The Hessen Center celebrated the topping-out ceremony for the first construction phase of the new multi-storey car park last week: visible from afar, the topping-out wreath was attached to the construction site crane. The last ceiling panels of the upper parking deck have been installed. This means: construction management, center management, tenants in the center and visitors can be happy about the progress of the construction work, because the first 1,000 parking spaces can soon be used.
New parking deck with direct access to the center
.The new car park offers a range of additional services and modern comforts, including numerous parking spaces with special comfort features, specially reserved spaces for women, families with children, customers with disabilities, numerous widened parking spaces with a minimum width of 2.75 metres, covered bicycle parking spaces and new stations for electric vehicles. An individual parking space display will also be installed, showing free parking spaces at a glance.
Olaf M. Kindt, Center Manager Hessen-Center Frankfurt: "We are pleased and grateful that our visitors are accompanying the construction with a lot of interest, but also patience and understanding. In March of this year, I promised that we would be rewarded for this before Christmas with the most modern parking garage in the east of Frankfurt. According to the current status, I will be able to keep my promise, before St. Nicholas on December 6, the parking decks should be opened."
Alexander Kemling, project manager of the construction company Max Bögl, expressed his satisfaction with the topping-out ceremony of the 1st construction phase. "The work has been completed on schedule. All the builders and suppliers have put their skills to work to meet the completion date. We builders are working hand in hand with the center management to continue to keep disruptions to ongoing center operations and visitors to a minimum. Moving on - as we still have plenty of work to do between now and the end of November with electrical work and the implementation of signage and lane markings."
Investment in attractive, contemporary overall appearance of the Hessen-Center Frankfurt
In total, more than 45 million euros will be invested in the redesign of the Hessen-Center Frankfurt. &euros; invested. The center will be extensively modernized, redesigned and significantly upgraded for customers and tenants. In autumn 2020, visitors to Frankfurt East will be offered even more with over 1,400 new parking spaces, additional service offerings and improved facilities.
"Our aim is to significantly increase the quality of stay at the shopping center in Frankfurt East, which has been popular for decades" continued Olaf M. Kindt. "With a contemporary look, modern services and an attractive atmosphere, we want to delight our many regular customers and also attract new ones."
In the course of the new car park construction, the external image of the Hessen-Center will also be significantly improved. With an appealing anthracite-colored façade look, new green strips and modern lighting, the integration in the district will be emphasized and the center will be visually moved closer to Borsigallee.
Work is also continuing on the center's interior. The modernization and beautification of the mall is progressing. New concepts are also being added to the tenant mix and upgraded with more attractive tenants. Among others, the more than 5,000 m² grocery space was recently leased to EDEKA. The grocery store is scheduled to open in summer 2020.
