Impressive Entrées

With the new S-Bahn station to the east and the Audi flagship store to the west, Adlershof has gained two distinctive entrance gates

Those responsible at Adlershof Projekt GmbH have no doubt that these gateways contribute to the science and business city’s urban character and further enhance the location’s appeal for investors.

Einstein is one of those trendy coffeeshop chains that can be found on Friedrichstraße, Kurfürstendamm and at other places across Berlin’s city centre. It has now opened a shop in Adlershof, inviting you to enjoy your latte or cappuccino in the new Audi-Zentrum at the western end of Rudower Chaussee.

“Today, Adlershof is an attractive urban location of the kind and quality desired by modern businesses,“ says Walter Leibl, CEO of Adlershof Projekt GmbH. With Sales and Marketing Manager Ute Hübener he shares the conviction that this urban character will further raise the interest in the areas still vacant along Rudower Chaussee.

Some investors have already recognised this opportunity: On the corner of Am Studio, ID&A Real Estate company will complete their Air Campus Adlershof project in 2013; right beside it, Europa-Center AG intend to begin the third construction stage of their office complex in the same year. Likewise, the commencement of construction of the Medienfenster, a multi-functional use building at the corner of Franz-Ehrlich- Straße, is scheduled for 2013.

Directly at the S-Bahn station, Ute Hübener has a particularly attractive plot on offer, an area well over 24,000 m² permitted for both office and retail use. Future investors have the opportunity to build up to a height of 54 m in order to emphasise the plot’s entrance situation.

At the western entrance gate, however, possibilities for project developers are no less enticing. Surrounding the buildings of Audi AG and the commercial complex Am Oktogon, there are plots for sale which, according to Ute Hübener, are eminently suitable for company headquarters – not least due to the close proximity to the Adlershof motorway exit which makes for a fast connection to both the future airport and the city centre. Here, too, the land-use plan allows for core areas intended for the construction of offices and smaller retail units.

“The development of Rudower Chaussee into a commercial thoroughfare is well underway,“ Walter Leibl draws an interim conclusion. For him, urbanity also comprises uses that are not immediately related to the location’s technological focus e.g., apartments, shops and restaurants. And of course the Einstein coffeeshop which makes a perfect observation point for Adlershof’s continuous growth.

by Christian Hunziker