Innovations & Trends
Due to its innovative, future-oriented solutions ECE is always up to date – and more. We are always on the ball, picking up on promising trends and constantly rethinking our properties – true to the motto: qualitative market leadership through innovation.
Future market Asia
Rethinking shopping centers and their function: with this goal in mind, we are looking far beyond Europe - always on the lookout for promising ideas and concepts. One country in focus is China.
Digital planning and construction
We create permanently attractive spaces with sustainable cash flow. Among the top hotel and logistics developers in Germany - with its decades of experience in the operation of commercial properties, ECE is not only at the forefront in the shopping sector.
On the pulse of time
The world's first textiles air filter façade
The air in many cities is often worse than the EU limits allow. Particulate matter and nitrogen oxides impair the quality of the air and preventing them is an effective lever for climate protection. We are therefore testing the world's first nitrogen oxide-binding textile façade on an office building at the ECE Campus in Hamburg - because sustainability is a key corporate objective of ECE.
New work for a complex working environment
When developing new office properties, we work with future users to develop tailor-made solutions for future-oriented working. But not just once the property has been built, but from the very first moment. Of course, we also use our knowledge at the ECE Campus: whether meetings in large groups in an open area, retreats for confidential discussions or concentrated work in small groups: modern team spaces and coworking areas meet different requirements for the working world and are used where there is a need in the respective sections.
Mixed-use - district developments for vibrant urban centers
The future belongs to mixed-use concepts. The planning of urban city districts with modern apartments, office workplaces and hotels in close proximity to restaurants, shopping and leisure facilities is one of our key areas of expertise. Examples include the TIDE building ensemble in Hafencity, the Cologne trade fair center and the Milaneo in Stuttgart.
Multi-party contracts - bilateral becomes multilateral
The real estate industry is facing major changes - construction times, quality and costs need to be better managed. Our multi-party contract introduced in Germany unites all project participants in a joint process. Risk and return are shared and success depends on the joint success of the project - a real cultural change in the construction industry. The aim is to optimize the processes of complex construction projects and make costs and times more predictable.