Sell retail in Bonn.

A retail unit depends on location, visibility and footfall. Frontage width, step-free access, layout and neighbouring shops are decisive.

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Bonn's retail-letting market entered 2026 on a stabilised footing after the multi-year correction that affected German high streets broadly. The city has five designated 1A locations -- Muensterplatz, Poststrasse, Remigiusstrasse, Sternstrasse and Wenzelgasse -- with prime rents for a standard ground-floor unit around 55 EUR/sqm/month per JLL's Bonn profile. Remigiusstrasse is the strongest pitch: short and narrow but commanding the highest footfall, with large-format units historically anchored by department-store and sports formats. Sternstrasse, running from the Markt to Friedensplatz, offers a more heterogeneous mix of national multiples such as dm, Tchibo, Deichmann and Mango alongside numerous local independents in its small historic buildings. As with other asset classes, national brokers frequently fold Bonn into the wider Cologne/Bonn region, so the city-specific high-street figures here rely chiefly on JLL's Bonn data; this regional grouping is flagged for transparency. The demand backdrop is supported by an affluent and stable catchment spanning southern Bonn, Bad Godesberg and the surrounding Rhein-Sieg district, giving the city above-average purchasing power. The clearest structural divergence is between resilient convenience, drugstore and food-anchored formats, which continue to perform, and non-food specialty retailers, which remain pressured by online competition. A modest tailwind arrives in 2026 as the VAT rate on dine-in food returns to 7 percent, indirectly favouring the food and F&B formats that increasingly underpin high-street vitality. Over the coming twelve months the opportunity set centres on scarcity and repositioning. Prime space in the short 1A streets is genuinely limited, so brands seeking entry should move on units as rents have bottomed rather than waiting for further softening. The most significant potential supply event is any contraction or repositioning of department-store anchor space, which could release large floorplates for experiential, mixed-use or hybrid concepts. Bad Godesberg offers a separate, convenience-led district-centre opportunity tied to its affluent residents. The principal risks remain structural: continued online erosion of specialty retail, footfall concentration that leaves secondary streets exposed, and anchor-vacancy risk should national department-store estates shrink. On balance, Bonn is a small but resilient retail market where well-located prime assets retain strong appeal.

prime locations count: 5 count (designated 1A locations: Muensterplatz, Poststrasse, Remigiusstrasse, Sternstrasse, Wenzelgasse); prime rent high street: 55 EUR/sqm/month (prime high-street rent, ~100 sqm standard ground-floor unit; JLL Bonn profile).