The Main-Taunus-Zentrum is one attraction richer: today, after a construction period of around 15 months, the new "Food Garden" opens on time, as planned and fully let in the shopping center in Sulzbach near Frankfurt am Main. Five purpose-built free-standing restaurant buildings offer space for a total of eight restaurant concepts, inviting outdoor terraces and attractively designed green spaces. With their high-quality and varied range of restaurants and the open structure, they are an additional attraction and an ideal addition to the tenant mix in one of the highest-turnover and most successful shopping centers in Germany. The new buildings were constructed using sustainable and resource-saving timber construction methods.

The owners Deutsche EuroShop and a closed-end real estate fund have invested around €28 million in the project for the strategic development of the Main-Taunus-Zentrum. The project was developed, planned, let and implemented by ECE Marketplaces, which also operates the center. 

The aim is to create additional incentives for visitors and attract new customer groups with the expanded range of food outlets in the "Food Garden", to further increase the quality of stay and length of time spent in the center and to consistently adapt the tenant mix and usage concept: The "Food Garden" has thus been created in place of a former department stores' property, making it a good example of how shopping centers can adapt flexibly and successfully to changing customer requirements and market conditions. 

"With the Food Garden, we are implementing another important component of our joint strategy to continuously develop the Main-Taunus-Zentrum and thus set it up for a continued successful future," says Joanna Fisher, CEO of ECE Marketplaces. 

The new catering tenants in the Main-Taunus-Zentrum are: the steakhouse "The Ash", the pizza-pasta concept "L'Osteria" and the restaurant and bar operator "Alex", the Japanese noodle bar "MoschMosch", the Indian concept "EatDOORI" as well as the regional providers Traumkuh, Vegabar and Umami.

Hans-Peter Kneip, CEO/CFO of Deutsche EuroShop, is enthusiastic: "Anyone who loves good food should visit the new Food Garden in the Main-Taunus-Zentrum. Eight great restaurants offer a culinary variety at a level that is otherwise only found in top city-centre locations."

Opened in 1964, MTZ is one of the largest and highest-turnover shopping centers in Germany. The shopping center is fully let and has 170 shops on a sales area of over 90,000 m², including concepts such as Apple, Anson's, Breuninger, Hollister, MediaMarkt and Zara as well as a multiplex cinema.