The urban planners from the office of the chief architect of the city of Leipzig had examined and proposed several locations.

The draft by the architects from Tokyo's Kajima Corporation was already complete; the only thing that had to be done in Leipzig was finding a suitable plot of land and making it available.

All of the precast concrete parts needed to build the outer facades were delivered from West Berlin.

East German companies were involved in the construction, from the interior fittings to the flat roof sealing (VEB Spezialbau Magdeburg) and plumbing (sheet metal work).

[13] In November 2023, the restaurant closed forever because it was no longer viable due to a lack of skilled workers and immensely increased costs.

[17] The hotel initially put two employees on leave[18] and hired a law firm to investigate.

[20] According to media reports, no chain with a visible Star of David could be identified on the surveillance videos of the hotel.

After the investigation was completed, the public prosecutor's office in Leipzig dropped the case against the hotel employee and brought charges of defamation and false suspicion against Ofarim.

[23] He apologized to the hotel's manager and was ordered to pay a fine of €10,000 to the Jewish community of Leipzig and the House of the Wannsee Conference, a Holocaust museum in Berlin.

Ofarim was condemned by the Central Council of Jews in Germany, which said he had done "great damage to the victims of genuine antisemitism.