The best of living, working, culture, and leisure
Mixed-use concepts are a blessing for cities because they are exciting, creative, and meaningful, but also more robust, durable, and attractive than single-use concepts. They allow the diverse requirements of retail, offices, daycare centers, restaurants, hotels, residential properties, and leisure facilities to come together and thrive. If one type of use at a location falters, it can be quickly and flexibly re-let—even to tenants from other industries.
Vacant spaces – such as empty department stores – create room for creative urban building blocks that can be used to attract more people back to city centers. Projects such as our Neue Höfe Herne have proven that this is possible. Offices, fitness centers, restaurants, and—yes—retail stores are bringing new foot traffic to these areas. Uses like these have a real impact on urban society and make a lasting contribution to the revitalization of city centers.
Multifunctional concepts open up opportunities and possibilities for new users and new building blocks that previously received little attention. These include sociocultural uses and the creative industries. In this way, it will also be possible in the future to create permanently interesting places for people.