Sofitel Frankfurt Opera is a

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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 ...

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and part of the

Sofitel Sofitel Hotels & Resorts is a French hotel chain of luxury hotels based in Paris, France, and owned by Accor since 1980. Founded in 1964 in France, Sofitel quickly developed worldwide to reach more than 200 properties. In 2008, Sofitel became a b ...

brand by

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Location

It is part of the French

chain of luxury hotels, and is located in the Opera Quarter and in the centre of the

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known unofficially as the

Bankenviertel Bankenviertel (; ''banking quarter'') is the name of the central business district in Frankfurt, Germany where many banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions are located. It is the most important German financial hub, if not o ...

(Banking District), in the Inner City district. The hotel is facing the Opera Square with the Old Opera on one side, the upmarket street Hochstraße on another side and the Wallanlagen park on the third side. The main entrance of the hotel is directly facing the Wallanlagen park, and the hotel also has entrances from the Opera Square and Hochstraße. The hotel is located in the immediate vicinity of the

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, numerous other financial institutions, and some of Germany's most well-known high-end shopping streets, e.g. Goethestraße and

Freßgass Freßgass (Fressgass, ) is an upmarket]shopping street in the city centre of Frankfurt, Germany, located in the district of Innenstadt (Frankfurt am Main), Innenstadt and within the central business district known as the Bankenviertel. It is c ...

. Its Hochstraße front faces the short upmarket pedestrian streets Kleine Hochstraße and

Kaiserhofstraße The Kaiserhofstraße (lit., "Emperor's Court's Street") (4–19) is a short, mostly pedestrian upmarket street in the city centre of Frankfurt, Germany, located in the Opera Quarter in the western part of the district of Innenstadt, within ...

, with several restaurants and high-end shops and which both lead to the Freßgass a hundred meters down the street. The Freßgass and the Goethestraße can also be reached from the Opera Square.

History

The hotel was built in a

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style between 2011 and 2016 after extensive public discussion and is scheduled to officially open in Autumn 2016. The hotel is targeted at highly wealthy individual customers as well as corporations. The building complex includes office spaces and conference facilities, a

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, 150 hotel rooms, 30 suites, one presidential suite, apartments for rent, a

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restaurant named Schönemanns (after the Frankfurt banking family to which

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's fiancée Lili belonged), a

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, select high-end shops, a fitness studio and an underground parking garage. The hotel's

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took place on 20 October 2016, with French Prime Minister

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, French Culture Minister

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and Frankfurt Lord Mayor

Peter Feldmann Peter Manuel Feldmann (born 7 October 1958) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). On 25 March 2012, he was elected Mayor of Frankfurt as successor of Petra Roth (CDU). On 6 November 2022, he was recalled, with 95% of ...

in attendance.Frankreichs Premier eröffnet Hotel
''Frankfurter Neue Presse''

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