LOCATION ESSEN

LOCATION ESSEN
City Retail 2007/08
ESSEN
ESSENER
WIRTSCHAFTSFÖRDERUNGS
GESELLSCHAFT MBH
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ESSEN – THE RETAIL LOCATION 4
- Essen – the leading city and center of the Ruhr region
- A market of quality
- Essen is highly accessible
- Visitors from around the world
- Essen – the green oasis
- Essen – safe and clean
- Essen – a retail location with tradition
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DOWNTOWN ESSEN 8
- Shopping with flair
- Essen has a high pedestrian volume
- Moderate rental prices
- Short distances, no hassle
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SHOPPING, CULTURE AND EVENTS 12
- Superlative recreation and culture
- Essen´s cultural highlights
- Events and festivals attract many visitors
- More than just great food
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RETAIL LOCATIONS IN THE CITY CENTER 16
- Retail locations with charm, personality and tradition
- Retail location infrastructure
- “Kettwiger Straße“ – an expansive pedestrian zone
- A vibrant shopping experience – “Limbecker Straße“
- “Limbecker Platz“ – a shopping mall in the heart of the city
- New flagships for Essen
- From “City-Center“ to “Rathaus Galerie“
- The exclusive “Passagen“ arcade district
- “Theaterpassage“ arcade: shopping, culture & culinary delights
- The “Lindengalerie“ offers top quality goods
- “City-Nord“ has specialty shops
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THE CITY IS SURPASSING ITSELF 24
- Essen´s weststadt – commerce, living, urban entertainment 24
- University District Essen 25
- Corporate trailblazing 26
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ESSEN – THE RETAIL LOCATION
Bremen/Hamburg
Emden
Amsterdam/Rotterdam
Hannover/Berlin
Münster
Essen has many qualities and is more
than just a place to go shopping. Essen is also more than just a university
town or trade fair host. Essen is not just
a cultural capital, prominent sports town
or potent business location. Essen has
more than all that. The city’s diversity is
what makes Essen so charming. Here you
will find the full bandwidth of location
advantages; in particular, for the retail
business. In Essen, retailers will find all
the conditions necessary for a successful
business venture.
Essen – the leading city and
center of the Ruhr region
Essen’s population of 582,000 makes it
the second largest city in North RhineWestphalia (NRW) and it is also the
geographical center of the Ruhr region.
The Ruhr region also lives up to its new
name – Metropole Ruhr (Metropolitan
Ruhr) – due to its 5.3 million inhabitants
spread out across 4,435 square kilometers. The population and population density of the Ruhr region, and especially its
leading city, Essen, make the Metropole
Ruhr one of the most attractive retail locations anywhere. Retailers based in Essen benefit from the enormous customer
and sales potential.
A market of quality
Essen is not only a mark of quality due
to its size, but is also a market of quality.
The gross domestic product and gross
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Gelsenkirchen
Rhein
Duisburg
Brüssel
Mönchengladbach
Mülheim
a. d. Ruhr
Bochum
ESSEN
Kassel
Dortmund
Ruhr
Düsseldorf
Frankfurt a.M.
Köln
Köln/Bonn
added valuation per employed individual is not just the highest in NRW, but
also well above the national average.
Furthermore, Essen has the largest number of university graduates in the Ruhr
region.
Essen also boasts the highest proportion of service sectors in the Metropole
Ruhr at 81.5 percent. Major commercial
manufacturing, and especially a wide
range of business and services, are a
distinguishing feature of Essen as a
business location. The city’s image as
the “office desk of the Ruhr region” is
not far off the mark. Essen is the Ruhr region’s most important labor market (see:
BKR Essen). Compared to the number
of people actually living in the city, Essen has the most jobs proportionately at
36.3 percent. Essen is also a commuter
destination city and continues to attract
a growing number of job seekers from
outside the city limits. Net commuter
traffic rose in 2006 to 37,248, the highest in the Metropole Ruhr. In the same
year, Essen provided jobs for 95,000
people in the region – further evidence
Gross Domestic Product at Market Prices
Essen
Dortmund
Duisburg
Bochum
Ruhrgebiet
NRW
Bundesgebiet
09/2007
total
19,579 Mio. 
16,933 Mio. 
13,717 Mio. 
11,005 Mio. 
128,157 Mio. 
487,123 Mio. 
2,241,000 Mio. 
per employee
65,232 
58,547 
63,079 
59,711 
57,007 
57,807 
57,724 
Source: LDS NRW 2007
of the city’s appeal as a business location.
Essen has the highest number and largest percentage of jobs in the Ruhr region.
Essen’s major companies employ many
thousands of people. In NRW, Essen lies
ahead of Düsseldorf and Cologne as the
city with the most biggest companies
based there. Twenty-one of the 500 largest corporations are located in Essen. Ten
of the 100 biggest German companies by
sales have their headquarters in Essen;
among these are ThyssenKrupp AG, RWE
AG, E.ON Ruhrgas AG, Evonik Industries
AG, HOCHTIEF AG, ThyssenKrupp Technologies AG, Schenker AG, Arcandor AG
and Aldi Nord. The imposing skyscrapers
of RWE and Evonik Industries (formerly
RAG) dominate the skyline of downtown
Essen and are a widely visible symbol of
the city’s economic vitality.
In addition to the major corporations,
however, there are also many small and
mid-sized enterprises located in the
downtown area or in the direct vicinity.
The large number of employees also represents a substantial customer potential for inner city retailers.
Essen ist highly accessible
Retailers in Essen’s city center not only
play a key role in supplying employees
Net Commuter Balance 2000 and 2006
2000
10%
2006
5%
0%
-5%
Essen
Duisburg
Mülheim
Oberhausen
Gelsenkirchen
Bochum
and residents in the area. The excellent
accessibility to downtown and Essen’s
geographically central location offers
retailers another huge circle of potential
customers. Customers can easily reach
Essen’s city center by car or by public
transportation – an indispensable prerequisite for inner city vitality and the
businesses located there.
The most recent analysis conducted for
NRW’s integrated transportation planning shows that Essen’s inner city area
is by far easier to access than that of
the cities of Dortmund and Düsseldorf.
Approximately three million people can
reach downtown Essen by public transportation in a travel time of one hour.
