Leiner flagship on Mariahilferstrasse is being demolished. Before that, the furniture retailer starts a mega auction
Kika / Leiner boss Reinhold Gütebier
The end for the furniture store “Leiner” on Vienna's Mariahilfer Strasse is getting closer and closer: The Signa Group wants to build a department store based on the model of the Berlin “KaDeWe”, the excavators are to open in March. To make this possible, the goods that are still in the store – from kitchens to oriental carpets to laundry racks – will now be auctioned, as the commissioned auction platform aurena.at announced in a broadcast on Tuesday. Anyone can bid.
More than 40,000 articles should come under the hammer within 25 working days. The first bids will be awarded from January 31st – the objects will be sold in several auctions. The plan is to get the furniture store empty within five weeks, by the end of February, it said.
The broadcast also gave an impression of what kind of goods should be brought to the man or woman: “A good 900 carpets, 40 bathrooms, 100 sofas, 50 beds, 15 kitchens, countless lamps and household appliances, tons of decorative Articles, crockery or baby equipment: all this and much more is going under the hammer. ” The spectrum ranges from valuable oriental carpets and leather trimmings to bathtubs and dining table groups to laundry baskets, vacuum cleaners and toilet lids.
Exhibition kitchens are also auctioned – the starting prices usually start at around ten percent of the conventional sales price, it said. In addition to the furniture store's range, the building equipment, such as shop lighting, shelving systems and sales booths, must also be removed. The furniture for the furniture store restaurant and light boxes with the company logo are also available.
The first offers are already online at www.aurena.at. The offer will be gradually expanded over the next few days, it was announced. Whoever wants to bid must first register on the platform.
The real estate and retail group Signa had taken over the furniture dealers Kika and Leiner in June 2018 as part of an emergency sale from the ailing German-South African furniture company Steinhoff. The Leiner location on Mariahilfer Strasse served as the company's flagship.
The building is to be demolished from March onwards, although the historic facade will be retained. A department store based on the model of the famous Berlin department store “KaDeWe” and a hotel will then be built at the location. The opening is planned for autumn 2024.
