Going for a walk in the south of Hamburg you can sometimes watch shimmering black birds with long necks and orange beaks - cormorants! This bird usually lives at the sea but finds an equal habitat in the moist lowlands of the Hamburg city park - just 30 minutes away from the central station.

With HafenCity, Grasbook, Billebogen and Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld, HafenCity Hamburg GmbH is now responsible for four urban development initiatives with their own individual logic when it comes to location and development. However, the guiding perspectives of future-oriented urban development apply equally in each of the four areas.

Cities have always been catalysts for economic development, and their ability to innovate is an essential factor here. To this end, cities need space for experimentation as well as spheres where stakeholders from business and science can connect and collaborate. Around the globe, port cities are the ultimate drivers of innovation.