Overview
- An investor group led by Dieter Becken confirmed Primestar as the operator of a five‑star Hilton in the Elbtower with 195 rooms and a planned launch by 2029.
- The consortium’s participants include Klaus‑Michael Kühne, insurer Signal Iduna, contractor Adolf Lupp, and, as recently reported, Rossmann founder Dirk Roßmann.
- Hamburg plans to acquire nearly half the building for a new natural history museum at a fixed price of €595 million under an October 2025 framework.
- Revised designs scale the tower to about 199 meters, with construction still halted since 2023 when work stopped around the 100‑meter mark during Signa’s insolvency.
- Final purchase, financing and contract agreements remain in progress, and Becken says work could restart as early as late summer if the deals are completed.