[3] Prior to construction, the former Konsument department store on Brühl, known colloquially as the Blechbüchse (Tin Can), was demolished.

At the site of the Höfe am Brühl, there was previously the empty "Blechbüchse" on Richard-Wagner-Platz and behind it, up to Am Hallischen Tor, three ten-storey apartment blocks with single-storey connecting buildings built in 1966.

[10] In the new building, courtyards with historical references were also created, and this is where the name Höfe am Brühl for the shopping mall comes from.

The name Zu den drei Schwanen (in English language: The three swans) became common in the 17th century.

The old inn at Brühl 23, in whose rooms mainly merchants and hauliers from Plauen stayed, was granted the name Plauenscher Hof in 1804.

Pinkert, who constantly presented exotic animals in his two restaurants, became famous as the founder of the Leipzig Zoological Garden in 1878.

[12][13] With the pedestrian area between Brühl and Richard-Wagner-Strasse, the historical path connection at the former Plauen Hof was restored.

[12] The newly built Lattermanns Hof is one of the indoor courts of the Höfe am Brühl and is designed to reflect the themes of fashion and lifestyle.