Tetragon

The Tetragon is an office building built in 2004, which was modernized in 2013. It is located at the corner of Mainzer Landstraße and Karlstraße. Mainzer Landstraße is one of the main arteries of Frankfurt's banking district. It is thus in a very central location between the city center and the western parts of the

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Nov

Top of Frankfurt Photography Course on the Trianon High-Rise

The well-known skyline photographer Ulrich Mattner is organizing a special photography course on November 18, 2021: the skyline photograpy workshop. The photography course takes approximately two and a half hours and participants will meet at the Frankfurt Central Station, check in exclusively at the Trianon skyscraper, and experience the Frankfurt skyline from its rooftop terrace.

What Were the Frankfurt House Fights?

The Frankfurt House Fights (in German: "Frankfurter Häuserkampf") took place in the 1970s and included protest movements, rallies and demonstrations, especially by left-wing political activists. The protests were primarily directed against the speculation of land in Frankfurt's Westend district. The Frankfurt House Fights mark the beginning of the German squatter movement and the beginning of

Union Investment Highrise

The Union Investment high-rise is an office building in the Bahnhofsviertel district. The tower was built in 1977 according to plans and designs drawn up by Speerplan Regional- und Urbanplaner GmbH and Neue Heimat Städtebau Südwest GmbH. Originally, the property was known as the Neue Heimat high-rise, later it was renamed the DG Bank high-rise.

What is the Wallservitut?

Wallservitut is a regulation issued in 1827 to protect the public green spaces in Frankfurt, which were created to replace the former Frankfurt city fortifications. After the adoption of Wallservitut, the green areas on today's Wallanlagen remained protected from development after 1806. Only the outside of the streets that form the current Anlagenring (lit. "Wall

T8 – Taunusanlage 8

T8 is a 68 meter (225 feet) high office block that was built in 2016 and is located in Frankfurt's Financial District. The building name T8 is derived from the address Taunusanlage 8. The T8 tower is located next to Marienturm in the first row at Wallanlagen, a ring-shaped green area around the city center.The

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Sep

QUEST Investment Partners and Competo Acquire Office Complex in Frankfurt City From Peakside Capital

The real estate project developer QUEST Investment Partners and the Munich investment specialist Competo Capital Partners have founded a 50:50 joint venture and thus acquired an office complex at Baseler Strasse 46-48/Gutleutstrasse 80-82 in Frankfurt from Peakside Capital. The three houses dating from 1957 and 1994 combine almost 13,000 square meters (139,930 square feet) of

Frankfurt City Districts

Frankfurt has around 760,000 inhabitants (2022). The number of inhabitants has increased continuously since 2009; in 2009, there were not even 650,000 people living in Frankfurt. Nevertheless, Frankfurt is relatively small compared to other big cities. The city area of ​​Frankfurt is divided into 46 districts for statistical purposes. By name, however, there are only