Gentrification of the surrounding area in the late 2000s led to complaints about the club's noise from residents of newly constructed apartment buildings nearby.
[3] It began in 1952 as the Ernst Knaack youth centre (German: Ernst-Knaack-Jugendheim) and featured table tennis and occasional concerts.
[11] This led to a temporary halt to concerts, which resulted in the number of clubbers falling from 1000 to 400 on a Saturday, threatening the club's economic viability.
[13] The last concert took place on 4 December 2010, with a band from Munich, From Constant Visions, and one from Berlin, Contravolta, the last acts to play at the venue.
"[3] Local politicians, concerned by possible economic effects of this, created a 1 million euro music fund to assist clubs in similar situations.
[3] In February 2013, the club announced that it had secured new premises on vacant land on Eberswalder Straße in the Prenzlauer Berg district near Mauerpark.