Building permit for the Elbtower granted
The Department for Urban Development and Housing of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg has granted the overall building permit for the Elbtower at the beginning of March 2022. “This marks the next milestone for the building of the Elbtower,” says Timo Herzberg, CEO SIGNA Real Estate. “All the planning permissions have been obtained and construction can start at the end of 2022 once the excavation pit has been completed and the seller has signed over the land.” The contract stipulates that the property cannot be handed over by the City of Hamburg until the complete and verifiable building application is submitted, the pre-letting quota has been met and the overall financing has been proven.
Even before the official construction start date, the Elbtower is already enjoying high demand from prospective tenants, with around 30% of the total space already let. “We are in advanced negotiations with further companies,” says Timo Herzberg. “We will be able to announce further tenants shortly.”
»This marks the next milestone for the building of the Elbtower.«
Foundation work proceeding according to plan
SIGNA had already begun preparatory construction work at the end of September 2021 on the basis of the partial building permit for the excavation pit and the foundation components. On the Elbbrücken site, sealing walls and diaphragm walls are being built for the excavation pit enclosure over an area of around 21,000 m² (the equivalent of about 3 football pitches). The pile foundations have been under construction in parallel since the beginning of 2022. “When a building rises 245 metres into the sky, it needs a particularly secure footing,” says Torben Vogelgesang, Hamburg Branch Manager of SIGNA Real Estate. “Therefore, the Elbtower has its foundations on exceptionally long piles. A total of 63 suspension-supported pile foundations with a diameter of 2 metres and a length of 75 metres will be produced over the next few months and will anchor the tower to Hamburg.”
The Elbtower – a high-point of architectural and urban development
The 245m-high and 64-storey Elbtower was designed by the renowned architectural firm David Chipperfield Architects. The Elbtower will occupy the eastern end of HafenCity, visible from a distance, and will herald Hamburg’s city entrance on the Norderelbe and the new adjacent major urban development projects Grasbrook and Billebogen.
SIGNA Real Estate is behind the project. SIGNA Real Estate has been developing and managing outstanding real estate projects in central locations in Germany and Austria for over 20 years.
