The Hanseatic Trade Center comprises a total floor area of . It is located on the western tip of HafenCity, surrounded by water on three sides. To the north, Binnenhafen separates it from Hamburg's
Altstadt (old town), to the south it is facing Sandtorhafen and
HafenCity proper. Public transport is available at
Baumwall station, just across Niederbaumbrücke. During construction and the first years after, the five buildings were named by order of development phase. When
Tishman Speyer Properties and Quantum Immobilien AG acquired four of the five buildings in 2005, the buildings were subsequently marketed by names of famous explorers and seafarers: • Phase I: Vespucci-Haus (1993) by
Kohn Pedersen Fox • Phase II: Columbus-Haus (2002) by Nägele, Hofmann & Tiedemann • Phase III: Humboldt-Haus (1992) by Dieter Heusch • Phase IV: Amundsen-Haus (1999) by
Gerkan, Marg & Partner • Phase V: Kehrwiederspitze (1997) by Kleffel, Köhnholdt & Gundermann Kehrwiederspitze was the only building not sold in 2005. The entire complex lies within the flood-exposed area of the
Lower Elbe. Therefore, all five buildings are connected by a network of upper floor boardwalks among each other and to the inner-city. == See also ==