AllianzArena
Munich has a new landmark: the 460 million AllianzArena. Commissioned on May 30, 2005, the football stadium is being hailed as a milestone in the history of architecture, sports and the city itself.
The stadium will be one of the venues for 2006's Football World Cup.
"Part spaceship, part chameleon, the new AllianzArena is a marvel of design and technology – and a monument to football" is how Time magazine described it. A chameleon: attached to the stadium's exterior is a ring of 1400, rhomboid-shaped, translucent cushions. These are illuminable according to operator wish – red for perennial champion FC Bayern, blue for cross-town competitor TSV 1860, or white or black. To get the up to 66,000 spectators to and from the stadium with a minimum of delay, authorities have completed the broadening and revamping of the A9 and A99 autobahns and the building of a feeder between the A99 and the stadium.
This work is taking place well north of downtown Munich. Another key part of the transport infrastructure upgrading is taking place at the very heart of the city, in Marienplatz. Or, more properly, 20 meters under the city's central square and its most prominent building, the Rathaus, city's town hall.
Two tunnels are being built under Marienplatz. When completed, the tunnels will give Marienplatz subway station the capacity to handle up to 32,400 people an hour. That's how many visitors will be passing through the station during the six 'game days' of the World Cup. The subway-borne football fans will arrive at the Fršttmaning station, itself undergoing a major expansion of capacity. From there, the fans will use a newly-built pedestrian bridge to get to the AllianzArena.

Key facts
	Construction began on October 21, 2002
	The stadium has 66,000 seats – all protected from the weather
	Parking
	-	9,800 spaces in a four-story garage (largest in Europe)
	-	1,200 in two-level garage
	-	350 parking spaces for buses
	What's inside
	-	28 snack bars and stands
	-	2 restaurants, each with capacity for up to 1,000 guests
	-	offices and conference rooms
	-	media facilities
	-	press club, with room for 350
	-	daycare center
	-	54 ticket booths
	-	shops

For further information
www.allianzarena.de

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Schrannenhalle
It was Munich's Covent Garden, it was gone for 73 years, and now it's back. On September 5, 2005, after two and a half years of reconstruction, the Schrannenhalle was reopened. From 1853 to 1932, this assemblage of iron and glass, originally the home of Munich's grain auctions, was the center of market-going and people-watching in Munich.

Location: to the east of Viktualienmarkt, Munich's downtown, open-air market
Dimensions: 110 meters long and 25 meters wide, with a building at its northern end.
What's inside: more than 50 shops selling apparel and foodstuffs, plus 10 restaurants and snack bars. These are open on a 24/7 basis.
What's on: the Schrannenhalle has launched a wide-ranging program of events: theater, concerts, children's workshops, performances of folklore and much more.

For further information: www.schrannenhalle.de

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Under development

Theresienhöhe
Munich's fairgrounds moved in 1998 from the city's Theresienhöhe district to Messestadt Riem. Thousands of persons, dozens of companies, and the Museum of Transport (an offshoot of Deutsches Museum – Germany's Smithsonian) have already moved to Theresienhöhe, which adjoins the site of the Oktoberfest, and whose masterplan was created by Otto Steidle, the famous architect. His plan for the 47 hectare-large site foresees the construction of buildings containing 1,400 housing units and offering 200,000 square meters of office, retailing, production and other kinds of commercial space. Much of this space is forthcoming from the four high-profile apartment and office buildings designed by Steidle himself. Also being constructed on the site are schools, daycare centers and other necessities of daily life, and 11 hectares of parks and other commons.

For further information on the Theresienhöhe development, please contact
Planning Department
Ms. Susanne Bäumler
Tel.: (+49-89) 233 220 83
Fax: (+49-89) 233 205 69
E-mail: Susanne.baeumler@muenchen.de

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Arnulfpark and the rail artery
Munich's rail artery is many visitors' first sight of Munich-the transloading facilities and rail sidings lining the eight kilometers of track stretching from Pasing (the city's westernmost train station) to the city's main train station. The building of new facilities on the city outskirts and the upgrading of traffic management systems has freed much of the space flanking the city's main rail lines for redevelopment.
Taking the trains' place will be parks lined with bicycle and hiking paths, and dotted with residential and commercial quarters. The buildings to be constructed in them will be home to 17,000 persons. Some 111,000 persons will work in the rail artery's commercial premises.

The rail artery's development is taking place in five individual areas. Covering a total of 1.5 million square meters, the areas are
- Pasing – south of the tracks
- Pasing – north of the tracks
- Nymphenburg south
- Birketweg/Hirschgarten
- Arnulfpark

Of particular interest is Arnulfpark. The last large-sized plot within Munich's beltway, this 18 hectare-large site is located along the street of the same name and adjoining the Hackerbrücke, the bridge leading from downtown Munich to the Oktoberfest site. As the development's name suggests, the centerpiece of the development will be a park some 39,000 square meters in size. Completed on September 17, 2004, the park will be flanked by buildings comprised of 850 apartments (of which the first have already been completed) and of 200,000 square meters of commercial space.

For further information on Arnulfpark
Vivico Real Estate München
Tel.: (089) 545 485 90
www.vivico.com

For further information on the rail artery
aurelis Real Estate GmbH & Co. KG
Tel.: (089) 544 559 60
www.aurelis-real-estate.de

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Freiham
A new community is coming into being on Munich's western edge. Named after the adjoining Freiham estate, the community will have an expanse of 350 hectares. Some 21,00 people will reside in the community's buildings, which will be home to companies employing some 10,000.
These companies will maintain R & D facilities, superstores, offices, processing and service provision centers in Freiham, which will be served by an S-Bahn (regional railway). Along with a large-sized mall (also home to offices and 250 apartments), the rail station will serve as the node for the residential section of the community.
Construction on the community's buildings is scheduled to begin in 2006.

For further information on commercial property available, please contact
Mr. Stefan Murner
Tel.: (+49-89) 233 276 77
E-Mail: stefan.murner@muenchen.de
www.wirtschaft.muenchen.de

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