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Producing mushrooms in a sustainable way through a socially impactful company? That’s the bold challenge taken on by Maxime Boniface and Hamidreza Sailani, co-founders of Champiloop,while combining circular economy, sustainable food systems, and urban rehabilitation.

Champiloop:

🍄 produces short-circuit substrates to reduce carbon footprint.
🍄 creates local jobs by promoting traditional agricultural know-how.
🍄 raises public awareness about sustainable food and the many uses of mycelium.
🍄 transforms disused parking lots and cold storage rooms into urban farms.

“We want to prove that it’s possible to create a socially and environmentally impactful company while remaining economically self-sufficient.”

Discover his world and convictions in the full interview

After a first half of 2025 marked by acquisitions and disposals in Paris, Nice, and Seville, EXTENDAM pursues its strategic investment strategy in the European hotel market.

🎙️ Speaking to BiTV, Jean-Marc Palhon looks back at the highlights of the first half and shares his outlook for an equally dynamic second half.

Watch the interview by Luc-Etienne Rouillard Lafond on Business Immo

📅 August 26 to September 25, 2025

📍 La Galerie d’Architecture, 11 rue des Blancs Manteaux, 75004 Paris

The exhibition “Habiter” offers a reflection on usage, spaces and ways of inhabiting the world in the future.

This architectural exploration will be unveiled in the early season.

👉 Opening on Thursday, September 4, from 6:30 PM to 9 PM

While facing climate, social, and digital emergencies, one question stands out: what if engineers and developers used their skills to tackle the challenges of our time?

🎯 As a nonprofit organization, Latitudes brings together people committed to using technology for the common good. Since 2017, Latitudes has supported companies, schools, and students in integrating social, ethical and environmental concerns into tech professions.

🛠️ In practical terms:

✅ Impact-driven training in engineering and design schools

✅ Tech projects in collaboration with nonprofits or local authorities

✅ A committed community rethinking digital practices

Their core belief: technology is not neutral, but if designed with the right priorities from the start, it can be a powerful lever for change.

👏 Hats off to Latitudes for this constructive, joyful and meaningful initiative. Tech for good isn’t a trend — it’s a movement.

Discover Latitudes

Developed on a former landfill by the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, the Mallemort photovoltaic park embodies a local, sustainable and cooperative energy transition model.

Alongside the project developer CVE, Énergie Partagée helped turn the project into a collective and ethical success:

✔ Community consultation workshops since 2019

✔ Capital investment in the project company

✔ Upcoming local fundraising campaign

✔ Énergie Partagée Label awarded — the only distinction in the sector dedicated to citizen projects

Sylvain Gombert, investment manager at Énergie Partagée, explained: “Thanks to our 7,500 citizen shareholders, Énergie Partagée was able to invest €135,000 in this project and will contribute to its local impact through the local energy cooperative ‘Sur le Toit des Alpilles’”.

Read the article in L’Écho du Solaire

A new strategic move for EXTENDAM, which announces the disposal of the ibis Paris Tour Montparnasse hotel alongside its long-term partner KER Hospitality.

A transaction that reflects the team’s value-creation strategy:

✔ A high-potential asset, renovated and repositioned

✔ A strategic location across from Montparnasse station

✔ Proven resilience, even in times of crisis

✔ IRR above 10%, a sign of strong management performance

💬 “This latest deal reflects the strength of the partnership between EXTENDAM and Ker Hospitality and our shared vision of a high-performing, resilient, and well-positioned hotel sector” — Inès Haack & Caroline Betemps, EXTENDAM.

This transaction continues a trend of high-value hotel disposals in France and internationally.

Read the article on Hospitality On

Five new solar installations were commissioned this summer by the public and citizen-owned company Énergies Stéphanoises, bringing the total number of operational solar sites in the area to six. This local momentum reflects a strong ambition for citizen control over energy.

🔋 1,300 MWh/year produced — equivalent to the electricity use of 1,080 people

🤝 A cooperative and partnership-based model involving local governments, citizens, and companies

🏷️ A project awarded by Énergie Partagée label — a mark of virtuous and democratic renewable energy development

Erwan Boumard, Head of Énergie Partagée, explained: “By investing in projects led by Énergies Stéphanoises, Énergie Partagée puts citizens’ savings to work helping the territory reclaim local energy production”

👏 An inspiring example of shared governance and local energy transition.

📸 Necker solar canopies © Energies Stéphanoises

Read the article in Plein Soleil

A real example of a successful value-add strategy. After supporting the hotel’s upgrade, EXTENDAM has finalized the disposal of the ibis Paris Tour Montparnasse.

Located in the heart of Paris’s 15th arrondissement, steps from Montparnasse station, the hotel was acquired in 2019, thoroughly renovated, and operated with long-standing partner KER Hospitality. Post-crisis resilience, premium repositioning, and sustained performance… all the elements were in place for an optimized exit.

“This disposal demonstrates our ability to identify high-potential assets, support their repositioning, and secure solid returns — all in a logic of shared value creation with our partners” — Inès Haack & Caroline Betemps, EXTENDAM.

Another transaction that confirms the strength of EXTENDAM’s hotel investment strategy, already illustrated by recent disposals in Paris, Grenoble, Saint-Étienne and Valence.

Read the article in 10 Minutes Hotel

Today, one million elderly people live below the poverty line in France — two-thirds of them are women. The association Mamies Gâteaux, founded in Strasbourg by Vincent Gabbardo, gives seniors a central role by inviting them to roll up their sleeves and bake.

The concept: pay elderly people to bake artisanal treats in a warm, inclusive, intergenerational space.

✨ Local, seasonal recipes

✨ A lively, solidarity-based third place

✨ An ethical, zero-waste approach

By combining pastry-making, social bonds, and transmission, Mamies Gâteaux reminds us that there’s always something to share… even at 80.

👏 Kudos to Mamies Gâteaux for this intergenerational initiative that blends taste, dignity, and civic commitment!

Discover Mamies Gâteaux

The latest European hospitality barometer, published by EXTENDAM and partners, reveals a 4% increase in RevPAR, driven mainly by higher average daily rates.

In France, April saw particularly strong results, with occupancy rates up 3 points in the regions and 4 points in Île-de-France, thanks to a favorable calendar and a rebound in tourism.

🔍 A promising signal for the sector, despite lingering global uncertainties.

Find the full analysis in Nathalie Foulon’s article in the latest issue of Industrie Hôtelière