Europaviertel

The European Quarter in Frankfurt am Main is a new downtown near neighborhood that is built on the site of the former main freight station in the Gallus district. Began in 2005 with development work of the conversion area, in 2006 the first building was opened to 2019Vorlage: Future / In 5 years, the overall urban development project with offices, hotels, apartments, social infrastructure, parks, shopping and recreational facilities should be completed. After completion should throughout the European Quarter around 30,000 people work and 8,000-10,000 people live.

Size and location

The cleared area size of almost 90 hectares. The area - starting from the two land owners - divided into Europe 's West and East European quarter; the optically well discernible boundary forms the high-altitude railway with the railway bridge. In the western part of the aurelis Asset GmbH include 66.7 acres and includes 18 hectares in the eastern part of Vivico Real Estate GmbH (since June 2011: CA Immo ). The district includes today including other edge surfaces 145 acres. The area extends from the residential area at the Rebstock grounds in the north- west along the fairgrounds until Güterplatz in the southeast. In the south, the area is bounded by the Hellerhof.

History

1996 decided the German railway, the main freight yard, the largest freight station of the city of Frankfurt, close down due to lack of capacity and the remaining goods activities to relocate to the Ostbahnhof. 1998, the operation was set on the main freight depot. 1999 created the Frankfurt Planning Office Albert Speer & Partner ( AS & P ) on behalf of Deutsche Bahn a framework plan for the future development of the area. The utilization concept looked for disused railway areas stakes of 25 percent for residential areas, green spaces, exhibition extension and mixed before. A competing planning, designed by the architect Helmut Jahn on behalf of Deutsche Bank under the title fair city, was not pursued because the German train the core area would not sell. First, the neighboring Messe Frankfurt acquired 31,000 m² area in order to expand their terrain to the south can. On the extension area was, inter alia, 2000-2001 exhibition hall 3 and the new East Gate.

European Quarter East - construction activities Vivico

• In the second quarter of 2005 Vivico began with development works (water and sewer lines, road works ) in the eastern part of the European Quarter, it was until the end of 2006, the 60 meter wide Europa-Allee created up to the railway bridge.

• In June 2006, the first building in the European district east with the Mövenpick Hotel ( 4 stars). On seven floors there are 288 rooms and a conference and fitness area.

• Between November 2007 and July 2009, the first residential building ( Eurovenia, construction site south 3) at the Europa-Allee was built with 187 apartments.

• In March 2010, the second hotel opened in the European quarter, the Meininger Hotel (2 stars) at the railway bridge. It has 164 rooms on eight floors.

• In April 2010, the second residential buildings ( City Colours, Baufeld South 4) was completed with 112 rental apartments and three backward town in villas with a total of 51 condominiums.

• In summer 2010, the first office building ( Europa-Allee 12-22 ) was obtained. The bank BNP Paribas has leased 11,000 sqm of office space for its new headquarters here Germany.

• In September 2008, the construction of the 200 meter high office building Tower 185 began at the Friedrich -Ebert-Anlage. The main tenant is PricewaterhouseCoopers, which have 60,000 m² of a total of approximately 100,500 sqm of office space leased long term; and was completed in December 2011.

• In May 2010, the start of construction of the fourth residential building followed ( South Baufeld 2) with 173 apartments.

• In July 2010, the third residential building (Sunset Boulevard, South Baufeld 5) was completed with 128 apartments.

• In September 2010, construction started on a third hotel, the Kastens (4 stars) with 148 rooms at the railway bridge south. The opening took place in the fall of 2011.

• In January 2011, the construction work on the fifth residential and commercial buildings (construction field south 6) was started with 210 apartments; Reference end of 2012.

• In June 2011, after a planning period of more than ten years of construction for the major project began Skyline Plaza (formerly Urban Entertainment Center ) on the eastern grounds entrance. Be set up in a shopping center with 180 stores ( 38,000 square feet), with catering area ( 4,500 square meter) spa facilities (8,500 square meters ) and 2400 parking spaces. The Convention Centre Cape Europe for 2,400 people is visually separated from the huge overall complex, the opening is here announced for the summer of 2014. A special feature of the Skyline Plaza is a publicly accessible and free family friendly farmed roof garden of 11,500 square meters, will offer an interesting view of the Frankfurt skyline. In the fall of 2012, the topping-out ceremony, the opening of the ECE shopping center was on 29 August 2013.

• In April 2011 Vivico has sold another plot ( Baufeld South 1 ). On the 8.000 m² large plot of land south of the Skyline Plaza is a Motel One with 410 rooms, 165 studios and apartments at the Citadines brand, 138 student apartments and a daycare center for 100 children will arise. Construction began in the second quarter of 2012.

• For one of those intended for pure office use narrower plots on the northern Europe Avenue, next to the exhibition fence (construction field Nord 3 ) began in March 2012, the u, completed in October 2013. During the last construction site Nord 2 ( Europa Allee 42-46 ) began in August 2013, the construction activity. Here is a 3-star hotel, serviced apartments and small apartments are provided up to the end of 2015.

European Quarter East - Future

• Already in 2008, joined Vivico and the hotel operator Hyatt an operating agreement for a 5 -star brand hotel Grand Hyatt as part of the major project Skyline Plaza; in the spring of 2013 it was announced that the Hyatt group has abandoned the project.

