The Millennium Tower is a planned skyscraper whose construction will start in 2025. When completed in 2030, it will be the European Union's second tallest building and Germany's tallest building. It will contain Germany's tallest observation deck with a panoramic view over Frankfurt. The tower will have a height of and 67
stories. The architect of the tower is Ferdinand Heide and the client is CA Immo.
History
The first plans of the Millennium tower were introduced in 1998. The plans proposed a tower with a height of
The client was EIM (''Eisenbahn Immobilien Management'') and the concept was created by Albert Speer & Partner, as a component of the high-rise master plan of Frankfurt in 1998.
The design and engineering of the DMC Landmark Building was performed by
Albert Speer Jr.
Albert Speer (; 29 July 1934 – 15 September 2017) was a German architect and urban planner. He was the son of Albert Speer (1905–1981), Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming the office of Minister of Armaments and War Production for ...
The building was to house an
observation deck
An observation deck, observation platform, or viewing platform is an elevated sightseeing platform usually situated upon a tall architectural structure, such as a skyscraper or observation tower. Observation decks are sometimes enclos ...
on 70th floor at , from which visitors will be able to see the entire metropolis of Frankfurt and it would have been the 4th tallest building in Europe. It would have been an observation deck less high than those of Willis Tower on the 103rd floor at and the 102nd floor of the
Empire State Building at . Five-
star hotels would have been located on the 85th–102nd floors, surpassing the
Shangri-La Hotel (34th–52nd floors) in the Shard, as the highest hotel rooms in the European country. All functions of a futuristic, 21st century city were to be incorporated into the building, including the most luxurious office and residential spaces, a
department store
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic app ...
, luxury shopping malls, a large
convention center, and the subway underground that connects to the building.
By the end of 2000,
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
stated that he would plan to make the Millennium Tower the tallest residential skyscraper worldwide and started the
TD Trump Deutschland AG TD Trump Deutschland AG (German for "TD Trump Germany AG") was a venture by Donald Trump planning to trade and build skyscrapers in Germany. In cooperation with Marseille-Kliniken Hamburg, The Trump Organization agreed in August 2000 to found TD T ...
as a corporate venture with the German company Marseille-Kliniken. TD Trump Deutschland was dissolved in 2005 and several lawsuits followed.
On the real estate exhibition ''Cityscape'', which took place in Dubai, the project was presented as cubic model in October 2007.
With the property owned by
Vivico Real Estate GmbH, the Millennium Tower would be located in the
Gallus district, just east of
Messe Frankfurt
Messe Frankfurt () is the world's largest trade fair, congress and event organizer with its own exhibition grounds. The organisation has 2,500 employees at some 30 locations, generating annual sales of around €661 million. Its services inclu ...
near the business quarter development
Europaviertel
The Europaviertel (''European quarter'') is a housing and business quarter development in the Gallus district of Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous cit ...
. An official construction permit was granted in May 2001.
It could be marketed as the European headquarters for global companies. Due to the economic crisis starting in 2008, marketing efforts for the tower were reduced. The general situation of the real estate market improved in the early 2010s and neighbouring projects are in the process of realisation, with completion of the Millennium Tower becoming more likely again.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Frankfurt
The tallest structure in Frankfurt is the Europaturm, which rises however, the observation tower is not generally considered a high-rise building as it does not have successive floors that can be occupied. The tallest habitable building in Fr ...
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List of tallest buildings in Europe
This list of tallest buildings in Europe ranks skyscrapers in Europe by height exceeding 190 meters. For decades, only a few major cities, such as Frankfurt, Paris, London and Moscow contained skyscrapers. In recent years, however, construction ...
References
External links
Emporis, general database of skyscrapersarchitekci.pl (link broken)
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Skyscrapers in Frankfurt
Proposed skyscrapers in Germany