Cité internationale of Lyon: real-estate (set-up and relocate)
A prestigious district
Between the Rhône and the Tête d’Or park, one of the largest urban parks in France, the Cité internationale (International City) was designed by big names: the Italian architect Renzo Piano and landscape architect Michel Corajoud.
Its architectural footprint and its location in a high quality natural environment make it one of the most beautiful business locations in all of Lyon.
An exceptional hosting capacity
With a surface area that tripled in 2006, the Congress Center of Lyon now offers:
- 3 amphitheatres,
- 6 exhibition forums and
- 26 committee rooms.
A subtle synthesis between a convention hall, a theatre, a sports palace and a stadium, the 3,000 seat Amphitheatre is the flagship of this essential hub for business tourism in Europe.
The Cité internationale takes advantage of a major hotel center, offering a capacity of 1,000 rooms (including the 4-star Hilton and Concorde Hotels).
A tertiary cluster that has attracted the largest companies
With 60,000 m2 of surface area, the 8 office buildings of the Cité internationale feature a high degree of functional intelligence (modular office areas on request) and provide an optimal working environment.
The buildings of the Cité internationale have been designed since the 1990s to reduce energy consumption by 20%:
- insulated by a “double skin” of glass and brick and
- equipped with a heat pump system operated by water from the river
The leading French event management company, GL events, has recently joined the global headquarters of Interpol, the criminal police organization established since 1990.
Accessibility and services that make the difference
Accessibility
- 20 minutes from the Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport by road
- 10 minutes from the Part-Dieu TGV train station and the city center via the C1
- trolleybus direct access to an entire European motorway network (A7, A43, A6)
- 5 Vélo’v stations
Service solutions available to businesses in the Cité internationale
- a dozen restaurants (including an inter-firm restaurant)
- a dozen shops and services
- a day care center and a business concierge
- the Congress Center can also rent its spaces for meetings or conferences
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Key figures
- 20 ha
- 900 inhabitants
- 4,000 employees
- 60 companies
- 100,000 visitors per year to the Musée d’Art Contemporain (Museum of Modern Art)
- 600,000 visitors per year to the Palais des Congrès convention centre
- 1.5 million cinema visits per year
Related file
- Business real estate: Lyon brochure 2013 (PDF - 7.0 Mo)
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