The Squaire

The term Squaire is a portmanteau of the words square and air. The name was announced in June 2010. The project's original name was Airrail Center Frankfurt. The term Airrail is a compound of the words air and rail.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

The Squaire is located between two motorways, the Bundesautobahn 3 and the Bundesstraße 43, close to one of the most heavily used Autobahn interchanges in Europe, the Frankfurter Kreuz. The building provides direct access to the train station below with 210 daily long-distance train connections, of which 185 are ICE trains. A connecting bridge provides access to the airport terminals as well as to the Frankfurt Airport regional station.{{fact|date=February 2025}}

The Squaire is connected to a multistorey car park to the west by a people mover called MiniMetro operating high above the highway driveways.{{fact|date=February 2025}}

When Deutsche Bahn announced plans to build a fast rail link between Cologne and Frankfurt (Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line), it planned for a second train station at Frankfurt Airport, because it was clear that the existing train station would not be able to handle the predicted traffic. Construction work for a new train station close to the airport grounds started in 1995 and was finished in 1999. With a glass dome on top, it was designed to allow the later construction of an office building.{{fact|date=February 2025}}

In November 2006, preparatory construction work on the office building started based on a design by the Frankfurt based architecture firm JSK.[http://www.thesquaire.com/de/the_squaire/facts_figures/ Zahlen und Daten auf der Gebäude-Homepage] The main investor of the project is the IVG Immobilien AG in Bonn.

In 2006, after plans were delayed several years due to lack of potential tenants, the construction of the building, then called Airrail Center Frankfurt, began with an announced opening day in 2010. The foundation stone was laid on 1 March 2007.Airrail Center auf der Platte soll bis Ende 2009 fertig sein in Treffpunkt (Kundenzeitschrift der Flughafengesellschaft), Ausgabe 2/2007. Planned construction costs were 660 million Euro. Trouble with the construction company and the use of bad construction steel imported from China, which had to be replaced, pushed the costs up to 1 billion Euro.{{fact|date=February 2025}}

In June 2010, the name was changed to The Squaire.{{fact|date=February 2025}}

From April to December 2011, the move-in of the main tenants took place in sections.{{fact|date=February 2025}}

The accounting firm KPMG, two Hilton hotels, and Lufthansa occupy space in The Squaire. KPMG has rented 40,000 square metres of office space with 2,150 staff members. In the eastern part are two Hilton hotels: Hilton Garden Inn Frankfurt Airport {{cite web |url=https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/fraapgi-hilton-garden-inn-frankfurt-airport/ |title=Official website}} with 334 rooms and the Hilton Frankfurt Airport with 249 rooms in a total area of 34,500 m². Lufthansa has leased 18,500 m², and 1,000 of its employees moved in by the Spring of 2012. A {{convert|3600|m2|adj=on}} area is provided for a medical center. {{convert|5900|m2}} is provided for restaurants and shops.{{fact|date=February 2025}}

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