Only what changes,
will remain

PATIO LISE-MEITNER-STRASSE

 

 

Patio Lise-Meitner-Strasse

Frankfurt-Bockenheim (City West)

 

 

Construction of a residential complex on a site planned for purely commercial use

 

 

 

Olaf Cunitz, Bürgermeister and Head of Planning at the City of Frankfurt (left)
Stefan Messemer, Head of the Bouwfonds office, Frankfurt am Main

 

 

 

Owner   Bouwfonds
Immobilienentwicklung GmbH
Site area   approx. 10,000 sq m
Type of use   approx. 290 apartments Architecture   by the Frankfurt
architectural practise Arctec
Lettable area   approx. 30,000 sq m of residential
accommodation
Buildings   2 buildings (4- and 8-storey)
with landscapes courtyard
that continues outwards
landscaped gazebos, and roof terraces

CHALLENGES

 

  • Analysis and development of a concept for conversion of a commercial site

 

 

 

ACTIVITIES

 

  • Advising the owner on achieving marketability in the scope of an exclusive marketing instruction
  • Extensive research for the commercial development originally planned 
  • Preparing discussions with the City of Frankfurt Building Control Office and Planning Department
  • Advising both the vendor and the purchaser up to conclusion of the sale contract

OUTCOME

 

  • Creating the planning and contractual basis for the realisation of the project
  • Considerable confidence by both parties demonstrated by the grant of a joint consultancy mandate