Since last week, the demolition works on the buildings of ‘Speicherstraße’ has created the structural prerequisites for urban development of the port area in the following years. For the endpoint of the Dortmund-Ems Canal, ‘Gerber Architekten’ has proposed a development concept for an attractive office mile on the waterfront in a survey conducted in 2015. The concept envisages laying the foundation stone for further company settlements in the southern part of ‘Speicherstraße’ by revitalising an old storage building and using it as a foundation campus at Dortmund harbour. Additionally four new U-shaped office complexes are planned to be built in the northern part of the ‘Speicherstraße’. Courtyards facing the harbour basin should provide space for leisure facilities and gastronomy so that working on a lively harbour promenade can become a reality.

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