Facts & Figures

Unter den Linden 26
Date of original construction: 1910–14
Building owner: Preußische Central-Bodenkredit AG
Architects: Bielenberg & Moser
Style: late Wilhelminian
colossal pilasters with Corinthian capitals
Function: commercial bank with tellers, counters and offices
Reconstruction: 1931
Significance: architectural monument

Unter den Linden 28–30
Date of original construction: 1912–13
Building owner: Daimler-Motorengesellschaft AG
Architects: Alfred Klingenberg & Fritz Beyer
Style: Neoclassical
colossal columns with Ionic capitals
Function: retail and gastronomy on the ground floor, offices on the upper floors
Reconstruction: 1931 and 1970

KAISERHÖFE – Unter den Linden
Refurbishment date: 1st quarter 2008
Total surface:
approx. 14,200 sq.m. (total construction site)
approx. 10,700 sq.m. (refurbished offices and retail)
approx. 3,500 sq.m. (new residential)
Total refurbished surface:
approx. 10,700 sq.m.
Investor: Meermann-Chamartín
Architects:
Rüthnick Architekten Ingenieure
Kampmann + Partner
Current function: refurbished office building with retail and gastronomy on the ground floor and residential space on the top floors

“KAISERHÖFE—Unter den Linden” is located directly in the historical centre of Berlin.
Nearby are:

local public transport, e.g. a bus stop in front of the building as well as tram, underground and suburban railway lines, etc. just a few steps away
regional and intercity rail traffic—only 5 minutes to Lehrter Bahnhof, Berlin’s main railway station

the new government district of Germany with the Reichstag, the German parliament building
many cultural institutions, e.g. operas and theatres
Humboldt University
Berlin State Library
historical monuments, e.g. the Brandenburg Gate

first-class hotels, e.g. Adlon, Maritim proArte, etc.
private and public galleries
lots of restaurants, cafes, bars and clubs

shopping boulevards, e.g. Unter den Linden, Friedrichstrasse and Leipziger Strasse
shopping malls, e.g. Potsdamer Platz Arkaden and Lehrter Bahnhof

the large recreation park Tiergarten behind the Brandenburg Gate