The slaughterhouse stood empty for several years until the city of Berlin announced grandiose plans. In 2000, it wanted to organize the Summer Olympics to show the world the new, unified Germany. The slaughterhouse was to house the media village. However, Australia's Sydney came out on top and Berlin was left empty-handed.
Plan B came into effect: redevelop the site. The carcass of the covered cattle market now covers a lawn. Supermarkets and SMEs are cooped up in the former cow sheds.