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| Type | GmbH |
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| Headquarters | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Industry | Real estate information |
| Products | Real estate information products |
| Website | www.emporis.com |
Emporis GmbH is a real estate data mining company with headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. The company collects and publishes data and photographs of buildings worldwide.
Emporis offers a variety of information on its public database, Emporis.com, located at www.emporis.com.[1] Emporis is cited relatively frequently by various media sources as an authority on building data.[2]
Emporis used to focus on high-rise buildings and skyscrapers in the past, which it defines as buildings "between 35 and 100 meters" tall and "at least 100 meters tall", respectively.[3] Today the number of low-rise buildings and other structures on Emporis exceeds the number of high-rise buildings and skyscrapers by far.[4]
History
Michael Wutzke started a website about skyscrapers in Frankfurt in 1996. In 2000 he started skyscrapers.com which was folded into Emporis.[5]
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.[6]
In 2004 Stephan R. Boehm, who according to the company's website is a "serial entrepreneur", assumed the role of Chairman. Wutzke remains Chief Technology Officer and is managing director.[7]
In 2005 Emporis formed a partnership with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), under which Emporis serves as the official CTBUH high-rise buildings database.[8]
In 2007 venture capital firm Neuhaus Partners and KfW Bankengruppe invested several million Euro in the company.[9]
Effective January 1, 2009, the company moved its headquarters from Darmstadt to Frankfurt.[10]
References
- ^ "Emporis Company Profile" (pdf). Emporis. http://corporate.emporis.com/files/pdf/brochures/3_corporateprofile.pdf. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
- ^ "In the Press" (html). Emporis. http://corporate.emporis.com/?nav=inthepress&lng=3. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
- ^ "Data Standards: Structures - skyscraper". Emporis Standards. http://standards.emporis.com/?nav=realestate&lng=3&esn=18727. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- ^ "What does Emporis do?". Michael Wutzke. http://www.michael-wutzke.com/english/emporis/. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- ^ "Michael Wutzke - who I am". Michael-wutzke.com. http://www.michael-wutzke.de/who/. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
- ^ "Emporis Awards" (html). Emporis. http://awards.emporis.com/?lng=3. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
- ^ "The Management". Emporis Corporate. http://corporate.emporis.com/?nav=themanagement&lng=3. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
- ^ "Web - Database Credits" (html). Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20070203113906/http://www.ctbuh.org/htmlfiles/database/hrbd.html. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
- ^ "Emporis Completes Multi-Million Euro Financing Round to Drive Growth". PR Newswire. September 25, 2007. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-168358230.html. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
- ^ "Emporis moves head office from Darmstadt to Frankfurt/Main". Emporis. October 16, 2008. http://corporate.emporis.com/pdf/press/emporis_moving_frankfurt_english.pdf. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
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