Frankfurt/Offenbach, Germany

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5 Thanks to the following partners:

City of Frankfurt:

• Olaf Cunitz, Deputy Mayor, Stadt

Frankfurt am Main

• Ulrike Gaube, Stadt Frankfurt am

Main

• Ulrich Kriwall, Stadt Frankfurt am

Main

City of Offenbach:

• Horst Schneider, Lord Mayor,

Stadt Offenbach am Main

• Markus Eichberger, Stadt

Offenbach am Main

• Matthias Seiler, Stadt

Offenbach am Main

and supporters:

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• The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to

provide leadership in the responsible use of land

and in creating and sustaining thriving

communities worldwide.

• ULI is a membership organization with more than

34,000 members worldwide representing the

spectrum of real estate development, land use

planning, and financial disciplines, working in

private enterprise and public service.

• What the Urban Land Institute does:

– Conducts research

– Provides a forum for sharing of best

practices

– Writes, edits, and publishes books and

magazines

– Organizes and conducts meetings

– Directs outreach programs

– Conducts Advisory Services Panels

About the Urban Land Institute

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• Since 1947

• 15 - 20 panels a year on a variety of

land use subjects

• Provides independent, objective candid

advice on important land use and real

estate issues

• Process

• Review background materials

• Receive a sponsor presentation

and tour

• Conduct stakeholder interviews

• Consider data, frame issues, and

write recommendations

• Make presentation

• Produce a final report.

The Advisory Services Program

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5The Panel

• Bill Kistler, Kistler & Company, London, United

Kingdom (Panel Chair)

• Tim-Philipp Brendel, Dipl.-Ing. Architekt AKHH, ZT,

be Hamburg GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

• Christopher Choa, AECOM, London, United

Kingdom

• Rui Coelho, Invest Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

• Bernhard Hansen, Chairman of the Advisory

Board, ULI Germany, Frankfurt, Germany

• Alan Razak, AthenianRazak LLC, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, USA

• Sebastian Reich, Sebastian Reich Consult GmbH,

RKDS & Partners, Dietzenbach, Germany

• Trini Rodriguez, Parker Rodriguez, Inc.,

Alexandria, Virginia, USA

• Christiane Thalgott, Stadtbaurätin München I.R.,

Munich, Germany

• Bob van der Zande, Development Corporation City

of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Asked to address six major issues:

• Synergies and opportunities

• Growth

• Strategy

• Integration

• Connection

• Attraction

Panel Assignment and

Overview

How can Offenbach and Frankfurt better collaborate and work for

a shared goal of developing new residential and commercial

areas?

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5 Agenda

Panel assignment and overview

1 why | global context, local analysis & assessment

2 what | urban characteristics

3 how | drivers, proposals, delivery

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Panel assignment and overview

1 WHY | global context, local analysis & assessment

2 what | urban characteristics

3 how | drivers, proposals, delivery

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WHY

urbanization and globalization

/ the rise of City-Regions

/ trade + exchange

/ interdependence of hubs

Frankfurt/Offenbach – Risk? Resilience?

1

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empires – nations – cities

shifting center of global GDP

1 WHY

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5 1 WHY

global cities

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Economist 2025 Global Cities Index

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A. T. Kerney – Global Cities Index / 2012

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Panel assignment and overview

1 why | global context, local analysis & assessment

2 WHAT | urban characteristics

3 how | drivers, proposals, delivery

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5 2WHAT

Identity

Assets

Connections

Environment

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Identity Comparison

Frankfurt Offenbachfinancial services industrial legacy

corporate small business

educated creative

professional entrepreneurial

mature youthful

generous (philanthropy) generous (remittance)

diverse multi-cultural

organized spontaneous

refined authentic

connected (transport) isolated

denser looser

top down bottom up

2WHAT

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Higher

Education

Recreation

Available

Property

Infrastructure

Industrial

RetailHousing

Culture

Assets

2WHAT

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Opportunities Constraints

Housing • Affordable

• Varied Stock & Typology

• Conversion potential

• Airport Noise Regulations

• Cost of Bringing to Code

Commercial • Affordable

• Attracts Creative and Innovative

• Adaptive Reuse Potential

• Weak Demand

• Obsolete Structures

Retail • Historic Character of Wilhelmsplatz

• New Place Making Uses (Cafe, Restaurants)

• Leverage Ethnic Variety

• Older and Low Quality Retail

• Limited offering

• Not a 24 Hour Place

Industrial • Potential Repurpose of Existing Structures

• Reuse Vacant Land (Chemical Plant, Railroad Tracks)

• Cost of Repurposing

• Cost of Remediation

Higher

Education

• School of Arts &Design Expansion & Unification

• Attract New Institutions & Creation of Education Node.

