Carré Bad Cannstatt

Carré Bad Cannstatt (stylised CARRÉ Bad Cannstatt, formerly Cannstatter Carré) is a shopping, office and health centre located in the heart of Bad Cannstatt, a district of Stuttgart, Germany. It occupies the site of the former Trafo-Union industrial works between Decker-, Daimler-, Wildunger and Kreuznacher Straße, close to Bad Cannstatt railway station. The complex combines roughly 22,000 m² of retail space with a further 17,000 m² of leisure facilities, offices and a medical centre (Ärztehaus). The centre opened officially on 23 February 2006 after a construction period that began in July 2004. It was developed by the project community "Cannstatter Carré" and later sold in 2007 for approximately €100 million to the Encore+ real estate fund managed by LaSalle Investment Management and Morley Fund Management. In 2014 the operator decided on a brand relaunch, and on 22 October 2015 the centre was renamed from Cannstatter Carré to Carré Bad Cannstatt at a preview event. Today the centre houses over 40 shops across 25 sectors, including two large food stores, plus gastronomy and service providers. Its official website highlights "over 31 shops, gastronomy and service providers under one roof". The centre offers services such as lifts, a lost-property office, centre gift vouchers, a car park, barrier-free and customer toilets, free Wi-Fi, a baby changing room, play equipment for children, an ATM, a centre management office and escalators. It is well connected by public transport: Bad Cannstatt station links three S-Bahn lines and three bus lines, while Wilhelmsplatz, about 200 metres north, connects three Stuttgart Stadtbahn lines and three bus lines. Architecturally, the complex consists of several distinct building volumes on a site of 22,800 m². A six-storey rotunda is the defining element, with a four-storey, partly half-closed structure set in front as a half rotunda. The retail areas are grouped around a two-storey atrium topped by a glass dome. Facades are predominantly glass curtain walls and full-height natural stone, with the car park facade clad in perforated metal. Roofs are flat, interrupted by a mono-pitch roof and an elliptical roof, both steel-and-glass constructions with aluminium elements. Light and colour effects bathe the centre in orange tones. The centre's development was not without controversy. The "Seelberg-Initiative" of the local SPD and Alliance 90/The Greens campaigned for a traffic concept before completion, fearing a serious deterioration in traffic, higher pollution and increased noise, and proposed partial road closures and residents' parking schemes. Two years after opening, the Bad Cannstatt district office concluded that the shopping centre had a positive overall effect on retail, with increased pedestrian frequency and purchasing power, and that the feared traffic problems had not materialised.

The site of Carré Bad Cannstatt, between Decker-, Daimler-, Wildunger and Kreuznacher Straße, was the former industrial grounds of Trafo-Union. From the mid-19th century, significant companies were based there, including the mechanical engineering firm Friedrich Hesser. Later, the first location of chocolate manufacturer Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG was here. The area lay fallow between 1986 and 2003. On 29 January 2003, the state capital Stuttgart approved the development plan of 15 October 2002 for the construction of the Cannstatter Carré. Construction was initially planned for spring or summer 2003. After no operator was found for the planned hotel, the start of construction was delayed by over a year to 7 July 2004, without the hotel complex. The topping-out ceremony by the project community "Cannstatter Carré" took place on 13 July 2005. The shopping centre was completed in October 2005 and the office space in spring 2006. The official opening was on 23 February 2006. In 2007, the shopping centre was sold for approximately €100 million by ING Real Estate Germany to the Encore+ real estate fund managed by LaSalle Investment Management and Morley Fund Management. In early 2014, nine years after opening, the company decided to subject the Carré to a brand relaunch. On 22 October 2015, at a preview event, Cannstatter Carré became Carré Bad Cannstatt. The centre has over 40 shops from 25 sectors, including two large food stores. The building complex consists of several distinct parts on a site of 22,800 m². A six-storey rotunda is the defining element, with a four-storey, partly half-closed structure set in front as a half rotunda. Retail areas are grouped around a two-storey atrium with a glass dome. Facades are predominantly glass curtain walls and full-height natural stone, with the car park facade clad in perforated metal. Roofs are flat, interrupted by a mono-pitch roof and an elliptical roof, both steel-and-glass constructions with aluminium elements. Light and colour effects bathe the centre in orange tones. Regarding transport, Bad Cannstatt station connects the centre with three S-Bahn lines and three bus lines, and about 200 metres north at Wilhelmsplatz there are three Stuttgart Stadtbahn lines and three bus lines. The "Seelberg-Initiative" of the local SPD and Alliance 90/The Greens campaigned for a traffic concept before completion, fearing a serious deterioration in traffic, higher pollution and increased noise, and proposed partial road closures and residents' parking schemes. Two years after opening, the Bad Cannstatt district office concluded that the shopping centre had a positive overall effect on retail, with increased pedestrian frequency and purchasing power, and that the feared traffic problems had not materialised.

• 2015

  On 22 October, at a preview event, Cannstatter Carré was renamed Carré Bad Cannstatt.

• 2014

  Decision in early 2014 to carry out a brand relaunch.

• 2007

  Sold for approximately €100 million by ING Real Estate Germany to the Encore+ fund managed by LaSalle Investment Management and Morley Fund Management.

• 2006

  Official opening on 23 February; office space completed in spring.

• 2005

  Topping-out ceremony on 13 July; shopping centre completed in October.

• 2004

  Construction began on 7 July, without the planned hotel complex.

• 2003

  On 29 January, the state capital Stuttgart approved the development plan for the Cannstatter Carré.

A shopping, office and health centre in the heart of Bad Cannstatt, offering a wide range of retail, gastronomy and services under one roof.

Product categories. Retail shops · Gastronomy · Service providers · Offices · Medical centre · Leisure facilities

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