The Europaviertel (European quarter) is a housing and business quarter development in the Gallus district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Development work began in 2005, and the development is scheduled for completion by 2019. The area will have offices, hotels, apartments, parks, shopping, and leisure facilities. After its completion, Europaviertel will approximately have a population of 30,000 workers and 10,000 residents. The Skyline Plaza complex, including a shopping mall and congress center, is within the district.
Size and Location
The cleared area is almost 90 hectares (220 acres) in size. The area is divided - based on the two property owners - into Europaviertel West and Europaviertel Ost; The visually clearly visible border is the high railway line with the Emser Bridge. In the western part, Aurelis Asset GmbH owns 66.7 hectares (165 acres) and in the eastern part, 18 hectares (44 acres) belong to Vivico Real Estate GmbH (since June 2011: CA Immo). The district today covers a total of 145 hectares (360 acres), including other peripheral areas. The area extends approximately 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) from the residential area on the Rebstock area and the Kuhwaldsiedlung in the northwest along the exhibition grounds to Güterplatz in the southeast. In the south the area is bordered by the Gallus Hellerhofsiedlung.
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