Object Type

High-rise office building
Constructed 1977 (refurbishment: 1994 – 1996)
Current use: office (ECB - European Central Bank)

Location

The Euro-Tower is situated in Frankfurt’s central banking district, the economic heart of the Rhine-Main region. This region is one of Germany’s most important economic centres. This conurbation is internationally highly accessible on account of Frankfurt Airport. Frankfurt itself is generally numbered among the most important financial centres in the world.

Position

The Euro-Tower is located directly adjacent to the “Wallanlage”, a contiguous chain of parks. The building borders on the Kaiserstrasse to the north, the Neue Mainzer Strasse to the east and Willy-Brandt-Platz to the south. Willy-Brandt-Platz is one of the primary nodes of local public passenger transportation. There are numerous restaurants and shops in the near vicinity. Frankfurt’s main shopping boulevard is within walking distance. The Frankfurter Schauspiel, the city’s leading theatre, is directly opposite the Euro-Tower. Numerous restaurants and business are located in the vicinity. The property directly abuts the “Wallanlage”. This is a greenbelt that surrounds the city centre. The Main River is less than five minutes distant on foot. Like the Wallanlage, the green spaces along both banks serve as recreation areas for the centre city.

The property is highly visible over a great distance on account of its height. Viewed from the south, the Euro-Tower marks the start of the banking district and the entry to the Neue Mainzer Strasse. Seen from the main station, the object marks the westward boundary of the line of sight.

Description

The Euro-Tower is a high-rise office building with retail spaces on the ground floor and a restaurant in the first basement floor. Trading rooms of the ECB are located on the first floor, while the second floor accommodates the cafeteria and two conference rooms. Offices with a very good fit-out standard are located in the 4th – 35th floors. There are two conference rooms on the 36th floor. Floors 37 – 41 and the third floor are designated as technical floors.

The building comprises a total of 41 floors with a reinforced concrete skeleton frame, curtain wall facade and concrete floor slabs. The building has a three-story base with a flat roof and a 38-story high-rise tower, which also has a flat roof. Interior access within the building is effected via an internal core with a total of 12 lifts. The grid size is 1.40m. The room heights are suitable for a wide range of office applications. Due to the layout with interior core, two lettable areas can be represented on most floors. The property site consists of a roughly rectangular shaped land parcel that totals approximately 5,052m². The site slopes approximately two meters from the west towards the entrance of the Living XXL restaurant.

Infrastructure

The connection to public transport can be termed excellent, as Willy-Brandt-Platz is a main transportation node for the centre city. This is a stop for three north-south metro lines, the U1, U2 and U3. Two metro lines, U4 and U5, connect to the main station in one direction, and Konstablerwache in the other. Tram lines 11 and 12 also lead in from the west, traversing the city centre in an easterly and north-easterly direction, respectively. Both the metro and tram lines run at ten-minute intervals during peak periods. The main station is ten minutes distant on foot. The Eurotower has its own entrance to the metro station Willy-Brandt-Platz, but this is currently closed. The metro station can be entered at the side of the Frankfurter Schauspiel, among other locations.

Parking

The property has no exterior parking spaces. But there are a total of 346 parking spaces in the underground parking garage.
Public parking is possible on Friedenstrasse and in the “Bahnofsviertel” (the neighbourhood of the central station); no public parking is possible in the direct vicinity of the property.