Why are there no subsidized apartments in some properties?

It is (for good reasons) criticized that high-priced apartments are often being built in Frankfurt. However, this development was recognized many years ago by city politicians and they countered accordingly. Since 2014, that was the tenure of Planning Head Olaf Cunitz (The Greens), builders of larger construction projects have had to create at least 30%

Skyscrapers on the Millennium Area

In the European District, two new high-rise towers will be built on the Millennium Area, where the original Millennium Tower was once proposed. Instead of one very high skyscraper, two new high-rise buildings will now be built, which together will fill the originally planned space. The project developer CA Immo expects completion around the year

High-rise Am Roemerhof

At the western end of the European Quarter (Europaviertel), around 2,000 new apartments are to be built on what is today the bus depot of the Frankfurter Verkehrsgesellschaft (VGF), Frankfurt's public transportation operator. In June 2020, head of planning Mike Josef (SPD) presented the planning for the Roemerhof project together with head of traffic Klaus

What does the Head of Planning do?

The Head of Planning in Frankfurt is leading the city's governmental body which is responsible for urban planning and construction in the respective epoch (currently this area is summarized in the Planning and Housing Department - called the Planning Department for short). At the city level, the department head performs similar tasks to a federal

Das Präsidium

A high-rise project called Das Präsidium (in English: The Presidency) will be built on the property of the former police headquarters at the Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage street. The plans for the high-rise first appeared in the 1998 high-rise master plan. A high-rise tower with a height of 175 meters (574 feet) was proposed on the approx. 15,000

Millennium Tower

Millennium Tower, formerly also called T365 (Tower 365), is a visionary and not yet constructed high-rise project in the European District of Frankfurt having a planned height of 369 meters (1,210 feet). The initiator of the plans for the Millennium Tower was EIM (Eisenbahn Immobilien Management, today CA Immo Germany). The concept for Millennium Tower

RIVERPARK Tower

The RIVERPARK Tower was planned to transform the former office high-rise of Union Investment during a major renovation into an extraordinary landmark and residential tower with premium units and a boarding house, but it will not be constructed. With its spectacular open architecture, star architect Ole Scheeren was said to implement his first project in