Overview

• Operator Bernd Gartmann will step down when his lease expires after failing to reach a new agreement with property lessee Aroundtown.
• The 100-meter-long former Maritim Grand Hotel and its underground garage are set to undergo total renovation lasting more than a year.
• The station averaged 200 to 300 daily fuel transactions but remained unprofitable without parking revenue from the attached garage.
• For over three decades Gartmann hosted high-profile visitors, from Gunter Gabriel to Michael Jackson, at the site of the former luxury hotel.
• Aroundtown plans to revive fuel sales with a new tenant after renovations and the city has arranged alternative parking for affected motorists.