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Hines - The Trinity Quarter

Brand strategy, naming, identity and leasing website for Hines's 21,000 sqm hotel, retail and residential transformation in central Copenhagen.

Location
Copenhagen, Denmark
Region
Europe
Sector
destinations retail
Services
Creative Studio, Branding & Identity · Strategic Communications · Leasing & Launch Marketing · PR & Thought Leadership · Social & Digital
Historic black-and-white photograph of Købmagergade in Copenhagen with the Round Tower in the distance
Købmagergade and the Round Tower in the 19th century - the heritage context informing The Trinity Quarter brand. · Heritage photograph - public domain
Copenhagen's Round Tower (Rundetårn), adjacent to The Trinity Quarter on Købmagergade
The Round Tower (Rundetårn) on Købmagergade - the historic neighbour to The Trinity Quarter. · Photo: Bradley Leftley / Unsplash
Aerial view of Copenhagen city centre rooftops
Central Copenhagen - the dense historic context for The Trinity Quarter's 21,000 sqm transformation. · Photo: Joshi Milestoner / Unsplash
The challenge

Innesco was appointed to brand a new city-centre development by Hines in the Nordics - The Trinity Quarter, a hotel, retail and residential project in the heart of Copenhagen. Located on the pedestrian shopping street Købmagergade, just off Strøget and adjacent to the Round Tower, the project transforms a set of mid-18th century buildings into a 21,000 sqm hub of retail, boutique apartments and a 240+ room 25Hours hotel. Innesco was selected to create the brand for the scheme - including naming, visual identity and logo.

Why it mattered commercially

A historically and architecturally sensitive transformation in one of Copenhagen's most prominent retail and tourist locations needed a brand that respected the buildings' heritage while signalling their next chapter to occupiers, hotel partners and investors.

What Innesco did
  • Brand strategy for the scheme, anchored in the buildings' heritage and their adjacency to the 17th century Trinitatis Church and Complex
  • Naming - 'The Trinity Quarter' - referencing the historic context
  • Visual identity and logo drawing on the original Købmagergade architecture; characteristic original window panes inform the round logo mark, which transforms into a 'Q' for Quarter
  • Muted colour palette developed with the architects, reflecting traditional pigments uncovered in surrounding interiors during renovation
  • Brand environment, marketing communications and PR programme
  • Digital - including a dedicated leasing website used by the Hines team
Outcomes

The results.

  • Completed brand strategy, naming, brand environment and identity development
  • Identity rolled out across a coherent set of marketing materials
  • Dedicated leasing website delivered for the Hines team
  • A distinctive, heritage-rooted brand for one of central Copenhagen's most prominent mixed-use transformations
Launch / repositionRaise profileAccelerate leasing
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