Trianon is a 45-
storey,
skyscraper
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in the
Westend-Süd district of
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...
, Germany, completed in 1993. For several decades until 2024, it served as the headquarters for
DekaBank; other tenants are
Deutsche Bundesbank (since 2015) and
Franklin Templeton. Atop the building is an inverted
pyramid suspended from the three corners. As of 2023, the tower is the
eighth-tallest skyscraper in Frankfurt and also
in Germany.
The Trianon's layout is roughly the shape of an
equilateral triangle, the corners of which are formed by three-sided towers. The end is an inverted three-sided pyramid on the roof. It is the first structure in Germany to use
high-strength concrete.
Ownership
In 2007, DekaBank sold the building to the
Morgan Stanley European Office Fund (MSEOF). A 57% interest in the building was later transferred to the real estate investment fund Morgan Stanley P2 Value.
In June 2015, Morgan Stanley and Madison Real Estate sold the building to the US investor NorthStar Reality Europe for the equivalent of . In November 2018 NorthStar Reality Europe sold Trianon to the
South Korean financial consortium
IGIS Asset Management and
Hana Financial Investment for .
In June 2024, Trianon's owner Geschaeftshaus am Gendarmenmarkt filed for insolvency in a Frankfurt court.
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Gallery
File:Trianon Frankfurt.jpg, Trianon as seen from Main Tower
File:Trianon DEKA bottom.JPG, View from the base
Skyscrapers in Frankfurt
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany, is one of the few European cities with a large cluster of high rise buildings in its downtown area. In many other European cities, skyscraper construction was not well received in the past due to the historical value of existi ...
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List of tallest buildings in Germany
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List of tallest buildings in Europe
References
External links
Trianon in SKYLINE ATLAS
{{Portal bar, Germany, Architecture
Office buildings completed in 1993
Skyscraper office buildings in Frankfurt
Bankenviertel