Wicküler City
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| Entrance area of the Wicküler City | ||
| Basic data | ||
| Location: | Bendahler Strasse / Elberfelder Strasse, 42285 Wuppertal | |
| Total area: | 66,000 m² | |
| Sales area : | 28,300 m² | |
| Transport links | ||
| Railway stations: | Wuppertal-Unterbarmen station , Landgericht suspension station | |
| Stops: | District Court, Wolkenburg | |
| S-Bahn : | S 7 , S 8 | |
| Omnibus : | 611, 628, NE 5 | |
| Local transport : | Wuppertal suspension railway | |
| Motorways : | B 7 | |
| Other: | Bendahler Strasse, Elberfelder Strasse, Haspeler Schulstrasse, Mauerstrasse | |
| Parking spaces : | 1580 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Architect : | pos4 architects | |
The Wicküler City , known as Wicküler Park until 2014 , is a complex consisting of three buildings with shopping and office space in the Unterbarmen district of Wuppertal as well as the largest shopping center in the city in terms of area, in front of the City-Arkaden Wuppertal and the Rathaus-Galerie Wuppertal in the Elberfeld district .
location
Most of Wicküler City is located in the Barmen district in the residential quarters Friedrich-Engels-Allee in the north and Hesselnberg in the south. The western part of the complex is located in the residential district Elberfeld-Mitte of the district Elberfeld . The northern and southern parts are separated by the Elberfeld – Dortmund railway line . The sprawling complex is located in close proximity to the court of the island , to the University Campus Haspel , the sculpture park Waldfrieden , for Bahnhof Wuppertal-Unterbarmen and for sub Barmer cemetery .
history
The northern building of today's complex was built in 1916 in the residential area of Friedrich-Engels-Allee and served as the headquarters of the Wicküler-Küpper Brewery GmbH, founded in 1845 . When production and the remaining head office of the brewery were relocated to Cologne in 1990 , the Clees Group acquired the complex and in the same year initiated the renovation and modernization of the site with an investment of 210 million DM (around 107 million euros ) new retail park Wicküler Park with three buildings. The Walmart retail group moved into the building to the north and set up its German headquarters in the western part of the site of the former prison in Wuppertal ; A Mediamarkt branch was established there as a sub-tenant . In 2007 the Metro Group took over Walmart; A Real store moved into the retail space of the former Walmart, while the RSM Breidenbach tax consultancy is located in the western building .
After an interim sale, the complex has been owned by the group again since 2011. In 2012, the building complex was briefly discussed as a possible location for the planned settlement of the furniture company IKEA , but was not pursued any further due to legal and economic restrictions.
After the extensive renovation and modernization since summer 2014, the shopping center is known under the name Wicküler City , in addition to new main tenants and a visually and technically modified entrance and retail area, a new gastronomy concept in the form of a food court is being implemented. Since January 2017, the urban form department for immigration and integration , parts of the local Job Centers and other specialized integrators to about 3700 square meters floor space, the Competence Center House of integration to fugitives and other immigration groups , the integration easier.
The main tenants in 2017 included the retail chains Real (lease expires in summer 2018) and Woolworth , the electronics chain Mediamarkt , a dm-drogerie markt , the pet shop Das Futterhaus , the textile retailer Takko , and a fitness center. In addition, the Bergische Universität Wuppertal maintains offices for individual subjects. In the late autumn of 2017, the sports retailer Decathlon will also open a location in the western part.
building
The building complex of Wicküler City consists of three buildings with 30 rooms on six levels with a total of 66,000 m². The retail space covers around 28,300 m², of which 13,300 m² are north of the railway line and are reserved for retail outlets and restaurants relevant to the center, 15,000 m² are located south of this line and include specialist stores. The remaining 37,700 m² are office space.
There are a total of 1580 parking spaces in the Brauturm and Media Markt car parks and in the main building car park to the north with its three levels. The northern and southern buildings are connected by a covered pedestrian bridge over the railway line.
Due to the striking, large-scale brick facade of the southern building, the multi-storey building complex has a significant impact on the cityscape.
Art and culture
In 1989 the copper Wicküler fountain was inaugurated. It consists of a Sud - and a mash tun , showing the brewery Insignia tub , Darre and ladle . After the property was taken over by the Clees Group and it was redesigned to become Wicküler Park , it was moved to the forecourt of the electronics store opposite.
Since 2005, Wicküler City has been one of eleven Wuppertal stations on the NRW football route , which, as a bicycle route, connects 15 cities in North Rhine-Westphalia with nationally or internationally known football clubs. The first lines of the text on the information board read:
“ 'Men like us - Wicküler beer!' This famous advertising slogan for the fresh light from the Bergisch is now as much a thing of the past as the Wicküler brewery itself and even the Wuppertaler SV. The only thing left is the name for this shopping center. "
In October 2014, the northern parking garage of Wicküler City was the venue for the Underground project of the Pina Bausch dance theater, with the advice of choreographer Mark Sieczkarek .
In the course of the redesign to Wicküler City , light walls and light steles were and will be installed inside the building, which show Wuppertal images and historical views of the Wicküler brewery.
Web links
- Official website
- Wicküler City on the homepage of the Clees group of companies
- Project presentation including visualizations on the homepage of pos4 architects
- Presentation including visualizations on the homepage of the landlord Hillemeyer Immobilien
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wicküler Park: Concept against further vacancy , in: Westdeutsche Zeitung of April 2, 2013
- ↑ Wicküler Park brings new tenants , in: Westdeutsche Zeitung of January 24, 2014
- ↑ Wicküler Park: One of the largest investments in new jobs , from September 21, 1998
- ↑ aktuell - Info for trade & services ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Rhenish Retail and Service Association, issue 2, May 2007 (PDF)
- ↑ Reasons for the project-related development plan No. 1136V "Dreigrenzen" , department 105 - Building and Living, City of Wuppertal, p. 7 (PDF)
- ↑ a b Wicküler City ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , References from the Clees Group
- ↑ a b Plans: The Wicküler Park is to become Wicküler City , in: Westdeutsche Zeitung of April 10, 2013
- ↑ A "House of Integration" is being built in Wuppertal, in Die Stadtzeitung Wuppertal from June 1, 2016
- ↑ Decathlon comes to Wuppertal , on Westdeutscher Rundfunk on March 9, 2016
- ↑ Wickülerbrunnen , denkmal-wuppertal.de
- ↑ Dance theater plays in the multi-storey car park at Wicküler Park , on njuuz.de from September 30, 2014
