Taunusturm
TaunusTurm (own spelling: TaunusTurm; initially also known as high-rise Kaiserkarree ) is the project name for a 170 -meter-high skyscraper, which is formed in the center of Frankfurt am Main. Construction began in April 2011, with completion scheduled for February 2014. The project includes a second high-rise building with 63 meters in height, which is primarily intended for residential use.
Location
The plot is located in the financial district between the Japan Center, the high-rise complex of the Commerzbank headquarters and the eponymous Taunus system, the western part of the ramparts.
Planning history
The site for a new 135-meter tall skyscraper was decided in 1998 by the city of Frankfurt in the skyscraper framework. 2000 won the design by architects Gruber Kleine- Kraneburg a design competition. The competition was, tendered by the Commerzbank subsidiary Rheinische mortgage bank which was located on the property.
After the Rheinische mortgage bank had gone up in the Euro Hypo and moved to a new headquarters in Eschborn, the parent company took over responsibility for the property. Initially it was planned that Commerzbank would refer the skyscraper itself, but after the big real estate crisis in the years after 2001 the project came, like many other high-rise projects in Frankfurt, to a halt. In November 2005, the building permit was issued.
Second attempt
In early 2007 it was announced that Commerzbank a buyer for the property and the high-rise project search, as there was no personal use. In December 2007, then the property was sold to Commerz Real AG and the American real estate company Tishman Speyer. Tishman Speyer already have experience in the Frankfurt high-rise construction: They built the exhibition tower and the Opera Tower. In a press release it was stated that the design of Gruber Kleine- Kraneburg should be implemented. This provides a gross floor area of 80,000 square meters, distributed on 37 floors before. 5,900 square meters are provided in accordance with agreements with the City for apartments, in addition to the 35th floor a public restaurant arise. On the ground floor a passage with shops and restaurants is provided.
The existing buildings on the property were cleared by the end of 2007 and were since then empty. The announced for spring 2008 demolition did not take place. In May, it became known that Tishman Speyer will not implement the design of Gruber Kleine- Kraneburg contrary to the previous planning yet and working on a new design. Consequently, the high-rise should be higher and slimmer fail with the same gross floor area, the basic shape of the tower will be simplified and instead of a natural stone facade obtain a glass facade. The changes had with the City of Frankfurt discussed as well as a new building permit be obtained.
First details of the new plan, about a new height of 160 meters and the construction of a second tower were announced in February 2009. In May, the new design of the now -called TaunusTurm skyscraper was, again designed by the architectural firm Gruber Kleine- Kraneburg, presented to the public. Requirements imposed by the city of Frankfurt apartments should now not be built in the 39 - storey high-rise, but outsourced to a separate 63 -meter high residential tower. Intended were 54 apartments with balconies facing the green area.
In May 2010, a planning application has been filed and commenced with the demolition work on the existing building, which should be completed by August 2010 from the developer. Once traded as the main tenant international law firm Clifford Chance had jumped, but a request was made to suspend the approval process in July 2010. The project developer Tishman Speyer announced then that the project will not be implemented until further notice.
Third attempt
End of December 2010 came out of a lecture Frankfurt magistrate who decided the cases of some trees near the property, first speculation about the continuation of the project on. Mid-January 2011 were actually continued preparations for demolition work. The public were again presented revised plans in Frankfurt on 21 January 2011. As a start up in early 2011 was announced. In December 2013, the construction should be completed .. On the same day the actual demolition of the existing building, which was completed in April 2011 started. On 18 January 2012, the official ground-breaking ceremony was performed by Mayor Petra Roth, it was announced that a publicly accessible Lunch restaurant is set up in the tower base.
The press release of Tishman Speyer and Commerz Real and the project site, the architects According to occur in the 170 -meter-high office tower at 40 storeys of 75,000 square meters of gross floor area, of which 60,000 square meters of office space. The building receives a facade made of white stone, but it outweighs the proportion of glass. The height of the still belonging to the project residential tower remains at 63 meters with a gross floor area of 7,500 square meters. In addition, total incurred more than 350 parking spaces. The design of the building dates back as before from Frankfurt architects Gruber Kleine- Kraneburg. The high-rise buildings are speculative, ie without pre-letting, built.
Dependence for the Museum of Modern Art (MMK )
2000 square meters of exhibition space since 2014 the MMK in TaunusTurm for 15 years free of charge. The operating costs for the dependence to be financed privately for this time.
Former building of Rheinhyp (2008), demolished in 2011
Excavation in October 2011
Excavation in December 2011
Construction site in March 2012
Construction in June 2013