Within the same time frame, only 1.6
million people can reach downtown Düsseldorf and 1.7 million Dortmund. Essen
fares equally well when assessing private
transportation. About 5.1 million people
can reach downtown Essen by car within
one hour, that is 300,000 more than
Düsseldorf.
Dortmund
Source: BKR Essen, 09/2007
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Access by Residents – Public Transport / Private Transportation
6,000,000
5.000,000
Private Transportation
Public Transport
5,500,000
till 30 min
from 31 to 45 min
from 46 to 60 min
4.500,000
4.8 Mio.
4.3 Mio.
3,037,100
5.1 Mio.
2,916,900
3,229,200
4.000,000
3,500,000
3.0 Mio.
3,000,000
1,773,300
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1.6 Mio.
1.7 Mio.
816,700
1,053,800
0
1,694,800
1,347,100
836,900
1,000,000
500,000
500,500
714,300
460,000
222,500
218,000
Dortmund
Düsseldorf
403,000
Essen
349,500
384,800
Dortmund
Dusseldorf
436,300
Essen
Source: BKR Essen, 01/2007
Visitors from around the world
Essen’s retailers also benefit from the
vehicle and foot traffic frequency generated by the city’s many public and industry trade fairs. These include the Essen
Motor Show, Techno-Classica, ModeHeim-Handwerk, Fibo, Security and Equitana. Essen is an important trade fair
location and the Messe Essen GmbH is
one of Germany’s largest trade fair organizations measured by visitors. In 2006,
a total of 1,48 million trade fair visitors
and 13,400 exhibitors came to Essen’s
35 international trade fairs, which included 13 leading international fairs.
Furthermore, retailers benefit from the
additional customers that come to Essen
for the many conferences and meetings
held in the Grugahalle auditorium.
Essen´s largest Trade Fairs
by Visitors
Essen Motor Show
approx. 394,700
Equitana
approx. 207,400
Mode-Heim-Handwerk approx. 165,300
Techno Classica Essen approx. 154,300
Spiel
approx. 151,200
approx. 98,900
Reise/Camping
Source: Messe Essen, 2007
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pull far beyond the immediate region.
Many visitors stay more than one day in
Essen, among them are a growing number of shopping tourists, who spend the
weekend in the city. Overnight stays in
Essen last year fell just short of the onemillion mark.
The appeal and vitality of Essen with its
many highlights exercises a gravitation
Overnight Stays in the
Ruhr Region 2006
Essen
Bochum
Dortmund
Duisburg
Oberhausen
989,061
509,818
773,274
343,292
230,951
Source: LDS NRW, 2007
Essen – the green oasis
Essen is also attractive to visitors due to
the fascinating landscape. The city boasts
42 public parks and gardens with 2,100
hectares (5,250 acres) of greenery as
well as 2,600 hectares (6,500 acres) of
public and private forest with more than
two and a half million trees. The best
known of the city parks is the Grugapark
with its roughly 70 hectares (175 acres)
of public space and some 4,500 m²
of seasonal flowers and foliage. The Grugapark is also home to famous sculptures
by Henry Moore and Auguste Rodin. For
the athletically active, the park has open
spaces for ball sports, an inline skating
track and volleyball courts. Right in the
middle of the park there is also a “health
spa on location” offering a unique blend
of relaxation for young and old. The high
salt content of the air in the so-called
In almost no other big city in Germany is there as much greenery as in Essen.
Foto Gruga
“saline” is noted for increasing one’s
vitality, energy and well being. Nearby,
visitors will also enjoy the Ronald McDonald Hundertwasser House with its
extraordinary architecture and exterior
greenery.
A favorite excursion location for many all
across the region, and beyond, is Essen’s
Baldeney Lake. No matter what time of
year, Baldeney Lake attracts thousands
of “hikers and bikers” and inline skaters
to its 15-kilometer (nine mile) circle route
around the lake. The lake is also a favorite “pit stop” for a wide variety of birds,
including herons, cormorants and crested
grebes, as well as bird watchers, thanks
to the adjacent nature reserve. Baldeney
Lake is also the ideal training ground for
rowers, canoeists and sailors, who want
real competitive conditions. Essen’s annual Sailing Week is the largest regatta
in North Rhine Westphalia. Essen’s reputation as a green city is not only underscored by all its nature reserves, parks
and forests, but also by a study in the
magazine Men’s Health in 2007, which
found that Essen was among the Top
Three of Germany’s greenest cities!
Foto Baldeney
No matter what time of year, Baldeney Lake attracts visitors to Essen.
est discount supermarket chains in the
world.
Essen – safe and clean
The 2006 statistics from Germany’s Federal Crime Office illustrate that Essen has
another superlative to boast about as the
safest big city in NRW. A low crime rate
is not only a key factor for executives in
deciding where to locate a business, it also
figures prominently in a customer’s considerations on where to go shopping. Another factor for shoppers is the cleanliness of
the surrounding area where the stores are
located. Here, too, Essen plays a leading
role with its “essen-pico-bello” initiative.
The initiative is a joint effort by the city and
municipal companies to constantly maintain and improve cooperation and logistics
when it comes to cleanliness.
Essen – a retail location with
tradition
Essen offers numerous hard and soft factors for its success as a preferred retail location. What’s more, the retail sector can
look back on a long tradition in Essen. In
1946, for example, the brothers Karl and
Theo Albrecht took over their mother’s
food shop in Essen-Schonnebeck, near
the Zollverein Coal Mine, and turned it
into Aldi, which today, is one of the larg-
Another retailing success story by an
Essen-based company is Deichmann.
With annual sales of some 2.7 billion euros and 112 million pairs of shoes sold
in 13 countries, the Deichmann Group
is Europe’s largest footwear retailer. Dr.
med. Heinz Horst Deichmann built up his
company from the tiny shoe repair shop
his father had founded in 1913 in EssenBorbeck.
Another big name in German retailing
that is synonymous with Essen is Europe’s leading retail and tourism concern,
ARCANDOR AG. Among the core businesses of what used to be KarstadtQuelle
AG are the top location Karstadt department stores in many German city centers, the Primondo mail order companies
(e.g. Quelle) and the Thomas Cook travel
agency chain.
