Erfurt offers - especially for manufacturing trade and the service sector - location facilities in 14 commercial areas.  

pros:

• available commercial real estates for rent or purchase
• estates ready for building
• excellent connections for road, rail and air traffic as well as public transport
• available skilled manpower resources
• building permission within forty working days (condition: all necessary documents are submitted)

There are also possibilities for investors to acquire commercial properties in the traditional industrial areas of the city, to use business parks and to purchase or rent service/office/warehouse premises or production plants.