Hamburg, officially Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second largest city in Germany, which is home to over 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg Metropolitan Region has more than 5 million inhabitants. Situated on the river Elbe, the port of Hamburg is the second largest in Europe after the Port of Rotterdam. The Philmarmonic Hall is located in the HafenCity, a quarter in the district Hamburg-Mitte. HafenCity Hamburg is a project of city-planning where the old port warehouses of Hamburg are being replaced with offices, hotels, shops, official buildings and residential areas. The project is the largest rebuilding project in Europe in scope of landmass. The area of the HafenCity used to be part of the free port, but with the decreased economic importance of free ports in an era of European Union free trade, large conatiner ships and increased border security, the Hamburg free port was reduced in size, removing the current HafenCity area from its restrictions. When completely developed, it will be home to about 12 000 people and the workplace of 40 000 people mostly in office complexes. The prospect for completion is not very clear, but will probably be around 2020-2030.
The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg is a concert hall under construction in Hamburg. The concert hall is designed by Herzog & de Meuron on top of an old warehouse. It will be the tallest inhabited building in Hamburg, with a height of 110 m. On 2 April, 2007, the first Mayor of Hamburg, Ole van Beust, Henner Mahlsted Hochtief Construction AG, project coordinator Hartmut Wegener, Hamburg Minister of Culture Karin von Welck and architect Pierre de Meuron laid the foundation stone in the warehouse Kaispeicher A. In 2007, the construction was scheduled to be finished in 2010 with an estimated cost of €241 million. In November 2008, as an endorsement to the original contract, the costs for the project were estimated at €450 million. The date of completion has been moved to spring 2017 at the earliest. The easternmost part of the building will be occupied by "Westin Hamburg" hotel scheduled to open in 2014. The upper floors west of the concert hall will accommodate apartments.
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