CityHub will open a 139-Hub hotel at Leipziger Platz in Berlin-Mitte. The Dutch operator announced the project on 29 September 2026. Conversion work now runs toward an opening in the fourth quarter of 2027.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the partner on the building. The project converts approximately 2,100 square metres of retail space inside a mixed-use commercial building. CityHub states that the space stood vacant before the signing.
One Hundred and Thirty-Nine Hubs, Seventeen of Them Accessible
The Berlin inventory holds 139 Hubs. Of those, 122 are standard units and 17 are accessible Hubs. Guest facilities include a sauna, shared bathrooms and social spaces. Each Hub carries a private sleeping area. The shared areas carry the social functions.
Boutique Hotel News describes the format as a capsule hotel. CityHub builds the units from prefabricated, modular components.
Leipziger Platz sits along the former border between East and West Berlin. CityHub lists the Brandenburg Gate, Potsdamer Platz, Checkpoint Charlie, Museum Island and the Tiergarten among the nearby attractions. Public transport links reach Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, Neukölln and Charlottenburg.
The Building and the Wider Ensemble
The leased space sits at Leipziger Platz 15. Columbia Threadneedle Real Estate announced the letting on 8 October 2026. The address forms part of an ensemble at Leipziger Platz 14 to 16, between Potsdamer Platz and the Mall of Berlin. The three commercial buildings date from 1996, 2002 and 2015. Together they hold more than 20,000 square metres of lettable area. Uniqlo, Design Offices and Octavus Office & Service Berlin rank among the anchor tenants. Ground-floor space of 770 square metres in the Leipziger Platz 15 building remains in the market. The rest of the ensemble's commercial area is let.
The 2,100 square metres CityHub takes form a small share of that block. Adaptive reuse turns an out-of-use part of a standing building into lodging. CityHub states that the conversion avoids the environmental impact of a new build.
CityHub's European Estate and the German Roll-Out
CityHub trades in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen and Reykjavik. The operator lists those four cities alongside a recently announced Hamburg development. The brand dates its founding to 2015. Berlin becomes its second destination in Germany after Hamburg. Remco Gerritsen has led CityHub as chief executive since 2025. He has set out the aim of a network of CityHub hotels across European cities. He names Berlin as the next step.
Remco Gerritsen on the Conversion Model
The chief executive's published comment ties the expansion to the construction method. "Our goal is to create a network of CityHub Hotels across Europe that gives travellers an affordable, sustainable experience while allowing them to connect with the cities they visit," Gerritsen said. "Berlin's energy, culture and global appeal make it a natural next step in our expansion."
He then describes the mechanism. "By combining adaptive reuse with our modular, plug-and-play design, we can transform underused commercial space into high-quality hotels more quickly and with significantly lower carbon emissions than a new-build development," he said. He adds that the method allows CityHub to become part of established neighbourhoods. He says it builds a more sustainable model for future city hotels.
The emissions claim is the operator's own. The releases carry no carbon figure for the Berlin project.
Columbia Threadneedle's Vincent Frommel on the Investment Case
Vincent Frommel holds the roles of head of fund management and debt finance and member of the executive board Germany at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He gave the partner's view in the same announcement. "Our own stay at CityHub Copenhagen confirmed that the concept is compelling both from a guest perspective and as an investment proposition," Frommel said.
He names three elements behind the opportunity. Those are an innovative lodging experience, strong customer acceptance and a convincing value-for-money offering. On long-term value, he cites the positive assessments of independent advisers and valuation experts.
Iris Schöberl is managing director Germany at Columbia Threadneedle Real Estate. She gave the landlord's comment in its 8 October announcement. Schöberl described a strong increase in new uses across city centres over recent years. She listed food and beverage, culture, coworking and education among the tenant categories the high street now draws.
The Fourth-Quarter 2027 Target and the Open Items
Both announcements point to the fourth quarter of 2027. CityHub states that the date stands subject to confirmation. Several figures stay unpublished. The releases carry no conversion cost, no per-Hub figure, no rent, no management contract, no contractor, no architect and no interior designer. No room rate for the Berlin property has been published.