In imperial times (1871-1918), the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture was located on the south side (nos. 6-10), the Prussian Ministry of Trade on the southeast corner, and the Reichsmarineamt (Navy Ministry) on the northeast corner at no. 13.Das neue Geschäftsgebäude des Ministeriums für Landwirtschaft, Domänen und Forsten in Berlin. (Bauteil I und Zwischenbau). In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, Jg. 69 (1919), Sp. 181–194, Table 11. The Mosse Palace extended from Leipziger Platz 15 on the north side to Voßstraße. Leipziger Platz 16 was originally built with the Palais Bleichröder. On 27 May 1902, James von Bleichröder transferred the building to the then Kaiserlicher Automobil Club (KAC, today: Automobilclub von Deutschland, AvD). In November 2011, it became known that the AvD had sold the property to a real estate investor. On its western side, Leipziger Platz merges into the better-known Potsdamer Platz. The Zoll- und Akzisemauer (Customs and Acquisition Wall) separated the two squares until it was demolished in 1867, but the Potsdamer Tor remained standing. After 1867, the importance of the area shifted in favour of Potsdamer Platz, which grew into an important traffic hub. Leipziger Platz developed into an important business address in Berlin, partly due to the construction of the Wertheim department stores at the end of the 19th century.