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DOWNTOWN ESSEN
The moment a visitor leaves the main
train station he or she won’t miss the big
neon sign erected atop the “Handelshof”,
which was built in 1912. The slogan “Essen - The Shopping City” stands tall in
bright blue and yellow lettering. And
that’s no empty promise. Essen was the
first city in Germany to create a pedestrian zone – and that was back in 1927
in “Limbecker Straße”. Today, the downtown area boasts more than 700 shops
and department stores spread out across
300,000 m². This sprawling city center
pedestrian zone is a welcome change
from so many other shopping miles and
malls. The area is home to large clothing
chains, like Peek & Cloppenburg, C & A,
H & M and many others. Smaller, familyowned retailers, many with a long tradition, round off the wide range of shopping opportunities.
The historic “Handelshof” advertising for the big Love Parade youth party in 2007, which attracted 1.2 million
visitors.
The cafés in Essen’s pedestrian zone are a welcome rest stop and watering hole.
The sophisticated mix of shops, restaurants and cafés turns Essen’s downtown
area into an exhilarating shopping experience with atmosphere.
Shopping with flair
The numerous niches and squares, large
and small, and the many cafés, restaurants and other recreational options,
make downtown Essen a very pleasant
place to spend some time. They also increase the amount of time spent by potential customers in the shopping area.
The wide variety of outdoor eateries offers seating for more than 5,500 people,
both young and old. And the youngsters
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haven’t been forgotten either. The playground near the cathedral is a welcome
diversion after a longer shopping tour.
Shopping in Essen wouldn’t be complete, however, without the many events
and adventures presented by the Essen
Marketing GmbH, EMG. Retailers in Essen benefit from these many activities
because they attract large numbers of
people and generate a high foot traffic
volume of potential customers for the
city’s shopkeepers.
Essen has a high pedestrian
volume
Essen’s first-rate shopping areas – the
pedestrian zones “Kettwiger Straße” and
“Limbecker Straße” – don’t need to shy
away from comparisons with the top addresses in other major cities. Engel & Völkers Research conducted a survey in 2005
of pedestrian traffic at 34 points in 11
German cities. On a Tuesday, 7,011 pedestrians were counted in the “Kettwiger
Straße” and 6,357 in the “Limbecker
Straße”. The Engel & Völkers survey on a
Saturday counted 12,886 pedestrians in
the “Limbecker Straße” and 11,703 in the
“Kettwiger Straße”. These figures surpass,
for example, the foot traffic during the
same periods on Düsseldorf’s Königsallee.
The construction start of Germany’s largest inner-city shopping mall in 2007 had a
somewhat adverse effect on the pedestrian count in the “Limbecker Straße”. But,
experts forecast a considerably higher pedestrian count as soon as the first phase
of construction at the shopping center is
completed in the spring of 2008.
Moderate rental prices
The rental charge rate in downtown
Essen is comparatively moderate for a
Essen’s pedestrian zones “Kettwiger Straße” and “Limbecker Straße” have high year-round foot traffic.
Retail Rental List
for Essen (per month)
60 to 120 m2
112.00 to 150.00 /m2
120 to 260 m2
88.00 to 112.00 /m2
source: Brockhoff & Partner, 2007
Rental List for
Store Space in Essen (per month)
in top inner city location
e.g. Limbecker Straße, Kettwiger Straße
20 bis 50 m2
80.00 bis 140.00 /m2
50 bis 100 m2
70.00 bis 90.00 /m2
100 bis 200 m2
50.00 bis 70.00 /m2
über 200 m2
40.00 bis 50.00 /m2
in other city location
e.g. Salzmarkt, Kopstadtplatz, Viehofer Straße
20 bis 50 m2
10.00 bis 20.00 /m2
50 bis 100 m2
5.00 bis 10.00 /m2
über 100 m2
5.00 bis 10.00 /m2
source: Grundstücksbörse Ruhr e.V., 01/2007
large city. According to a survey by the
real estate consultants Brockhoff & Partner Immobilien GmbH and the property
exchange Grundstücksbörse Ruhr, the
highest prices for top locations are between €140 and €150/m². But only
a few meters off the main pedestrian
routes attractive store spaces are available for as little as €20/m² .
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Short distances, no hassle
Because the main train station is right
across the street from the “Kettwiger
Straße” pedestrian zone and the city’s
subway, tram and bus connections are
so good, users of public transportation
can enjoy an easy and relaxed shopping
experience in Essen. But, of course, it’s
just as comfortable to use your own private transportation to visit downtown
Essen. A sophisticated parking guidance
system directs drivers to the more than
11,000 inner-city parking ramp spaces.
There are also 1,500 additional on-street
parking spots. By 2010, the whole system will have been overhauled to make
it even more customer-friendly. In other
words, downtown Essen provides plenty
of parking for visitors. It’s also easy to
combine car travel with the city’s subway
and bus system.
Regardless of whether a visitor comes by
car, public transport, or a combination of
both, the central locations of the city’s
parking ramps, as well as the transportation stops and stations, make it easy to
reach your destination without a lot of
footwork.
house number
name of the business
size of display windows in meters
number of steps at entrance
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source: Brockhoff & Partner Immobilien GmbH / EWG in-house survey, 09/2007
public transportation
parking spaces /
parking ramps
city information point
source: Amt für Geoinformation, Vermessung und Kataster der Stadt Essen
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SHOPPING, CULTURE AND EVENTS
Superlative recreation and
culture
What attracts guests and visitors to Essen are the incomparable number of
cultural events and the large selection
of recreational activities coupled with
the city’s appealing landscape. Right in
the middle of downtown, for example, is
Essen cathedral with its cloisters erected
in the year 1300. The cathedral, home of
the Ruhr diocese and lovingly restored
after World War II, holds a collection of
church treasures, which are among the
most important in Europe. Among the
Essen treasures is the Golden Madonna,
the oldest Maria figurine in the western
world. The cultural and architectural
highlights of Essen include the last monumental building of the Staufer romantic
period in the Rhineland – the basilica
and abbey St. Ludgerus built in 1275 –
the Aalto Theater, the Grillo Theater and
Visitors in Essen
2006
Overnight stays total
Number from abroad
Guest arrivals total
Number from abroad
Length of stay
989,061
185,384
461,892
85,470
2.4 Tage
Source: LDS NRW, 2007
the Folkwang Museum, the Villa Hügel,
the Colosseum Musical Theater, the Lichtburg, Germany’s oldest premier cinema,
and the famous landmark and symbol
of early industrial culture, the Zollverein
coal mine, which was declared a UNESCO
world heritage site in 2001.
