Name: MyZeil Shopping Mall 🇩🇪 (2022-08) {slideshow}
Uploaded: 2023-04-29T10:00:00+00:00
Duration: 3 min 10 s
Description: Views of the MyZeil shopping center in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. MyZeil is a shopping center located in the downtown area of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Palaisquartier build

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Views of the MyZeil shopping center in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.

MyZeil is a shopping center located in the downtown area of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Palaisquartier building complex and serves as the entrance to the Zeil shopping street. The center was officially opened on February 26, 2009, by the then-mayor of Frankfurt, Petra Roth.

The MyZeil building has six floors and features the longest freestanding indoor escalator in Europe, measuring 42 meters. The entire complex is covered by a structure made up of around 3,200 triangular glass elements and has a gross floor area of 77,000 square meters, with approximately 52,000 square meters dedicated to retail space in the lower three levels. The anchor tenants include a REWE supermarket (groceries) located in the basement, Anson's Herrenhaus (men's clothing retailer with leading fashion labels) spread over three levels, and Saturn (electronics and home appliances) occupying 7,500 square meters on the third and fourth floors. The upper levels contain a "Gastro-Boulevard" with restaurants, a Fitness First club with a high-altitude swimming pool, and a play and childcare area for children.

MyZeil was designed by architect Massimiliano Fuksas from Rome, with the structural design of the steel and glass construction handled by the engineering firm Knippers Helbig from Stuttgart. Rainwater from the nearly 6,000 square meters of roof surface is collected, cleaned, and reused in the building's water system. The construction design has some weaknesses, such as the need to protect the main entrance from falling ice and snow in winter, which led to the installation of a fixed roof over the entrance in 2013.

The shopping center has a large parking garage with 1,390 spaces on four levels, 900 of which are available to the public. It is open continuously, including on Sundays and holidays. MyZeil is well-connected to transportation, with access via the Hauptwache train station and two subway stations. The center has a total of six levels, including a REWE supermarket and the entrance to the parking garage on the lower level. The largest Saturn store in Frankfurt occupies 7,500 square meters on the third and fourth floors.