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During Midsommar 2025, François Manenti joined Mansour Khalifé from MNK PARTNERS and Philippe Delhotel from Altarea Investment Managers to analyze investment opportunities in a changing market.
EXTENDAM highlighted the strong potential of hotel real estate investments, both in property and operations:
🔎 “Urban hotels offer an attractive risk/return ratio, with demand still outpacing supply in Europe,” said François Manenti. He also emphasized the importance of offering tailored investment options: funds accessible from €5,000, private wealth solutions, and club deals.
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.”
Built on a former industrial wasteland, the Mallemort citizen solar park was officially inaugurated by the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, CVE, and Énergie Partagée. This project exemplifies a model of green, local, and collectively governed energy production.
🔋 2.6 MWp installed capacity
🏡 4,150 MWh produced annually, equivalent to the consumption of 3,600 residents
🌱 70 tons of CO₂ avoided each year
At the heart of the project: shared governance and strong community involvement, made possible by Énergie Partagée’s investment and the commitment of the local cooperative Sur le toit des Alpilles.
📣 “The Mallemort park has received the Énergie Partagée label, the only quality certification in the renewable energy sector,” explains Sylvain Gombert, Investment Manager at Énergie Partagée.
The project also includes an ambitious educational component: an educational pathway co-created with local students, school visits, and an annual €6,000 budget to fund local initiatives for 30 years.