Essen is an internationally recognized
cultural center – a reputation that attracts visitors with purchasing power.
This is why it was no accident that Essen
was chosen as the European Cultural
Capital 2010 with its motto “Change
through Culture – Culture through
Change”. Additional visitor volume can
be expected as well from the extra projects and events that are planned for the
2010 cultural year. Furthermore, these
will, in turn, underscore and strengthen
Essen’s image as an outstanding cultural
center – another factor that makes the
city an attractive option for retailers.
There will be a positive financial effect
for the cultural and gastronomic highlights and, of course, for the retailers the
more visitors there are and the longer
they stay.
Essen´s cultural highlights
Already this small selection of activities
and sightseeing destinations illustrates
what a wide range of opportunities there
is in Essen for more than just one visit.
The Aalto Theater, opera house and ballet theater is a focus of interest well beyond the region.
Aalto Theater
Outstanding is probably the best description for the Aalto Theater. Critics
consistently rate the opera house among
the best. At the grand opening in 1988,
it was considered “only” as the “most
beautiful German theater” built since
1945, but today it is also seen as one of
the best theaters in Germany. And, for
many years, director Stefan Soltesz has
ensured that it stays that way. The building was designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, whose modern sweeping curves stimulate the imagination.
The performance hall itself is elegant
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rented for special events or disco dancing, as well as a beer garden in summer.
Essen Philharmonic Hall, the largest in the Ruhr region, is a rich contribution to cultural life.
in its simplicity with seating for 1,125
people. The international renowned opera singers on stage are surrounded by
sky blue colors and bright wood. Essen’s
philharmonic orchestra and the Aalto
ballet theater, always high in the rankings, also don’t need to shy away from a
comparison with the opera.
Essen Philharmonic Hall
A new concert house has been created under the aegis of director-general
Michael Kaufmann in Essen’s former
meeting hall “Saalbau”. Thanks to a
world-class program of orchestras and
artists, modern technology and heavenly
acoustics Essen’s new Philharmonic Hall
is among the best in Europe. The centerpiece of the hall is the fully renovated
Alfried Krupp Auditorium, which seats
1,096 guests. The glass ensconced RWE
Pavilion (350 seats) with its views of the
city’s Stadtgarten park offers excellent
surroundings for jazz and classical concerts, world music, receptions, lectures
or celebrations.
steel industries set the tone. The unique
atmosphere of the musical theater combines history and the present, whether
the plays performed are favorites, like
“Elisabeth”, “Aida”, “Phantom of the
Opera”, or currently “Mamma Mia”. The
protected heritage site with its industrial
relics is costumed today with modern art
and noble design.
WeststadtHall
The WeststadtHall is located in the center of Essen at West End Park, close to
the CINEMAXX cinema and the Collosseum Theater Essen. The West End Auditorium is used for many different occasions, covering just about every aspect
of entertainment from concerts, comedy,
musicals and theater to events and gala
functions for industry and commerce.
What’s more, the auditorium can also be
Stratmann’s Theater in Europa House
Since 1994, the former America House
in the heart of the city has been offering a program of cabaret and minor arts.
The stars, as well as the up-and-coming
talents of the comedy and cabaret scene
present their routines at Stratmann’s Theater in Europa House. The theater gained
a national reputation from the amusing
antics of Dr. Stratmann’s Medical Cabaret. His incomparable style is a fine example of exported Ruhr region humor
found in comedians like Atze Schröder,
Piet Klocke and Herbert Knebel.
GOP Variety Theater
Theatrical delights and delightful theatrics are combined into a complete work
of art in a tasteful and nostalgic ambience at the GOP Variety Theater. Since
1996, the theater has been enthralling
its guests with world class live entertainment. You may find yourself gasping in
astonishment over a delicate morsel as
the acrobats and illusionists, at least for
a while, suspend the meaning of time
and space.
The GOP Variety Theater in Essen presents itself in a unique atmosphere.
Collosseum Theater Essen
The Collosseum Theater, as a former
mechanics shop of the Krupp Company,
typifies the region’s industrial culture
and momentum for change. The building, certainly one of the most interesting musical theaters in Germany, was
once the demarcation line between
downtown and the Kruppstadt industry
complex, where the coal mining and
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Lichtburg Movie House
The red carpet has been renewed several
times over the years, since the likes of
Gary Cooper, Buster Keaton and Romy
Schneider have walked across it. And yet,
the grand old lady among the traditional
movie houses since opening in 1928 has
lost nothing of its original charm. Even
today, the carpet is rolled out at the Lichtburg to greet the stars at premiers or film
galas – whether Pierce Brosnan, Wim
porary authors, to experimental forms of
the performing arts. The director-general
of the theater since 2005/2006 is Anselm
Weber. The focus of the theater’s program
is modern staging of classic plays, from
Shakespeare to Schiller and Ibsen, and
contemporary pieces. The Grillo Theater
is youthful and unpretentious. The neoclassical theater carries the name of the
industry magnate Friedrich Grillo, who
financed construction of the building in
Old Synagogue
At the edge of downtown lies an imposing building of limestone blocks with
a copper dome. Like almost all Jewish
houses of worship, the Old Synagogue,
which opened in 1913, was torched and
most of the interior destroyed in 1938
during the so-called “Night of Broken
Glass”. The City of Essen purchased
the ruins in 1959 and in the process of
renovation all the mosaics were painted
over, the Torah shrine removed and the
cupola under which once 1,400 worshippers sat, suspended. Since 1988, the Old
Synagogue serves as a memorial to the
shoah, historical documentation forum
and cultural meeting place.
Events and festivals attract
many visitors
The numerous visitors to Essen are not
only attracted by the city’s cultural facilities. Millions of guests also come to Essen for the events and festivals that happen all year round – another aspect that
benefits local retail.
Surveys show that Essen´s Grillo Theater is the best in NRW.
Wenders or Joachim Król. The legendary
cinema is Germany’s largest movie house
with seating for 1,250 guests.
1887. The theater’s smaller Casa Studio
stages pieces that reflect the interests of
a younger audience.
Grillo Theater
Essen’s Grillo Theater for the second
time in a row has been proclaimed the
best playhouse in NRW by the magazine
“theater pur”. Also, in a survey by the
newspaper “Welt am Sonntag”, theater
critics chose the playhouse as the best
NRW theater in the 2006/2007 season.
