PIA Stadt Frankfurt am Main. (Photo: Tanja Schäfer)

Taunus grounds developing

A subsidiary company of Crédit Suisse wants to erect a new high-rise building on the Taunus grounds. The owner of the abandoned building wants to replace the old  structure with a new, 60-metre-high block.

The city's buildings department has already given the green light and two Frankfurt architecture firms have already been short-listed: Offenbach's architecture-legend, Fritz Novotny, and the firm of Till Schneider and Michael Schumacher, who are temporarily working to expand the "Städel" museum.

In three weeks, the owner will finally decide who gets a go at the new Taunus building.