Lichtenberg
General information and locational advantages
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
- Established industrial location for SMEs from manufacturing and processing industries and business-oriented services, wholesale, crafts and construction, but also creative industries
- Size: 152.3 ha
- Accessibility: Road network, streetcar and 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
- Location for e-commerce, logistics, craft trade and manufacturing and transportation companies, construction, small-scale commercial enterprises, production-related services
- Size: 109.3 ha
- Accessibility: Road network, industrial railway connection, streetcar, and bus
Gärtnerstraße | Ferdinand-Schultze-Straße
- Location for small and medium-sized enterprises from manufacturing, trades, construction industry, services
- Size: 28 ha
- Accessibility: Road network, streetcar, and bus
Darßer Straße
- At the western edge of the district, in the immediate extension of the Berliner Allee commercial area
- Land owned by the State of Berlin and fully developed
- Location for manufacturing industry, small-scale commercial enterprises, trades, production-related services, construction, research and development, and wholesale
- Size: 3.7 ha
- Accessibility: Road network, bus connection, connection to the A10 Autobahn
Pablo-Picasso-Straße
- Located in the north of the district
- The areas are mostly owned by the State of Berlin
- Location for SMEs from manufacturing and production-oriented trades
- Size: 15 ha
- Accessibility: Road network, connection to the A 10 Autobahn, S-Bahn, bus connection
Blockdammweg | Köpenicker Chaussee
- Klingenberg power plant site with further development opportunities
- Location for supply and disposal companies in the field of environmental protection, manufacturing industry, service companies, creative industries
- Size: 73 ha
- Accessibility: Road network, industrial railway, waterway, and streetcar
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
- Location for media and communication technology, service companies, and small-scale commercial enterprises
- Size: 13.8 ha
- Accessibility: Road network, S-Bahn, and subway
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
Rhinstraße
- Large areas in the process of restructuring
- Location for small-scale business, crafts, service and office use, wholesale, data center
- Size: 48 ha
- Accessibility: Road network, suburban train, bus and tram
Wiesenweg
- Location for small-scale trade, crafts and creative industries
- Size: 4 ha
- Accessibility: Road network, suburban train, bus and tram
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)
Economic development and business consulting
Services of the Lichtenberg Economic Development Agency
- District contact and coordination office for companies, tradespeople, investors and start-ups
- Design and development of business areas
- Consulting and support for companies and project sponsors
- Settlement management for State-owned areas
- Information on commercial premises and space available and contacts to private landlords
- Advice on business settlement. Support with application and approval procedures
- Initiation of economically relevant projects and measures
- Advice on starting a business
- Advice on funding possibilities for projects and plans
- Initiation and support of measures in the area of skilled worker development and recruitment
- Information and contact services for companies in training matters
- Shopping street development, support for the sustainable development of shopping centers
- Tourism development, tourism promotion and location marketing
- Development and maintenance of network structures
- Establishing contacts with institutions, advertising associations, the Wirtschaftskreis Hohenschönhausen-Lichtenberg e.V., , the Herzbergstrasse business network and other territorial business interest groups
- Performance of business-related events and publications
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
