Karstadt Munich Bahnhofplatz
The Karstadt München Bahnhofplatz is a department store of Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH in Munich's Ludwigsvorstadt .
history
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The traditional, listed department store was built between 1904 and 1905 based on designs by the Munich architect Max Littmann for the Hermann Tietz department store chain opposite the main train station and opened on March 14, 1905. In the design of the building, Littmann made use of elements of the German Renaissance, following the historicizing taste of the time . The former Tietz department store is a five-storey hipped roof building with protrusions, stair towers, gables and dormers. It was built in reinforced concrete skeleton construction with reduced historicizing facade designs, partly with shell limestone. The three-dimensional facade decor comes from Julius Seidler , Jakob Bradl and Fidel Enderle.
As early as 1930, the two counter-rotating escalators in the large atrium had a big-city flair. After damage to the facades as a result of the Second World War, the building was restored in a simplified manner and subsequently expanded significantly. The elongated extension from 1971 was designed by the renowned architect Fred Angerer . With almost 40,000 square meters of retail space, a 220-meter-long facade along Schützenstrasse and an underground car park for 500 cars, the building complex is one of the largest department stores in Germany.
The building belonged to Hertie and continued to run as such after the company was taken over by Karstadt, especially since the Karstadt-Haus Oberpollinger is located nearby . After the newly founded company Hertie GmbH (formerly Karstadt Kompakt) revived the name “Hertie” on March 1, 2007, the store belonging to Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH had to be renamed “Karstadt München Bahnhofplatz”. The renaming happened step by step until the complete name change on September 27, 2007. The six-story building is one of the most desirable large properties in downtown Munich. In 2015, the German-Irish investment company Signature Capital acquired it in a bidding competition. After one and a half years, it was sold to the real estate company RFR Holding , managed by the two real estate investors Aby Rosen and Michael Fuchs, who were of German origin. The market value rose by almost 40 percent. At the beginning of October 2016, it became known that the real estate company Signa , founded by René Benko , is participating in the extensive department store complex through a 50:50 joint venture. In November 2017 Signa finally took over the 50% RFR stake and has been the sole owner of the property ever since. In a central location in Munich, between the main train station and Stachus, there is a complete connection from the main train station to Munich's most important shopping street on Neuhauser Straße. Schützenstrasse will thus become an extension of Neuhauser Strasse, one of the most important shopping streets in Germany. With the planned renovation of the main train station and the expansion of the main S-Bahn line, Schützenstrasse will become even more important.
literature
- "H.": The two new department stores in Munich. The Hermann Tietz department store. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung , 39th year 1905,
- No. 54 (8 July 1905), pp. 325-328 and
- No. 55 (dated July 12, 1905), pp. 333-336. (with illustrations and floor plans)
- ( Digital version of nos. 53–60 = pp. 321–368 with approx. 20 MB)
- Münchner Abendzeitung from August 12, 2016: Sold for 250 million, Karstadt at the main train station: New million-dollar deal.
- SZ of August 18, 2016: 250 million euros: Investors sell Karstadt buildings.
- SZ from 1st / 2nd / 3rd October 2016: Benko now also buys the Karstadt.
- SZ of November 9, 2017: Karstadt owner Signa: real estate for 1.5 billion euros
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de. In: wien.gv.at. Retrieved November 29, 2017 .
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de. In: wien.gv.at. Retrieved November 29, 2017 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 25.8 ″ N , 11 ° 33 ′ 42.6 ″ E