The Rhein-Galerie shopping centre in Ludwigshafen has been awarded a preliminary gold certificate by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) during the EXPO REAL fair held this week in Munich. The mall, which is part of Union Investment Real Estate's portfolio and which was developed by ECE, combines some 30,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail floor space with around 25,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of Rhine promenade.
The Rhein-Galerie shopping centre in Ludwigshafen has been awarded a preliminary gold certificate by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) during the EXPO REAL fair held this week in Munich. The mall, which is part of Union Investment Real Estate's portfolio and which was developed by ECE, combines some 30,000 m2 of retail floor space with around 25,000 m2 of Rhine promenade.
Acquired by the UniImmo: Deutschland open real estate fund in 2008, the Rhein-Galerie project is being built on the site of the former port, close to the promenade on the Rhine river bank, a location that makes it a central element in Ludwighafen's urban development. The mall is managed by ECE.
Besides its attractive use of lighting, the mall's energy-efficient water system - ensuring that all the collected rainwater is fed into the Rhine river - helped earn the project the DGNB’s highest grade of preliminary certificate.
The Rhein-Galerie’s topping-out ceremony is to be held on October 8, with final completion of the project scheduled for the autumn of 2010.
