1973
Oil crisis:
ECE halts its center expansion
1969
The first center developed by ECE opens in Nuremberg
(Franken Center)
1965
Mail-order pioneer
Werner Otto founds ECE
1970
The Alstertal shopping center opens in Hamburg
1974
Dr. Heinrich Kraft becomes CEO of ECE, and the group is consolidated and diversified: Activities are extended to include office and logistics real estate
1979
ECE’s first office project: City Haus in Frankfurt am Main is completed
1984
ECE’s first center in an inner-city location opens in Koblenz
(Löhr Center)
1989
Following the fall of the Wall and reunification: Centers with sustainable location concepts are developed in the new federal states and Berlin
1996
ECE goes international: The first ECE national subsidiaries are founded in Hungary and the Czech Republic
1997
The Promenaden shopping center opens at Leipzig Central Station
2000
Alexander Otto takes over as CEO, drives internationalization, and turns ECE into the European market leader for shopping centers
2001
The first international center developed by ECE opens (Galeria Dominikańska, Wrocław, Poland)
2006
The activities in the Office, Traffic, and Industries segments are brought together in a separate business unit (now ECE Work & Live)
2008
The first ECE Sustainability Report is published
2009
The first hotel project as part of the expansion of the Altmarkt Galerie in Dresden
2010
Residential activities are separated from the shopping business (including “Mitte Altona” in Hamburg)
2011
The fund management platform ECE Real Estate Partners launches its first shopping center fund
2019
SAP is introduced: The advance of the digitalization offensive in ECE’s back office
2021
ECE positions itself as an integrated group in the real estate and investment sector – the aim is greater independence for the divisions ECE Marketplaces, ECE Work & Live, and ECE Real Estate Partners
2022
ECE Living’s first European residential real estate fund is launched
ECE map2zero is launched – a climate transition plan aimed at making shopping centers climate-neutral
2025
In line with Werner Otto’s maxim “panta rhei” (everything flows), adaptability and resilience will remain ECE’s trademarks in the future
2013
In Future Labs ECE tests new interactive services, including at the Alstertal shopping center in Hamburg and at Limbecker Platz in Essen
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