Grøn & Søn in 1863, it heralded the arrival of proper department stores in Denmark with the opening of Magasin du Nord a few years later.

In 1850, it opened an office in Manchester and the inspiration for Grøns Pakhus came from England.

[1] It was one of the first civilian buildings in the new Gammelholm neighbourhood which was under development in the grounds of the former naval shipyard Bremerholm.

[2] The building was technically advanced for its time, featuring hydraulic lifts, central heating, running water and an internal system integrated in the supporting iron pillars.

[2] In 1990, Dansk Ingeniørforenings Pensionskasse commissioned Niels Brøns to undertake a refurbishment of the building which received an award from Copenhagen Municipality in 2001.