Zeilgalerie
50.1141666666678.68Koordinaten: 50 ° 6 ' 51 " N, 8 ° 40' 48" E The Zeilgalerie is an account opened in September 1992 shopping center on the Zeil shopping street in Frankfurt am Main. Under the name Les Facettes it was considered one of the most prestigious projects in the bankrupt contractor Jürgen Schneider.
Architecture
The building was designed by the architectural firm Kramm Strigl. The completely covered shopping center has been built in a narrow vacant lot between stores. The dominant element of the extensive use of glass and steel structure is centrally located, elongated courtyard which is filled through open escalators and two glass elevators. To the courtyard of the Zeilgalerie also referred to as vertical passage to the footpath with the adjoining shops, 52 overcomes a whole, spiral upward. On the upper floors there is an outdoor terrace, a (free ) view of the Main metropolis grants visitors. In the basement and on the roof there is a connection to the adjacent " Galeria Kaufhof ".
History
Building Plot
In 1936, the clothing store Peek & Cloppenburg settled in two adjacent buildings on the Zeil. The partially destroyed in the war the building was rebuilt in 1955 six stories. Since the small, lying between the post office and Kaufhof business was no longer sufficient, Peek & Cloppenburg gave up this site, so make room for the Zeilgalerie was created with the demolition in 1990.
Building modifications
In the Zeilgalerie opened in 1992 there was only one escalator that led upwards. Only years later a leading downward escalator was installed, making the clear unique gallery partially lost its effect. The large fountain area in the basement will not be operated for years and are still. At level 7 chatted to 1995, the private radio station Radio RPR a glass outdoor studio, which was later demolished and replaced by a retail space. Only in the late 1990s, a huge IMAX theater was built on the roof of Zeilgalerie in which, inter alia, 3D movies were shown. The cinema went into bankruptcy; also a later opened Premiere Cinema flopped after a short time. After three years of vacancy took a 3D movie theater with digital projection, the Cinemagnum, the rooms in 2007. It played until April 2012. After extensive renovations and a reduction of seats finally opened in December 2012 the Astor Film Lounge, a luxury cinema with special service.
Builder
It was planned and built by the builder Jürgen Schneider, who had swindled over dubious advice, loans amounting to 415 million euros for the construction. Schneider made his draftsman falsify the plans and was able to successfully make the German bank at that time believe that Zeilgalerie Concerning operative over 20,000 m² instead of the reported publicly on the Bauschild 9,000 m² of retail space. In addition, he was wrong about the expected utilization by inventing 30 tenants, with whom he claimed to have already signed contracts. Shortly before the final completion of the already opened Zeilgalerie Schneider went bankrupt, however, and the craftsmen had to fear for their payment has not taken place.
See also: Peanuts
Current Use
Today's owners of the Zeilgalerie is the IFM Immobilien AG. The previous owner of the Zeilgalerie was the Irish Signature Capital.
Planned renovations
From summer 2010 to autumn 2011, the Zeilgalerie was completely rebuilt. The new owner, IFM Immobilien AG had provided for the purchase and conversion measures an investment volume of around 61 million euros. Responsible for the design, the Wiesbaden design office was 3deluxe. The rebuilding took place during operation. The exterior and the 260 -square-foot media screen with 14,000 LEDs were completed in November 2010. The redesign of the interior continued until the fall of 2011. As part of the revitalization of the Zeilgalerie a repositioning of the brand and a partial restructuring of the tenant mix were planned.