The repertoire of the theater ranges from
classic drama and the works of contem-
Theater im Rathaus
The trademark of the Theater im Rathaus
(townhall theater) is the casting in leading
roles of prominent stars from film, television and radio. The public gets a well-balanced mixture of light comedy, classics,
crime thrillers and musicals. German stars,
like Karin Dor, Doris Kunstmann, Günther
Lamprecht, Grit Boettcher or Anita Kupsch
are regulars on stage.
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Kulturpfad(fest)
The casual visitor may have noticed the
blue glass cobblestones around Essen’s
downtown area that glow at night. A
total of 300 stones mark the Kulturpfad
(Culture Walk) and shine the way for visitors to the art and artifacts between the
Market Square Church and Folkwang Museum. The walk leads past the Old Synagogue, the Old Catholic Church, Roman
Catholic Cathedral, Adult Education Center, Lichtburg Cinema, Grillo Theater, RWE
Tower, Aalto Theater, Philharmonic Hall,
Church of the Redemption, the Cultural
Sciences Institute at Folkwang Bridge and
the Ruhrland Museum. Every year in June
there is a big Culture Walk Festival all
along the route in which the participating
institutions present their work to the public on the street or inside their facilities.
Essen. Original
Outdoors and free of charge on Kennedy
Square and throughout the downtown
area, the Essen Marketing GmbH, EMG,
presents the Essen City Open Air festival
every year with ten stages and some
1,000 artists.
International Christmas Market
Essen’s International Christmas Market,
which winds through the streets of the
city center, is among the largest and
most popular in Germany. The roughly
250 stands are a real treat with all their
delicious culinary specialties and gift
ideas from around the world. Above Kennedy Square twinkles Essen´s “Crown
of Light” with its 30,000 tiny bulbs like
drops of sparkling dew.
Essener Lichtwochen
For more than five decades, when autumn rolls around, it’s time to turn the
lights on in Essen. From the end of October, the Essener Lichtwochen (Light
Weeks) illuminate the city sky with hundreds of thousands of light bulbs, miles
of diode tubing and tons of scaffolding
to form the impressive light designs scattered around the city. The theme changes
every year and never fails to fascinate the
curiosity of millions of visitors. Since the
turn of the millennium, Europe has been
the focus of the light festival. Every year
in Essen, another EU country presents
itself literally in a new light, along with
culinary delights, cultural programs and
tourist activities and information.
“Essen ... verwöhnt“
And speaking of culinary delights! Under
the motto “Essen ... verwöhnt” (“Pam-
Every year, Essen’s restaurants present their best cuisine at a five-day open-air festival.
Numerous cafés, restaurants and bars make shopping in downtown Essen an experience.
pered in Essen”), the city hosts the largest gourmet fest in Germany along the
“Kettwiger Straße” and its side streets to
pamper your palette. Twenty-two restaurants offer more than 100 different delicacies in an atmosphere where friends
and family can meet and enjoy fresh,
quality food specialties from around the
world.
More than just great food
Thanks to Essen’s countless cafés, restaurants, bistros and bars, a shopping excur-
sion in the city can quickly end up being
an incomparable outing you will long remember. Gourmets and fans of regional
fare alike will find what they’re looking
for, surrounded by an urban flair. There
are also plenty of places to sit and relax
during a shopping tour, too. The outdoor
gastronomy alone in the downtown area
is larger than a football field. The outdoor
food and drink venues are spread across
4,200 m² with more than 5,500 seats
catering to just about every personal
hankering. The quality and ambience is
another reason why visitors like to wile
away the hours in Essen.
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RETAIL LOCATIONS IN THE
CITY CENTER
Essen is a vibrant big city – spacious, impressive – and its downtown area is attractive, modern and energetic. The city
center is a focal point of retailing and
service, and the many distinctive features
of its retail locations add to the quality
atmosphere.
Retail locations with charm,
personality and tradition
Few big cities boast a comparable number of public squares in their city centers.
Essen’s many appealing squares, often
planted with a lot of greenery, beckon visitors and residents alike to stop along the
way for a rest. There are cafés and gastronomic highlights, and many squares,
depending on the time of year, are transformed into performance venues.
In the summer, for example, the “Kennedyplatz” (Kennedy Square) is turned into a
beach with 1,500 tons of fine quartz sand.
Since 1997, “Kennedy Beach” has played
host to a beach volleyball tournament of
Essen’s pedestrian zones have a vibrant, energetic shopping atmosphere.
Germany’s top-seeded players, attracting
some 30,000 spectators in just three days.
In winter, Kennedy Square is a paradise for
ice skaters. The rink has a roof, and thousands of sparkling lights illuminate it for
daytime or nighttime skating.
The unique architecture of the buildings
is another distinguishing feature of the
The Essen.Original festival is staged at many different public squares..
city’s retail locations. Many of the preserved and refurbished buildings range
from the late 19th century up to the
1930s of the last century. At the south
end of the “Kettwiger Straße” pedestrian
zone, for example, is the “Handelshof”,
a large, impressive building dating from
1912, with many stylistic elements of
the expressionist period. Together with
the main post office building, the Eick
House and House of Technology, the
Handelshof Hotel forms a harmonious
architectural ensemble along the edge
of the downtown area. Equally imposing
are the “Deutschlandhaus”, the “Theaterpassage” shopping arcade and the
refurbished Grillo Theater playhouse.
Half way along the “Kettwiger Straße”,
at “Burgplatz” square, is the Blum-/Baedeker House – built in 1928 and rebuilt
after the war – with its sculptures by Jo-
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“Kettwiger Straße“ – an
expansive pedestrian zone
Burgplatz square is the spot where Essen was founded in 852 A.D.
sef Enseling embedded in the façade, and
the Lichtburg cinema, Germany’s largest
and most elegant movie theater.
healthy mixture of large stores and small
specialty shops.
“Kettwiger Straße” forms the north-south
axis of Essen’s business district. The charm
of the “Kettwiger Straße” has a history.
Essen was the first German city, in 1927,
to create a pedestrian zone. Back then,
just as today, the “Kettwiger Straße” is
an inviting option for a just a stroll, or for
shopping, and always seems to have visitors coming back for more. Perhaps the
reason is the generous dimensions of the
street and the well-structured and diverse
urban setting. Many public squares and
spaces along the “Kettwiger Straße” and
its side streets, such as “Willy-BrandtPlatz”, “Burgplatz” and “Kennedyplatz”,
liven up the atmosphere of the 15-20
meter-wide pedestrian zone.