• Cost of Relocation

• Institutional Cooperation

Cultural Life • Museum Expansion

• Special Events

• Operational Funding

• Cost of Expansion & Relocation

Infrastructure • Tram Extension

• Create Loop and Linkages to Fechenheim

• Fare Structure

• Right of Way Availability

• Low Frequency of Trains

Public Space &

Recreation

• Reconfigure Marktplatz and introducef Green Spaces

• Larger Program Offering

• Regional Linkages

• Cost and Programming

• Existing Typologies

Assets2WHAT

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Tramway

Water TaxiNorth South Connections

Connections

East West Connections

Offenbach Airport

Connection

Riverfront

High Speed Internet

2WHAT

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5 Connections

Opportunities Constraints

North South

Connections

• Add New North/South Connections

• Increase Pedestrian and Cycle Linkages

• Financing Costs

East West

Connections

• Strengthen Tramway Lines • Reallocation of dedicated

right of way

Tramway Extension • Create Loop • Cost of Bridging River

Südbahnhof Airport

Connection

• Southern S-Bahn Link Airport and Offenbach

• Increase ICE Frequency at Südbahnhof

• Relieve Congestion at Existing City Tunnel

• Use Existing Tracks

• Coordinate with DB & RMV

River Frontage • Enhance Pedestrian and Cycle Link of FOF

• Create Regional Trail System

• Physical obstacles and

conflicted uses on riverfront

Water Transport • Water Taxi • Transfers at Locks

IT • Leverage Existing Internet Infrastructure • Attracting Talent to Exploit

this Asset

2WHAT

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5 Bridge Connections (Car & Ped)

8 Bridge Connections

1 Bridge Connection

1 Proposed New Bridge Connection

2WHAT

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Greenbelt

Link

Special

Farmland

Reuse

Brownfield

Waterway

and

Waterfront

Floodplain

Area

Parks and

Recreation

Environment

2WHAT

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5 Environment

Opportunities Constraints

Waterfront • Increase Recreation Offering

• Special Events & Venues

• Current Uses (Power plant,

Parking)

Floodplains • Potential Recreation Uses

• Environmental Benefits

• Special Events

• Greenbelt Linkages

• No Permanent Structures

Permitted

Waterway • Canoeing, Rowing

• Water Taxi Tours & Rides

• Locks

Special

Farm Land

• Recreation Areas

• Greenbelt linkages

• Existing Farms Not Financially Viable

• Privately Owned Area

• Transition not clear

Brownfields • New Inventory of Available Land for

Residential or Commercial Uses

• Reuse by Other Viable Industrial Facilities

• Remediation Costs

Power Plant • Integrate Power Plant Area in a More

Friendly and Open Fashion

• Power Plant Owner Cooperation

Greenbelt • Complete Missing Frankfurt Greenbelt Link

• Use Disconnected Floodplain and

Waterfront Areas

• Possible Remediation Costs

2WHAT

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5 The Green Ring2WHAT

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Panel assignment and overview

1 why | global context, local analysis & assessment

2 what | urban characteristics

3 HOW | drivers, proposals, delivery

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• Entrepreneurial & Innovation Ecosystem

• Vibrant Urban & Cultural life

• Affordable Housing

• Investment Opportunities

• Strong Coalitions

Attract Talent and Investment3HOW

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Talent Innovation, Entrepreneurship,

Development, Wealth, Solutions

3HOW

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Build the Ecosystem taking advantage of the existing:

• Creative energy in Offenbach (creative district)

• Frankfurt Finance Cluster Power House

Improve Education

• Locate satellite of University of Applied Science in OF

• Invest in education & training for computer programming

Establish a network to promote a state of the art Global

Business Incubator

Build a Seed & Venture Capital Cluster

• Provide capital, advice, and offices in exchange for

equity

• Connect to the Ecosystem

• Prevent future irrelevance and profit from investing in the

next big thing

• Promote the real economy and improve reputation of

financial sector

Entrepreneurial and Innovation

Ecosystem3HOW

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• Take advantage of existing creative heroes and initiatives in OF

• Create a platform for discussion and joint activities

• Locate it in an empty building in Kaiserlei as a form of placemaking

and nominate a curator to organize it

• Facilitate reuse of empty factories for creative hubs

• Promote Pop-Up and temporary use of public space and private

buildings for events

• Promote creation of an urban beach, a green park, and riverfront

leisure area in Offenbach

Vibrant Urban & Cultural Life3HOW

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• Housing costs are increasing; pricing out Millennials

