FORUM DUISBURG DUISBURG - GERMANY - Corio

FORUM DUISBURG
DUISBURG - GERMANY

MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
CITY PROFILE
LOCATION CONTEXT
SITE CONTEXT
CATCHMENT AREA
MARKET SITUATION
PROGRAM AND CONCEPT
TENANTS
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MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
NEW SPIRIT IN DUISBURG – FORUM DUISBURG
•Located in the city centre of Duisburg, facing the city’s
retail high street Königstrasse.
•Opposite of the casino and festival hall, which are
destinations for tourists in the Rhine-Ruhr area as well
as the neighbouring areas.
•Forum Duisburg is the new clear retail heart of
Duisburg, attracting shoppers from Duisburg and its
agglomeration.
•Very good visibility from the main street thanks to 130
metre frontage to the Königstrasse.
•Very good car, public transport and pedestrian access
(subway access at-1).
•Less than 400 metre to the central station of Duisburg
•58,600 m 2 total GLA.
•Inner city shopping centre over 3 floors.
•With public access and two additional floors with
internal connection.
•Anchors: Karstadt, Saturn, C&A, H&M, Mayersche
Buchhandlung.
•1,153 underground parking spaces.
•Opened in September 2008.
•Concept and design: creating retail and public space
and embedness in existing urban structure.
•Prominent position in the German market through
strong strategic partnerships.
•Strong local and corporate leasing department.
•Effective quality control and management building
process.
•Experienced mall and asset management after
opening guarantees Corio’s long term commitment
to Forum Duisburg.
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CITY PROFILE
GEOGRAPHY AND LOCATION
•Duisburg is an industrial city situated in western
Germany and connected to one of the major railway
lines in Germany (high-speed ICE train station).
•Surrounded by various motorways, nearest motorway
junction (500 m) currently being upgraded.
•The city is situated within the densely populated Ruhr
area with a large urban network.
POPULATION
•Duisburg: 496,500 inhabitants.
•Regional catchment area: 1 million inhabitants.
•Ruhrgebiet: 4.8 million inhabitants.
ECONOMY
•Industry-based economy, but today with much greater
diversity.
•Main economic sectors: iron and steel
production, logistics, call centres, microelectronics,
telecommunications.
•Income levels are about 1% below national average.
•Unemployment rate is slightly above the average of the
Ruhr-Area but trending lower.
•Home to a popular technical university.
•Former harbour area now under redevelopment with
residential, office space and restaurants.
•Positive impact from modernisation of the pedestrian
area and other city centre improvements and projects
such as the public library.
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LOCATION CONTEXT
SITUATION
•Located in the city centre of Duisburg on the
Königstrasse, the city’s retail high street.
•Part of Duisburg’s pedestrian retail high street zone.
•Retail area used to be to fragmented, after opening of
Forum Duisburg a clear retail heart is created.
ACCESSIBILITY
•Forum Duisburg has pedestrian access from the city
centre and central train station via pedestrian
shopping street Königstrasse.
•Located near motorway A59 (north-south traffic),
close to exit 11.
•Direct car access from the highway exit via Saarstrasse
and Friedrich Wilhelmstrasse.
•Car access is supported by signage.
•A59 motorway connects with the A40 motorway
(west–east traffic) and the A3 (north-south).
•From U-Bahn stop König Heinrich-Platz trams leaving
in the direction of several city districts within Duisburg
and neighbouring Krefeld.
All local busses stop 100 metre away on Friedrich
Wilhelm Strasse.
VISIBILITY
•Very good visibility thanks to 130 metre frontage to
the Königstrasse.
•Forum Duisburg’s parking garage and free spaces
indicated on Duisburg’s central parking routing system.
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SITE CONTEXT
CHARACTERISTICS
•City center shopping destination.
•Opened in September 2008.
•Total of 58,600 m 2 GLA retail and gastronomy.
•Anchors: Karstadt, Saturn, C&A, H&M, Mayersche
Buchhandlun.
•Kindergarten, professionally managed and long term
rented to church.
•Parking spaces: 1,153 (under management, further
1,200 adjacent).
•BREEAM certificate ‘Very Good’ for sustainability.
SITE ACCESS
•Public transport access is very good because
Forum Duisburg is directly linked to the U-Bahn stop
König- Heinrich-Platz and Bus Stopp on Friedrich
Wilhelm Strasse.
•Entry to and exit from parking garage situated on
Lenzmanstrasse via Friederich Willem Strasse.
VICINITY
•North of Forum Duisburg is City Palais (2007) situated,
which houses besides retail also a casino, a congress
centre and a music hall.
•Also in the vicinity of regional court house, city hall
and city theatre.
•Central train station (Bahnhof) is situated in eastern
direction at a distance of only 400 meter.
•Continuation of fun shopping area in western direction.
•Housing area in southern and northern directions.
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CATCHMENT AREA
KEY FACTS
•Total catchment area, primary and secondary,
population of almost 1,000,000.
PRIMARY CATCHMENT AREA
•The primary catchment area of Forum Duisburg is the
total population of Duisburg; almost 500,000 people.
•Because of the well organised road network and
extended subway and S-bahn network, Forum Duisburg
can be reached from everywhere in Duisburg within
15 minutes.
•Forum Duisburg is situated in the Mitte district of
Duisburg, which is the most popular and central part
in Duisburg.
SECONDARY CATCHMENT AREA
•The secondary area can be reached within 15-25
minutes travel time by car or public transport
•The secondary catchment consists a.o. of:
- Moers; 107,000 residents
- Mulheim an der Ruhr; 169,000 residents
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PROGRAM AND CONCEPT
FUNDAMENTALS
•Landmark for the city of Duisburg, only meeting place
within the city centre.
•Central location in city provides natural flow of visitors.
•Very good access for cars, public transport and
pedestrians.
•Key project and presented as such by the municipality.
PROGRAM
•Significant and diverse retail and leisure space
positions Forum Duisburg as prime retail destination
in the city.
•58,600 m 2 GLA.
•90 units retail, gastronomy and other services.
•1,153 underground parking spaces.
CONCEPT
•Fully integrated inner city shopping centre, adjacent to
the main street.
•Three shopping levels (2 with internal access), with
strategically positioned anchors.
•Two entrances on street level, with the main entrance
located on the main retail high street.
•Two entrances from –1 with direct connections to the
underground parking garage.
•Parking garage will be a prime source for city centre
visitors.
•Garden and terraces on top of Forum Duisburg are a
prime destination.
•Sustainability in all respects: leading element in
design.
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TENANTS
KARSTADT
SATURN
MAYERISCHE BUCHHANDLUNG
H&M
C&A
ESPRIT
RENO
NEW YORKER
DM
POHLAND
THE STING
FOOTFALL
9,000,000
TENANT DISTRIBUTION
IN M 2
Department Store
Fashion
Household equipment
Culture Gift &Leisure
Health & Beauty
Kindergarten
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