page_title: Mediaspree
section_title: NH-Hotel
hierarchical_section_title: Mediaspree / Planned or Ongoing Projects / Northern Spree Riverfront from West to East / NH-Hotel
caption_attribution_description: English: The new nHow Hotel at Osthafen on Stralauer Allee in Berlin-Friedrichshain. Deutsch: Das im Bau (April 2010) befindliche nHow-Hotel am Osthafen an der Stralauer Allee in Berlin-Friedrichshain.
context_page_description: Mediaspree is one of the largest property investment projects in Berlin. It aims to establish telecommunication and media companies along a section of the banks of the river Spree as well as to implement an urban renewal of the surrounding area. So far, for the most part, unused or temporarily occupied real estate is to be converted into office buildings, lofts, hotels, and other new structures.
  The plans date predominantly from the 1990s, but only a part of them was implemented due to unfavorable economic circumstances at the time. Promoters saw in this project a great opportunity for the former East Berlin, while critics saw the selling-out of the area's most valuable properties. The following criteria were defined for sustainable location development:
  Public access to the riverfront,
  Buildings with ground-floor public areas,
  A mixture of large-scale and small-scale use,
  Ambitious architectural concepts,
  The integration of art and media.
context_section_description: Directly east of the erstwhile granary (see above), at Stralauer Allee 3, the Spanish company NH Hoteles is building a four-star hotel and convention center with approximately 385 rooms and 13 conference rooms. The NDC Nippon Development Corporation is acting as the project developer. The building was designed by the architectural firm nps tchoban voss and consists of two structures: a traditional substructure of perforated façades and metal cladding is topped by a glass superstructure that cantilevers out over the Spree. On the upper levels, there is a fitness center with rooftop access, and a restaurant with outdoor patio has been planned on the riverside. The project contradicts the approved building plans in several respects, but it is nonetheless currently underway. The opening is slated for 2010.
caption: NH-Hotel under construction, April 2010
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