IQ Real Estate GmbH was commissioned by the Düsseldorf project developer Development Partner AG to serve as project manager for the realization of a new premium office and commercial building to be built at the Rudolfplatz square in Cologne. By mid-2020, a building meeting the highest demands with a total area of approx. 13,000 m² (BGF) will be erected on the site. On Wednesday, 14 June 2017, a jury of eleven, headed by Professor Jörg Aldinger and comprising representatives from politics and administration of the city of Cologne, representatives of the client and renowned architects, had selected the winning design by the architecture firm Max Dudler as result of a multi-stage selection procedure comprising the evaluation by a body of experts.