Essen’s “t-shaped” pedestrian zones on a map by city planners Junker und Kruse.
The originality and authenticity of Essen’s urbanity gives the city’s retailing locations a special flair. The historic buildings in downtown, with their fascinating
architecture, are both the setting and the
stage for an urban lifestyle that benefits
commerce and retailing.
Retail location infrastructure
Most of Essen’s downtown area is a pedestrian zone. Typical for Essen’s business
district is its overall compact form, on the
one hand; and on the other hand, the
sprawling pedestrian zones, which conveys a feeling of spaciousness. The main
section features a t-shaped axis with the
expansive Galeria Kaufhof department
store and the main train station at the
south end of the “Kettwiger Straße”.
The ends of the “Limbecker Straße”
form the new “Limbecker Platz” shopping mall, currently under construction,
and the City-Center mall at “Porscheplatz” square. Between these three poles
are the main retailing zones with their
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the city’s turn as the 2010 cultural capital of Europe. € 60 million has been earmarked for renovations and design.
A vibrant shopping experience
– “Limbecker Straße“
Quite different, but just as appealing, is
“Limbecker Straße”, the cross on Essen’s
t-shaped pedestrian zone. You will find
many young people enjoying their own
shopping sprees in the mostly smaller,
trendier stores of the “Limbecker Straße”,
or in the national and international retail
chain stores. Shopping in this seven-toten-meter-wide pedestrian zone with its
high foot traffic gives “Limbecker Straße”
its vibrant, energetic flair.
The “Kettwiger Straße” pedestrian zone boasts a mix of large chain stores and old established shopkeepers.
The imposing architecture of many buildings raises the quality of the retail locations.
The street combines a generous and refined appearance with appealing architecture and numerous gastronomic and
cultural attractions. A large number of
service industry providers complement
the extensive array of retailers.
Another remarkable feature of the
“Kettwiger Straße” is the large fabric
stores with their incomparable assortment of textiles. Many of these fabric
stores can be found in architecturally
imposing buildings.
The southern entry to the “Kettwiger
Straße” is Essen’s main train station, allowing the roughly 174,000 daily travelers and customers on public transport
immediate access to the city’s main business district.
Currently, plans are in the advanced
stage to refurbish the station in time for
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“Limbecker Platz“ –
a shopping mall in the heart
of the city
The “Limbecker Straße” pedestrian zone is a shopping favorite in Essen.
Many national and international retail chains have their stores in “Limbecker Straße”.
Currently under construction between
“Limbecker Platz” and “Berliner Platz”
is a superlative among shopping malls.
Bathed in natural light, the new “Limbecker Platz” Shopping Center Essen
will have 70,000 m² of useable space for
shopping and other activities. The mall
is being built by ECE, Arcandor AG and
Union Investment Real Estate AG with
an investment, including renter alterations, totaling some € 300 million. The
Essen-based Karstadt department store
chain is the owner of the most important
properties on which the project is being
built, and its involvement is a clear signal
of support for the city of Essen. ECE is
responsible for the center management.
The initial construction phase is set for
the spring of 2008 and the entire project
is due for completion by the fall of 2009.
Unlike in many other German cities, this
shopping mall is not being built on the
periphery but right in the heart of the
downtown business district. This central,
accessible location will provide an additional range of goods and services to
complement the existing retail landscape
When completed, the project partners of the “Limbecker Platz” shopping mall expect 50,000 daily visitors.
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and bring in even more foot traffic to
Essen’s city center. The project partners
expect 50,000 daily visitors. The shopping mall will add to Essen’s broad appeal and attract even more visitors from
outside the region. All of Essen’s downtown commercial ventures are currently
preparing to reposition themselves with
regard to the changes in regional competition. A special work group, called
“Zukunft Innenstadt Essen (Z.I.E.)”, is
drawing up proposals for the immediate
future to strengthen the profile of the
entire city center.
New flagship stores have extended the range of retailers in the “Limbecker Straße”.
New flagships for Essen
The “Limbecker Platz” shopping mall is
already providing new momentum for
further investments in the vicinity even
before its completion. The Essen-based
footwear company, Deichmann Group,
is building a huge flagship store right
next to the “Limbecker Platz” shopping
mall. The tearing down of the old building and construction of the new facility is
a clear demonstration of the company’s
corporate allegiance to its home town of
Essen. Beginning in February 2008, the
new five-million-euro complex will be
displaying 40,000 pairs of shoes over
the “Limbecker Strasse”. The 1,000 m²
store opened for business in the spring
of 2007.
1,200 m² of sales space on three floors.
The Deichmann building has a total of
2,500 m² of usable space, some of which
will be leased to third parties.
The young fashion label s.Oliver has
also opened a new flagship store in
The new Deichmann flagship store in Essen’s city center is the company’s highest corporate investment among
its 1,000 retail stores in Germany.
The flagship stores in the “Limbecker
Straße” have added a new destination
and dimension to customers’ shopping
experience as ideal locations for communicating their brands and distinctive
product lines. Their presence means that
Essen’s pedestrian zones will gain a more
prominent position on the map of brand
name goods. Other new retailers are raising the profile of the “Limbecker Straße”
as well, such as the 1,100 m² store of the
Dutch textile company, Cool Cat Fashion,
which will start sales after the opening of
“Limbecker Platz” shopping mall, and a
branch of the Yoké International Fashion
GmbH with fabrics and shoes, which is
slated to open in April 2008.
From „City-Center“ to
„Rathaus Galerie“
Robust investment is also underway on
“Porscheplatz” square in the center of
town.Credit SuisseAsset Management Immobilien Kapitalanlagengesellschaft mbH,
the owner of the “City-Center” shopping
mall, is investing € 40 - € 50 million
to modernize the facility. The mall, next
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Foto City Center / Rathaus
The downtown shopping mall, “City-Center”, will be even more appealing after a € 40- € 50 million facelift.
to Essen’s imposing city hall, houses
some 80 shops, restaurants and cafés
on 30,000 m² under a roof that was installed a few years ago. A big plus for
the shopping mall, besides its central
location, is the parking ramp with 1,800
spaces and connections to the subway,
bus stop and taxi stands. By the end of
2009, and in time for the start of Essen’s
stint as European cultural capital, the
City-Center will be refurbished and renamed “Rathaus Galerie” with two central squares, a concentrated collection
of restaurants and cafés, and optimized
climatic conditions that will allow shoppers to stay dry the rain.