• Construction Law consists of two high-rise buildings: the up to 369 -meter high Millennium Tower and the 210 -meter high tower 1

Europe 's West - construction activities aurelis

The west of the railway bridge located 66.7 acre portion of the development area was cleared by mid-2010 by aurelis of old railway lines, disposed of loads and developed. Here, some 300,000 cubic meters of material were moved in 18 months of work and installed new. In September 2008, the aurelis began marketing its premises in Europe 's West. There are northwest creates two pure loosened living quarters. Firstly, the " Helenenhöfe " and the other is the " Parkend " where 18 high-quality objects are named after famous parks in Europe. The Helenenhöfe are to a large extent outside the public -assisted housing; total to the European quarter offer a share of 30 percent of subsidized apartments. In addition to set in the middle mixed ( Located directly on the Parkway ) used two quarters, "Boulevard center " and " Boulevard West " arise, which are mapped with offices, catering and social facilities, the overall diversity of an urban district. The Boulevard West will experience the revival of a long despised House type: the West Side Tower (66 meters high) gets Frankfurt again a pure residential tower. For the expected for the full range 4-5000 residents three daycare and an elementary school, a supermarket, shops, local amenities, restaurants and a central town square are scheduled. The Boulevard center will form the focus of the office and service buildings, its inputs are each marked by two high-rise buildings as gatehouses.

Center and unifying element of these quarters, the 6 -acre park " Europa Garten " with representative wells, under the otherwise through the 60 meters wide boulevard -like scale and Europa-Allee is to be performed in a 500- meter-long tunnel. End of September 2010 were planted as a symbolic construction of the Europe Garden 4 maple trees. A first portion of Europe garden is finished in January 2011, to give with the intention of potential property buyers a visual idea of the future appearance of the surface. The formerly completely flat track field was modeled partly undulating, it is one-third of scheduled green areas form a naturally designed urban space. According to the current planning status, the European Quarter West to develop peaceful and harmonious, the target point of the building about 2020.

The European garden received a continuous green link with the New Rebstockpark of a small " northern pocket park", coupled with a pedestrian bridge over the deeper "Street of Nations " and the new triangular "Zeppelin park" in the spring of 2013. As a connection to the existing structures on the Idsteiner road in the southeast later creates the 'Southern pocket park ". This applied to stay and play areas smaller parks increase the value of the currently created adjacent residential. About 40 percent of pure residential buildings can advertise as the predicate " at the park ". The condos are often offered up to now, already sold off plan at least broadly consistent with the start of construction.

Transport links

Through the eastern European quarter, the S -Bahn lines S3 to S6 extend to the adjacent stations Galluswarte and fair. The eastern part of the European Quarter is also accessible by the subway line U4 ( Festhalle / Messe ). Here also keep the tram lines 16 and 17 bus lines 32 and 50 and the night bus n83. A little further south, on lines 11 and 21 tram Frankfurt on the station Güterplatz. Since the timetable change 2009/2010 on 13 December 2009, the Museum Embankment Underground line ( bus 46 ) from the main train station to the new terminus Dublin Road in the eastern European quarter. Also operates the stops Güterplatz and Hague Road.

After the original decision layer was planned in the medium term, the entire European quarter to open up more centrally and efficiently via an (at least until the end Europagarten ) guided underground extension of the subway line U5 to Messeparkhaus. The previously planned route branches off to the station Hauptbahnhof at the level of the Mainzer Landstrasse from the B - distance from, passing through the current reversal system and then reached at the station Güterplatz southeastern European quarter. This for a cost of 271 million euros (as of February 2014) estimated route then follows the course of the central Europa-Allee and has more relatively closely located aboveground stations under the railway bridge, at Europa garden ( east ) and west of Europe garden residential park. This route also the densely populated northern part of the Gallus quarter is to be reached. The investor groups had called for, the subway not - as has been brought out of the city for cost reasons this week - entirely above ground to create, as a rail- induced fragmentation of the major axis Allee Europe would devalue the character of the district as a whole. It was mainly related to the negative experiences with the above-ground subway track in the northern Escher Landstraße that separates a well-established neighborhood since 1968 and has led to frequent accidents.

Because of the high cost of predominantly underground route to the State of Hesse and the federal government have refused in early 2012 to make its contribution. For cost reasons, about hälftige aboveground route will now take place differently from the previous planning. The new plans for 271 million stipulate as a compromise to lead the vertunnelte distance before the station railway bridge back to the surface. This and the other two stations were above ground and barrier-free built in the middle of the Europa-Allee. In the area of ​​Europe the garden railway line runs about 600 meters along with the car tracks again in a three-cell Tunnel ( an enclosure ). This was decided by the City Council on March 1, 2012, the magistrate concluded that this planning on 3 May 2013. Construction is now provided by Building -related choice of mining tunneling process for the end of 2015. The city of Frankfurt seeks renewed rescheduling the completion of about 2.7 km long underground line until 2020/21. This shifted by 1-2 years alldings date can not meet the deadlines (up to 2019) from the Municipal Transport Financing Act. In February 2014 the first preparatory work for tunneling in the Europe Allee have been started.