Welcome to City Nord, Hamburg

At the end of the 1950’s, the idea for an office city was developed by the then city building commissioner for Hamburg, Werner Hebebrand. The ambitious plan, to offer attractive locations close to the city centre as the head quarters of major companies, was at that time one of the biggest and most challenging government building projects in Europe.

Similar to Central Park in New York, the offices of large corporations were to be located outside the city centre, yet still in a central position. The attractive location of land north of Hamburg’s city park only a few kilometeres from the city centre and in close proximity to Fuhlsbüttler airport, seemed custom-made for the new office estate. The goal of the project was to halt the expansion and concentration of firms in both the city centre and the residential areas of Rotherbaum/Harvestehude, Uhlenhorst and Palmaille. And that is exactly what the business location City Nord succeeded in doing.

City Nord has, with its characteristics – quality, free standing office buildings in concise open space configurations, generous street planning, effective separation of street and pedestrian traffic levels – developed into a striking and distinct trademark of Hamburg’s cityscape. Today finds City Nord with around 300 firms employing about 28,000 people.
 

Site Advantages

City Nord emphasises development and is future orientated

   • inexpensive rental space in immediate proximity to the airport and city centre
   • availability of large plots of land
   • sufficient parking
   • award-winning historically important architecture, housing the most modern offices
   • convenient road connections to the airport, inner city and the Autobahn (motorway)
   • firms that take seriously their responsibility to the estate, and invest millions in its upkeep and in new buildings
   • active on-site property owners syndicate, a cooperative of firms settled in City Nord

City Nord in Numbers
 

   • total area
   • net development area
   • usable land
   • central area net building land
   • central area floor space
   • City Nord Park
   • otal area of park
   • number of plots
   • number of companies
   • number of employees
   • number of private parking places

292.5 acres
112.5 acres
210 acres
16.5 acres
50 acres
20 acres
35 acres
23
about 300
about 28,000
13,500

rental price

avarage rent: about € 10 m2
highest rent: about € 13 m2

empty space   

about 8% of the area freely available on the market

distance from Fuhlsbüttel airport

3 km

distance from city centre 

6 km

connection to the Autobahns

A1, A7, A 24 – to each 6 km

public transport connections

Underground / Bus stops Sengelmannstraße, Alsterdorf, Rübenkamp