Cushman & Wakefield brokers the letting of 1,700 sqm of office space to the expanding MEC

The Düsseldorf office letting team of international real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) has brokered the letting of 1,700 sqm of office space in the FRITZ office building in Düsseldorf to MEC. The move, which is to accommodate expansion, will take place in the spring of next year and will enable MEC to establish a new-work office environment. The owner of the multi-tenant office building is the globally-active investor Westbrook Partners.  

Das The FRITZ office building, constructed in 1993, is located at Fritz-Vomfelde-Strasse 14-20 and has a total area of 16,841 sqm. "In MEC and FRITZ we found a perfect match", says Luisa Rotthaus, Head of Office Agency Düsseldorf at Cushman & Wakefield. "The property exactly fulfils the new tenant’s requirements and is conveniently located in the immediate vicinity of the previous company headquarters at Am Albertussee. The office building there will be converted for residential use by property developers Pandion after MEC moves out. 

"We are pleased that we have found our dream property in FRITZ, which gives us the opportunity to implement all our requirements for the new MEC headquarters," says Sebastian Kienert, Managing Director and CFO of MEC. For years, MEC has been successfully managing retail properties with interdisciplinary teams of specialists, tailored to clients' requirements and the respective locations. The flexible building structure of FRITZ, means MEC can now implement the appropriate modern working environment in accordance with the basic principle of "activity-based working". For all the various activities such as collaboration, concentration and communication, an appropriate work zone is available. "In this way, we will create ideal conditions in the FRITZ for our team-oriented working methods, in which productivity, flexibility and fun at work are perfectly combined", says Kienert. 

The interior design is currently being planned and implemented in accordance with the individual specifications of MEC.