Omniturm
The Omniturm (own spelling: OMNITURM ) is a 190 meter high office and residential building on the property at Große Gallusstraße 16-18 in the city center of Frankfurt am Main . It was built by the US real estate company Tishman Speyer Properties from early 2016 to late 2019 . The name (from Latin omnis 'everyone') is an allusion to the simultaneous living and working in the high-rise.
Planning history
Metzler / LHB Handelsbank high-rise project
In 2001, Bankhaus Metzler and LHB Internationale Handelsbank announced an architecture competition for a joint, 175-meter high-rise building on the corner of Große Gallusstraße and Neue Mainzer Straße in Frankfurt's banking district . The headquarters of the Metzler bank was located in a low-rise building at Große Gallusstraße 18 ("Metzler-Haus") from the reconstruction after the Second World War until autumn 2014, the LHB-Bank owned the neighboring property at Große Gallusstraße 16. Ten architectural offices were invited to Finally, two first prizes were awarded to ABB Architects Scheid, Schmidt und Partner (today: BeyeScheid Architects) and Gatermann + Schossig. By 2004, Bankhaus Metzler built a new building in the immediate vicinity in the first row on the banks of the Main (project name: "Metzler am Main") for its own use, but the high-rise plans were on the market after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent doldrums for office property initially smashed. Metzler stayed at his headquarters on Große Gallusstraße, the new building at Untermainanlage 1 was rented to the commercial law firm Hogan Lovells and the private bank Sal. Oppenheim . In an interview with the Berliner Zeitung in 2004, however , bank board member Friedrich von Metzler confirmed the plans to give up the headquarters in favor of a new high-rise building.
In October 2013, Bankhaus Metzler announced that it would leave its headquarters at Grosse Gallusstrasse 18 in 2014 and, as planned in 2004, move to the Untermainanlage 1 building. The relocation of around 200 employees was completed at the end of the third quarter of 2014. The space was vacant after the investment bank Macquarie moved out (Macquarie had taken over the derivatives business from Sal. Oppenheim in 2009). Harald Illy, partner at Bankhaus Metzler, justified the move with the fact that the “Metzler House” was in need of renovation. With regard to the development of the former headquarters, all options are open, but there is now greater freedom of action, since the bank has acquired the neighboring property at Grosse Gallusstrasse 16 from LHB Internationale Handelsbank.
Omniturm high-rise project
In February 2015, Bankhaus Metzler sold the properties at Große Gallusstrasse 16-18 to the US real estate company Tishman Speyer Properties. In June 2015, Tishman Speyer officially presented their fourth high-rise project in Frankfurt (after the Messeturm , Opernturm and Taunusturm ): a 189.9 meter high office and residential building is to be built according to a design by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels (Büro BIG) . Of a total of 45 floors, eight are intended for apartments in the center of the tower. The first three floors of the tower should be accessible to the public. In front of the building, a public square with green areas is planned on Grosse Gallusstrasse in the direction of the city center.
The high-rise project initially had the working title “Tessuto” or “Metz” and was later officially referred to as “Omniturm”. It was completed in September 2019.
Building history
In May 2015, the demolition of the buildings at Große Gallusstrasse 16-18 began; the work was completed in summer 2015. The foundation work for the high-rise began in early 2016.
Architectural features
The Omniturm is characterized by a "hip swing" halfway up the building. The spiral axis shift out of the center enables terraces for the living area, which is planned between the 16th and 22nd floors. In the largest shift, the so-called “residential” area is offset by a total of more than 5 meters from the baseline. The tower has 43,850 square meters of rentable office space, 8,175 square meters of living space and 1,579 square meters of publicly accessible space.
owner
The Commerz Real has the Omniturm in September 2018 even during the construction phase of its open-ended property fund hausInvest acquired. The seller is a joint venture led by the project developer Tishman Speyer. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
Tenant
The major bank Morgan Stanley is planning to rent an area of 8,000 square meters in the tower.
In addition, the international commercial law firm Hogan Lovells will relocate its Frankfurt office to the Omniturm and rent an area of around 6,500 square meters on five floors.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ BeyeScheid Architects. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ↑ Bankfurt. Competition for high-rise in Frankfurt decided. Article on BauNetz of June 18, 2001. Accessed June 25, 2015.
- ↑ Thomas Leinkauf, Jochen Arntz: Character, that's what it's about. Newspaper article in the Berliner Zeitung from December 18, 2004. Accessed June 25, 2015.
- ^ Tim Kanning: Metzler Bank. The first move since 1826. FAZ newspaper article from September 27, 2014. Accessed June 25, 2015.
- ^ Matthias Alexander: Change of location of the private bank. Metzler leaves its headquarters in the banking district. FAZ newspaper article from October 8, 2013. Accessed June 25, 2015.
- ↑ New high-rise in the banking district
- ^ Alexander Jürgs: New high-rise. Banking district will soon have a kink in its appearance. Newspaper Article of the World June 18, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
- ↑ big.dk Projects Metz
- ↑ Completion of the Omniturm, Marienturm and Grand Tower in Frankfurt am Main - addition to the skyline. deutsche bauzeitung, November 6, 2019, accessed on March 24, 2020 (German).
- ↑ construction of OMNITURMs in Frankfurt - Beton.org. Retrieved July 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Expo Real: Oktoberfest on the real estate market . ( handelsblatt.com [accessed October 4, 2017]).
- ↑ Hogan Lovells moves to Frankfurt's Omniturm. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 41 ″ N , 8 ° 40 ′ 23 ″ E