Lichtenberg

In Lichtenberg, metropolitan flair in locations close to the city meets rural idyll on the outskirts. The district is in parts a historically evolved industrial location with several original and modern commercial centers as well as a well-developed infrastructure and transport connections. 
Almost 30 percent of its area is recreational, agricultural, forest and water areas. Lichtenberg is the first Berlin district to be certified as a “family-friendly municipality”.

Attractive Environment

• Numerous parks and nature preserves and recreational and water areas, such as the Rummelsburger Bucht.
• Tierpark Friedrichsfelde, with 160 hectares, is one of the world’s largest zoological gardens
• Old buildings and villa settlements, large urban streets and picturesque village churches, industry and large housing estates
• Working and living between tradition and modernity
• Sportforum: The Olympiastützpunkt Berlin is the largest and most high-performance in Germany.
• Theater in der Parkaue - Germany’s largest children’s and youth theater
• German-Russian Museum in Karlshorst
• Family and child-friendly district with more than 300,000 residents
• Historic sites like the Normannenstraße research and memorial site and Hohenschönhausen Memorial
• A wide range of art and culture offers
• Karlshorst harness racing track
• Schloss Friedrichsfelde and Mies-van-der-Rohe-Haus in Alt-Hohenschönhausen

Location Advantages

In particular, the district, located on the northeastern edge of the city center, offers businesses:

• A convenient location that is close to the city with access to highways and the rail network, as well as excellent infrastructure
• Over 400 hectares of developed commercial areas
• Historically evolved and newly developed industrial and commercial sites for young and established companies
• Industry mix of manufacturing, trades, as well as services
• Skilled workforce and low unemployment rate
• Three universities, including the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) and The Berlin School of Economics and Law
• High-performance administration at several locations
• Large, contiguous new building complexes

Commercial districts in Lichtenberg

Herzbergstraße | Siegfriedstraße | Josef-Orlopp-Straße

• Largest commercial area close to the city in the eastern part of Berlin
• Well-developed traditional location for SMEs from the manufacturing and processing industry, as well as services, wholesale, and trades, but also creative industries
• Size: 152.3 ha
• Accessibility via road network and streetcar, as well as bus

Marzahner Straße | Plauener Straße

• Industry park “econopark GSG Berlin” with 13 multi-story buildings and 75,000 m² of floor space for SMEs from all sectors
• Size of the commercial area: 109.3 ha
• Accessibility: Road network, industrial railway connection, streetcar, and bus
• Location for e-commerce, logistics, trades and production, and transport companies, construction industry, small-scale commercial enterprises, services

Gärtnerstraße | Ferdinand-Schultze-Straße

• Location for small and medium-sized enterprises from manufacturing, trades, and services
• Size: 28 ha
• Accessibility: Road network, industrial railway connection, streetcar, and bus

Darßer Straße

• At the western edge of the district, in the immediate extension of the Berliner Allee commercial area
• Size: 3.7 ha
• Land owned by the State of Berlin and fully developed.
• Accessibility: Road network, bus connection, connection to the A10 Autobahn
• Location for manufacturing industry, small-scale commercial enterprises, trades, production-related services, construction, research and development, and wholesale

Pablo-Picasso-Straße

• Located in the north of the district
• The areas are exclusively owned by the state of Berlin
• Size: 15 ha
• Accessibility: Road network, connection to the A 10 Autobahn, S-Bahn, bus connection
• Location for manufacturing and manufacturing SMEs, production-related services, and construction industry

Blockdammweg | Köpenicker Chaussee

• Size: 73 ha
• Klingenberg industrial park with additional development opportunities
• Accessibility: Road network, industrial railway, waterway, and streetcar
• Location for: Supply and disposal companies in the field of environmental protection, manufacturing, and service companies

Indira-Gandhi-Straße

• Headquarters of the Berliner- Kindl- Schultheiss- brewery and the bus depot of the Berlin Transport Authority
• Size: 19.6 ha
• Accessibility: Road network, streetcar
• Buchberger Straße | Coppistraße
• Articulated commercial area in the area of Frankfurter Allee Süd
• Size: 13.8 ha
• Accessibility: Road network, S-Bahn, and subway
• Location for media and communication technology, service companies, and small-scale commercial enterprises

Buchberger Straße | Coppistraße

• Sectionalized industrial park in Frankfurter Allee Süd area
• Mainly hosts businesses involved in communications technology
• Area: 13.8 ha
• Accessibility: Roads network, S-Bahn (suburban railway) and underground links
• Location for media and communications engineering, service providers, small commercial businesses

Hohenschönhauser Straße

• Headquarters of the shared service center and logistics center of Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH
• Size: 13.2 ha
• Accessibility: Road network, A 10 Autobahn, S-Bahn, bus

Service, trade, and industrial parks

• The "econopark" business park at GSG Berlin, Plauener Straße 163-165
• Dong-Xuan-Center
• Commercial site, Josef-Orlopp-Str. 92-106
• Fa. Wöltinger commerce lot, Herzbergstr. 33-34
• Industry and commerce center, Hauptstr. 13
• Siegfriedshöfe, Siegfriedstr. 201-204
• Lichtenberger Höfe, Josef-Orlopp-Str. 32-54
• The JOS 037 business park at Josef Orlopp Str. 37
• Aurelis-Unternehmerpark, Wollenberger Straße 4
• Citydock Panattoni, Marzahner Straße 21 (under construction)
• Topas-Park, Vulkanstraße 13 (under construction)

Business development in Lichtenberg

The Lichtenberg Office for Business Development is the district contact point for companies and your competent contact for

• Location-related consulting and development
• Settlement and project management
• Commercial street development
• Business services and start-ups
• Information on commercial space and area offers
• Funding opportunities of proposals and projects
• Publications on economic topics
• Location marketing
• Contacts with interest groups, advertising associations, Hohenschönhausen-Lichtenberg e.V. business district, and other business networks
• Information and contacts in training matters
• Seminars, training courses and information events, and entrepreneurial round tables

Your contact at the local authority in Lichtenberg

Burhan Cetinkaya
Head of Economic Development
+49 30 90296-4338
Fax: +49 30 90296-4319
wifoe(at)lichtenberg.berlin.de
Office Economic Development

Your contact at Berlin Partner for Business and Technology

Tomasz Pawlowski
Projektmanager Lichtenberg
+49 30 46302-471
Tomasz.Pawlowski(at)berlin-partner.de