Lyon Confluence: real-estate (invest, set up and relocate)
Lyon doubles its city center
South of the historic peninsula at the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône, the largest urban project in Europe will allow Lyon to double its downtown surface area.
With its housing, shops, cultural and entertainment centers, its major corporations and institutions, the 150 ha of La Confluence will become a new prestige address in Lyon.
Accessibility
Located at both the south and west entrances to Lyon, on the north-south axis and the Fourvière tunnel, La Confluence is served by:
- motorway A7,
- the Perrache TGV station,
- a subway line and
- two tramway lines (one of them is already serving the entire area and will be extended from the Gerland science district, all the way to the Metro)
- A new railway stop will be created in the heart of the district.
In addition to exceptional service, the Confluence is set in an incomparable natural environment: nearly 5 km of quays, long pedestrian walkways along the Saône and an uninterrupted view.
Confluence : 1st phase (2003 – 2015)
Located on the Saône side, this first phase represents almost 40% of the planned overall construction, 400,000 m2 OSC. Investment now amounts to 1.15 billion Euros, 64% of which is held by private investors.
Construction Program Phase 1
- Housing (about 1,500 or 3,500 inhabitants): 130,000 m2 of net floor space
- Tertiary and business sector: 130,000 m2 of net floor space (Le Progrès DDB Nouveau Monde and Communiquez, Eiffage, the headquarters for the Région Rhône-Alpes, Espace Group, GL events, Cardinal...)
- Shops, services, entertainment and hotels: 120,000 m2 of net floor space (including the Unibail-Rodamco entertainment and shopping cluster)
- Confluences Museum: 20,000 m2
Decision-makers and investors are flocking to La Confluence
The headquarters of advertising agencies and the Le Progrès newspaper group, in the former port of Rambaud, will soon be joined by other companies and institutions (Eiffage, Région Rhône-Alpes, Espace Group, GL events) as well as by the star-awarded chef Nicolas Le Bec.
North of the square, facing the future Unibail-Rodamco recreation and shopping center
- mixed-use buildings
- delivery between late 2009 and Q1 2010
- 620 housing units,
- 15,000 m2 of offices,
- 4,000 m2 of shops and businesses at the foot of the building
Winners of the European Concerto program award for their environmental quality, these street blocks were created by 12 teams of renowned architects for the developers Nexity Apollonia, Bouwfonds-Marignan and Ing-Real Estate-Atemi.
Further north, near the Perrache railway station
- a first office building, the Timesquare,
- has already been delivered at Place des Archives.
Real estate: map of setting up and investment opportunities
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Confluence: 2nd phase (2009 - )
One million m2 project upon completion
On the Rhône side, the departure of the wholesale market in January 2009 freed up new land and opened new prospects for the development of La Confluence.
- launched in 2009
- overall surface area of 420,000 m2
- a mixed neighborhood combining offices, housing, shops and nearby public facilities
- more than 40% dedicated to the service sector
The project in figures
- €1.15 billion invested in Phase 1
- 64% provided by private investors
- Project area: 150 ha
- Mutable land: 70 ha
- Building surfaces: 1 million m2
- 600,000 m2 of offices including 400,000 m2 under construction
- First phase: 41 ha, 400,000 m2 of net floor space including 250,000 m2 for businesses
- Second phase: 24 ha, 420,000 m2 of net floor space 180,000 m2 of offices
- Area south of the Perrache railway station: 5 ha, 130,000 m2 of net floor space
- Current population: 7,000 inhabitants
- Future population: 18,000 inhabitants
- Current jobs: 7,000
- Future jobs: 27,000
Related file
- Property and real estate: magazine Lyon 2010 (PDF - 5.3 Mo)
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