Construction work has begun on the Seine Ouest project, a new business district to be developed in Issy-les-Moulineaux in the western outskirts of the French capital. Launched by a partnership between French developer Bouygues Immobilier, the Paris and Issy-les-Moulineaux's city authorities, the office scheme will comprise 160,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of lettable area, Bouygues said in a press release.
Construction work has begun on the Seine Ouest project, a new business district to be developed in Issy-les-Moulineaux in the western outskirts of the French capital. Launched by a partnership between French developer Bouygues Immobilier, the Paris and Issy-les-Moulineaux's city authorities, the office scheme will comprise 160,000 m2 of lettable area, Bouygues said in a press release.
The scheme will comprise a 46,000 m2 Eos Generali building, scheduled for delivery in mid-2008, a 89,000 m2 complex, including a 45,500 m2 Mozart tower expected to be completed in mid-2010. A 24,000 m2 building which will house Bouygues Immobilier's new headquarters is scheduled for completion in 2009. It will also include a 1,600 m2 space of bicycles storage as well as 661 parking spaces.
The project will convert 'the remaining industrial wastelands into a new, world-class business district', Bouygues' chairman and ceo François Bertiere said. The business district will be a showcase for innovation in terms of environmental standards, with energy consumption half of that of the average French office building. Solar power will be used to produce domestic hot water for the company's restaurants.
