OZE Marcel Boiteux – Occitanie – Certified as a ‘turnkey industrial site’ by ‘Territoires d’industrie’

OZE Marcel Boiteux – Occitanie

The Occitanie Economic Zone (OZE) Marcel Boiteux, covering a total area of 30 ha, spans two municipalities in the Gard department: Codolet and Chusclan, in the Occitanie region.

Situated just 8 km from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, 15 km from Orange and 30 km from Avignon, the OZE Marcel Boiteux is located within a catchment area of 114,000 inhabitants, close to the CEA in Marcoule.

The OZE Marcel Boiteux enjoys excellent transport links:

• The A9 motorway is 16 km away and the A7 motorway is 14 km away
• Avignon TGV station 33 km away and Avignon Airport 40 km away
• Port de l’Ardoise 8 km away and Port de Sète 130 km away

The Marcel Boiteux OZE, situated on the border of the Occitanie region, is designated for the service, technology and industrial sectors.

Industrial land for sale – Occitanie

15 ha of industrial plots are for sale at the Marcel Boiteux OZE in Occitanie.

The plots range in size from 3,000 to 14,000 m² and are situated in an area eligible for AFR grants and TLE tax exemptions.

The indicative price of these industrial plots, situated on the borders of Occitanie in the Gard department, ranges from 40 to 45 € excluding VAT and charges per m² .

Services available from OZE Marcel Boiteux

In addition to these industrial plots for sale, OZE Marcel Boiteux offers a range of services to facilitate your establishment:

• Technology transfer centre
• Occupational health centre with nuclear accreditation
• Community services centre with a staff canteen
• Planned: accommodation facilities

Several companies have chosen to set up operations within the Marcel Boiteux OZE in the Occitanie region:

• CisBio Assays (155 employees – medical diagnostic products)
• Visiatome (science outreach centre)
• Séparave Institute of Chemistry (research unit)
• Institute of Environmental Biology and Biotechnology (CEA – 60 researchers)
• The CEA’s Biochemistry Department (50 staff)

Why set up your business in the South of France

Setting up your business in the South of France, in Occitanie

There are many reasons to set up your business in the South of France, in Occitanie, in Montpellier, Toulouse, Nîmes, or on the Mediterranean coast between Marseille and Bordeaux:

• France’s second-largest region, larger than Ireland, and among the top five most populous regions 
• An exceptional location at the heart of Southern Europe, a springboard to Mediterranean markets
• High-performance, multimodal transport infrastructure (9 airports, including 3 international ones; 8 motorways; high-speed rail (TGV); sea and river ports; and a ‘dry port’, an inland terminal operated by the Barcelona Port Authority
• The presence of competitiveness clusters bringing together industry, research and training to foster innovation and job creation

A turnkey industrial site

The Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Recovery has designated the OZE Marcel Boiteux business park as a ‘turnkey industrial site’ under the Territoires d’Industrie programme. This business park is ideally suited to the establishment of new industrial activities within reliable and controlled timeframes.

A turnkey industrial site is:

• A site suitable for the establishment of industrial or logistics operations covering a minimum area of 1 hectare
• Vacant and developed land immediately available for sale or lease
• The necessary procedures and preliminary studies to ensure a factory can be established within reliable and controlled timeframes
• An attractive local environment (accessibility, infrastructure, business ecosystem)
• Vacant or developed brownfield sites earmarked for redevelopment as sites for economic activities