As a history-conscious Frankfurter, one may be reluctant to follow Beos board member Holger Matheis when he says that the new beginning in the Griesheim industrial park calls for a new name.

And that "Frankfurt Westside" should even be a name "without ifs and buts" in contrast to the previous, indeed traditional name, that probably only makes sense to marketing people.

But who wants to be quibbling when it comes to big things, more precisely 73 hectares.

There is now plenty of room for new business settlements.

And the chemical area, which has been separated out for decades, is becoming part of the city again, so the West, which seemed cut off, is moving a little closer to the center again.

And the banks of the Main become a public recreation area over a further kilometer.

Don't just tear down the inheritance

Considering that the lack of space has recently driven well-known companies, above all Samson, out of the city, it took quite a long time not only to discuss the future of the long-vacated chemical site, but to tackle it.

What follows is much more exciting than a greenfield construction project.

Especially if the investors keep their promise to handle every old stone with care and not simply tear away what generations of workers have built up over 160 years.

According to their own statements, they have in mind an architectural mix of old and new, a coexistence of different sectors, with urban life, gastronomy, a skate park and sports facilities in between.

A scene location with an industrial ambience is certainly to be expected.

How much and, above all, which industry will then find a place in "Frankfurt Westside" cannot yet be definitively said.

In any case, with the conversion from an industrial park to a business park, those where it sometimes smokes and stinks have lost their primacy.

On its website, Beos AG also prefers to speak of sufficient space for "ultramodern business and Industry 4.0".

So this message is also in the Griesheimer plans: The space problems of the Frankfurt economy, which also include concrete plants, recycling plants and transport companies, will not all be solved with the newly acquired site.

This does not release city politicians from the task of designating additional commercial space.