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New victory for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Seine-Saint-Denis: the appeal against the Pleyel urban crossing is rejected

On February 9th, the Paris Administrative Court rejected the appeal against the Pleyel-Landy urban crossing project in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis). The Lumières Pleyel project will allow the SNCF railway line to be crossed thanks to a monumental 300-metre bridge. Composed of two car lanes, a reserved bus lane and a pedestrian link, up to 8,000 pedestrians are expected during peak hours. With a length of 300 metres, it will shelter several facilities including a “bridge building” which will host offices and services.

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“To all the women who dream of building tomorrow’s world… Go for it!”

A few weeks ago, Maud Caubet reviewed her career, her vision of architecture and her commitments during a full of authenticity and simplicity exchange with Abvent.

Taking the time to get to know the architect better in this podcast, you will discover the glowing person that Maud Caubet is: an architect, an agency founder, always dedicated to a more virtuous and equal future. With a warm voice, she takes us into her world and we love it!

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[BONI.D] Laou turns dreams of elsewhere into reality

This month, we wanted to speak about Laou, a recruitment platform dedicated to IT jobs in regions as the start-up does so much more ! While Laou indeed helps you to find the job of your dream, the company, awarded as the best HR start-up of the year, makes it easier for you to move into your new life. A free service since it is funded by your firm. We really like the idea. Congrats Laou!

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La Défense, Europe’s leading business district, accelerates its transformation with the Covid-19 pandemic

Our lifestyles are changing, so are our ways of working, thereby questioning the future of office or business districts such as La Défense. Local players, architects, developers and investors are thinking about it and are already involved in uses change. Among them Maud Caubet has just delivered Nouvelle Vague, a programme of housing, nursery and shops in the heart of Nanterre – La Défense. This project is completed by Origine, an nearby office programme with very high environmental performances, that will be delivered in March 2021.

Read the interview of Pierre-Yves Guice, Managing Director of Paris La Défense, by César Armand in La Tribune

Investors remain active for the hotel industry despite the economic effects of the crisis

While the hotel industry is experiencing the economic effects of the Covid-19 crisis in France, EXTENDAM had the same steady level of activity than in 2019. With 21 purchase operation in France, the private equity company has remained very active and is confident for the future. “Many continue to rely on the sector’s basics and are preparing for the recovery,” explains Christophe Palierse. This is the case of the management company EXTENDAM, which still intends to maintain its investment level for the sector in 2021.

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Nouvelle Vague or Maud Caubet’s sincerity in Le Journal du Grand Paris

“It is essential to conceive a programme for the quality of use offered to those who will live and experience the proposed architecture. The architectural gesture without the quality of life and use is pointless. This everyday comfort is largely due to the care taken to design outdoor spaces for each of the inhabitants, whatever form they may have” – Maud Caubet

Read Jacques Paquier’s report for Le Journal du Grand Paris following his visit of the housing programme recently delivered by Maud Caubet Architects.

EXTIMPACT, Time for action with EXTENDAM

Through its investment choices, and thanks to continuous support for hotel operators, EXTENDAM takes part every day to the acceleration of the hotel sector’s transition. Betterfly Tourism advises its entire ecosystem in this virtuous dynamic by identifying each commitment scale and by monitoring the impact of initiated sustainable processes. EXTIMPACT, time for action! was born from a desire to share commitments and actions implemented by EXTENDAM’s hotel partners in order to initiate exchanges of good practices and collective emulation.

We are pleased to have accompanied EXTENDAM in the production of the 3 first filmed interviews of this series. Meet Solenne Devys, Managing Director of OKKO HOTELS, Gérald Chabert, Director of Operations of èhotels-lyon and Joris Bruneel, Co-founder of MyHotels Group through this inspiring interview

Nordic Talks: inspiration from the North to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals

On February 9th, Maud Caubet will take part in the Nordic Talks, a series of conferences organised by Les Echos Le Parisien Evénements on how to tackle the world’s greatest challenges and meet the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDG).

She will have the pleasure to talk with Malin Kock Hanson during a not-to-be-missed round-table discussion, moderated by David Barroux on innovative collaborative models for sustainable urban development!

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Changemakers #12: make the reuse become a mainstream practice

Launched in September 2020, Le Booster du Réemploi already brings together more than thirty major project owners and decision-makers of the real estate sector. The Boosters want to change the building and real estate habits to pave the way for new practices by increasing the material reuse. Operating as a hub, Le Booster du Réemploi helps project owners to express their demand and connect it to offer players by making it visible and clear. The Boosters family is determined to grow and quickly transform the sector! Laetitia George and Cédric Borel initiated the project. They answer our questions.

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What rebound for the hotel industry? Les Matins of Business Immo

One year after the onset of the health crisis, between hotels closures and historic fall in tourism, this round-table gives the opportunity to analyze real estate investor strategies in this asset class in the current context.

On January 29th, Business Immo receives hotel investment experts as Johanna Capoani, MRICS of SwissLife Asset Management, Jean-Marc Palhon, Chairman of EXTENDAM and Vanguelis Panayotis, CEO of MKG Consulting, to jointly answer this essential question for the sector.

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