The exclusive “Passagen“
arcade district
Designer furniture and high-quality fabrics can be found at top locations like the “Lindengalerie”.
Downtown Essen features many appealing public squares.
Not only the “City-Center” – a.k.a.
“Rathaus Galerie” – offers the optimum “dry” shopping experience in bad
weather. Shoppers can also stay high
and dry at the “Theaterpassage” arcade in the “Rathenau Straße”, or the
“Lindengalerie” in “Deutschland Haus”.
The so-called arcade, or theater, district
is networked to the “Kettwiger Straße”
and “Kennedyplatz” square. Its special
quality is the mixture and synthesis of
vibrant urban uses, combined with the
design qualities of the surrounding architecture and welcoming public spaces.
The high quality retail shops, service providers, cultural facilities and gastronomic
delights located here guarantee an attractive, urban atmosphere in the theater
district. Essen’s finest shopping quarter
has grown up around “Hirschlandplatz”
square and the Grillo Theater.
Both arcades support advertising associations and active center managements.
The “Rund ums Grillo” association is a
group of retailers and property owners
which personally gets involved in the ap-
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pearance and atmosphere of their quarter and works together to sponsor activities, such as the Children’s and St. Nick
Christmas festivals. They also cooperate
with the “Haus am Theater” and “Allbauhaus”, two other outstanding Essen addresses for high-quality owner-operated
businesses. The name of the “Rund ums
The “Lindengalerie” in “Deutschland Haus” offers customers an exclusive shopping experience.
Metzendorf and the municipal building
officer Schneider in 1929/1930, offers
plenty of atmosphere, sunny outdoor
eateries and a high quality assortment of
goods. Shoppers here will discover an exclusive selection of women’s, men’s and
children’s clothing, accessories, furniture,
The exquisite selection of shops in the “Theaterpassage” arcade ranges from haberdashers selling tailor-made
clothing, to fine boutiques and exclusive shoe stores.
Grillo” association comes from Essen’s
Grillo Theater playhouse. The playhouse
was given as a gift to the people of Essen at the end of the 19th century by the
industrialist Friedrich Grillo.
“Theaterpassage” arcade:
shopping, culture & culinary
delights
The “Theaterpassage” arcade is close to
the main train station and offers its customers a very special shopping experience.
The heritage site brick building, designed
and built by the architect Professor Georg
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hairstylist and branch banks spread out
over 4,300 m². A number of restaurants
provide the culinary highlights to evening
theater programs at the two city playhouses, CASA and BOX on the top floor
of the arcade. The other stages are in the
“Grillo Theater” across the street.
The “Lindengalerie” offers top
quality goods
Across the street from the “Theaterpassage” arcade is also one of the
original high-rise buildings in Essen: the
“Deutschland Haus”. Designed by the architect, Professor Jacob Koerfer, the office
and business complex is a harmonious
addition to the urban ensemble around
it, and stands out for its gripping façade.
The “Lindengalerie” has been located
on the ground floor since the building’s
extensive renovation in the late 1980s.
Here you will find retailers with an exclusive assortment of goods presented in
ceiling-high display windows. The adjacent parking ramp ensures that shoppers
can reach the “Lindengalerie” quickly
and easily without being exposed to the
elements. In addition to the gastronomical delights available, the galleria retailers offer all kinds of durable goods, from
high quality designer furniture, to home
accessories and fine fabrics.
“Hirschlandplatz” square, with its many
events, helps to increase the foot traffic
frequencies in the immediate area and
underscores the fact that Essen’s theater
district is home to high quality entertainment and a fascinating mixture of fine
specialty shops.
“City Nord” has specialty
shops
Essen’s downtown area has the right
location for every retailing niche. While
the “Passagen” arcade quarter caters to
The “City Nord” district has high-end retailing and niche fashions for young people.
high-end goods, the northern section of
downtown specializes in young people.
The “Viehofer Straße/Rottstraße” area
is connected to Essen’s main shopping
streets by the squares “Kopstadtplatz”
and “Flachsmarkt”. “Viehofer Straße” is
an urban mix of retailers, service providers, culture, entertainment, gastronomy
and apartment living. The goods you find
here range from computers and music, to
ethnic foods. But, there is also the traditional leather goods store, Brecklinghaus,
which has one of its stores here. Other
retailers specialize in niche fashions for
young target groups, from gothic to hiphop with all the accessories.
The neighborhood real estate interest
group, ISG, is continuously working on initiatives to maintain and improve its shopping area. ISG is modeled after the North
American Business Improvement Districts
(BID) concept, which strives to clearly define the uses for specific commercial areas. In Essen, local real estate owners and
businesses privately finance community
initiatives designed to improve the quality
of their business location as a supplement
to public sector measures. Since June
2006, ISG has been supported by the
NRW initiative “Second Generation City
Marketing”, bringing the city’s northern
downtown area a big step closer toward
its goal of upgrading the district for customers, commerce and residents.
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THE CITY IS SURPASSING ITSELF
Unlike other German cities, Essen has
had the opportunity to expand its downtown area – and has successfully taken
advantage of that option. The extension
of the city center has not only increased
the amount of retail space and customer
volume, but also has enabled the city,
on a large scale, to expand the commercial range of the retail, service, food,
recreation and entertainment industries.
The result has been a well-rounded and
integrated mixture of commercial uses,
appealing to visitors and shoppers alike,
who, surveys show, are spending more
– and higher quality – time in the city
center.
Essen´s weststadt –
commerce, living, urban
entertainment
The former Krupp industry properties,
which extended from the city’s western
edge of downtown, have been re-invented as Essen’s weststadt (West End). The
weststadt features an incomparable location, situated directly next to the city’s
traditional downtown area and the new
university district now being planned. The
10 hectare (25 acre) Krupp quarter, which
was used industrially into the 1980s, was
turned into a vibrant urban neighborhood
from 1996 on, under the motto “mixed
use, instead of separate functions”. Essen’s weststadt is now an urban area
combining work and living space. What’s
more, the weststadt quarter provides
investment opportunities. The weststadt
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The new, vibrant weststadt quarter combines work, shopping, entertainment and living.
entertainment offerings, for example,
include CINEMAXX, Germany’s largest
multiplex cinema with 5,300 seats and
16 theaters under one roof, the Coliseum
musical theater in a refurbished heritage
site factory building, and the weststadt
Auditorium, with its broad agenda of
European cultural exhibits and space for
events and formal gatherings. All these
recreational facilities have made the
weststadt a focal point of urban entertainment for Essen and the region.
