MyZeil

MyZeil opened in February 2009 at Zeil in Frankfurt city centre, with approximately 60,000 sqm of gross leasable area across a landmark building designed by Massimiliano Fuksas characterised by its flowing glass facade and interior spiral atrium, as one of Germany’s most architecturally celebrated modern retail developments and the contemporary centrepiece of Frankfurt’s most productive retail street. The centre is owned by Deutsche EuroShop and managed by ECE Projektmanagement.

Zeil is Germany’s highest-grossing retail street by turnover per square metre, a pedestrianised commercial axis running from Konstablerwache to Hauptwache in the heart of Frankfurt’s city centre. MyZeil’s position at the midpoint of the Zeil places it at the commercial heart of a retail street whose productivity reflects Frankfurt’s status as Germany’s financial capital, with the highest average household incomes of any German major city and a professional financial services workforce of approximately 250,000 that generates disproportionate per-capita retail spending. The Fuksas design’s spiralling interior atrium and glazed facade create an architectural spectacle that functions as a destination attraction independently of the retail offer. Saturn electronics and H&M anchor the mainstream floors while premium and lifestyle retailers serve the financial district’s high-income consumer base. Hauptwache U-Bahn and S-Bahn station is directly integrated, providing access from across the Frankfurt metropolitan region.

Frankfurt’s population of approximately 770,000 and the Rhine-Main metropolitan region of approximately 2.3 million provide the catchment. Hauptwache station serves as the primary node of the Frankfurt S-Bahn and U-Bahn network, making MyZeil the most transit-connected major retail centre in Germany outside Berlin.

The Fuksas building is the structural commercial differentiator: MyZeil’s architectural spectacle on Germany’s most productive retail street creates a visit motivation that combines shopping with architectural experience, making it one of the few German retail centres that functions as a tourist attraction in its own right.