• Average housing production of 2,500 units/year

• New residential development locations

– Mixed use, increased density

– Urban Living Projects

• Regenerate vacant buildings

– Temporary use as live/work spaces

– Possible to create +1,000 units/year

• Capital searching for product

• Investors accept programs that

include affordable housing

Affordable Housing3HOW

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• Create transparency and trust for investors

• Establish a public databank and map to communicate where

developments are underway and investment is needed

• Initiate a yearly event to meet and greet investors and

developers and highlight the best projects

• Design flexible legal regulations and zoning plans

Investment Opportunities3HOW

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Public administration

Knowledge institutes

Private partner

s

Install an Economic Board Global City: Frankfurt-Offenbach:

• Both cities

• All universities

• Two Chambers of Commerce

• Business leaders and sponsors like Helaba Bank, Fraport and

Messe Frankfurt

Design a strategic development framework in order to

• Diversify economic development

• Anticipate on demographic changes and implications

• Align investment

Strong Coalitions, Effective

Cooperation3HOW

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Change is necessary/possible. Specific and visible.

Frankfurt area is limited. Needs eastward expansion.

HOW / drivers, proposals, delivery

3HOW

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MainHőhe

7-Kräuter Park

EZBF Center Greenbelt

Industry

Industry

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5 3HOWGovernance Structure,

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• “Entwicklungsmassnahme”

• Start-up finance and capital by the two cities

• Land transfer

• Federal and state development schemes

• Compensation measures

• Services for interim usages

• Sale of ground

HOW / drivers, proposals, delivery

3HOWFunding Strategies

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Catalytic Projects

1. Offenbach-Südbahnhof-Airport connection

2. North/South Tramway Loop

(Fechenheim/Offenbach/Oberrad

3. 7-Kräuter Park

4. Education/Innovation/Entrepreneurship initiative

3HOW

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Catalytic Projects

1. Krautergarten Urban Park

2. Education/Innovation/Entrepreurship initiative

Offenbach-Südbahnhof-Airport connection

North/South Tramway Loop

(Fechenheim/Offenbach/Oberrad)

3HOW

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Catalytic Projects

1. Krautergarten Urban Park

2. Education/Innovation/Entrepreurship initiative

3. Offenbach-SuedBahnhof-Airport connection

North/South Tramway Loop

(Fechenheim/Offenbach/Oberrad)

3HOW

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HOW / drivers, proposals,

delivery

Short-term Actions

Combine F and OF maps and

tourist info

Pop-up

Rationalize parking at OF

waterfront

One year training visas for

graduating students

Water taxis

3HOW

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HOW / drivers, proposals,

delivery

3HOW Short-term Actions

Single-tariff S-Bahn

City marketing

Branding

Promote gastro scene

Promote Wilhelmplatz Market

Investment opportunities

map

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5 Thank you to…Frank Achenbach l Ilona Andres l Rainer Ballwanz l Ulf Bambach l Oliver Bauer l

Petra Baumgardt l Udo Bausch l Uwe Becker l Christian Becker l Klaus Beine l Dr.

Gabriela Bloem l Gabriele Bottel l Liomi Brautmann l Peter Cachola-Schmal l

Thomas Dorant l Herrmann Dorenburg l Prof. Wolfgang Dunkelau l Thomas Dries

l Markus Eichberger l Jurgen Engel l Hajo Fischer l Nicole Franken l Chirstine

Freeman l Ulrike Gaube l Claudia Gotz l Christoph Gröner l Guido Gross l Prof.

Holger Hagge l Oliver Hein l Jens Herbert l Antje Herbst l Jan Hofmeister l Katja

Imhof l Florian Ismaier l Franco Jakobskruger l Klaus-Peter Kemper l Jan

Klingelhöfer l Bernd Kracke l Ingo Kreisinger l Ulrich Kriwall l Florian Leiss l

Barbara Levi-Walch l Wolfang Malik l Frederike Martin l Luigi Masala l Daniela

Matha l Ulrich Mattner l Sonja Moers l Michael Müller l Matthias Naumann l Frank

Nickel l Felix Nowak l Martin Oster l Bodo Pfaff-Greiffenhagen l Lutz Raetting l

Daniel Reichwein l Fabian Riemschneider l Ian Schaw l Rainer Schecker l Prof.

Ulrich Scheffler l Peter Schneider l Dr. Matthias Schulze-Böing l Werner Seibert l

Markus Seliger l Ian Shaw l Birgit Simon l Stefan Soltek l Jörg Stellmacher-Hein l

Dr. Getrud Traud l Christian Uslular-Thiele l Martin Vaché l Kai Vöckler l Elke von

Busekist l Anette von Zitzewitz l Uwe Wahl l Thomas Warnecke l Arne Wegner l

Andrea Weiss l Marc P. Werner l Rainer Wrenger l Christian Zilly

And everyone else!