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Alexanderplatz
Hines - project area D4
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view from the shopping mall "Galeria Kaufhof" to the new building, August 2009
view from Alexanderplatz, August 2009
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project development:
Hines Immobilien GmbH für
Alexanderplatz D4 Erste Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Alexanderplatz D4 Zweite Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
building block / project area:
D4
architect:
architect´s office RKW Rhode Kellermann Wawrowsky
plot area:
c. 5,329 sq.m.
gross floor area (D4 plinth area / D4 tower):
c. 22,200 sq.m. / 37,000 sq.m.
designated use (D4 plinth area / D4 tower):
retailing / office space
total investment costs (D4 plinth area / D4 tower):
c. 100 mio. EUR / not yet defined
start of construction works (D4 plinth area / D4 tower):
24th May 2007 (laying of the foundation stone) / 2013
completion (D4 plinth area / D4 tower):
spring 2009 / 2018
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Project descriptionIn the urban design competition of 1993 a much closer spatial setting had been proposed for Alexanderplatz. For the new boundaries of the square the building project of the Hines Group, an American real estate enterprise, is of particular significance.
The total development of c. 5,300 sq.m. has been split into two sub-projects: a shopping mall like business house (plinth area) with a site area of 3,900 sq.m. being realized at the moment and a tower of 1,400 sq.m. The mixed usage of retail and office space will help shaping and revitalising this central part of the city. And given its protruding location it will have a special impact on the spatial appearance of Alexanderplatz.
view from the tv-tower "Fernsehturm" to Alexanderplatz, March 2009
The design of the building project for the plinth area announced as "die mitte - Shopping am Alexanderplatz" matches with its prominent position at Alexanderplatz.
Hines
Hines is one of the world´s biggest private real estate firms, founded in 1957 by Gerald D. Hines in Houston, Texas. The family owned company is focused on Real Estate Investment, Development, Asset Management and Property Management. Hines is active in 16 countries and 106 cities all over the world. Hines employs c. 3,700 people 1,250 of which work outside the USA . More than 1,110 projects with more than 42.5 m. sqm of office space, space of mixed usage, industrial-, retail-, and living space have been developed. Since 1991 29 Funds were initialised with approx. US$ 15.0 bn. of equity.
The first developmental project of Hines in Europe was "Hofgarten am Gendarmenmarkt" (1997), with 50,000 sq. m. of gross floor area for mixed usage (offices, retail and apartments) in Friedrichstadt, Berlin. Since then many path-breaking projects have been successfully realised by Hines, amongst them in Berlin the "Rosmarin Karree" (1998), "Pariser Platz 3" (1999), in Frankfurt the "Main Tower" (2001), in Düsseldorf the "Benrather Karree" (2003) and in Munich the "Uptown" (2004). Furthermore Hines administers at present the development and marketing of the projects "Upper Eastside Berlin" at the corner of Friedrichstraße / Unter den Linden and "Karolinen Karree" in Munich, Karolinenplatz.
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Map of investors with project area D4 (Hines) labelled
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