The east side of the square, opposite the Old Town Hall, is bordered by the Handelshof building, today the Steigenberger Grandhotel Leipzig with the ALEX restaurant in the Burgkeller.

When the fountain was reconstructed to its current appearance in 1918 by Hugo Licht (1841–1923), the wooden parts were replaced with stone and the Schadow lions were retained.

[3] Since the second half of the 16th century, the east side of the square had been built up with several buildings of municipal institutions on the site of the former Burgkeller (burgess cellar) block:[5] the cookshop (1565), the shoe and fur shop (1572) and the bread and meat counters (1578).

In 1877, the end of the Naschmarkt seemed to have been decided, when it was to be incorporated into a larger town hall building, which was never built.

Between 1992 and 1995, the building was extensively renovated, with great emphasis being placed on the colour of the facade and the window glazing in the style of the 17th century.