The mixed-use expansion of the shopping center will include hotel use on the roof: an additional building section with a total of 162 design apartments is being built there, which will be operated by the serviced apartments brand STAYERY. The long-term lease contract for a period of 20 years was recently concluded between ECE Real Estate Partners, which manages the Gesundbrunnen Center as ECE Group’s investment manager for the “ECE European Prime Shopping Center Fund II” as owner of the property, and the operator STAYERY.
The hotel building with two floors and an area of 6,400 sq m on the center roof will create additional rental space and an attractive addition to the existing tenant mix of retail, F&B and service providers in the Gesundbrunnen Center. The building will be realized in modular timber construction and will ensure sustainable urban redensification without sealing off further areas. The opening is planned for 2027. An outline planning application has already been approved.
The attractive design apartments combine the comfort of your own apartment with the service of a hotel for short and longer stays for private and business travelers. The STAYERY site offers a community loft, Späti shop, fitness room, launderette and a terrace at an impressive height with an unobstructed view of the Berlin TV Tower and the nearby Volkspark Humboldthain. Digital check-in, spacious residential and sleeping areas, fully equipped kitchenettes and a weekly cleaning service round off the concept.
The site at the Berlin Gesundbrunnen ICE train station in the Mitte district, with its excellent transport infrastructure and connections to regional, local and long-distance transport, is particularly suitable for hotel use. Guests benefit from short distances and direct access to the Gesundbrunnen Center, even without having to leave the building. At the same time, the site offers an attractive mix of multicultural neighborhoods and well-known highlights such as Mauerpark. The demographic development is rejuvenating the area and gentrification is further increasing the attractiveness of the location. There are also an unusually large number of parking spaces available for this extremely central location.
STAYERY emerged as the favorite from a structured international operator search for which Engel & Völkers Hotel Consulting was mandated. For ECE Real Estate Partners, the innovative and dynamic serviced apartment brand STAYERY is an ideal partner for the further development of this exceptional site.
“This project illustrates how the close cooperation of our multidisciplinary team of real estate, retail and hotel experts makes it possible to further optimize the already very successful Gesundbrunnen Center for our institutional investors. An innovative flagship project is literally being put on the roof of the center,” says Dr. Volker Kraft, Managing Partner of ECE Real Estate Partners.
“The signing of the lease contract for the Gesundbrunnen Center in Berlin-Mitte is another important step for STAYERY to be present at all relevant sites in the capital: With its excellent transport connections, the new STAYERY in the neighborhood of Wedding as well as Prenzlauer Berg and Pankow will be an ideal port of call for travelers seeking maximum mobility in Berlin and beyond,” explains explains Hannibal DuMont-Schütte, Co-Founder and Managing Director at STAYERY. “In addition to our properties in Friedrichshain and Moabit, we are creating even more opportunities to offer people a temporary home and thus meet the high demand for flexible accommodation. The STAYERY portfolio is thus expanding to approximately 1,700 serviced apartments across Germany. We remain true to our sustainable and economically sound growth strategy, which includes both new buildings and the conversion of existing properties.”
