Trianon (Frankfurt am Main) explained

Trianon
Location:Mainzer Landstraße 16-24
Frankfurt
Hesse, Germany
Coordinates:50.1125°N 8.6667°W
Mapframe-Marker:building
Building Type:Commercial offices
Roof:1860NaN0
Elevator Count:23
Floor Count:45
4 below ground
Start Date:1990
Completion Date:1993
Floor Area:118000m²
Developer:FVH Frankfurter Vermögens-Holding
Architect:Novotny Mähner Assoziierte
Hentrich Petschnigg & Partner
Albert Speer & Partner
Structural Engineer:Ingenieurbüro Fritz Nötzold
Philipp Holzmann AG
Public Transit: Taunusanlage
References:[1]

Trianon is a 45-storey, 186m (610feet) skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany, completed in 1993. For several decades until 2024, it served as the headquarters for DekaBank; other tenants are Deutsche Bundesbank (since 2015) and Franklin Templeton.[2] Atop the building is an inverted pyramid suspended from the three corners. As of 2023, the tower is the eighth-tallest skyscraper in Frankfurt and also in Germany.

The Trianon's layout is roughly the shape of an equilateral triangle, the corners of which are formed by three-sided towers. The end is an inverted three-sided pyramid on the roof. It is the first structure in Germany to use high-strength concrete.

Ownership

In 2007, DekaBank sold the building to the Morgan Stanley European Office Fund (MSEOF).[3] A 57% interest in the building was later transferred to the real estate investment fund Morgan Stanley P2 Value.

In June 2015, Morgan Stanley and Madison Real Estate sold the building to the US investor NorthStar Reality Europe for the equivalent of .[4] In November 2018 NorthStar Reality Europe sold Trianon to the South Korean financial consortium IGIS Asset Management and Hana Financial Investment for .[5]

In June 2024, Trianon's owner Geschaeftshaus am Gendarmenmarkt filed for insolvency in a Frankfurt court.[6]

Skyscrapers in Frankfurt

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emporis building ID 109678 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304223138/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/109678 . dead . March 4, 2016 . Emporis.
  2. Tom Sims and Matthias Inverardi (25 June 2024), Frankfurt skyscraper owner files for insolvency as property crisis grips Reuters.
  3. Announcement . DEKA . April 26, 2007 . 25 July 2013.
  4. News: Girda . Alex . Trianon Trades for No Small Change . 7 July 2020 . Commercial Property Executive . July 17, 2015.
  5. News: Kalinsoki . Gail . NorthStar Realty Europe Sells Frankfurt’s Trianon Tower . 7 July 2020 . Commercial Property Executive . December 14, 2018.
  6. Tom Sims and Matthias Inverardi (25 June 2024), Frankfurt skyscraper owner files for insolvency as property crisis grips Reuters.