Eco-industrial business park – Aliénor d’Aquitaine – Poitiers Nord – Certified as a ‘turnkey industrial site’ by ‘Territoires d’industrie’

The Aliénor d’Aquitaine Business Park thus offers an environment conducive to business growth, with its strategic location, its educational and technological ecosystem, and the presence of renowned companies in key sectors. It is an attractive location for investment and business opportunities in the region.

An attractive environment for businesses and a dynamic educational ecosystem

The Poitiers labour market has a working-age population of approximately 116,479 people. This population breaks down as follows: 13,960 people aged 15 to 24, 85,709 people aged 25 to 54 and 16,810 people aged 55 to 64.

In terms of sectoral breakdown, there are 7,719 employees in the manufacturing sector, 5,503 in construction, 11,038 in retail and 41,054 in the service sector. These figures reflect the diversity of economic activities in the region.

The Aliénor d’Aquitaine Business Park benefits from a strategic location that makes it an attractive site for businesses. With 37.5 hectares of land designated as a ‘turnkey site’, it offers unique opportunities for business development across various sectors.

The business park is home to a variety of industries, including industrial manufacturing, distribution, assembly and logistics centres, as well as businesses involved in renewable energy and energy efficiency. Furthermore, it supports the recycling of construction and public works waste, craft industries and business services.

The park also benefits from a concentration of training and higher education institutions. Indeed, Grand Poitiers is the second-largest centre for higher education and research in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, with over 30,000 students, 36 research laboratories and more than 1,300 researchers. It also offers a variety of university courses and is home to prestigious higher education institutions such as ISAE – ENSMA, Sciences Po Paris and EESI. Furthermore, institutions such as the CNED, CANOPE, the IHEEF, a pilot secondary school specialising in digital technology and the University Hospital are present in the region.

A strategic location and excellent access to transport networks

The Aliénor d’Aquitaine Business Park enjoys a prime location offering excellent access to various transport networks. It is ideally connected to the region’s key infrastructure, thereby promoting multimodal transport.

For road travel, the business park is easily accessible from the A10 motorway (Paris–Bordeaux) via exit 29 – Poitiers Nord, situated just 0.5 km away. Furthermore, it is close to the RN 147 (Limoges–Nantes) and the RD910 (Paris–Bordeaux), facilitating connections to other major cities and regions.

Poitiers–Biard Airport is just a 10-minute drive from the park. This airport offers daily flights to Lyon as well as direct flights to London. By train, the park is served by two nearby stations: the Poitiers Centre TGV station (LGV) is just an 11-minute drive away, and Poitiers Futuroscope station can be reached in 15 minutes.

Finally, for those travelling by public transport, the park is served by the Vitalis bus network, providing easy connections to the surrounding areas.

Financial support for business development

The Aliénor d’Aquitaine Business Park offers a range of support schemes for businesses to encourage their development and establishment. These include property investment grants, which can be up to €100,000 to support the construction of premises. Businesses can also benefit from consultancy support, capped at €4,000, for any consultancy work aimed at strengthening their operations.

Businesses can receive financial support for recruiting qualified staff, as well as funding for innovation projects, which includes funding for an intern.

Furthermore, businesses based in the business park benefit from tax exemptions, notably exemption from the local authority’s share of the Tax on Built Property (TFPB) and exemption from the development levy. The local authority where the park is situated is classified as a Regional Aid Zone (AFR), which enables businesses to benefit from investment aid that contributes to the economic and social development of Europe’s most disadvantaged regions. This aid can take various forms, such as grants, loans, guarantees, and tax and social security exemptions

A dynamic and diverse ecosystem fostering innovation

The park also benefits from a dynamic ecosystem in the field of education and educational technology (EdTech). Initiatives such as Gamers Assembly, Canopé/IHEEF, Futuroscope and the university have come together under the ‘French Tech Edutainment’ banner.

The region is also characterised by a thriving ecosystem in the field of on-board batteries, with companies such as Saft, Forsee Power and Easyli. Furthermore, the aerospace sector, represented by players such as Safran and Dassault, as well as the medical sector, with companies such as B. Braun and Eurofins Cerep, are firmly established in the region. Other notable companies in the region include Novamex, which specialises in the design and marketing of products under the L’Arbre Vert brand; Itron, the leading manufacturer of smart meters (Linky); Secatal, the French market leader in construction equipment; and Schneider Electric, the group’s only site in France to manufacture and assemble products for professional use.

Plots available, tailored to your projects, at the Aliénor d’Aquitaine Business Park

The Aliénor d’Aquitaine Business Park offers plots available for purchase. Covering a total area of 200 hectares, the park has 37.5 hectares specifically designated as turnkey sites. Of these 37.5 hectares, 13.2 hectares form a single contiguous plot. Please note that the minimum area required for a project is 5 hectares.

In terms of the facilities on offer, the park has high-voltage (63 kV and above) and medium-voltage (20 kV) connections. Furthermore, it is possible to connect directly to the RTE grid for a reliable electricity supply. For biogas, it is possible to connect directly to the GRTgaz network.

The sale price for these plots starts at €35 per m².