Danube center

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Danube center
Danube center
Danube center after the renovation
Basic data
Location: Vienna , AustriaAustriaAustria 
Opening: 1975, 2010 (expansion)
Sales area : around 133,000 m²
Shops: around 260
Owner : Unibail-Rodamco
Website: www.donauzentrum.at
Transport links
Subway : U1 / Kagran
Tram : Line 25
Omnibus : 22A, 26A, 27A, 93A, 94A
Parking spaces : around 3000
New Danube Center

The Donauzentrum (until 2009 Donauzentrum in short DZ ) is a shopping center in the 22nd Viennese district Donaustadt . With the Donau Plex (DX) connected to the Danube Center , it is Vienna's largest shopping center and entertainment center ( urban entertainment center ).

history

The center was opened in 1975 with 22,800 m², the current sales area is 100,750 m². Over 260 retail, catering and entertainment businesses are located on a total area of ​​around 225,000 m² (double and twin rooms). The Danube Center has been expanded several times since 1975. From 2009 to October 2010 it was expanded or rebuilt.

The new part, opened in October 2010, contains over 60 new shops and with 28,000 m² brought a third of additional retail space. Opened in mid-October 2010, the 38 meter high sculpture Sonnenstrahl is intended to complement the raindrop paint on the outer wall of the southern part of the Danube Center. The front of the Danube Center opposite the Kagran underground station was clad with LED tarpaulins, so that the entire head section can change its color.

Danube Center (right) with sculptures and a newly renovated medical center

Unibail-Rodamco invested around 105 million euros in the expansion of the Danube Center, and another 45 million went into the modernization of the existing shopping center.

The London architectural office Dunnett Craven , which specializes in retail properties, and the Vienna planning office of the architect and builder Franz Riedl are responsible for the architectural appearance of the new Danube Center .

In 2012 the Danube Plex was renewed. The range of restaurants on offer was expanded, and the cinemas were technically upgraded and equipped with IMAX technology.

On the morning of March 9, 2019, a fire broke out in the Danube Center at 6 a.m., which required a large-scale operation by the fire brigade, which lasted a total of 12 hours. The professional fire brigade sometimes called alert level 4. In the affected wing near the Zentrum Kagran subway station, four shops as well as the practice of a veterinarian and a plasma center were damaged. The fire was likely caused by construction work. On the afternoon of April 20, 2020, another fire broke out in the roof. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , most of the shops in the shopping center were closed, and some open local supply shops were evacuated. The fire was brought under control by evening. A firefighter was injured in each of the fires during the operational work. Civilians were not harmed.

Further data

The owner is the French-Dutch real estate company Unibail-Rodamco. The largest listed real estate investment and management company in the European retail sector took over 90 percent of the shares in Donau Zentrum and Donau Plex from the Breiteneder family for EUR 270 million in 2003.

The shopping center, frequented by around 19 million visitors and 3,000 employees annually, has had a direct connection to the U1 subway line since 1982 . The shopping center can also be reached by tram line  25 and the Vienna city bus lines 22A, 26A, 27A, 93A and 94A.

In the Donau Zentrum and Donau Plex there are currently 260 shops (shops, service providers and restaurants) and 13 cinemas available. There was also a nightclub until 2018 .

During the renovation, the number of parking spaces in the Donau Zentrum was increased from 1,330 to 3,000 parking spaces, which can be used free of charge for two hours (six hours for cinema-goers).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Donauzentrum History. Retrieved June 27, 2018 .
  2. ^ The new Danube Center ( Memento from September 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ HEIM.ART® - Danube Center - © Joachim Eckl. Retrieved June 27, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Expansion: Donauzentrum becomes the second largest shopping center. (No longer available online.) In: heute.at . July 21, 2009, archived from the original on September 29, 2009 ; accessed on March 9, 2019 .
  5. ↑ danube center. In: dunnettcraven.com . Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  6. ^ The Architecture - Extension 2010 ( Memento from 23 September 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ a b Donauzentrum: damage less than feared. In: wien.orf.at . March 10, 2019, accessed June 19, 2020 .
  8. ^ Trial of fire in the Donauzentrum: Diversion. In: wien.orf.at . June 19, 2020, accessed June 19, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b Again roof fire in the Danube center. In: wien.orf.at . April 20, 2020, accessed April 21, 2020 .
  10. ↑ a b Directions & Contact Donauzentrum. Retrieved June 27, 2018 .
  11. ^ Danube Center History. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
  12. ^ Conny Sellner: The last dance: Wiener Club Bollwerk is about to end. In: mein district.at . June 6, 2018, accessed March 9, 2019 .
  13. ^ Donauzentrum: Parking ( Memento from September 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Donauzentrum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 35 ″  N , 16 ° 26 ′ 5 ″  E