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On 30 and 31 August 2018, IQ Real Estate GmbH held its Future Conference on the premises of Sipgate GmbH in Düsseldorf. During this meeting, the management team and all employees intensively addressed the developments in the construction industry, future forms of working and the way forward for the company. As part of the two-day event, current trends were highlighted and studies of future developments were presented. Teams and working groups in different configurations elaborated the topics of the future as well as associated company objectives. We will continue to work on these topics also beyond this Future Conference to be well prepared for all challenges ahead of us.

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On 1 June 2018, work on the extension of the Aero Pump production areas was started. Aero Pump is one of the globally leading manufacturers of application systems for the pharmaceutical industry. As part of this fourth section of construction, nearly €20 million will be invested to create additional areas in the assembly, injection moulding and storage departments. Completion is planned for November 2019. IQ Real Estate GmbH already supported the three previous construction sections in all service phases.

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On 20 July 2018, the Cologne trade fair and event organizer Koelnmesse and invited guests celebrated the official end of the construction work for the multi-storey car park at Zoo Bridge.  Parts of the building had already been opened in September 2017 and full operation of the car park with its 3,200 parking spaces started April 2018. In the meantime, also the finishing touches have been completed, including the commissioning of ten charging station for electric vehicles – thirty more can be retrofitted at any time.

The celebration was held on the logistics area which offers space for about 310 lorries and will – together with the new multi-storey car park – ease the car and lorry traffic burden of the surrounding quarters on the right bank of the river Rhine. In order to ensure a smooth trade fair logistics, the new logistics centre was created in the immediate vicinity of the car park building.

For the car park and the associated trade fair logistics building, Koelnmesse had launched a “design and build” competition which was won by the Cologne architecture firm schultearchiteken together with Deutsche Industrie- und Parkhaus GmbH (dip). The result is a curved structure with an individual  design that blends in nicely with the surroundings and takes account of the prominent location directly at the Zoo Bridge. A particular highlight is the north façade in the bridge area. For this, the Stuttgart architecture firm wulf architekten designed a curtain wall of metal scales with more than 3,000 individual elements – so far unique in Germany.

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In May 2018, after a construction period of 20 months, Vodafone took over the office areas in the City Gate Nord as scheduled. The building (gross floor area approx. 8,000 m²) includes high-quality office areas for the anchor tenant Vodafone as well as areas available for third-party tenants, a staff restaurant, a Vodafone shop and a multi-storey car park. DGNB Gold certification is envisaged for this year. Apart from providing technical consulting services, IQ Real Estate GmbH was also responsible for the staff-function and line-function project management on behalf of the tenant.

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