Big furniture stores have also found a home in the weststadt mixed-use milieu.
set up new salons here or modernized
their old ones. Whether Audi, Mercedes,
Porsche, Toyota or Volvo – customers are
guaranteed to find something to their liking.
Working in concert, the commercial-,
service-, culture-, and entertainment industries have made Essen’s West End a
destination worth visiting.
University District Essen
The new Porsche Center is one of the premium dealerships on Essen’s “Auto Mile”.
The “Auto Mile” is also home to one of Germany’s largest independent Audi dealerships.
The appealing cultural and recreational
activities are not only a bonus for regular
retail shoppers in the city center. The area
is also worth a visit if you’re looking for
durable goods, like furniture and automobiles. Directly across the street from
the Musical Theater are 70,000 m² of
space dedicated to lifestyle and furniture
along the north side of the “Altendorfer
Strasse”. Here you will find Kröger’s big
furniture store, “Weltstadt des Wohnens”, as well as IKEA, which is housed
in an old Krupp forgery. This store is the
only IKEA outlet in Germany with an inner-city location and access to a subway
station.
vehicles per day, which is home to highend auto dealerships. Mega sellers have
In the University District Essen is picking up where it left off in the weststadt,
which already has become synonymous
beyond the city limits with high quality, innovative urban development. Just
north of downtown, a 13 hectare (32
acre) empty lot is being developed into
the city’s new university district. A new,
attractive urban neighborhood is taking
shape here. The University District is designed to be a bridge between DuisburgEssen University and the city’s downtown
area, connecting the school’s campus to
the city center. The area will also offer a
variety of living quarters to attract more
people to the center of town and generate additional customer volume for inner
city commerce.
The University District, when completed, will connect Duisburg-Essen University to downtown Essen.
Close by is the heavily traveled “HansBöckler Straße” (B224) with some 50,000
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Corporate trailblazing
In 2006, one of the world´s biggest technology groups, ThyssenKrupp AG made
the decision to relocate its corporate
headquarters from Düsseldorf to Essen.
The new ThyssenKrupp Quarter will have
a positive impact on the surrounding
commercial enterprises and extend the
city center westward. ThyssenKrupp AG is
planning and building the ThyssenKrupp
Quarter on 20 hectares (50 acres) along
the ”Altendorfer Strasse” (B231) which
is right next door to downtown. The new
district will include ThyssenKrupp headquarters as well as additional offices and
corporate administration facilities. More
than 2,000 people will find work here,
adding again to the list of potential customers for the city’s retailers. Also in the
planning are a multi-functional complex
housing the ThyssenKrupp Academy and
Conference Center, a five-star hotel and
space for other uses spread out over
100,000 m².
Currently under construction and close
to downtown is also the RWE PLAN-H
complex. North of the city center, RWE
Systems is building a modern office complex for up to 800 employees for the
company subsidiaries RWE Trading, RWE
Gas Midstream and RWE Key Account.
The project is scheduled for completion
by the end of 2008. In addition, E.ON
Ruhrgas AG is also banking on Essen and
building a new approx. 48,000 m² head
office at the south end of the city that
should be finished by the end of 2009.
Adding up all the real estate investments
to be made by the time Essen becomes
the European Cultural Capital in 2010,
a cautious calculation arrives at a sum of
more than 1.5 billion euros. The gigantic
wave of investment flooding into Essen
is a clear signal that business and industry have confidence in Essen’s economic
vitality and long-term viability.
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The new ThyssenKrupp headquarters lies inside Essen’s downtown expansion area.
Going up close to downtown is the new RWE office complex for up to 800 employees.
The elliptical E.ON Ruhrgas head office is setting a modern architectural accent.
Essen City Retail 2007/08 –
an information for retailers
and investors
The following partners are available for
further information:
Einzelhandelsverband Ruhr e.V.
(Retailers Association Ruhr)
Rolandstraße 9
45128 Essen
Theodor
Damann
Telefon: +49(0)201 – 81077-0
Fax:
+49(0)201 – 81077-10
E-Mail: [email protected]
EMG – Essen Marketing GmbH
Rathenaustraße 2
45127 Essen
Dieter
Groppe
Telefon: +49(0)201 – 88720-32
Fax:
+49(0)201 – 88720-22
E-Mail: [email protected]
EWG – Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH
(EWG – Essen Economic Development
Agency)
Lindenallee 55
45127 Essen
Dieter
Flick
Telefon: +49(0)201 – 82024-12
Fax:
+49(0)201 – 82024-94
E-Mail: [email protected]
IHK – Industrie und Handelskammer
für Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr,
Oberhausen zu Essen
(IHK – Chamber of Industry
and Commerce)
Am Waldthausenpark 2
45127 Essen
Guido
Zakrzewski
Telefon: +49(0)201 – 1892-220
Fax:
+49(0)201 – 1892-172
E-Mail: [email protected]
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Titlephoto: Peter Wieler, EMG Photos: Stadtbildstelle Essen: p. 6, 7, 14 • EWG- Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH: p. 18 top, 19 center, 20 top and center, 21 top, 22 bottom, 23 small pictures, 24 bottom
• Peter Wieler, EMG: p. 5, 8, 9, 12, 13 top, 15, 16, 17, 18 bottom, 19 top, 21 center and bottom, 22 top and small pictures, 23 top, 24 top • GOP Varieté Theater, Essen: p. 13 bottom • ECE Projektmanagement GmbH: p. 19 bottom,
• Heinrich Deichmann-Schuhe GmbH & Co. KG: p. 20 bottom • Schormann Architekten GmbH, Düsseldorf: p. 25 top and center • ThyssenKrupp Real Estate: p. 26 top • RWE Systems Immobilien Gruppe: p. 26 center
• AVP, Becker & Drewes GmbH, Düsseldorf: p. 26 bottom • Scape Landschaftsarchitekten, Düsseldorf: p. 25 bottom
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