Leverkusen, 18.05.2021 – Cube Real Estate GmbH is building its third and one of its largest projects in Leverkusen: the real estate developer is constructing a mixed-use urban quarter directly on the station bridge in the Neue Bahnstadt Opladen district by 2026. More than EUR 200 million is to be invested in the project on the approximately 15,400 m² of land on Europa-Allee. Cube Real Estate is acquiring all of the shares in Bahnhofsquartier Opladen GmbH Co KG and Dienstleistungs- und Handelsquartier Opladen GmbH & Co KG from AK Projektmanagement Beteiligungs GmbH, owned by real estate entrepreneur Jürgen F. Kelber (main shareholder of Dr. Lübke & Kelber, among others). The takeover also includes the complete winning design with which Momentum Real Estate GmbH won the urban planning competition held for this purpose together with the Aachen-based architecture firm kadawittfeldarchitektur. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The concept envisages a variety of uses such as commercial, retail, residential, accommodation, hotel and gastronomy on a gross floor area of around 63,000 m². Neighborhood squares and extensive greenery are intended to ensure a high quality of stay. In terms of urban development, the Bahnhofsquartier represents the new entrance to Opladen city center and the entire Neue Bahnstadt Opladen – one of the largest urban development projects in Germany. This building block integrates the station bridge structurally and thus completes the connection between Opladen station and Opladen city center as well as the Bahnstadt. At the same time, a mobility hub is being created here, providing an excellent link between local and long-distance public transport. The major cities of Cologne can be reached in 15 minutes and Düsseldorf in little more than half an hour.

With the already completed Cube Offices 574 office building and the Cube Factory 577 currently under construction, Cube Real Estate has already helped to shape the east of the Neue Bahnstadt Opladen and has thus provided clear evidence of the urban development in Leverkusen. This success is based on the principle of close cooperation. Cube Real Estate will also drive forward the planning process for the Bahnhofsquartier in the coming months in coordination with the city and the urban development company neue bahnstadt opladen GmbH (nbso).

Uwe Richrath, Lord Mayor of the City of Leverkusen, is delighted: “In Cube Real Estate, we have found a partner for this eminently important urban development project in Leverkusen. This partner is committed to the Neue Bahnstadt Opladen and Leverkusen and has already impressively demonstrated its effectiveness and efficiency on site. The team around Tilman Gartmeier enjoys our fullest confidence.”

Alfonso López de Quintana, Managing Director of nbso, emphasizes: “Opladen will finally become a university location in 2022, giving it a very special mix of uses. Cube Real Estate is building in the immediate vicinity of the TH Köln Campus Leverkusen and knows the special features of the location. We are therefore all the more pleased to be working with Cube Real Estate once again. We are not starting from scratch here, but are continuing together at the location that will complete the entire project as a hinge between Opladen city center and Bahnstadt.”

Tilman Gartmeier, founder and Managing Director of Cube Real Estate, says: “We are continuing our success story in Leverkusen with our third project in the ‘Neue Bahnstadt Opladen’. We are delighted to be playing a key role in shaping this important urban development project. Together with the city, politicians and nbso, we will create a sustainable and inspiring urban quarter. It is now particularly important to us to drive this great project forward with focus and pragmatism and, as far as possible, to take into account the needs and demands of the surrounding neighborhood.”
Cube Real Estate was advised on the purchase by the law firm LOSCHELDER Rechtsanwälte from Cologne and ECOVIS KSO from Düsseldorf. AK Projektmanagement Beteiligungs GmbH was advised by Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH from Leipzig.