The name references to the former Ceres Brewery which previously inhabited the site since the 1850s for over 150 years.

The area will be characterized by densely situated buildings, high-rises and large park along the Aarhus River. Architecturally the area will be modern while taking into account the proximity of Den Gamle By, the historic 19th century buildings of the Ceres Brewery and the Ceres Park along the river. The Ceres Panorama residential building will be one of the tallest in the city when construction is done.

Royal Unibrew closed the Ceres Brewery in 2008 which opened a large tract of land in central Aarhus. The city council elected to rezone the area and re-establish it as a new neighborhood. The architectural firm Arkitema won the bidding round; construction began in 2013 and when it is scheduled to be completed in 2019 the area will be home to 2000 inhabitants and educational institutions for 5000 students. The first phase was completed in 2015 when the VIA University College campus was completed and in August of the same year the first residents moved into apartment complexes.