Tower 185

Building context

Tower 185 is a major multi-occupier office building in Frankfurt, managed within Deka’s portfolio. Its 200-metre tower and podium combine a large workplace population with shared reception, hospitality, transport and support services. The owner lists 102,440 m² of rental space, so the technology brief needs to work across a substantial occupied asset rather than a single office suite.

Smart technology scope

A smart technology launch within an operating tower

The owner describes existing intelligent indoor-climate optimisation using MeteoViva, together with shared Wi-Fi and a planned app-based smart-building offer. For a building of this scale, the brief needs to connect the occupier experience with existing systems and clear operating responsibilities while protecting continuity of service.

• A clear relationship between the new digital service and existing building systems.
• Occupier onboarding, service permissions and support across multiple organisations.
• Launch readiness, representative testing and ongoing service ownership.

Anand’s contribution

Anand secured Smart Spaces’ first appointment in Germany and its first with Deka. His contribution centred on consultative client engagement: connecting the client’s building ambitions with the proposed Smart Spaces approach and establishing the appointment in a new market. The technical focus sits in the relationship between the proposed digital experience, an established high-rise and the teams responsible for operating it.

• Consultative engagement with Deka around the proposed deployment.
• Positioning the smart-building approach for a large, occupied multi-tenant asset.
• Establishing Smart Spaces’ first German and Deka appointment.

Sources and further reading

Building scale and published technology features describe the wider project. Anand’s contribution is set out separately above.

• Tower 185 / Deka Immobilien

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