Europaviertel

Upon its completion, the area will have offices, hotels, apartments, a school and social infrastructure, parks, and shopping and leisure facilities.

The clearly visible border is the elevated track of the Main–Weser Railway on the bridge Emser Brücke, between the stations Galluswarte and Messe.

It was only with the expansion of the city of Frankfurt to the west, which found its highly visible expression in the skyscraper silhouette, particularly the trade fair tower, that the pressure to use the space to a higher quality increased.

Both the trade fair and the Deutsche Bundesbahn commissioned studies into a conversion, initially limited to the areas east of the Emser Bridge.

By mid-2010, Aurelis had cleared the 66.7-hectare part of the development area west of the Emser Bridge of old tracks, disposed of any contamination and made it accessible.

For the 4,000 to 5,000 residents expected in the West area, three day-care centres and a primary school, a supermarket, local shops, restaurants, a pharmacy and doctor's offices as well as the central Tel-Aviv-Platz are planned.

The focal point and connecting element of these quarters will be the 6-hectare "Europagarten" park with a representative fountain, under which the otherwise 60-meter-wide, boulevard-like Europa-Allee will be led in a three-cell tunnel approximately 400 meters long.

The first section of the Europagarten has been completed since January 2011, also with the intention of giving potential property buyers a visual idea of the future appearance of the area.

These smaller green spaces, which have been laid out with recreational and play areas, increase the value of the adjacent residential buildings currently being built.

The Europagarten was completed in 2018, but was not allowed to be used for a long time due to structural defects and was closed to the public until it was finally opened in December 2022.

The Solid Home building, designed by KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten, with its 200 condominiums units, is part of a new and next generation of residential high-rises in the west of Frankfurt.