The Palais Quartier (German: [paˈleː kvaʁˌtiːɐ̯]), formerly known as the FrankfurtHochVier, is a mixed-use building complex in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany.
Built between 2004 and 2011, the complex consists of two high-rise buildings from which the tallest (Nextower) stands at 136 m (446 ft) tall, a shopping center and a historic palace.
[1] The property known as the "Post Area" was sold by Deutsche Telekom to the Dutch investor MAB in February 2002 for 230 million euros.
In the same year, the architectural firm KSP Engel und Zimmermann Architekten emerged as the winner of the urban development competition for the construction project.
[2] For the construction project, the former main post office and the 69-meter-high telecommunications tower , one of the first skyscrapers in Frankfurt, dating from 1956, were demolished, among other things.
This 5500 square meter site, which is not part of Palais Quartier, was sold by the Druck- und Verlagshaus Frankfurt to the Dutch company MAB in June 2005 after 33 months of negotiations.
[3] Palais Quartier is located on a 1.7-acre (0.69 ha) area between Frankfurt's main shopping street, the Zeil, and the historic Eschenheim Tower.
The Thurn and Taxis Palace on Große Eschenheimer Strasse, which gave the entire complex its name, was rebuilt based on a historical model.
It is not a faithful reconstruction, but rather a smaller copy of the original late Baroque city palace that was destroyed in the air raids on Frankfurt in 1944.