Riem Arcaden

Riem Arcaden opened in 2004 at Munich’s former Riem airfield site in the Messestadt Riem district, with approximately 55,000 sqm of gross leasable area as the commercial anchor for the mixed-use urban district developed on the decommissioned airport and home to the Munich trade fair complex (Neue Messe München). The centre is owned by Deutsche EuroShop and managed by ECE Projektmanagement.

Messestadt Riem is one of Munich’s most significant post-war urban development achievements, converting the former Franz Josef Strauss airport site (replaced by Munich International Airport in 1992) into a planned mixed-use district of 16,000 residential units, the Riemer Park, and the Neue Messe München trade fair complex. Riem Arcaden anchors the district’s commercial life, providing H&M and a comprehensive retail and food service offer to the Messestadt residential community of approximately 16,000 residents and to the trade fair visitors who attend Bauma, Ispo, and the Munich Fabric Start exhibitions at the adjacent Neue Messe. The U2 U-Bahn line connects Messestadt Riem to Munich Marienplatz in approximately 20 minutes, integrating the centre into Munich’s city-wide transit network. The trade fair visitor overlay during major exhibition periods amplifies commercial visits significantly above the residential baseline.

Messestadt Riem’s approximately 16,000 residents provide the immediate residential catchment, supplemented by the eastern Munich residential communities of Trudering and Riem accessible via the U2. The Neue Messe München trade fair calendar creates significant visitor peaks for the centre during the 20+ major exhibitions held annually at the adjacent fairground.

Deutsche EuroShop and ECE manage Riem Arcaden as a community mall with a structural commercial amplifier: the Neue Messe München adjacency creates periodic trade fair visitor peaks that supplement the residential catchment with professional and international visitors whose spending during exhibition periods elevates the centre’s commercial performance above its baseline residential retail productivity.