Palais Quartier Construction in Frankfurt, Germany
On Saturday afternoon, my family and I took one of those rare trips to Frankfurt. I say rare as we tend to go downtown Frankfurt only about two or three times a year.
The most unusual site this time was seeing the Palais Quartier being worked on. It is an impressive site even while under construction – I am sure it will be a real bonus to Frankfurt once it is finished. Some facts:
17.400 qm of downtown Frankfurt asphalt will create 226.000 qm of office, retail, hotel and open space. The city will be enriched by 1390 parking spaces as well.
The name Palais Quartier derives from the original Thurn-und-Taxis-Palais (built between 1729 and 1939). During WW2, this baroque castle was almost completely demolished. Due to lack of space, reconstruction of the former castle will only have four axes instead of its original five.
This gigantic construction will finish in February 2009 and visitors will get plenty of shopping and leisure opportunities on eight floors. Europe’s longest free-floating express-escalator will take visitors to new heights (ground to fourth floor to be exact) in just 120 seconds.
This new Palais Quartier was designed by Architekturbüro KSP Engel&Zimmermann und M fuksas ARCH.
Construction is estimated to run close to a billion Euros.
Advertisement with the Palais Quartier construction in the background
Walking around the block
Something old and something new – just across the street!
Downtown Frankfurt is a busy place on a Saturday afternoon and it is well worth visiting anytime. Nevertheless, we were happy to come home with heavy feet, a light wallet and a renewed appreciation for our quiet suburban life in Oberursel.
Tags: construction site, downtown Frankfurt, hotel, offices in Frankfurt, palais, shopping center
August 17th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Wow!!!
What a huge shopping center!
It will definitely be a paradise for shopping lovers like me
I hope I can visit there with a lot of money.
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:05 am
this is a good article.thanks a lot, crane is vital for the construction!
October 28th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Hello ,
congratulations for the article. Just want to say that i had the plaisure to be
one of the workers on this project.
Hope to have time and availability to go there on the opening day.
Cheers , Victor
October 28th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Hi Victor,
Nice to see you here! The only time I ever saw any of you was with a helmet at the site… glad to know they still give you some free time for other things!
You have done a great job so far and I will be watching for the “Grand Opening” date.
Keep up the good work!
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