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Emporis

German real estate data company (1996–2022)

German real estate data company (1996–2022)

FieldValue
nameEmporis
typeSubsidiary
logoEmporis logo.png
foundation
defunct
locationHamburg, Germany
industryReal estate
productsReal estate information
parentCoStar Group
homepage

Emporis was a real estate data mining company with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. The company collected data and photographs of buildings worldwide, which were published in an online database from 2000 to September 2022.

Emporis was acquired by CoStar Group in October 2020. On 12 September 2022, the managing director of CoStar Europe posted a letter on Emporis.com, informing its community members that the Emporis database and community platform would be shut down effective 13 September 2022.

Emporis offered a variety of information on its public database, Emporis.com. Emporis was frequently cited by various media sources as an authority on building data.

Emporis originally focused exclusively on high-rise buildings and skyscrapers, which it defined as buildings "between 35 and 100 metres" tall and "at least 100 metres tall", respectively. Emporis used the point where the building touches the ground to determine height. The database had expanded to include low-rise buildings and other structures. It used a point system to rank skylines.

History

Michael Wutzke started a website about skyscrapers in Frankfurt in 1996. In 2000 he started skyscrapers.com, which was folded into Emporis in 2003.

In 2005, Emporis formed a partnership with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), under which Emporis served as the official CTBUH high-rise buildings database until the launch of The Skyscraper Center in 2011.

In 2007, venture capital firm Neuhaus Partners and KfW Bankengruppe invested several million euro in the company. Effective 1 January 2009, the company moved its headquarters from Darmstadt to Frankfurt. In 2011, the company moved from Frankfurt to Hamburg.

On 26 October 2020, CoStar Group, Inc., based in Washington, D.C., completed its acquisition of Emporis GmbH.

The merger of Emporis GmbH into CoStar Group subsidiary STR, Inc's German division, STR Germany GmbH, was finalized on 27 January 2021, with Emporis GmbH's removal from the Common Register Portal of the German Federal States ().

On 14 September 2022, the entirety of the Emporis website's original content, including the building database, articles and data regarding Emporis Skyscraper Award recipients, and corporate information, was removed.

In 2023, former editors of the Emporis website created a new website called SKYDB, a website that acts with a similar purpose.

Emporis Skyscraper Award

Main article: Emporis Skyscraper Award

In 2000, a group of Emporis senior editors began presenting the Emporis Skyscraper Award. Eligible buildings are selected from a list of all buildings in the world at least 100 meters tall which were completed that year.

References

References

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  2. s.n.. (2012). "Emporis Factsheet". [[Palgrave Macmillan]].
  3. "Dear Emporis Community Members".
  4. "Emporis Company Profile". Emporis.
  5. Batty, Michael. (6 April 2007). "In the Press". Emporis.
  6. Wheeldon, David. (8 January 2013). "Gold Coast's DBI Design wins worldwide skyscraper award for Etihad Towers". Western & Southern Financial Group.
  7. (2014). "Tall Buildings: Structural Systems and Aerodynamic Form". [[CRC Press]].
  8. (12 October 2017). "The 10 Different Ways to Measure a Skyscraper's Height".
  9. (30 August 2018). "The 25 best city skylines on the planet".
  10. "Web - Database Credits". [[Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat]].
  11. (6 September 2007). "Emporis Completes Multi-Million Euro Financing Round to Drive Growth". PR Newswire.
  12. Emanuel. (September 6, 2007). "GERMANY – Neuhaus Partners invests in Emporis". Unquote.
  13. "Our Brands: Emporis". Costar Group.
  14. (21 January 2021). "STR Germany GmbH - Merger: Emporis GmbH". Common Register Portal of the German federal states.
  15. "Emporis".
  16. "SKYDB, September 26, 2023".
  17. "Emporis Awards". Emporis.
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