CG Elementum AG presents first tenant and energy concept for Leipzig’s Mariannen Campus

Within walking distance of Leipzig's main train station, the nationwide real estate developer CG Elementum AG has been revitalizing what was once the world's largest postal train station since 2017. While the northern part of the emerging Mariannen Campus has already been completed for a good year, work on the part south of Adenauerallee is currently still ongoing. The first leases have now been signed with future users for the former administration building, which was opened in 1912.

The Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW will use around 4,000 square meters of the modern office space behind the historic façade from 2023, with a further 3,000 square meters leased to a user not yet named. A preparation kitchen is being built on around 1,000 square meters by Gröner Restaurant GmbH, which will also provide supplies for employees at the Mariannen Campus in the future in a modern cafeteria. Relevant space has thus already been leased, although the leasing process has only recently begun.

The buildings, which have been vacant since 1994, are being extensively refurbished by CG Elementum and converted into light-flooded commercial and workshop space with extensive glazing. In addition, contemporary storage space is being created in the basements.

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Sustainable energy concepts and green technology are standard at CG Elementum: “At the Mariannen Campus, too, we are striving for an innovative mix of technologies,” says Ulf Graichen, Chief Development Officer of CG Elementum AG. “For example, around 2,000 photovoltaic modules are being installed on the roof arches of the station concourse in order to move ever closer to our goal of a climate-neutral neighborhood. Tests are also underway to determine whether and how extensively we can use geothermal energy. If all goes well, we will drill more than 200 geothermal wells. The use of electromobility with appropriate charging points on site is planned anyway.”