Prime location

First tenants in the "Air Campus"

Adlershof is gradually becoming more urban. One of the most recent new builds is the Air Campus office building on the corner of Rudower Chaussee and Am Studio. There is still some space for new tenants.

Patrick Schauerte keenly guides us through his medical practice on the first floor of the Air Campus office building in Adlershof, which opened in early January. The beds for the patients are currently being delivered, and there are other things which are not quite fully set up either. But the heart specialist is already convinced that he has chosen the right site: "the location right next to the S-bahn and opposite Kaufland is a real advantage," he says. He was also enthusiastic about the flexibility – the landlord built the practice according to his exact plans. The Berlin firm ID&A Immobilien GmbH also offers this flexibility to the other tenants. "Up to three rental units from 170 square metres are possible on each floor, all of which can be developed based on the tenant's requirements," says Eva Weis, Head of Project Development for ID&A Immobilien.

Open office concepts and cell offices are both possible. Development generally only takes around six weeks from the signing of the rental contract. The modern equipment and the energy efficiency of the building are further advantages Eva lists. Thanks to the concrete core temperature control in the ceilings, additional cooling is mostly unnecessary. In total, 35 percent of the over 4,000 square metres of retail and office space has been rented thus far. In addition to the cardiology practice, FAMAKO Anlagenexport GmbH, the plastics specialist REHAU AG + Co and the Berliner Volksbank have also chosen the Air Campus.

However, Eva Weis admits that delays in the opening of the hub airport have not exactly been helpful for marketing. When construction started in late 2011, the assumption was still that the BER airport would be on the network of air routes in June 2012. Weis told us that two major users have bailed out of the project since then, as the proximity to the airport had been a key criterion. She is still confident that there will soon be additional tenants for the building designed by the architect firm Nalbach + Nalbach. And then building work could continue: ID&A Immobilien has an option on the two adjacent plots of land on Rudower Chaussee and Am Studio, where a further two buildings with a total floor area of 3,500 and 4,500 square metres respectively could be built. In the meantime, Patrick Schauerte identifies a further advantage to the location: the cardiologist, who previously researched in the USA and also lectures at RWTH Aachen university alongside his professional activities, sees the proximity to Adlershof technology firms as an opportunity "to realise a few things in medical technology."

By Christian Hunziker