Kurfürstendamm (KaDeWe)

KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) stands at Tauentzienstraße 21-24 in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district as Germany’s most iconic luxury department store, with approximately 60,000 sqm of retail floor space across eight floors. KaDeWe has been owned by Central Group of Thailand, which completed full acquisition of the property in 2024 following the restructuring of Signa Real Estate, operating as the anchor of the Kurfürstendamm luxury retail axis and one of Europe’s largest department stores by floor area.

KaDeWe opened in 1907 and its uninterrupted commercial history through the Weimar Republic, National Socialism, Allied occupation, and West Berlin’s Cold War isolation established it as a symbol of commercial aspiration that transcended its retail function. The sixth-floor Feinschmeckeretage food hall is Germany’s most celebrated gourmet retail environment, housing an exceptional range of food stations and considered the definitive expression of European luxury food retail. The fashion floors present every global luxury house in a department store format: Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, Hermès, and the full international luxury spectrum serve a clientele that is international in composition, drawn by KaDeWe’s global reputation for luxury department store retail in a city that lacks the standalone luxury flagships of comparable density to Paris or London’s Bond Street. The Tauentzienstraße location places KaDeWe at the eastern anchor of the Kurfürstendamm luxury corridor.

Berlin’s 3.8 million residents and 13+ million annual tourists provide the catchment. KaDeWe draws international luxury shoppers from across Europe, the Gulf, and Asia whose visits to the Berlin flagship are planned retail tourism rather than incidental local shopping. Kurfürstendamm U-Bahn station provides direct transit access.

KaDeWe’s commercial position is defined by irreplaceable heritage: a 100+ year luxury department store with global brand recognition, Germany’s most celebrated food hall, and an institutional role in Berlin’s commercial identity that no competitor can replicate through investment or programming regardless of commercial scale or luxury offer breadth.