| Athlon Place, City West |
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In today's mobile, dynamic society, the demands
placed on the quality of living are growing all the time.
People are looking for favourably priced apartments that are
close to the city centre, situated in a quiet but nonetheless
interesting, lively neighbourhood that provides easy
access to areas of green and to nature.
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The Athlon Place project, consisting of five residential
buildings in Frankfurt am Main's City West district, meets
these demands. Two U-shaped housing complexes open
southwards into a leafy boulevard. On the ground floor
are shops and stores serving the everyday needs of the
occupants. On the sides aligned to the pocket parks are
restaurants and cafés. The roofs are planted. The three
buildings along Ohmstraße are separated from the
comb-shaped office structure to the north by an open
area of grass and shrubs.
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The office building provides new premises for the insurance
company Zürich Agrippina Versicherung. With a length
of 170 m, the building could almost be described as a
"horizontal tower". The long roadside front is broken up
by striking two-storey entrance areas. The dark clinker used
for the lattice facades recalls the typical architecture of
this former industrial/commercial complex.
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| Investor |
Saphira GmbH & Co. KG |
| Architects |
Köhler Architekten |
| Start of construction |
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| Offices |
01-1999 |
| Apartments |
02-1996 |
| Completion |
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| Offices |
02-2000 |
| Apartments |
12-1999 |
| Site area |
21,404 qm |
| Floor area |
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| Offices |
32,273 qm |
| Apartments |
44,186 qm |
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| Use concept (lettable area) |
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| Office premises + storage |
31,451 qm |
| Retail / catering premises |
1,810 qm |
| Apartments |
approx. 400 |
| Other areas |
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| User |
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| Offices |
Zürich Versicherungen |
| Apartments |
Owner-occupied flats/renting |
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